Mrs. Bayer's Third Grade Class

GREAT NEW!!

2011-06-16T07:59:00.000-07:00

Our John, the OHV Man video won 2nd place in the state contest! Yahoo!! Way to go third graders!

I hope you are enjoying your summer vacation.

May 26

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We have a walking field trip planned for the last day of school. We'll walk up to Lily's house and then over to Whitney's house. Right after lunch, at 12:30 we'll head out and return about an hour later.

Our "John, the OHV Man" video is one of the top three submitted by elementary students. We'll find out where we placed on June 3. Check in on this web site to view the results. (Keep your fingers crossed for first place!)

This year went by so quickly. I have truly enjoyed teaching each and every one of my students. What a great year. Thanks to all the volunteers that helped in so many ways this year. You're the GREATEST!!

Enjoy your summer! Mrs. Bayer

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See Our PSA

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Check out this link:

http://my.ironk12.org/users/marthabayer/weblog/754dd/John_the_OHV_Man.html

May 16-20

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We have Mr. Macklin visiting our room each day this week for one hour. He will talk about "Kid Power". This is part of the "Just Say No" program.

The most exciting thing this week is that our video is being judged for an award! Keep your fingers crossed. You can view the video ( I think) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hxgrlYEXl8 . Let me know if it is/ or isn't there.

Swimming is Tuesday afternoon. Please bring your $1.25, a towel, and swimsuit.

Spelling words for this busy week are: become, draw, grow, less, yet, then, would, than, words, write, try, family, really, course, ago, learned, artist, outside, friends, fun

Vocabulary word are: brim, mellow, persnickety, compromise, perseverance, compile, motivate

Fiddler's ART NIGHT is this very Friday from 5:30- 8:00. See you there.

May 9-13

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Spelling words for this week are: idea, before, lived, became, add, easy, fun, math, tests, something, always, began, body, cold, remember

Vocabulary words are: entire, glisten, glide, steer, gloomy, tradition, wisdom

We will finish up our end-of-level testing on Tuesday morning. No reading helpers will be need on Tuesday.

John, the OHV Man

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Arbor Day 2011!!

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May 2-6

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Lunch workers for Monday and Tuesday are: Angelina, Brooklynn, Cortney, Hellen, Lily, Whitney, Anthony, Bryce, Christian, Cody, Gauge, Jaxon Wednesday: Annie, Cenedra, Elie, Kailee, Krystal, Becca, Kaden, Levi, Madsen, Nick G. , Nick S., Paul Thursday and Friday: Brittany, Cheyann, Elissa, Kayvana, Malia, Andi, Troy, Zak, Christian, Gauge, Jaxon, Kaden

Spelling words for this week include: learned, brought, close, nothing, though, I'd, I'm, I've, waves, along, large, once, head, second, soon, whole, sea, body, turn, ground

Vocabulary words are: arrival, stroll, command, banquet, outstanding, peers, amusing

We have end-of-level testing on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday this week from 9-10 A.M.

Solar Root Beer Recipe

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1 teaspoon dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
2 Tablespoons root beer extract
2 cups sugar
water

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Fill a glass gallon jug 1/2 full of warm water. Pour root beer extract on top of sugar. Add 1/2 cup warm water and dissolve the sugar , root beer solution. Pour in yeast and sugar solution. Put lid on loosely and wrap the jar in a towel. Set in the sun for 6 hours.

April 25-29

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Please return your April reading calendar on Wednesday, April 27. I need this a few days earlier this month, so I can transfer the minutes onto the Lions Kite Flight for Reading and Sight Form. I will send these forms home on Friday. Our school can get some much needed money, and your child can get a free kite by taking the Lions Form to Cedar Middle School on Saturday, April 30 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. We are hoping that almost every child is able to turn in their calendar on Saturday and get a free kite. If you are busy, maybe you could arrange for your child to go with a neighbor.

Our class has a field trip on Thursday, April 28. We will leave at 10:00 a.m. and be back in time for lunch at 11:45 a.m. We will be attending the Cedar City Arbor Day Celebration up at the new Aquatic Center.

Thursday night is a PTA fund raiser night at McDonald's Restaurant. Come in between 6-8p.m. and help our PTA raise money for technology.

There will be no formal reading groups on Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday this week.

Friday morning we have another Marvin and Jessie assembly. Marvin and Jessie will help us learn about self-confidence.

Spelling words for this week include: inside, ago, sad, early, I'll, feel, finished, happy, super, both, always, began, father, night, story, morning, later, book, gave, remember

Vocabulary words are: excel, industrious, remote, accompany, gesture, reveal, conserve

April 18-19

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No spelling words this week. On Monday we are having a presentation by Zions Bank on saving money. Also on Monday, there will be a business class for any student that want to learn how to run a business for mini-mall (May 6).

