Take the time!

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you will go!"

Dr. Seuss

Challenge Question - Jan 28th

WRITE 3 DIFFERENT "JUICY" NUMBER SENTENCES TO COME UP WITH THE ANSWER THAT IS SHOWN ON THE GREEN PAPER.

I want to see you use lots of numbers and I want to see both addition and subtraction in your "juicy" number sentence.

Completing this challenge question comes with HUGE rewards.

HINT HINT!!!

Bring your 3 "juicy" number sentences on a piece of paper on Monday.

A BATCH OF SMILES!

WE LOVE TO SMILE IN THIS CLASS FOR SO MANY REASONS...MOST OF ALL BECAUSE WE LOVE LEARNING!

"Laughter is a smile that bursts!"

PARENT CHALLENGE!!!

At home reading challenge for parents.....DROP EVERYTHING AND READ! I am challenging parents to take 15 minutes each night during the next week to drop whatever you are doing and read with your child. A LITTLE BIT GOES A LONG WAY.

THE KIDS IN THIS CLASS LOVE TO READ AND TO BE READ TO...SO PARENTS, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO BE A PART OF THIS LOVE WITH YOUR CHILD! The benefits go far beyond what words can describe!

Challenge Question - Jan 27th

Write the ADDITION sentence and MULTIPLICATION sentence for the picture below!

Bring in your answer on a piece of paper tomorrow for your SURPRISE!!!

Good Luck crazy monkeys!

Reminder

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY because of teacher "Professional Learning Day".

Problem of the week due tomorrow.

Spelling test tomorrow.

Spelling words for the week.

Here are the spelling words for this week.

gas
guy
gate
guest
gum
garbage
gave
guide
giggle
garden
game
garage
guess
geese
guilty

Please note that there is no spelling worksheet this week. Spelling test will take place on Thursday instead of Friday due to the fact that Friday is a professional learning day for teachers.

MATH TEST MONDAY!

MATH TEST ON MONDAY, JAN. 25!!!!

Please have your child review the orange math review sheet that they brought home. Their math test on Monday will be very SIMILAR to this review sheet.

5 minutes of review goes a really long way to helping your child grasp the concepts.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ALSO PRACTICING YOUR ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION MATH FACTS AT HOME ON A REGULAR BASIS!

REMINDER

Miss. Pickett will be away Monday, Jan 25 and Tuesday, Jan 26 for a math conference. Mrs. Speelman will be in for me.

Friday, January 29 there is NO SCHOOL as it is a professional learning day.

OLYMPICS!!!

Please send in newspaper clippings and magazine articles on the 2010 Olympic Games that you do not need at home. I am looking for these materials so that the children can create Olympic scrapbooks in our Olympic unit.

Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

WE ARE UKRAINE!!!

WE ARE UKRAINE!!!!!!!!!

I am pleased to announce that 3C will be representing the country of Ukraine at MMH Olympics !!! We are going to be doing so many fun Ukrainian activities during the Olympics...such as a huge Ukrainian feast! YUMMY!!

Stay tuned for the fun OLYMPIC events to come in Miss. Pickett's amazing classroom that are centered around the FABULOUS country of Ukraine.

Challenge Question - Jan 21st

HOW MANY 3 DIGIT NUMBERS CAN YOU MAKE USING THE NUMBERS IN THE PICTURE ABOVE???

This challenge question has a secret reward. Bring in your answer on a piece of paper tomorrow!

Good luck monkeys!

A big thank you to my lovely picture assistants!! :)

Challenge Question - Jan 20th

Miss. Pickett has 7 pairs of Olympic mittens that she LOVES because they are so soft. How many Olympic rings are there altogther on Miss. Pickett's 7 pairs of mittens????

Hint: Make sure you take into account the number of rings on each mitten!!!!

Bring in your picture, number sentence and written sentence on a piece of paper for your scholar dollars!

Good Luck my LITTLE SMARTIES!!

OLYMPIC FEVER!!!!!

OLYMPIC FEVER HAS HIT MISS. PICKETT'S CLASS WITH FULL FORCE!

We will be doing many fun and exciting learning activities centered around the Olympic Games in Vancouver! The kids are pumped and so is Miss. Pickett!!! It is going to be a busy time in 3C! Stay tuned for all the fun events that we will be doing.

We are creating an Olympic bulletin board in the classroom so your child may bring in anything related to the Olympics that they find in the newspaper!!

GO CANADA GO!!!!

Miss. Pickett's SPECIAL person!!!

