Halloween Happiness!!!

OILERS BRIDE!!!!!

Spelling words for this week...

Here are the spelling words for this week:

bear

heard

clear

earthquake

learn

swear

earth

early

appear

wear

near

fear

SECRET BONUS WORD THIS WEEK.

SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY MORNING.
SPELLING HOMEWORK DUE ON FRIDAY MORNING (KIDS NEED TO DO 3 IN A ROW THIS WEEK....NOT A FREE PICK WEEK).

Social Mapping Test...

UPDATES FOR THIS WEEK.....

1) Social mapping test will be taking place tomorrow due to the photocopier not working last week when we wanted to do it!!

2) WE ARE SWIMMING ON FRIDAY FROM 10 TO 11. We will be leaving the school at 9:30 am. Thank you to my parent drivers for making this possible!!!

3) Mrs. Barker is away on Wednesday afternoon for a learning session. Mrs. Speelman will be in! :)

Few more pictures...

The kiddos wanted me to share a few more wedding pictures with the world so here they are...

Photos are by Jenn Aquila.

She is amazing! I recommend her if you are needing any photos done! :)

Weekend Challenge Question

VERB SEARCH

VERBS are action and movement words.

You need to list 10 VERBS for Mrs. Barker.

Examples: jumping, trotting, bounced

Halloween Party

Happy Halloween!!

The Hallween parade and party are happening on MONDAY AFTERNOON. Your child will need to put on their Halloween costume at LUNCH TIME!!

This means that costumes need to be simple and easy to get on. Please don't send lots of makeup with your child to put on because there is only 20 minutes to get ready and there will be lots of kids in the bathroom getting dressed.

COSTUMES NEED TO BE SIMPLE AND NO PRETEND WEAPONS MAY COME TO SCHOOL!

THE PARADE IS STARTING RIGHT AFTER LUNCH. WE WILL BE HAVING THE GRADE THREE PARTY FOLLOWING THE PARADE.

YOUR CHILD MAY BRING A BOARD GAME TO SCHOOL TO PLAY DURING THE PARTY.

Challenge Question - Oct. 27th

Mrs. Barker is headed to the farm to collect some baby chick eggs to hatch. She sees that there are 14 baby chicks in the barn.

How many feet are there altogether???

To Do: Pic, Number sentence and written sentence.

Musical super stars!!!

These kids make me so proud with their efforts!!!

What a crafty bunch of instrument builders!

Challenge Question - Oct. 25th

Mrs. Barker is cleaning out her wallet.

She sees that she has $3.21 in her wallet pocket.

Show Mrs. Barker 3 different ways that you could draw coins to show $3.21.

Make sure you label each coin you draw with its money value!

Good luck smarties!

REMINDERS.....

1) MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MATERIALS NEED TO COME TO SCHOOL TOMORROW.

2) I NEED A FEW MORE PARENTS TO DRIVE FOR SWIMMING NEXT FRIDAY.

3) SPELLING HOMEWORK IS DUE ON FRIDAY.

4) HALLOWEEN PARTY IS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. KIDS MUST COME WITH SIMPLE COSTUMES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE A LOT TO PUT ON SINCE THEY WILL BE GETTING DRESSED AT NOON. PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO COME TO THE PARTY. SCHOOL WIDE HALLOWEEN PARADE WILL BE AT 12:30.

New Email Address

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Here is my new email address:

corrina.barker@lethsd.ab.ca

Challenge Question - Oct. 24

Mrs. Barker is making cookies for her class. She has 5 plates of cookies. Each plate of cookies has 11 cookies on it.

How many cookies does Mrs. Barker have if she puts all her cookies on to one big plate?

To Do: PIC, number sentece, written sentence.

Spelling Words....

Here are the spelling words for this week:

startled

carpenter

sparkle

heart

start

farm

party

mark

yard

hard

smart

dark

star

Bonus: remarkable

Test on Friday, Oct.28

Tic Tac Toe due Friday, Oct. 28 (this week they can pick ANY 3 activities...it does not need to make a line)

Mapping Unit Test THURSDAY

On Thursday, Oct 27th your child will be doing their mapping unit test for social.

THEY ARE BRINGING A MAPPING REVIEW SHEET HOME TODAY TO PRACTICE AT HOME TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THINGS WELL.

PLEASE HAVE THEM WORK ON THIS REVIEW BOOKLET A LITTLE BIT EACH NIGHT.

THANKS.

Musical Instrument Science Project

On Thursday this week, your child will be building a muscial instrument in science class. They need to bring the materials from home to construct their instrument.