The SUU college students will be in our room for the last time on Tuesday morning. They will talk to us about the role of government.

Happy Spring Break (April 20- 24).

April 11- 15

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Spelling words for this week include: tree, course, front, American, space, astronauts, building, flight, person, large, don't page, higher, story, sure, learned, I'm , remember

Vocabulary words for the next two weeks are: disaster, overrun, variety, magnificent, pursue, bizarre, imaginative

We are hitting division pretty hard in math is week. This is extra hard, if you don't really have your multiplication facts memorized. Students may take the wrap-ups home to practice.

The SUU college students will be in our classroom on Tuesday morning to teach a social studies lesson on rights and responsibilities.

Our class will get to go on a field trip with Mrs. Seely's class to the Cedar City Arbor Day Celebration on April 28 at 10:30 A.M.

April 4- 8

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Spelling words for this week include: ground, cold, really, table, remember, feet, almost, hard, several, blowing, friends, sat, snowing, talking, weather

Vocabulary words are: fades, disappointed, thread, meadow, patience, awe, anticipate

The SUU college students will be here on Tuesday morning to help us learn about equivalent expressions. Also on Tuesday is a Marvin and Jessie assembly on courage. (Mrs. Bayer gets to be an actress in this play.)

Friday is our regular library day. Please remember to bring your books. Also, it you haven't returned the PTA booklet with the addresses, please do so. You could win a scooter!

March 28- April 1

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Spelling words for this week include: president, question, student, teacher, important, fod, life, needed, years, told, living, run, book. gave, order, open

Vocabulary words are: perfect, appreciate, dreadful, scrawny, embarrass, confidence, and harsh.

Tuesday is our Farm Field Day. We will go to the Diamond Z Arena in the morning and learn all about agriculture in Iron County. We'll eat our lunch and then head over to the new Aquatic Center. Students will need their bathing suit, a towel, and $2.00 for the afternoon activity.

Another group of SUU Art Integration students will be in our classroom on Thursday morning. We loved the last group and all the activities they provided for our class, and we can't wait for our new opportunities.

Last Friday we had some SUU students give us a chemistry lesson. We enjoyed learning about solids, liquids, and gases. Their experiments were amazing. They even broke a rubber ball in our classroom and that isn't easy to do!~ We are so fortunate to have another chemistry lesson this Friday.

WOW!!! This is a busy week and a great way to end March.

If you haven't seen our puppet plays, just scroll down and enjoy. A big thanks to Mrs. North for playing the keyboard for our puppet plays.

Puppet Plays -Part 5 & Grand Finale

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Madsen, Brooklynn & The Grand Finale

Puppet Plays -Part 4

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Angelina, Lily, Annie, Kayvana, Elissa, Jaxon, Elie, Christian

Puppet Plays -Part 3

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Zak, Cortney, Whitney, Brittany, Andi, Cheyann, Becca

Puppet Plays -Part 2

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Kaden, Nick G, Bryce, Guage, Krystal, Cody, Troy

Puppet Plays - Part 1

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Brooklynn, Malia, Kailee, Anthony, Levi, and Paul

March 14- 18

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Vocabulary words for this week are: outsmart, diligent, idle, slumber, pesky,
abundant, and gentle

Spelling words include: true, half, red, fish, plants, color, false, flag, girls, school, food, children, animals, country, sentence, answer

Thanks to all the parents that attended our parent/teacher/ student conferences last week. Our class had 97% participation.

Mrs. Bassett will visit our classroom on Tuesday afternoon. We are also finishing up our puppets that we made for science. Our on-line puppet show will be up and running very soon.

Happy St. Patrick's Day on Thursday!

March 7- 11

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We had a wonderful Pizza/Ice Cream party on Friday afternoon. A big thanks go out to Domino's Pizza and Maggie Moos! We have another chance to win the next pizza party on Thursday, March 10.

Our class is working in the lunchroom this week. Monday and Tuesday: Malia, Angelina, Annie, Brittany, Brooklynn, Cheyann, Madsen, Troy, Christian, Cody, Zak, and Bryce Wednesday: Andi, Becca, Hellen, Cenedra, Cortney, Elie, Anthony, Gauge, Jaxon, Kaden, Levi, Paul Thursday and Friday: Elissa, Kailee, Kayvana, Krystal, Whitney, Lily, Nick G. , Nick S. Troy, Paul, Christian, Bryce

Spelling words for this week include: face, cut, group, door,done, inside, classroom, sat, speech, first, only, too, between, always, school,hand, second, white, example, turn

I look forward to visiting with you this week during our Parent/Teacher/Student Conference.

February 28- March 4

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Return your February reading calendar before Friday. Our reward activity is Friday at 1:30 for those students that have met their reading goal and returned their calendar.

