My Little Ukrainians!

Wow...did the kiddos ever get in the spirit of being team UKRAINE!!!

We had a great time celebrating the MMH Olympics! I was amazed at the spirit of the kiddos! The Olympics is a very special time and we had a blast together as a class decorating PYSANKY EGGS and having an enormous UKRAINIAN FEAST!!!

Thank you to the parents for helping to make our Olympic celebrations so memorable!!!

Miss. Pickett is so very proud of all her little Ukrainians!!!

What a great Ukrainian feast today!!!!

A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS THAT HELPED MAKE THIS FEAST POSSIBLE!!!

All the dishes were AMAZING!!! It was a great way to celebrate the culture of Ukraine.

This feast was a great experience for the kids! And their bellies were so full that we had to have all the desserts later in the afternoon!!!

Thank you to the parents for making this experience something the kids will remember for a long time. I could not do activities like this without your help!!!

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE!!!

A little look at Miss. Pickett during "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE" classroom clean up!!! Ahhhhh....how we have so much fun in grade three!!!

THIS PICTURE MAKES ME LOOK LIKE I AM SUPER TALL!!!!!

HE HE HE!!!

No School Friday!

There is no school on Friday, February 26th as it is a professional learning day for teachers.

DRESS UKRAINIAN TOMORROW!

THE OLYMPIC CLOSING CEREMONIES ARE TOMORRROW AT 12:45 PM.

DRESS IN THE COLORS OF UKRAINE (YELLOW AND BLUE)

Congratulations HUNTER for being Miss. Pickett's special person!

Congratulations HUNTER!!! Hunter is a true ray of sunshine! She can light up any room with her bright smile and her kind spirit! Hunter has been working very on her math addition, subtraction and multiplication skills! Hunter loves to take on really hard math challenges to show her critical thinking skills. Hunter has a true passion for being a creative writer and she always tries to make her compositions extra juicy with lots of fancy writing words.

Hunter, I am so proud of everything you do! You are a great role model and a true gem to teach! Thank you for always sharing your kind words with everyone. You have a heart of gold and you are going to go amazing places in the world with your fun loving spirit!

Love, Miss. Pickett

A UKRAINIAN AT HEART!

What a great job on your pysanky egg decorating!! You have some amazing artistic skills!

PYSANKY SPECIALIST!!

A TRUE UKRAINIAN!!!! LOOK AT THAT AMAZING PYSANKY EGG!!!

GREAT JOB SUNSHINE!!!

PYSANKY DECORATING!

BRINGING A LITTLE UKRAINIAN CULTURE INTO

OUR OLYMPIC CELEBRATIONS!

Drawing intricate designs on an egg is not an easy task. But these kiddos mastered the art of Pysanky decorating today!!!

I am so proud of all your hard work crazy monkeys!!! You are one fabulous crew of kiddos!

Sugar Cube Castle Materials - MONDAY!!

MONDAY, MARCH 1st we are building sugar cube castles!

Kids need to bring in:

* 11 X 13 piece of sturdy cardboard

* bottle of white glue

* one or two boxes of sugar cubes (one is required)

Kids can bring in their materials any time between now and Monday. All materials need to be at school on Monday. Please make sure materials for your child are clearly labelled with their name.

CHICKEN CURLERS!!!

LOOK OUT KEVIN MARTIN....we have some MMH chicken curlers in the hunt for a gold medal!!!

GO TEAM UKRAINE!!!!

CHICKEN SLALOM!!!

A little chicken slalom skiing going on at the MMH OLYMPICS!!!

What technique...what form...what a gold medal champion!!!!! YOU ROCK BUDDY!

CHICKEN BIATHLON!!!

The kids took on some "Olympic Chicken Challenge" events today!!

Bring on the "CHICKEN BIATHLON"!!

Check out that amazing chicken tossing technique...if you look closely you can see the image of the chicken flying through air!

UKRAINIAN FEAST WEDNESDAY!!

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SEND IN YOUR DISH FOR THE UKRAINIAN FEAST ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH IN THE MORNING!!!

IT IS GOING TO BE A DELICIOUS CELEBRATION OF UKRAINIAN CULTURE!!!

FEAST IS AT 11:00 AM!

HARD BOILED EGGS TOMORROW!!!

IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!

