Challenge Question - Sept 30th

NOUN CHALLENGE...

Let's see who can remember what a noun is.....good luck froggies!

Write 5 nouns that start with the letter "M".

Write 5 nouns that start with the letter "T".

Bring in your answer to Miss. Pickett tomorrow.

WHOO HOO!!!!!!

CHALK UP ANOTHER OILERS WIN!!!!!

WAY TO TAKE PHOENIX IN A SHOOT OUT!!!

WE ARE ON A ROLL!!!!

Miss. Pickett and her froggy hockey fans are loving preseason hockey!

Challenge Question - Sept 29

TASK: Learn how do to "polar bear" in sign language.

You will have to show Miss. Pickett if you can do it tomorrow morning since you cannot put this answer on paper!

Good luck crazy monkeys!

STUDY MATH!!!!

PATTERNS MATH TEST TOMORROW!

BRING IN YELLOW MATH REVIEW SHEET!!!!

Challenge Question - Sept 28

Find the number....

a) What number do I have if I have 3 hundreds, 4 tens and 7 ones?

b) What number do I have if I have 5 hundreds, 9 tens and 2 ones?

c) What number do I have if I have 12 tens and 3 ones?

d) What number do I have if I have 15 tens and 7 ones?

Good lucky crazy kiddos. Make Miss. Pickett proud with your super smart math knowledge!

Thanks to my fabulous kids!

Miss. Pickett would like thank her amazing kiddos for trying so hard today!!! It was SUPER hot in our classroom and this fantastic bunch did a really great job of dealing with the heat while still trying to be great learners!!!

You kiddos continue to make me so proud...I love your willingness to learn no matter what.

Miss. Pickett is bringing lots of fans tomorrow!!!!

IMPORTANT ROAD CLOSURE NOTICE!

JERRY POTTS BLVD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY!!!!

THIS IS GOING TO MAKE FOR A CHAOTIC SITUATION FOR DROPPING KIDS OFF AND PICKING KIDS UP.

PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY, AS THERE WILL BE NO ACCESS TO THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BY JERRY POTTS.

Working with a froggy buddy!

Working with a "froggy learning buddy"! I love how focused these kids are!!!

Way to go kiddos!!!

Challenge Question - Sept 27

FIND ALL THE EVEN NUMBERS!!!

345

688

904

113

544

1561

17

322

677

1234

12

279

872

GOOD LUCK FANCY FROGGIES!!! You always make me so proud!!!

IMPORTANT MATH NOTICE: PATTERNS UNIT QUIZ ON THURSDAY!

WE ARE ALMOST DONE OUR UNIT ON PATTERNS.

The kids will be doing their unit quiz on THURSDAY, SEPT 30th.

Your child is bringing home a review sheet called "WORKING WITH PATTERNS". This review sheet is a lot like the questions that your child will see on their quiz on Thursday.

The kids need to finish and study this review sheet at home.

REVIEW SHEET IS DUE BACK ON THURSDAY!!! Please keep it at home until Thursday so that your child can review it for a couple minutes each night.

WAY TO GO OILERS!!!

OILERS ARE RUNNING A SCHOOL ON SCORING

GOALS!!!!

WAY TO GO TEAM.....8 - 2 win over Vancouver!!!

WHOO HOO!!!!

Spelling words for the week.

The spelling words this week all have the vowel sound associated with "au" and "aw".

haul

awful

aunt

water

wash

because

saw

lawn

draw

paw

straw

dawn

fault

yawn

crawl

BONUS WORD: exhausted

Spelling test is on Friday.
Green spelling worksheet is due on Friday.

Please remember to use www.spellingcity.com for a fun spelling review at home.

A little tiger time....

The kids have been asking me to put up pictures of my journeys around the world on the blog.

This picture was taken at a nature reserve in Bangkok, Thailand. I was a little nervous at first...but this little guy was WAY too preoccupied with the milk bottle to care about anything else.

One of the best experiences of my life!!!

Weekend Challenge Question

MYSTERY NUMBER....

I have 5 hundreds and 17 ones.

WHAT NUMBER AM I???

BRING IN YOUR ANSWER ON MONDAY. GOOD LUCK CRAZY KIDDOS.

HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND!

Top 5 Reasons....

Here are the top 5 reasons why I have the best grade 3 class EVER!!!

1) These kids love learning. They get so excited to tackle new challenges.

2) These kids are amazing listeners!

3) These kids have hearts of gold and are so kind!

4) These kids are always wearing a smile and they love to tackle any challenge that I set in front of them. They are one hardworking crew!