Spelling words for this week are: upon, later, move, family, turn, pretty, hill, library, reach, its , water, most, another, work, often, once, animals, sure, it's, sure, several We will write two sentences in cursive on the spelling test this Friday. #1. Our family is going to move later this year. #2. The new house is high upon a pretty hill.

Vocabulary words for this week are: frisky, graze, soothe, adapt, determined, huddle, mature

On Tuesday afternoon, author, Gary Hogg will be at our school. He will talk about writing books and have some of his books here to sell. Don't forget your money if you would like one of his books.

We are having a Dr. Seuss Read-a-thon on Wednesday from 11-11:45. (No pajamas , no pillows, no blankets, just a couple of Dr. Seuss books.)

Our class WON the Domino's Pizza Night and will have our celebration pizza party on Friday afternoon at 3:00.

Parent Teacher Conference appointments are coming home today. Let me know if you can make your appointment.

February 28- March 4

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February 22-25

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Spelling words for this week include: didn't , morning, body, car, I'm, cold, drive, walk, weather, said, right, because, does, thought, soon, best, try, several, himself, usually

We enjoyed Kids' College last Friday afternoon. Our class learned about genetics, physical and chemical changes, and rocks.

We haven't been to the Mustang Market lately, so we are going shopping tomorrow (Wednesday).
Then we'll start saving up our money for Mini-Mall.

Thanks for supporting our school and participating in the Domino's Dough Raising. Our class won on February 10. Now we get a pizza party. Yahoo!

February 14- 18

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Spelling words for this week are: five, usually, seen, himself, money, birthday, care, anything, dollars, number, always, kind, paper, however, sure, it's, example , answer, told

Vocabulary words include: majestic, vendor, adorn, emerald, organize, restore, conceal

Our school is hosting the SUU Block this week. We have Miss Jones in our classroom to help out.

Kids' College is this Friday afternoon at 1:30. Tuition for Kids' College is 25 Mustang bucks!

Thanks to all the supportive parents that bought Domino's Pizza last week. WE WON!! Hooray!
Lily's mom arranged at wonderful Valentine's Day party for our class. Thank you to all the chaperones that helped keep our party under control. I appreciate all your help. Mrs. Bayer

February 7-11

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Spelling words for this week are: learn, city, toward, play, point, fun, map, please, north (easy for Brittany) , were, which, about, little, children, four, country, ever

Vocabulary words to use are: spectators, poised, anguish, ovation, beaming, assist, priority

Our student teacher starts today! Mrs. Johnson will be in our classroom for 6 weeks. We hope she likes our class and loves the third grade.

On Tuesday, some SUU students will teach a math lesson for us. This Thursday, Orchestra of Southern Utah will be in our gym for a short musical presentation.

Please do not bring your valentines until Monday, February 14. Lily's mom is planning a great party for us!

January 31- February 4

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Spelling words for this week are: room, against, turned, sea, top, drawing, waves, blue, sky, what, were, some, called, much, because, small, name, father

Vocabulary words for this week include: ordinary, scowl, mischievous, scan, apology, ambitious, sympathy

Please return your January Home Reading Calendar on Tuesday. Our reading reward activity is this Friday at 1:30. We'll be having relay races in the gym. Yahoo!

We're getting a student teacher on Thursday. Mrs. Johnson will be helping in our classroom for the next 6 weeks.

Please bring in an empty cereal box sometime this week. We'll be making our Valentine Day boxes next week.

January 24- 28

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Spelling words for this week are: example, several, answer, heard, change, test, question, ready, gave, their, said, some, would, could, use, thought, during, today

Vocabulary words include: confirm, indicate, gracious, inscription, humane, diplomat, integrity

Hopefully everyone saw the grades that came home on Friday, January 21. Please sign and return the grade report.

January reading calendars are due next week. Our reading goal is 400 minutes. The reading reward activity will be relay races in the gym on February 9.

Our room mothers are planning our Valentine's Day party. If you can help, call or let Lily's mom know.
We have another Life Skills Assembly on Tuesday at 2:30. Our third grade achievement awards will be handed out on Friday at 10 A.M.

January 18-21

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Spelling words for this week are: young, thing, hear, sun, whole, lot, hot, summer, plant, sunlight, there, said, little, don't, important, picture, since, across, knew

Vocabulary words include: confirm, indicate, gracious, inscription, humane, diplomat, integrity

We've finished all the cursive letters and will work on spacing and connecting certain letter, such as o to r, v to i, b to r, etc. Very soon, we will begin writing our Daily Oral Language sentences in cursive.

We are finished studying about the Incas, and now will take a look at our own community and how own history compares to that of the ancient Inca society.

January 3-7

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Friday, January 7 is HAT DAY for those students that completed their December reading and returned their reading calendar.

