3rd Grade Math & Reading Review Resources

3rd Grade Math & Reading Resources

Digital Storytelling with Storybird

“Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories that are curiously fun to make, share, and read. Teachers love them because they inspire their most reluctant writers and readers and reward their most adventurous. Kids adore them because they feel empowered by the tools and supported by the social feedback.” (storybird.com/teachers). Here a few recent digital stories created in Storybird by ROE 2nd graders:

• Go Bunny Go! Soccer Adventures by Cami
• Jet Fighter by Andrew
• Leopard  by Hampton
• Maya by Orian
• Monkey's Friends by Disha
• Party by Marisa
• The Sky by Jessie
• Sleepover Birthday by Dora
• Treasure Hunt  by Brandon
• Triplets by Emma
• The Wonderful Ms. Klapesky by Gabby

& more coming soon..

Family Road Trip on Storybird by Charlize

Resource Links:

Storybird Quick Tour
More resource links HERE

ROE IBPYP Exhibition 2012

Links to student projects are available on the Exhbition 2012 website. 

Stay tuned for further project sharing on this blog
& check out some also in our hallway display!

Online Resources for Developing Researchers

ROE students are involved with research investigations across the curriculum and throughout the year. View the screencast and screenshots below for recommended online resources that are especially supportive and helpful not only for our developing readers, but also our intermediate students too, as they encounter online sources at higher ranges of complexity. We have recently used WorldBook Kids, Nettrekker, and PebbleGo with 2nd grade students' recent research into human body systems and Kindergartners' ongoing study of living things. Each one of these has embedded audio support features, embedded dictionaries, and interactive information in a range of formats.


These resources require passwords for at-home access. Click here for a downloadable brochure, and look for password reminders in upcoming ROE News. (Contact Ms. Eastman).

[Click at right to view Full Screen]

World Book: 'Hear Text Read Aloud'' (Click to enlarge screenshot image)

Red arrows point to audio & dictionary features
(Click to enlarge screenshot image)

• World Book Kids
• Nettrekker
• KidsHealth.org
• National Geographic Young Explorer
• PebbleGo

2nd Grade: IIM & Research Studies

ROE students are developing and applying an array of reading, writing and research skills in the context of our IB Program of Inquiry by using the IIM research process. They are becoming increasingly independent researchers as a result of teachers' effective guidance within Units of Inquiry across the year. As one example---2nd graders investigated the systems at work within the human body within the IBPYP theme of "Who We Are." 

Student Questions by Ms. Klapesky's class

Notefacts by Daniel G.

Students worked through the process of creating a concept of map of questions and background knowledge. They generated questions of interest complimented by teacher guiding questions that moved research forward. 

Additional reading, writing, and research skills that are embedded in these studies are :

• Creating a research plan.
• Locating and using multiple sources to answer questions.
• Reading non-fiction and determining importance.
• Taking notefacts and citing sources.
• Understanding concept of plagiarism and ways to avoid it.
• Organizing and summarizing information.
• Creating projects in effective formats using visuals to support meaning.





Goal-Setting by Ms. Klapesky's class



Knowledge creation - 2nd grade research

Click to view expanded photo set of 2nd grade research.
Teaching Students to Paraphrase via Amsco Extra!

Celebrate Dr. Seuss!

Celebrate Dr. Seuss! March 2nd is his birthday. Can you guess who these characters are from their silhouettes? Do some research in the ROE library by checking out one of our many books by this extraordinary author.

Silhouettes adapted from original Dr. Seuss illustrations by Mrs. Richardson

• The Lorax Project
• About Dr. Seuss
• Seussville.com
• The Cat in the Hat: PBSkids.org
• 30 Dr. Seuss Quotes that can Change Your Life! (Infographic)

ROE Scholastic Book Fair