Challenge Question - Jan 31

There is a huge sale happening at the bike store. Miss. Pickett buys 8 tricycles and 6 bicycles.

HOW MANY WHEELS ARE THERE ALTOGETHER???

TO DO: Pic, Number Sentence, Written Sentence

BOOK ORDERS DUE THURSDAY!

If you are purchasing scholastic book orders they need to be in to Miss. Pickett by Thursday, February 3rd!

Thank you! :)

AFTER SCHOOL SKATING

After school skating starts tomorrow (Feb 1st).

After school skating will take each Tuesday after school in the months of FEBRUARY and MARCH. It is at NICHOLAS SHERAN ARENA FROM 3:30 - 4:30.

Children skating MUST HAVE HELMETS on!

Spelling Words for This Week.

The spelling words this week end with "ch" or "tch".

stretch

watch

crunch

pinch

sandwich

punch

scratch

sketch

ranch

coach

catch

match

bench

pitch

ditch

CHANGE FOR THIS WEEK....SPELLING HOMEWORK IS DUE ON THURSDAY AND SPELLING TEST WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY BECAUSE OF THERE BEING NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY.

No School Friday.

There is no school on Friday, February 4th due to a TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY.

Weekend Challenge Question

Miss. Pickett and Luke went to an "OILERS" hockey game, as Luke has decided to cheer for the OILERS over the Flames.

Throughout the entire game there was a total of 28 penalty minutes. EACH PENALTY IS 2 MINUTES IN LENGTH.

HOW MANY PENALTIES WERE THERE IN THE GAME ALTOGETHER?

REMEMBER: 1 PENALTY = 2 MINUTES

To Do: Picture, NS, WS

BRING IN A TRAVEL PICTURE!!!!

I NEED YOU TO SEND IN A TRAVEL PICTURE / FAMILY VACATION PICTURE OF YOUR CHILD.

We are doing an activity with these pictures for ONE SCHOOL ONE BOOK. It is okay if it is just a picture printed on paper but please have it as a COLOR picture.

Please note that the kids will be returning the picture home when ONE SCHOOL ONE BOOK is completed so no pictures will be lost in this activity.

PICTURES NEED TO BE IN TO MISS. PICKETT ON MONDAY, JANUARY 31st or TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1st.

ONE SCHOOL ONE BOOK!!

The "One School One Book" selection was revealed today.

Your child is coming home with a great book. Which means that you will have a whole lot of valuable, fun and interactive reading time with your child each night.

This year, only one book per family is coming home.

Please use the reading time with this book as quality family time and engage all the members of your family in this great and exciting reading journey!

HAVE FUN!!!

Exciting News.....

The "ONE SCHOOL ONE BOOK" kick off assembly is Thursday, January 27th @ 2:30 pm. Parents are more than welcome to join us for the event.

I WONDER WHAT THE BOOK IS GOING TO BE????

THE EXCITING BOOK REVEAL NEWS IS COMING SOON!

BRING SWIMSUIT AND TOWEL!

Bring swimsuit and towel TOMORROW!!!!!!!

We are swimming from 2 - 3 in the afternoon!

Challenge Question - Jan 25th

MAKING WORDS CHALLENGE...

How many words can you make using the letters below.

E R S T U B M I H O

You need to make at least 10 words.

Challenge Question - Jan. 24th

Miss. Pickett has 5 cartons of pysanky eggs from Ukraine. Each carton holds a dozen eggs.

How many pysanky eggs does Miss. Pickett have altogether?

TO DO: Picture, number sentence, written sentence

Spelling Words for the week.

This week the spelling words have "sh" or "ch".

shine

shape

brush

finish

machine

check

teacher

shirt

fashion

reach

chicken

chapter

shark

march

beach

Spelling test on Friday.
Spelling TIC TAC TOE BOARD due Friday.

THANK YOU BAKERS!

Thank you to those who made our bake sale a huge success by sending in a baked goodie for the kids to buy with their remaining scholar dollars. All the goodies were amazing and the kids really enjoyed them. We will now be starting our next session of scholar dollar collecting and the final scholar dollar sale will take place in JUNE.

Reminder for Swimming

We will be swimming on Wednesday, Jan.26th. We need to leave the school at around 1:30 so that we can be in the pool by 2:00. We will swim until approximately 2:50 pm and then return to the school.

A huge thank you to my parent drivers for making this trip possible!

Weekend Challenge Question

Write 5 of your own addition questions using three digit numbers and solve them to find the answer.

REMINDER...Scholar Dollar Bake Sale

A big thank you to all who have volunteered to send in a baked goody for our "bake sale" on Friday.

Please send in goodies on Friday morning!

You are all amazing and I appreciate your help SO MUCH!!!!

Challenge Question - January 19

Round each number below to the NEAREST 100

345

212

789

347

132

REMEMBER THAT YOUR FROG IS "LAZY"....he wants to hop to the closest number.