Spelling words for this week are: best, during, however, across, today, friend, street,lunch, eat, said, then, could, very, why, air, never, something, world

Vocabulary words are: display, paralyzed, warp, tilt, orbit, achieve, coincidence

We have a new volunteer that is taking several kids for all three third grades to the computer lab each day to work on some math fact practice. We thank Mrs. Johnson for volunteering. We are getting some much needed help in our classroom with the hiring of Mrs. Turnbaugh and Mrs. Meeks.

December 13-17

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Lily's mom and Jaxon's mom, along with Christian's mom, are busy planning our class Christmas party. It will be Friday at 2:00 P.M. If you can help, please give one of these good moms a call. That is also our "Wear Your Santa Hat" day.

Vocabulary words for this week are: spiral, ceremony, abrupt, stale, persuade, disgust, deceive

Spelling words: paper, near, better, hard, sentence, pencil, somewhere, sometimes, things, what, were, your now, through, think, because, place, something

We have a field trip to SUU on Thursday morning from 9:30 -11:45. (No lunch room workers this day.)

Merry Christmas!

Lunch Worker Schedule

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Monday and Tuesday (December 13-14) Becca, Andi, Cenedra, Elie, Elissa, Kailee, Zak, Nick S., Nick G., Bryce, Anthony, Gauge

Wednesday and FRIDAY (Dec. 15 and 17) Cortney, Kayvana, Krystal, Lily, Whitney, Cenedra, Jaxon, Kaden, Levi, Paul, Cody, Christian

We won't work on Thursday, Dec. 16. We have a field trip that morning and may not get back in time. We are going to trade that day with a 4th grade class.

December 6-10

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Our Christmas wreath is having in Lin's. It is right above the meat department. It looks amazing. Thanks to Cody's mom and Krystal's mom for their help in this endeavor.

Eighty-seven percent of our class is going to CVHS to see White Christmas on Monday afternoon. These are the students that met their November reading goal and returned their reading calendar.

The Fiddler's Christmas Choir Concert is Thursday at 2:30 for the student body. Friday morning we are having a pre-play seminar with Miranda Giles from SUU. Our class will go see A Christmas Carol on Thursday, Dec. 16 at 9:30 A.M. (More information soon to come.) Our room mothers are planning a Christmas party for the class for Friday, December 17 at 2:00 P.M.

Spelling words for this week are: soon, since, ever, story, white, they, been, people, write, together, house important, above, began, year, rafting, try, summer, things

Vocabulary words: heave, bout, horizon,dawdle, sprawl, defeat, obvious

*** We won't need our reading helpers on Tuesday, Dec. 14.

Have a great week.

November 29- December 3 (Cody's Birthday)

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Spelling words for this week are: night, being, second, picture, study, anywhere, really, being, sleep, there, new, around, off, world, without, almost, earth, light

Vocabulary words are: victory, smear, creation, disguise,admire, resemble, pretend

Cursive letters that we are learning this week are: Monday, u, w, Tuesday, r, s, Thursday b,h,k, and Friday, f, j, p. Please do not work ahead and wait to write your name in cursive until we have learned all the lower case letters and the upper case letter that your name begins with.

Our time to shop at SANTA'S SECRET SHOP is Wednesday at 1:00. Remember to bring real money ( not Mustang Money).

Have a great week.

November 22-23

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Sorry, no spelling words this week. We are using the same vocabulary words as last week (anchor, ominous, blustery, astonished, treacherous, defiant, strive). Tuesday morning we have a "Greater Heroes Assembly" from 9-10.

Each student is working on a BIG report on an animal that lives in this area.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

November 15-19

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Thanks to Mrs. Dunn for the new electric pencil sharpener and thanks to Mrs. Hulet for the new hand crank pencil sharpener. We're in business now!

Our spelling words for this week are: mother, country, let, light, father, outside, dark,music, fair, there, their, know, write,too, something, while, once, food

Vocabulary words include: anchor, ominous, blustery, astonished, treacherous, defiant, strive

Chess club starts Wednesday at noon.

We will have a guest speaker on Wednesday. Our speaker will talk about living and non-living things, which is exactly what we have been studying in science.

We picked up two new reading volunteers also. Thanks for helping out!

November 8- 12

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Spelling words for this week include: need, hand, year, far, high, please, arm, grow, tall, they, could, than, again, thought, don't, school, once

Vocabulary words: vibrant, stylish, reluctant, retreat, exhausted, envy, originality

We welcome a new girl this week, Andi, comes from Three Peaks Elementary. Andi makes 17 girls and we have 14 boys. We hope Andi likes our school and our classroom.

The PIZZA reward party will be Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. This is our prize for raising over $1,500 for the PTA and technology!

Friday will be busy with a field trip to the Heritage Center in the morning, and the Reflections' Awards Assembly in the afternoon.

Our class needs one more reading volunteer from 11-11:45 on Monday, or Wednesday, or Thursday. We so appreciate the volunteers that we do have. THEY'RE GREAT!!!!

