Mrs. Barker's Grade Three Class

Hello Families! “Blogging” is a school wide project that is being taken on by the teachers at MMH school. We will cut down on the amount of paper that travels home with this cool, creative and interactive technology tool! There are links to great learning websites on the subject pages for your child. If at any time you have any suggestions of what you’d like to see on the blog, please let me know and we’ll see if we can make that happen! Here is my email address: corrina.barker@lethsd.ab.ca

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

MAGAZINE FUNDRAISER

IT IS TIME FOR THE MAGAZINE FUNDRAISER!!

ALL THE INFORMATION IS COMING HOME WITH YOUR CHILD TODAY!!

Pattern Time!!!!

CHECK OUT HOW SMART WE ARE WITH PATTERNS!!!!

THESE KIDS ARE THE MOST SPECTACULAR GROUP OF KIDDOS IN THE WORLD!!!!

THEY ROCK!

Challenge Question - Sept 27th

Miss. Pickett needs to get out of a locked mystery room and she needs your help. Miss. Pickett must give the TROLL guard a decreasing pattern as her key to get out of the mystery room.

YOUR TASK: Draw Miss. Pickett a decreasing pattern to use as her key to escape. You need to show 5 FRAMES of the pattern.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Scholastic Book Orders

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE TO MISS. PICKETT BY FRIDAY THIS WEEK.

Challenge Question - Sept 26th

You just learned how sound travels through the ear.

Put the words below in order for how sound travels through the ear.

*auditory nerve

* pinna

*cochlea

* anvil

*eardrum

*stirrup

* ear canal

* hammer

Good luck crazy kiddos.

Spelling words for this week.

Here are the spelling words for this week.

All words have "ng" or "nk".

finger

rung

drink

spring

blink

bunk

thank

thing

long

think

strong

string

Mystery bonus word this week.

Spelling test on Friday and tic tac toe board due on Friday. Please make sure that your child is doing THREE activities from the board in a row.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Challenge Question - Sept 21

These lovely girls made a pyramid for Miss. Pickett. Miss. Pickett wants to make 6 of these pyramids side by side.

How many kids would Miss. Pickett need altogether to make 6 pyramids all in a row???

To do: Picture, Number Sentence (show me your math work), Written Sentence

We love to learn!

It is nice to learn with a buddy!

Look at the focus!!! We love learning!

Hard work goes a long way!!!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

I LOVE MY JOB!!!!

This class of grade three students is absolutely amazing. I am so proud of how hard working they are and their zest for learning is contagious. They are always up for a challenge.

I do have to say that I think I have the world's kindest grade three class. They have spectacular manners and are always willing to lend a helping hand to someone.

I am so glad to see that they are "bucket fillers"!!!! If you do not know what a "bucket filler" is please ask your child to fill you in on how we fill each other's buckets!!

It is truly great to get to spend each day with these kids. Their hearts are huge and their determination is endless!!!

I LOVE MY JOB!!!!

Challenge Question - Sept 20th

Miss. Pickett needs your help solving this pattern. You are the detective that can save the day.

5, 10, 20, 40, ______, ______, _______

I wonder who is a genius that can solve this pattern.

GOOD LUCK CRAZY MONKEYS.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Bubble Shots....so much fun!

BEST SCIENCE EXPERIMENT EVER!!!!!!!!!!

WHOOPS....THAT ONE POPPED!!!!!!

NOW THAT'S A BIG BUBBLE!!!!!!

Challenge Question- Sept 19th

Miss. Pickett loves to read. She has 2 books with 25 pages, 4 books with 50 pages and one book with 100 pages.

If Miss. Pickett adds up all the pages for her books how many pages will she have altogether?

Show: Number sentence and written sentence.

School Picture Day

SCHOOL PICTURE DAY IS ON THURSDAY THIS WEEK. DRESS YOUR BEST!!!

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE RETURNED YOUR PICTURE SHEET FOR YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL (where you select pose and background color).

If you do not have one anymore you can pick up extra sheets from the office.

Spelling words for this week.

Here are the spelling words for this week.

The words begin with "a" or "be".

between

again

become

belong

beside

below

alive

across

above

alone

about

Spelling test is on Friday.

Spelling TIC TAC TOE homework is due on Friday.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Spelling

Spelling test is tomorrow morning.

Spelling homework is due back to school tomorrow!

Challenge Question - Sept 15

Building Words Challenge....

Use the letters below to build as many words as you can. You need to make at least 10 words.

R T E S A M C P O

example: cats

Good luck my super fabulous kiddos!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Challenge Question - September 14th

PATTERN TIME......

You have two tasks to complete:

1) Draw Miss. Pickett a REPEATING PATTERN.

2) Draw Miss. Pickett a GROWING (increasing) PATTERN.

GOOD LUCK!

Scholastic Book Orders

Scholastic book orders are coming home with your child today.

Orders are due back to Miss. Pickett on September 29, 2011.

If you are ordering any books please send in a cheque with the order form. All cheques need to be made out to "Scholastic Canada" as I send them in to them directly. Please do not make cheques out to me.

If at all possible try not to send cash in for book orders.

THANKS!!!

THERE ARE SOME GREAT READING DEALS IN THESE ORDERS!!!!

Monday, September 12, 2011

Challenge Question - Sept 9th

Put the words below in alphabetical order.....

house

mouse

grow

star

bat

cake

dark

purple

nice

Good luck crazy monkeys!

Spelling words for this week.

Here are the spelling words for this week.

lie

wild

mind

pie

child

behind

blind

wind

children

kind

find

grind

Spelling test is on Friday.

Spelling TIC TAC TOE homework is due on Friday. (Please return entire spelling folder with all materials inside.)

Terry Fox Walk

A letter is coming home with your child today regarding the Terry Fox walk on Friday, September 23.

I need some lovely parents to come walk with us on this fine day!!!

Friday, September 9, 2011

Weekend Challenge Question....

NOUNS ARE:

1) people 2) places 3)things

List 10 nouns that start with the letter "t".

Example: Tiger

If you can list more than 10....GO FOR IT!!!

GOOD LUCK!!

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Challenge Question - Sept 8th

List 20 words that start with the letter "m"!

Good luck crazy monkeys.

Bring me your answers tomorrow. :)

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Challenge Question - Sept 7th

ODD versus EVEN

Which of the numbers below are ODD numbers.

Hint: Think about the number that is in the ONES column.

135

182

144

133

Write all the odd numbers on a piece of paper and bring it into Miss. Pickett!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

What a start.....

What a great start to the grade three year already! I am so proud of how hard these kids are working. We had an absolute blast in science class today. We did an experiment to see which bubble gum blew the biggest bubbles! Through this experiement we learned all about the steps of the "scientific method" which we will be using a lot throughout the year.

I have to say that it was quite the sight to see kids with bubbles so big that when they popped the gum covered their nose!!

I am so pleased with the effort that all these fabulous kiddos are showing. They are tackling everything I set in front of them with good spirits and smiles.

I truly have the best job in the world. The best part being I get to work with 24 amazing kids each day and inspire them to be the best person they can be.

We are going to have such a fun year!!!