5) These kids can bring a smile to my face at any moment during the day. They always make me laugh.

I am so glad to be surrounded by such wonderful kids each day!

Challenge question - Sept 23

Find Miss. Pickett's mystery number!!!!

100 - 30 + 50 + 100 - 40 - 7 + 15 - 3 = ______

RULE IS....you CANNOT use a calcutor.

Bring in your answer tomorrow!!!

Learning About Hearing Damage

Today my super smart froggies learned about how hearing damage accumluates over time through the use of "trusty backpacks" as a demonstration tool!!!! This awesome kiddo accumluated a lot of hearing damage through making "unsafe" hearing choices in a story told by Miss. Pickett!

Thanks to this super cool kiddo for being such a great assistant with such strong arms.

Remember to protect your ears because the damage that is done to them over time cannot be reversed!

GO OILERS GO!!

The Oilers hit the ice tonight for their first preseason game!!!

And we all know how much Miss. Pickett loves the OILERS!!!!

GO OILERS GO!!!!

Miss. Pickett is SUPER pumped for the start of the hockey season!!!

Miss. Pickett is rocking her brand new MMH hockey jersey beside one of her beloved Flames fans.

It is really too bad for all the Flames fans that the OILERS are going to run the show this year!!! :)

Challenge Question - Sept 22

Miss. Pickett needs your help to complete the patterns below.

3, 6, 10, 15, ______, ______, ______, _______

75, 65, 55, ____, _____, _____, _______

10, 20, 40, 80, _____, ______, _______

100, 99, 97, 94, 90, _____, _____, _____ , _____

Bring in your answer to Miss. Pickett tomorrow. Good lucky crazy monkeys!

SCHOOL PICTURES TOMORROW!

COME DRESSED IN YOUR BEST GEAR TOMORROW AND BRING YOUR FLASHY WHITE SMILE!!!!

IT IS PICTURE DAY TOMORROW!

Challenge Question - Sept 20

WORD DETECTIVE

Miss. Pickett needs your help building words.

HERE ARE THE ONLY LETTERS YOU GET:

M E S A T R C I

Objective: YOU NEED TO MAKE MISS. PICKETT 5 WORDS (you can make more if you think you are really smart).

RULES:

1) You can only use each letter once.

2) words must be at least 3 letters long!

GOOD LUCK SMART COOKIES!

Bring in your answer on a piece of paper to Miss. Pickett tomorrow.

Spelling words for this week.

The spelling words for this week have "nk" and "ng".

bunk

string

long

thing

thank

rang

finger

strong

blink

think

spring

drink

ring

rung

Please review the words each night for 5 minutes.

Orange spelling sheet due on Friday.

Spelling test on Friday.

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE SPELLING CITY WEBSITE WITH THESE WORDS! YOUR CHILD WILL LOVE IT!

Great Website!!!

http://www.spellingcity.com/

THIS IS A GREAT WEBSITE TO PRACTICE SPELLING WORDS AT HOME.

All you do on the website is type in the spelling words that your child brings home and the website creates practice games using the spelling words. There are so many different ways for your child to practice their spelling words on this site in fun and interactive ways that will make them feel like they are not even practicing spelling!!!

There are activities on Spelling City for alphabetical order, word searches, speedy speller race against the clock, matching games, crosswords....and the list goes on!

ENJOY!!!!

Challenge question break this weekend!

Have fun playing in the rain!

A good read!

One of the best things about teaching.....sharing reading moments with my lovely batch of kiddos!

Always take the time to snuggle up with a good book!

HOW TO FREAK MISS. PICKETT OUT.....

BRING IN A "GIGANTIC SPIDER"!!!!

YIKES!!!

This spider seriously goes down as the biggest spider I have EVER seen in Lethbridge. Congrats to this super cool kiddo for being brave enough to catch it...and even more brave to bring it in to school to scare Miss. Pickett.

Lesson learned today...Miss. Pickett has a fear of spiders!!! Which the kids found super funny! But I did survive the morning with the spider in the room....it just had to be REALLY FAR away from where I was!!! And someone had to keep checking that it was still in the container!

Challenge Question - Sept 16

Miss. Pickett is having trouble with her spelling! She needs your help to fix the spelling mistakes in the words below.

perple

howse

painnted

becuz

shappe

schol

Bring in your words with the correct spelling to Miss. Pickett tomorrow.

Have fun crazy kiddos!

Challenge Question - Sept 15

I am AMAZED at the number of kids that tackle the challenge question each night. This is one keen batch of learners! I LOVE IT! Keep it up kiddos!