New Video Blog Site

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Click here to see our latest videos.

November 1- 5

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Thanks to Lily's mom for organizing our Halloween party. It was a lot of fun. Thanks also to all the mom's that helped everything run so smoothly. We had a great week and I'm happy to announce that our class won the GRAND PRIZE in the door decoration contest. We each made a little mummy and stuck them on the door with a sign that said, "Don't get wrapped up in drugs."

This week looks a little calm after last week, but we do have an Ice Cream Reward Party planned for Thursday at 3:00. Each student that reached their October reading goal of 400 minutes AND returned their reading calendar will get to walk down to the Arctic Circle for a free ice cream cone. Get those calendars in! The new November calendar will be coming home today.

Thanks to Krystal's mom and Cody's mom for helping us get the school Christmas Wreath finished and delivered to Lin's Grocery Store. Look for it when you're shopping.

Our spelling words for this week are: almost, page, earth , live, got, story, lot, book, family, there, first, through, another, off, always, without, life, head

Vocabulary words: vibrant, stylish, reluctant, retreat, exhausted, envy, originality

Please scroll down and watch our Halloween Math movie and our Red Ribbon Week Public Service Announcements.

Halloween Math

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Hat Day - Red Ribbon Week

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Red Ribbon Week

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October 26-29 Red Ribbon Week

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This is Red Ribbon Week! Tuesday is "wear your clothes backward" day. Wear red on Wednesday.
Thursday is Hat Day. Friday is wear your Halloween Costume day. (See the costume rules in Mr. Whittier's e-mail.) As part of Red Ribbon Week, we have a drug-dog demonstration on Wednesday morning. The CVHS Marching Band will be here on Friday morning at 11:00.

We have a Marvin and Jessie assembly on Tuesday. It is all about doing service. Some students have already started. Zak swept up all the leaves that had blown into the classroom, and Cenedra washed off some lunchroom tables.

The PTA is throwing us a classroom Halloween Party on Friday afternoon. What a fun week we have!

Now for the spelling words for October 29. They include: four, above, began, head, kind, full, moon, eat, during, were, been, use, also, around, air, show, often, took

Vocabulary words are: performance, carefree, talent, squirm, individual, artistic, discord

We have a new student in our class. Welcome, Becca! We hope you like our class. Now we have 16 girls and 14 boys.

The Mustang Market opened last week. We were able to spend some of our Mustang Money on Wednesday. They have some new items in the market this year.

The first quarter awards assembly is Thursday morning at 10 A.M. Eighteen students will be getting perfect attendance awards! Way to go!

October 11- 15

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We are working in the lunchroom this week! Hooray! We also have a field trip on Tuesday. Thanks to all the kind parents that have volunteered to go with us!

Our spelling words for this week are: once, life, took, animal, enough, year, deer, eat, things, these, find, long , know, back, another, left, thought, without

Vocabulary words are: performance, carefree, talent, squirm, individual, discord, artistic

Thanks to all the parents that showed up for our conferences last week. Our class had 97%. Way to go!

Lunch Workers

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Monday and Wednesday, October 11 and 13. Malia, Lily, Elissa, Cortney, Brooklynn, Brittany, Krystal, Annie, Madsen, Christian, Gauge, Paul

Thursday and Friday, October 14 and 15: Whitney, Cheyann, Elie, Kailee, Kayvana, Angelina, Troy, Levi, Jaxon, Kaden, Cody, Anthony

Tuesday, October 19: Cenedra, Angelina, Annie, Brittany, Brooklynn, Cheyann, Bryce, Nick G. , Nick S., Zak, Christian, Cody

October 4-8

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Thanks to everyone that donated money and prizes to the school walk-a-thon. Our class won!!! We collected over $1,500.00. Our reward will be a pizza party in the near future. We also won Spirit Day on Friday, October 1.

We have a field trip planned to Zion National Park on Tuesday, October 12. We'll be gone all day. More information will be coming home soon.

The "Minute-to-Win-It" activity is on Wednesday at 12:30, all students that completed and returned their September reading calendar may participate.

A clay art project is planned for Wednesday at 1:30. This will become our 3-D entry in the PTA Reflections contest.

Spelling words for this week include: feet, side. boys, land, without, lost, standing, shoes, cold, from, their, its, too, different, home, large, form

September 27- October 1

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We had a great turn out for our "Moon Watch" last Thursday evening. The weather was perfect and the moon cooperated completely! Thanks to everyone who shared their telescopes with us.

This week we have a Life Skills assembly on Tuesday at 9 A.M. Our Life Skill for this coming month is Service. We'll start singing some new songs this week and we have a new volunteer piano player for October. Thanks to Mrs. Dailey for playing for us in September and thanks to Mrs. North for taking the month of October. Music is on Tuesday at 3:00. Stop by and sing with us sometime.