Tasks: circle the number that could change, underline the BOSS, "X" out the number that doesn't matter....and then round away!

Challenge Question - Jan. 17

Rylie "the bubble blowing champion" blew 16 bubbles and each bubble lasted for 2 minutes before breaking. How many minutes did Rylie have bubbles for altogether?

TO DO: Pic, NS, WS

HOT LUNCH ON WEDNESDAY

BOSTON PIZZA HOT LUNCH IS ON WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK!!!

Bake Sale on Friday

We will be having a "BAKE SALE" on Friday, Jan. 21 for the kids to use up their scholar dollars that they have left from the sale.

If you would like to bake something to send in that would be lovely and greatly appreciated. If you are going to send in a baked goodie please send me an email to let me know what you are sending! :)

Please send in goodies on Friday morning if you are sending something in! Thank you for all you do as parents to make this school year fun and exciting.

Swimming Drivers

We have enough drivers for swimming on Wednesday, Jan. 26th.

Thank you to all the parents who have volunteered to help out! We could not do these trips without you!

Spelling Words for the Week

Here are the spelling words for this week.

All words contain "ge" or "dge".

village

budge

manage

bridge

fudge

stage

page

smudge

challenge

cage

change

large

bandage

ridge

arrange

Spelling test on Friday.
Spelling TIC TAC TOE homework is due on Friday.

Swimming Drivers Needed

Need parents to drive for a swimming trip on Wednesday, Jan.26.

We will be swimming from 2:00 - 3:00.

A letter is coming home with your child today!

Challenge Question - Jan. 12th

A BATCH OF "VERBS"

Task: You need to write down 15 VERBS.

Remember: VERBS ARE ACTION/MOVEMENT WORDS.

(Example: jumping)

Challenge Question - Jan 11th

SUBTRACTING TIME!!

Set up a subraction question for each task below and FIND THE ANSWER. I want to see you line up your numbers correctly!

Task One: 765 subtract 321

Task Two: 844 subtract 688

Task Three: 934 subtract 599

Scholar Dollar Sale on FRIDAY!!

SCHOLAR DOLLAR SALE WILL BE HAPPENING ON FRIDAY!

If you have any gently used items that you want to donate to the sale please send them to school with your child in a bag with "Scholar Dollar Sale" on it.

Thank you! The kids are very excited for their first sale!

Hot Lunch Orders

HOT LUNCH ORDERS ARE DUE TOMORROW AT THE LATEST!!!

Challenge Question - Jan 10th

Number Detective Time

How many different three digit numbers can you make using...

8 3 5

Hint: There should be 6 numbers if you have them all.

Spelling Words

Here are the spelling words for the week.

guitar

geese

guy

gum

gate

garbage

gave

guide

giggle

guest

garage

game

guess

gentle

Spelling test is on Friday, Jan. 14th.

Spelling TIC TAC TOE homework is due on Friday, Jan. 14th.

Challenge Question - Jan 7th

TIME FOR YOUR OWN INTERNET RESEARCH TASK.

1) Pick an an animal below

* elephant

* cougar

* electric eel

* great white shark

*panda bear

2) Go on the the Internet and find me 10 INTERESTING FACTS about the animal you selected.

BOSTON PIZZA HOT LUNCH

Boston Pizza hot lunch orders are due on TUESDAY, JANUARY 11th!

PLEASE GET THEM IN ASAP!!!

Challenge Question - Jan 6th

USE THE WEBSITE BELOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.


http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/killerwhale/home.html

1) How many killer whale caves have been born at Seaworld? (Hint: look under Birth and Care of Young)

2) What do killer whales eat?

3) How fast can killer whales swim?

Challenge Question - Jan 5th

Make each equation below true.

Example: 8 + 7 + 15 - 5 - 1 + 4 = 28

___ + ____ - ____+ ____ - _____ = 40

____ + ____ + _____ - ____ - ____ = 19

GO CANADA GO!!!!

Look out RUSSIA we want the GOLD MEDAL!!!!

No Spelling This Week.

There is no spelling this week because it is a short week.

The regular "TIC TAC TOE" spelling program will resume next week!

BOOK PROJECT LETTER

A letter describing the "AT HOME BOOK PROJECT" is coming home with your child today. They have until Monday, January 31st to complete this project.

It requires your child to read a CHAPTER BOOK, write a brief book summary and design a project that showcases an element of the book. There is a huge list of project possibilites included in the letter to help your child with ideas for a project that they would like to create for their book.

Each child will present their summary and book project to their classmates.

Please read the letter carefully and contact me if you have any questions.

If your child needs help picking a chapter book at "their independent reading level" please let me know and I will assist them in selecting a book.

All reading minutes may be recorded on your child's R.A.H chart!!

The kids always have a blast with these book projects and they are so proud of their project creations.