You will need to use this website to answer the questions below:

http://www.snowleopardconservancy.org/kids/text/kidfax.htm

1) How long do snow leopards live?

2) How many cubs does a mother snow leopard have?

3) How many snow leopards are left in the wild?

Good luck fantastic froglets!

Terry Fox Walk Cancelled for Tomorrow

Due to the weather forecast for tomorrow we WILL NOT be doing the Terry Fox walk!
We are hoping that the weather will shape up and we may be able to do the walk on Friday morning instead.

Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to help out. You are awesome and I appreciate you being willing to share in the moment with our class. I will be in touch with volunteer parents to let them know if the walk will be taking place on Friday.

It is really too bad that we cannot control the weather because I know that the kids and I were really excited for this event!

Cross your fingers for FRIDAY!

Challenge Question - Sept 14

This fabulous little worker in Miss. Pickett's great grade three class cut out 345 pictures for her science collage! Then when we were in gym playing kickball....Mr. Platt snuck in to Miss. Pickett's classroom and stole 115 of her pictures.

How many pictures does she have left after Mr. Platt was a sneaky theif????

To Do: Number sentence and Written Sentence

Good lucky my fabulous, fun froggies!

All smiles while collaging "Sounds in My Home"! What a wonderful working batch of kiddos!

You rock superstars!

CONGRATULATIONS CARTER!

CONGRATULATIONS CARTER FOR BEING MISS. PICKETT'S SPECIAL PERSON!

Carter is one AMAZING STUDENT! This fabulous kid comes in wearing a smile every day and he is always ready to learn. I can set any challenge in front of Carter and he will take it on like a champion. Carter loves to show his knowledge in math and he is growing into quite the creative writer! I love seeing how Carter is always willing to lend a helping hand to his classmates. He is a superior role model and he has the BEST manners!

You rock Carter and you make me so proud each day! Keep up the awesome job buddy!

Five best things about Carter:

1) He is kind.

2) He is a great listener.

3) He has a heart of gold and is an amazing friend!

4) He ALWAYS tries his very best at everything.

5) Carter has a smile and great personality that can light up any room!

Challenge Question - Sept 13

Lazy frog needs your help!!!!!!!!!!!

He has a homework project to come up with 5 words that rhyme with the word "KIND" and he has a tummy ache so he cannot get his homework done.

If you can help him out....please bring in your piece of paper to Miss. Pickett tomorrow with 5 words that rhyme with "KIND".

Have fun crazy kiddos! You continue to amaze me each day!

Wear blue and gold tomorrow!

Tomorrow is our first spirit assembly!!!

Dress in blue and gold!!!

Spelling Information

Spelling starts this week. Each week your child will have spelling words listed in their agenda. Spelling words will also always be posted on the blog.

Please take time to practice these spelling words with your child throughout the week.

Kids who score 100% on their spelling test on Friday earn the reward of a scholar dollar.

I also use bonus words with the kids to add a little challenge to the spelling. Sometimes there will be a mystery bonus spelling word and sometimes I will give the kids the bonus word to practice.

If the kids get 100% on their spelling test and the bonus word correct they earn the reward of 2 scholar dollars.

Spelling words for the week

Here are the spelling words for this week.

All words have the "LONG I" sound.

mind

children (exception to the "long i" rule)

die

kind

wind

behind

child

tie

pie

blind

lie

wild

grind

mild

find

Pink spelling worksheet is due back to school on Friday morning.

Spelling test will take place on Friday morning.

Please take 5 minutes each night to review the spelling words.

THE BIG REVEAL...

Miss. Pickett's favorite candy is..............

SOUR COKE BOTTLES

Weekend Challenge Question

Thank you to my lovely picture assistants...you ROCK!

Task 1: Change around the order of the numbers in "927" to make a number that is EVEN!

Task 2: Miss. Pickett is holding a three digit number. Put a circle around the number in the hundreds place and put a square around the number in the ones place.

Task 3: Draw a "base ten" picture (using squares, rods and dots) to show the number "463".

If you are a GENIUS and complete all 3 tasks please bring in your answers to Miss. Pickett on Monday! Have fun crazy kiddos!

A love for reading!!!

I am so proud to have such a crew of readers this year! Reading is something that I love sharing with the kids. I read to the kids daily and I love hearing them read to me. Nothing beats snuggling up with a good book!

Please take the time to read with your child at home for 15 minutes each night. It is a great way to spend some quality family time and the benefits of reading with your child are endless. Reading offers such a neat way of exploring the world and it can lead to some pretty amazing discussions with your child!