YOU NEED TO COME TO SCHOOL TOMORROW WITH TWO HARD BOILED EGGS FOR PYSANKY DECORATING!!!

PLEASE BRING THE EGGS IN A CONTAINER PACKED WITH PAPER TOWEL.

SPELLING WORDS FOR THE WEEK

Each word ends with "tch" or "ch".

catch
bench
match
scratch
sketch
ditch
punch
pitch
crunch
coach
watch
sandwich
stretch
ranch
ostrich

Spelling test will take place on Thursday morning (no school on Friday due to teacher professional learning day).

Purple spelling sheet is due on Thursday.

BACK TO SCHOOL

Back to school on Monday, February 22nd.

Please bring in Olympic Newspaper clippings that you find during your week off.

NHL hockey star in the making!

All ready to join the Calgary Flames....although Miss. Pickett suggests joining the Oilers to help them out of their rut!!!

What a speed demon on the ice!

I am one fast skater....no one can catch me!!!

Figure skating champion in the making!

Look out OLYMPICS here I come!!!!

NO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK!

There is NO SCHOOL for students during the week of February 15 - 19!

Teacher's Convention is taking place on February 18th and 19th.

BACK TO SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 22nd!

SKATES AND HELMETS!

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR SKATES AND YOUR HELMET FOR THE VALENTINE'S DAY SKATING PARTY TOMORROW!!!

IF YOU ONLY HAVE SKATES, YOU WILL BORROW A HELMET FROM THE ARENA.

WE ARE LEAVING FOR THE SKATING ARENA AT 8:40 am SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARRIVE AT SCHOOL ON TIME IN THE MORNING!

Bring Valentine's Day Cards Tomorrow.

Remember to bring in your Valentine's Day cards tomorrow!!!

How can you not love their spirit!

Miss. Pickett's kiddos have a special spirit! We know how to have a good time...and get a little goofy in the process!

ROSY WINTER CHEEKS!

CHECK OUT OUR ROSY CHEEKS!!! WE DID SOME SUPER BRISK WALKING!!

WINTER WALK FUN!

SOME SERIOUSLY "TOUGH" WINTER WALKERS!!!

WAY TO GO KIDDOS!

VERY IMPORTANT LETTERS!

TWO VERY IMPORTANT LETTERS ARE COMING HOME WITH YOUR CHILD TODAY!!

Olympic Ukrainian Feast Letter - On Wednesday, Feb. 24 we will be having a Ukrainian Olympic Feast. I need parents to help out with this activity by supplying a Ukrainian dish for the kids to sample. Please read the letter for full details and recipe websites. I cannot do this activity without parental support, so big thank you in advance for helping make this a memorable activity for the kids. I will also needs some parents to volunteer to help warm and serve the food.

Pysanky Letter - On Tuesday, Feb. 23 we will be doing PYSANKY egg decorating with wax crayons and hard boiled eggs. Your child will need to bring in 2 HARD BOILED eggs for this activity. Please read the letter for full details.

WINTER WALK TOMORROW!

The "WINTER WALK" is taking place tomorrow from 12:45 - 2:15 pm.

Kids need to come prepared to walk outside so they will need APPROPRIATE CLOTHING for the weather and good footwear.

GO UKRAINE GO!!!

REVEALING TEAM UKRAINE!!!

The kids rocked their ribbon dance performance today at the "MMH Olympic Opening Ceremonies".

MISS. PICKETT IS SO PROUD OF YOU!!!

Challenge Question - Feb 8th

Put the words below in alphabetical order.

shark

mountain

cake

apple

shirt

coconut

cable

seashell

park

awesome

spark

moose

Good luck genuises. Bring in your answer tomorrow on a piece of paper for your secret prize!!

SPELLING WORDS FOR THE WEEK

The spelling words this week contain "sh" or "ch".

shape
shirt
finish
shark
teacher
chicken
machine
shine
reach
beach
brush
chapter
march
check
checkers

BONUS WORD: chimpanzee

The spelling test will take place on THURSDAY due to the skating party on Friday. Please do a quick review of the words each night!

Challenge Question - February 5th

Write 5 verbs (action words) that you could use to describe how a polar bear moves.

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

Write 5 adjectives (describing words) that you could use to describe a tiger.

Good luck crazy monkeys. Secret reward for those who bring in their answer on a piece of paper on Monday.