Congratulations to Nole for being Miss. Pickett's special person! Nole is a model student with a great heart! Nole always shows kindness to others and he is always willing to lend a helping hand! I can always count on Nole to put his best foot forward each day. He has a true desire to be the best learner he can be. Nole is always willing to take on a good math challenge with a smile!

I am so proud of all your efforts Nole! Keep up the great work. You are going to go amazing places in the world with all your talents! You are a star! LOVE, Miss. Pickett

A MASTERFUL MOSAIC!

This wonderful mosaic masterpiece was created by Ethan. Ethan did a great job of using bright and vivid colors to create an eye popping mosaic! Ethan, you have a great artisic eye and you did a spectacular job on your project!! I am very proud of your efforts!

What A Pirate!

Pirates have taken over 3C!

This outstanding pirate drawing was created by Carson! Carson did a great job of creating a vivid picture of a vicious pirate on a wild journey for a sunken treasure! Great job Carson! You are one amazing kid!

Challenge Question - Jan 19th

What do the colors of the OLYMPIC RINGS stand for???

Hint: Go on to GOOGLE and do a search using "Olympic Rings".

You will have to do some reading to find the answer. Bring in your answer on a piece of paper to earn your scholar dollars.

GOOD LUCK SMARTIES!

Challenge Question - Jan 18th

Miss. Pickett is a genius and has learned how to clone herself. There are 9 copies of Miss. Pickett standing in front you. How many markers will there be altogether if there are 9 Miss. Pickett's?

To earn your scholar dollars -- bring your answer in on a piece of paper with a picture, number sentence and written sentence.

Have fun monkeys!

Building Materials

Thank you very much for all the building materials that you have sent in.

We have enough building materials in the classroom for now...as we only have so much storage space.

If you could please keep collecting different building materials at home that would be great because we will need more materials to be sent in at a later date. I will send a notice when we need more building materials sent to school.

SPELLING WORDS FOR THE WEEK

HERE ARE THE SPELLING WORDS FOR THIS WEEK.

jar
jet
joke
jeans
just
jump
gym
gigantic
jungle
journal
jacket
giant
judge
jelly
gentle

Please review for 5 minutes each night.

Important Blog Letter Coming Home.

There is an important blog letter coming home with your child today.

It is regarding the use of pictures of your child on the blog site from different activites in our classroom. The kids will be doing many fun and exciting learning activities in the next few months and it would be nice to document these moments for the kids to see on the blog. The kids have been asking to see pictures of themselves up on the blog for some time now. It is a great way for the kids to feel as sense of ownership and responsibility for their learning.

In order for me to place your child's picture up on the blog the FOIP form that went home at the very beginning of the year needs to be in, so I will be checking for these. I also need you to return the bottom portion of the green letter that I sent home.

Thank you!

SCHOLAR DOLLAR SALE!

THE BIG SCHOLAR DOLLAR SALE IS HAPPENING TOMORROW MORNING!

THE KIDS ARE SUPER EXCITED TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO EARN!

I AM SO PROUD OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THESE KIDDOS DO EACH DAY. THEY ARE ONE SPECTACULAR GROUP OF MONKEYS!

Scholastic Book Orders Due JAN 22!

New scholastic book orders are coming home with your child today. If you would like to order books please bring in your order by JANUARY 22, 2010.

Please make your cheque payable to SCHOLASTIC CANADA.

Thank you!

Challenge Question: Jan 12

Here you go adding superstars.

I want you to find the answer to the addition question below using the "NUMBER BREAKDOWN" addition strategy!

Here you go SMARTIES!!!

6 5 3

+ 2 4 5
_____________

Remember to but in your zeros for your HUNDREDS (two zeros) AND TENS (one zero) !!!

THIS CHALLENGE QUESTION COUNTS FOR SCHOLAR DOLLARS --- PLEASE BRING IN YOUR WORK ON A PIECE OF PAPER OR IN YOUR AGENDA

NEED MATERIALS FOR SCIENCE!!!

For our science unit "Building with a Variety of Materials" we are going to be building many different structures. I need help from home to gather materials for the kids to use to construct these projects.

Please send in the following materials if you have any at home.

* toilet paper rolls

* paper towel rolls

* cardboard boxes (smaller ones -- granola bar boxes, cereal boxes, cracker boxes)

* shoe boxes (of different sizes)

* styrofoam trays

* aluminum trays

Thank you for your help with this!

Challenge Question - Jan 11th

Miss. Pickett was sitting in her classroom one day after school with nothign to do. She decided to write the whole ALPHABET out 4 times. If Miss. Pickett wrote out all the letters in the alphabet 4 TIMES how many letters did she write altogether?

Let's see who can figure this one out! Good luck MONKEYS!

PROBLEM OF THE WEEK!!