Our spelling words for this week are: until, food, children, form, keep, hall, wait, ready, lunch, which, their, more, again, went, great, always, want , important

Vocabulary words include: nestle, weary, elegant, emerge, nutritious, assemble, contribute

September 20 - 24

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The third grades are planning a "Moon Watch" activity for Thursday night at 7:45 P.M. We will have a couple of telescopes set up on the third grade playground from 7:45- 8:30 P.M. Please try to stop by and take an up-close and personal look at the moon. We'll also have some binoculars available for all to use.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Cedar City Rotary Club will be coming by to present each third grader with their very own dictionary. The students will use the dictionaries in class this year and then bring them home in May.

Our spelling words for this week include: world , want, important, going, school, forget, homework, remember, play, there, each, right, around, another, help, always, show, asked

Vocabulary words are the same as last week: giddy, boast, stranded , terrible, rescue, resourceful, consequence

We should finish up the keyboarding lessons this week. There were 20 homework assignments. I will be sending home duplicate copies of any assignments that didn't get turned in. Please finish them up as quickly as you can. Now we can start working on some computer projects that tie in with what we are studying.

September 13 - 17

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Walk-a-thon is Thursday, September 16 from 12:45-1:15. You still have time to get some pledges.

DIBELS testing is Monday morning at 11:00. This year, we will be focusing on comprehension as well as fluency! So, you need to ask yourself, "What happened in the passage I just read?"

Spelling words for this week include: often, asked, don't, together, house, school, soon, plan, instead, they, what, their, said, over, our, think, also, those

Vocabulary words include:giddy, boast, stranded, tremble, rescue, resourceful, consequence

We now have a little more help in our large classroom. Mrs. Baker has been hired to work in our room for one hour a day. We welcome her. She was an aide at Enoch Elementary last year.

Mrs. Bayer will be attending a Creative Drama Workshop at SUU on Thursday, September 16. There will be a substitute teacher that day.

All reading and math volunteers are need this ( and every other) week. Thanks for all your help.

September 7 - 10

2010-09-07T07:09:00.000-07:00

All volunteers can start coming this week.

Spelling words for this week are: few, always, large, those, show, held, late, wait, lot, there, their, about, out, too, because, found, might, read

Vocabulary words are the same as last week: assume, companion, hopeful, fasten, serious, lonely, tease

We are on keyboard lesson 12, GTB, today. There are only 20 lessons, so we are over half way there! Keep practicing those skills every night.

Our class is tied for 1st place in the Clean-Lunch-Room-Table Contest! Way to go, third graders!

All registration materials are due back by Wednesday. The classes with all the materials turned in will get a free treat at the Wednesday PTA snack sale. We only need three more things to qualify.

Thursday is Domino's Pizza Night. Last year our school made quite a bit of money with this fundraiser. Thanks for all you do to support our students. Have a great week.

August 30 - September 3

2010-08-30T12:49:00.000-07:00

Thursday, September 2 is picture day. All students will have their photo taken. These are the pictures that go in the yearbook. If you want to purchase pictures, you need to bring your money with you on Thursday.

Our first Marvin and Jessie assembly is Tuesday at 2:15. The Walk-a-thon Kick-Off Assembly is right after that at 2:45.

Our spelling words for this week are: below, something, both, saw, thought, today, important, friends, river, from, there, said, could, first, back, right, between, never

Vocabulary words for this week include: tease, lonely, serious, fasten, assume, hopeful, companion

Please remember that our P.E. days have been changed to Tuesday and Friday. Wear the proper shoes for P.E. on those days.

Reading volunteers can start coming after Labor Day. We are ready for the math volunteers this week. Thanks for volunteering!

Change in Schedule

2010-08-26T11:23:00.001-07:00

Please note that our classroom P.E. schedule has changed. We will be having P.E. on Tuesday and Friday from now on.

August 23-27

2010-08-23T14:52:00.001-07:00

Spelling words for this week include: along, might, sound, while, next, stood, funny, feet, side, would, little, because, help, great, small

Vocabulary words for this week are: comforting, shelter, fleet, glimmer, expression, vital and versatile

Keyboarding homework will start on Tuesday, August 24.

Reading volunteers won't need to start coming until after Labor Day. I'll be giving the math volunteers a call very soon. Thanks for volunteering. We're off to a great start.

August 19-20, 2010

2010-08-18T07:18:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all the parents and students that attended the 2010 Open House. We had quite a few people sign up to volunteer in the classroom. Thank you so much for recognizing the need for parent involvement in the classroom.