IMPORTANT!!!!!!

WEAR BLUE AND YELLOW ON MONDAY!!!

BRING A BLACK SHIRT ON MONDAY FOR RIBBON DANCE PERFORMANCE AT OPENING CEREMONIES!

Parents: Opening ceremonies begins at 12:45pm on Monday. Please join us if you can. The grade three classes will be performing an Olympic Ribbon dance at the ceremonies.

Being Crafty with Salt Dough!

What a blast we had building some cute critters out of salt dough!!! GREAT WORK TODAY KIDDOS!!!

I AM SO PROUD OF YOUR EFFORTS!

Challenge Question - Feb 4th

Write the multiplication sentence and addition sentence for the "array" that is shown above.

Hint: Remember what number tells you the number of rows and what number tells you the number in each row.

Bring in your answer on a sheet of paper tomorrow for your secret reward! Good luck smarties!

MMH OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONIES!!!

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 IS A BIG DAY AT MMH AS IT IS THE "MMH OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONIES"!

START TIME: 12:45pm

Parents are encouraged to attend.

Miss. Pickett needs her students to dress in the colors of Ukraine.

WEAR BLUE AND YELLOW ON MONDAY!!!!

BRING SALT DOUGH TOMORROW!!!

CHILDREN NEED TO BRING THEIR SALT DOUGH FOR SCIENCE TOMORROW.

PLEASE SEND IT IN AN AIRTIGHT CONTAINER WITH THEIR NAME CLEARLY MARKED ON IT.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS!

PARENT DRIVERS NEEDED!

For our Valentine's Day celebration we will be skating on FEBRUARY, 12TH (Friday) from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.

I am in need of parents to help transport kids to and from the arena.

Parents are welcome and encouraged to join their kids on the ice to skate. Younger siblings may also participate in skating (as long as they are wearing a certified hockey helmet)

Bicycle helmets are not acceptable to be worn on the ice. Children must be in certified hockey helmets. There are extra hockey helmets at Nicholas Sheran should your child need to borrow one.

A letter is coming home with your child today regarding skating.

Tackling some tough plans!

The kids have been really challenged in science this week to interpret illustrated architectural bridge plans. I am absolutely amazed with the kids ability to problem solve and use different criticual thinking skills to build their bridges! Way to go monkeys!

Bridge Masters!

ANOTHER BRIDGE MASTERPIECE CREATED!!!! WAY TO GO KIDDOS...YOU ARE AN AMAZING BUNCH OF BUILDERS!

Congratulations MADDY!!!

Congratulations MADDY for being Miss. Pickett's special person. Maddy has a true heart of gold. She always shows her caring nature at MMH each day. Maddy is a very responsible student who always tries her best with every task that she tackles. She has a kind heart and a warm spirt that brings life to any room. I am so proud of all the efforts that Maddy is making in her writing to write very detailed sentences that are full of juicy words! Maddy loves to take on big challenges in math to show that she is a good problem solver. I love the motivation that Maddy shows to take responsibility for her learning. YOU ARE A SUPERSTAR!!! Miss. Pickett and all her crazy monkeys are so PROUD of Maddy! Keep up the great work smartie!

How can you not love these little architects!

Wow!!! Do I ever have a crafty crew of bridge builders this year in science class!!!

Architects in the making for sure in Miss. Pickett's room!!!!

IMPORTANT LETTER COMING HOME

VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!

THURSDAY SCIENCE PROJECT --- BUILDING WITH SALT DOUGH

I am sending home a very simple recipe for "SALT DOUGH" with your child today.


Each child will need to bring in SALT DOUGH ON THURSDAY for their science building project. Please make up the salt dough recipe on WEDNESDAY NIGHT so that the dough is fresh for your child to use for THURSDAY. It will need to be stored in an AIR TIGHT container or bag.

This is a very fun science project for the kids so please make sure that you take the time to make up the dough for your child.

IT WILL BE FUN FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILD TO MAKE THE DOUGH TOGETHER.

SPELLING WORDS FOR THE WEEK

Here are the spelling words this week.

They all have the /j/ sound made from "ge" or "dge".

change
bandage
cage
large
manage
stage
fudge
edge
ridge
challenge
smudge
village
page
budge
bridge

Please review for 5 minutes each night. Blue spelling worksheets are due on Friday.