ALL THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INSTRUMENT IS TO BE DONE AT SCHOOL. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO BUILD THEIR INSTRUMENT AT HOME. THEY MAY COME UP WITH THEIR PLAN AT HOME BUT ALL THE BUILDING IS TO BE DONE AT SCHOOL.

MATERIALS FOR MUSCIAL INSTRUMENT NEED TO COME TO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27.

Parent Drivers Needed

We are headed swimming on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4th from 10:00 am t0 11:00 am.

I will need parent drivers to help transport the kids to Nicholas Sheran pool.

There is a note coming home with your child. Please return the slip at the bottom if you are able to drive for swimming.

Challenge Question - Oct 19

HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS CAN YOU SHOW THE NUMBER

324

You have to show Mrs. Barker at least 5 different ways.

Teacher learning days tomorrow and Friday so there is NO SCHOOL! Back to school on Monday.

Picture Retakes....

Picture retakes are on Tuesday next week!!

Here are some shots from the big day!

I had an absolutely PERFECT wedding day!!!

Every moment was SO SPECIAL!!!!

PD DAYS NEXT WEEK...

IMPORTANT....
THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NEXT WEEK (OCT. 20 AND 21) DUE TO STAFF LEARNING DAYS FOR TEACHERS!!!!

BOOK FAIR TOMORROW AND FRIDAY.

IF YOUR CHILD IS BRINGING MONEY FOR THE BOOK FAIR TOMORROW PLEASE MAKE SURE IT COMES IN A WALLET OR IN A BAG LABELED WITH THEIR NAME ON IT!!!

Mrs. Barker will be back to school on Monday...this new name thing is going to take some getting used to...so you are still good to say Miss. Pickett because I know that is what I will still be saying for a while!! :)

Have a great time with Mrs. Speelman my fabulous kiddos!!! I will have lots of pictures to show you from the wedding!

I will miss you!
Be good and have fun!

Show her that we are the best grade three class EVER!

BOOK FAIR...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY,

WE WILL BE GOING TO THE BOOK FAIR ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

THURSDAY WILL BE USED TO MAKE A WISH LIST...BUT KIDS MAY ALSO MAKE PURCHASES ON THIS DAY.

IF YOU ARE SENDING MONEY WITH YOUR CHILD IT NEEDS TO BE IN A BAG WITH THEIR NAME ON IT OR A SECURE WALLET SO IT DOES NOT GET LOST.

FRIDAY WE WILL BE HEADING BACK TO THE BOOK FAIR TO MAKE ANY FINAL PURCHASES.

HOT LUNCH

HOT LUNCH ORDERS MUST BE IN TOMORROW.

Picture orders due Friday!

ALL SCHOOL PICTURE ORDERS ARE DUE FRIDAY!!

Challenge Question - Oct. 11

Time to tell Miss. Pickett what you know about BATS.

1) Tell Miss. Pickett 2 ways that you know a bat is a MICROBAT.

2) Tell Miss. Pickett 2 ways that you know a bat is a MEGABAT.

Miss. Pickett Away Thursday and Friday...

Miss. Pickett (soon to be Barker) will be away on Thursday and Friday this week due to her wedding weekend.

Mrs. Speelman will be in for me and she is absolutely amazing.

I can't wait to show the kids all the wedding pictures!!

What a big day...so excited!

No spelling this week.

There is no spelling this week due to it being a short week with the Thanksgiving long weekend.

LEARNING ABOUT EAR DAMAGE....

THIS WAS MY LOVELY ASSISTANT FOR LEARNING ABOUT HOW DAMAGE TO THE EARS FROM LOUD SOUNDS AND NOT TAKING GOOD CARE OF THEM ACCUMULATES OVER TIME!!

SHE DID A LOT OF DAMAGE TO HER EARS SO SHE HAD A LOT OF BACKPACKS TO CARRY AROUND...AND SHE COULD NOT SET THEM DOWN BECAUSE WHEN YOU DAMAGE YOUR EARS IT DOES NOT GO AWAY!

A special surprise....

THIS WAS A GREAT SURPRISE TO COME IN TO SEE AFTER INDOOR RECESS TODAY!!! THE KIDS WANTED ME TO TAKE A PICTURE OF IT FOR ALL OF YOU TO SEE.

I AM SO THANKFUL FOR KIDS WHO THINK ABOUT MAKING OTHERS SMILE!!

I AM VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT GROUP OF KIDDOS...EACH ONE IS VERY SPECIAL!

Counting LARGE collections!!

THESE KIDS CAN REALLY USE SOME STRATEGIES TO COUNT COLLECTIONS ABOVE 200!!!

GREAT JOB!