Thursday and Friday will be spent getting to know the classroom routines. There will be homework on both Thursday and Friday. We will start keyboarding on Monday and there will also be keyboarding homework for the first five weeks. Spelling words will start on the 23rd. I will begin individual reading assessments early next week. I plan to have the groups formed and be ready for volunteers right after Labor Day. I will call and let you know when to begin helping in our classroom. Again, thank you for volunteering and I look forward to working with you in meeting the needs of your children. Mrs. Bayer

P.S. I failed to pick up the "Safe Schools Policy" forms. They will be coming home on Thursday night. Please return them to me promptly. Thank you.

May 24-28

2010-05-24T07:37:00.000-07:00

This is the last week of third grade. (BooHoo)

Please come to the Spring Arts' Night tonight at 7:00. Our performance is at 7:15. Our artwork is displayed in the hall by our classroom and also on our desks. Don't forget to stop by the computer lab and see our power point projects.

Our nature hike is Thursday at 12:30. We'll hike up the Fiddler's Hiking Trail and then stop at Rachel's house and Dax's house for a rest. If it is really hot, we might run through the sprinklers at Josh's house to cool off.

The fourth quarter awards assembly is Friday at 10:00 A.M. School is out on Friday at 2:30.

It has been a great year and I have enjoyed working with your children. Thanks so much for all the volunteer hours that you have put in this year. Thanks to Mrs. Zortman for burning all the DVD's of our classroom movies. Thanks to Mrs. Jensen for playing the piano for us all year long, and we appreciate that she missed part of Tanner's game to play during the Arts' Night. Mrs. Eberhard was so willing to jump in and do whatever needed to be done. There isn't room to thank everyone that helped make this such a wonderful year. My life has been greatly enriched by getting to know each student and their family. Have an excellent summer! Mrs. Bayer

Public Service Announcements

2010-05-20T20:51:00.000-07:00

May 17- 21

2010-05-17T15:22:00.000-07:00

Spelling words for this week include: didn't, morning, body, car, I'm, cold, drive, walk, weather, said, right, because, does, thought, soon, best, try, several, himself, usually

Vocabulary word for this week and next: brim, mellow, persnickety, compromise, perseverance, motivate, compile

Mr. Macklin will be here each day this week with the "Kid Power" program.

The Iron County Search and Rescue will present their "Hug-a-Tree" program on Monday, and have a rescue dog presentation on Tuesday.

Friday is the reading reward movie. Students must have turned in two reading calendars (buckets) in order to attend. We have 7 students that won't be going to this activity. Another classroom project will be available to those students that won't be attending the movie.

Some things that are happening NEXT WEEK:

Monday: Spring Arts' Night
Tuesday: Field Day
Wednesday: Video Yearbook Day
Thursday: Nature Hike ( We are looking for a nice person to let us stop by and get a drink at their house.)
Friday: Achievement Awards Assembly 2:30P.M. SUMMER VACATION BEGINS

May 10-14

2010-05-13T07:04:00.000-07:00

Spelling words for this week include: five, usually, seen, himself, money, birthday, care, anything, dollars, number, always, kind, paper, however, sure, it's, example, answer, told

Vocabulary words are: glisten, glide, steer, gloomy, entire, tradition, wisdom

If you haven't turned in your $9.00 for your yearbook, please do so soon. The yearbook will be here in less than two weeks. Students, maybe you could do some chores and earn $9.00.

Next week we have Mr. LaMar Macklin as a guest for one hour each day. He does the "Kid Power" program. He will show students how to "Just Say NO" to drugs, alcohol, and bad choices.

We'll still have our regular reading groups all next week.

Solar Root Beer Recipe

2010-05-04T07:39:00.000-07:00

1 teaspoon dry yeast
1/2 Cup warm water
2 Tablespoons root beer extract
2 Cups Sugar
Water

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Fill a one gallon glass jug 1/2 full of warm water. Pour root beer extract on top of sugar. Add 1/2 cup of warm water and dissolve. Pour in yeast and sugar solution. Put lid on loosely. Wrap jar in a dark colored towel and set in the sun for 6 hours.

MAY 3-7

2010-05-03T07:27:00.000-07:00

We had the best Banana Split Party on Friday. Thanks so much to everyone that donated food and utensils. Everyone had it "their way". We had enough ice cream that everyone was able to have seconds! Yum! Now keep reading for the entire month of May (twenty minutes each night).

Does anyone have a one gallon glass jar? We need one for one day. We'll return it to you as soon as our science experiment is finished.

Spelling words for this week are: learn, city, toward, point, play, fun, map, please, north, were, which, about, little, children, four, country, ever, young

Vocabulary words are: arrival, stroll, command, banquet, outstanding, peers, amusing

Tuesday is our last day of testing.

April 26-30

2010-04-24T06:47:00.001-07:00

Spelling words for this week are: room, against, turned, sea, top, drawing, waves, blue sky, what were, some, called, much, because, small, name, father

The vocabulary words are the same as last week. We didn't spend much time with these words last week because of the afternoon swimming. (excel, industrious, remote accompany, gesture, reveal, and conserve)

We have CRT testing on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9- 10.