Beginning this week your child will be getting a "problem of the week" sheet to complete at home each week. Problem of the week sheets will go home each Monday and they are due back on Friday each week.

Please feel free to help your child...but please do not simply provide them with the answer. I need to see where the kids are making their mistakes so that I can help them become better problem solvers. If we simply provide the kids with the answer, they do not have to work through the different steps that are required to solve the problem. Thus, MISTAKES ARE OKAY AND THEY PROVIDE GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING!

It is my goal that that with these "problems of the week" the kids will develop a wide variety of problem solving skills and become confident problem solvers through the use of many different strategies.

BACK TO SPELLING!!!

Back to spelling this week after a long break!

Here are the spelling words for this week.

back
lock
speak
creek
freckles
leak
trick
neck
package
clock
pack
shook
block
break
squeak

Please be sure to do 5 minutes of review each night.

Art Superstar!

Way to go Connery! You created a fantastic oil pastel snowman! I love how you used the pastels to create different textures in your picture. You are a very talented artist with a great eye for detail!

Artist Alert!!

Congratulations Mackenzie for being such a talented artist! You have amazing drawing skills and you did an outstanding job working with oil pastels to create your snowboarding snowman!

Way to go!! I am so proud of all of your efforts!

Citizen of Tomorrow!

Congratulations to Ryleigh for being Miss. Pickett's "Citizen of Tomorrow". Ryleigh is a true ray of sunshine with a heart of gold. She is always willing to lend a helping hand to others and she truly tries her best at everything she does. Ryleigh is a great role model to all students at Mike Mountain Horse Elementary School. She takes great pride in being a great student and she is an amazing friend to all those around her. Ryleigh has a great sense of compassion and always displays honesty and respect!

Keep up the great work Ry Ry! I am so very proud of you! You are going to go amazing places in life!

Love, Miss. Pickett

Challenge Question - Jan 6th

Find the missing number for the questions below.

_____ + 8 = 18

17 - _____ = 6

6 + _____ = 24

____ - 7 = 13

_____ - 15 = 12

Good luck crazy kiddos!!

HOT LUNCH FORMS

Please return hot lunch forms as soon as possible!! Thank you!

SCHOLAR DOLLAR SALE - Jan 15th

THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE FIRST SCHOLAR DOLLAR SALE!!!

Your child has been working very hard in the classroom to earn scholar dollars.

The scholar dollar sale is a great learning activity for children because it is a great opportunity for the students to use their knowledge about counting money and making change.

There will be many different items for sale, as I have been collecting many different things. The kids may also purchase coupons for: lunch out with me, making lunch with me at the school, special recesses with me and extra time on the laptop computers.

The kids are very excited for this sale and I am very excited to host the sale as the kids have been working so hard to earn all their scholar dollars.

The sale will be taking place on Friday, Jan 15th.

Please Note: If you have any items (toys, stuffies, books, videos, Cd’s…etc) that you no longer need and that are in good condition you are more than welcome to place them in our class scholar dollar sale. Please send the items to school with your child in a bag that is marked “Scholar Dollar Sale”. IT IS NOT MANDATORY FOR YOU TO SEND IN AN ITEM, IT IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL (…it is just a good way to get rid of items that you may have at home that you no longer need).

Challenge Question - WORTH SCHOLAR DOLLARS

Here you go little monkeys!

Let's see who thinks they are super smart!


Write the all the related facts using the numbers below.

17

9

8

MATH FACTS PRACTICE

Dear Parents:

I would really like the children to spend 5 minutes each night reviewing their addition facts up to 18 and their subtraction facts from 18.

The kids will be using these facts daily in math class and the easier they can pull them from memory the quicker their math computation skills will become.

5 minutes a night of practice will go a long way to helping your child. The kids can do their practice on the computer, using flash cards, playing addition/subrtaction games (using a deck of cards or dice) or doing sheets that you can print off the computer... (www.mathfactcafe.com) is a great website to make up simple sheets. All the practice that your child does can be recorded on their "MATH WHIZ" sheet.

If you would like some extra ideas to use with your child at home for practice please let me know and I will send you some creative math fact practice games.

WELCOME BACK!!

WELCOME TO 2010...it is going to be an interesting and fun filled year!!! I hope everyone had a relaxing Christmas holiday!!

It is great to be back with the fresh start of a new year ahead of us!!! I sure did miss all my crazy kiddos over the holiday season and am so glad to be back with them!

Please note that there will be no spelling this week. We will start back into the regular spelling routine next week.

As well, beginning next week your child will be getting a weekly math problem to complete at home. This "problem of the week" is designed to have the kids practice various problem solving skills and strategies.