When your child has completed their R.A.H chart please send it in to school so they can collect their "reading scholar dollars" and I will send a new chart home with them. The more they read at home...the more money they earn in their wallets! :)

Masterful mappers!

These two gals were topnotch at mastering Miss. Pickett's mystery school mapping activity! I am so amazed at the level of cooperation these gals showed to complete the task! That was some SERIOUS teamwork!

Way to go girls...you are such superstar froglets!!!!

Challenge question - Sept 9

Miss. Pickett has a really full garage that she needs to clean out. In her garage she has 8 bicycles and 6 tricycles.

If Miss. Pickett was to count all the wheels in her garage how many wheels would there be altogether?

TO DO TO SOLVE:

1) Draw a picture

2) Write a number sentence

3) Write a written sentence to answer the question.

Good luck funny froglets!

Bring in your answer to Miss. Pickett tomorrow for your reward!

WHO THINKS THEY ARE A SMART COOKIE?

SPELLING STARTS MONDAY

Our classroom spelling program begins on Monday. Every Monday, your child will be coming home with the spelling words listed in their agenda. Please take the time to review these spelling words for about 5 minutes each night.

There will also be a weekly spelling activity sheets that your child will work on in class every Monday and then these sheets will come home with your child to be completed. Thus, there will be spelling homework to be completed each week. All spelling worksheets are due back to school on Friday morning.

All spelling tests will take place on Friday morning.

Scholastic Book Order DUE MONDAY!

All scholastic book orders are DUE ON MONDAY (Sept. 13)!!!

If your child would like to order books please send in the orders as soon as possible.

Coming home....

Some important papers are coming home with your child today.

1) Information about school newsletter. A link to this newsletter is posted on the blog. We are going GREEN and the school newsletter is posted online.

2) Terry Fox pledge forms. The "Terry Fox" walk will be taking place on Thursday, Sept 16th. If you would like to come walk with our class we would love your company.

3) School picture form.

Challenge Question - Sept 8

You know how much Miss. Pickett LOVES polar bears!!! Miss. Pickett needs youR help making this BORING polar bear sentence really exciting!

The polar bear walked.

Rewrite the BORING sentence for me so that it is FULL OF FANCY AND JUICY WRITING WORDS. Let's see who can make a sentence so EXCITING that it makes Miss. Pickett jump up and down! Bring in your super wonderful sentence on a piece of paper tomorrow.

All smiles!

Hold that bubble and DON'T MOVE...and I love the bubble gum all over the face!!!

This amazing gal has a smile that can make any room glow!!!

What a superstar!

One of Miss. Pickett's amazing bubble blowing rockstars! Now that is some serious focus!!!

Challenge Question - Sept 7

NUMBER STUMPER

Find the mystery number following the steps below.

1) Add 13 and 15

2) Subtract 6

3) Add 22

4) Subtract 11

5) Subtract 4

6) Add 100

Good luck fantastic froggies! Show Miss. Pickett just how smart you are by bringing in your answer on a piece of paper tomorrow.

COMMENTING ON BLOG!

I have finally discovered how to comment on BLOG POSTINGS...thanks to some wonderful parents! If you would like to comment on BLOG POSTINGS all you need to do is create a GOOGLE ACCOUNT. When you click on comment under the blog posting you will go to where it says "comment as" and you will need to select google accout, it will then have you sign in and you are free to comment away!

I love reading the comments on things that I put up on the BLOG so please comment away! The feedback is great. If you sign in as a parent, your child may also comment on the postings if they like!

I am so glad to hear that students and parents are loving the BLOG!!! You will be seeing lots of neat things on it throughout the year.

What a great week!

The first week of grade three was an absolute blast! We had so much fun!

I am loving these kids already! I have a lot of OILERS fans which is awesome!

We are going to have a wonderful year in grade three filled with a lot of smiles and laughter.

These students are amazingly hardworkers with such kind hearts and great spirits.

Please give your child a big hug for being such a spectacular student!!!

I can't wait to see them all grow throughout the year!

I truly have the best job EVER!

Have a great long weekend. There is no challenge question for the weekend.

Challenge Question - Sept 2

Here you go fantastic froggies!

See if you are a genius and can put these words in alphabetical order.

dragon

sleep

radar

moose

neat

red

purple

white

zigzag

rose

cartoon

smart

Bring in you answer on a piece of paper to Miss. Pickett tomorrow.

Bubble blowing CHAMPION!!!

Now this crazy kiddo could blow some serious bubbles!

What a superstar you are!

How can this not make you laugh!

Nothing like a good science experiment that BLOWS UP in your face!!!

Great times in grade three!!