We will help celebrate Arbor Day on Friday from 10-11:30 at the Cedar City Arbor Day Celebration. Then we have our last Marvin and Jessie assembly on Friday afternoon.

Please stop by our classroom and see our new technology. We now have a document camera and a projector! Yahoo!

April 19-23

2010-04-20T07:27:00.000-07:00

Hooray! It's our swimming week! We'll have lessons on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and then free time on Friday. We're in the pool from 1:15- 1:45.

Spelling words for this week are: example, several, answer, heard, change, their, said, some, would, could,use, thought, during, today, test, question, ready, gave

Vocabulary words are: excel, industrious, remote, accompany, gesture, reveal, conserve

March and April Home Reading Buckets need to be turned in on May 3. Students that have completed and returned their March and April buckets will be able to participate in a reading reward activity in May. Eight students are still working on their March minutes. We only have two more weeks for finish up.

The DIBELS reading fluency assessment was given this week and our class went from a "mean" of 88 to 120! Yahoo!

April 12-16

2010-04-13T15:32:00.000-07:00

Spelling words for this week are: young, thing, hear, sun, whole, lot, hot, summer, plant, sunlight, there, said, little, don't important, picture, since, across, knew

TESTING: We took the IOWA Test of Basic Skills on Monday. The RIGBY READS Reading Evaluation Test is Wednesday. DIBELS reading fluency testing is scheduled for Monday, April 19.

The swimming parental consent forms went home on Monday. We swim next week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Our class is scheduled to be in the pool from 1:15- 1:45.

Mrs. Bassett will visit our classroom on Friday to talk about friendship.

Our class has been invited to the Cedar City Arbor Day ceremony on April 30 at 10:30 A.M.

We are still waiting for eight students to get their March Home Reading Calendar turned in.

April 5-9

2010-04-05T07:14:00.000-07:00

Spelling words for this week include: sure, it's, told, knew, try, play, music, begin, stage, everyone, there, then, its, still, often, once, began, today, however

Vocabulary words are: disaster, overrun, variety, magnificent, pursue, bizarre, imaginative

The third quarter achievement awards will be handed out of Friday at 10:30 A.M. We have finished our power point project. We'll share these with parents during our Spring Arts Fair on May 24 at 6:00 P.M.

Our swimming week is coming up (April 19- 23). Testing is coming up ( April 27- May 5).

This Thursday is our Dough Raising Night at Domino's Pizza.

March 15 -19

2010-03-16T07:17:00.000-07:00

Hooray! Our class won the pizza party! We had more people go to Domino's Pizza last Thursday than any other class! Thanks to all the parents that supported the school and our class at this PTA fundraiser.

Spelling words for this week are: paper, near, better, hard, sentence, pencil, somewhere, sometimes, things, what, were , your, now, through, think, because, place, something

Vocabulary words include: fade, disappointed, thread, meadow, patience, awe anticipate

Two field trips are coming up this month. March 24 and March 30 Thanks to all the parents that have volunteered to help with the field trips.

We started our computer projects and are going to be using the laptop computers again this Friday. They are great!

March 8 -12

2010-03-08T15:44:00.000-08:00

Spelling words for this week are: soon, since, ever, story, white, rafting, try, summer, things, they, been, people, write, together, house, important, above, began, year ( We are writing some of our spelling sentences in cursive now.)

Vocabulary words are perfect, appreciate, dreadful, scrawny , confidence, embarrass, harsh

Field Trips: March 24 Seussical at SUU March 30: Farm Field Day and Homestead Pioneer Museum

March 1 - 5

2010-03-01T10:58:00.000-08:00

Spelling words for this week are: night, being, second, picture, study, anywhere, really, sleep, there, new, around, off, world, without, almost, earth, light

The Dr. Seuss Carnival is Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. Eighteen students have turned in their January and February reading calendars and will be able to participate. Everyone will be able to participate in the Read-a-thon in the afternoon. Remember that the PTA will be selling snacks during the Read-a-thon.

I hope you've had a chance to view our puppet plays. Scroll down if you haven't.

I look forward to visiting with you during our parent/ student/ teacher conference this week.

THEY"RE DONE!!!

2010-02-24T15:36:00.000-08:00

Our puppets plays are ready for you to view.
You can find your student's puppet and their original wildlife song on one of the four movies.
#4 McCray, Clair, Hannah, Samantha, Rachel, Tanner
#3 Desiree, Maddy, Josh, Dylan, DeShawn, Eric, Marciano
#2 Cameron, Annika, Dax, Brynlee, Sydnee, Caden, Megan
#1 McCray, Carson, Makayla, Kelsie, Nicole, Whitney, Ashtin

Puppet Plays #4

2010-02-24T14:55:00.000-08:00

Puppet Plays #3

2010-02-24T14:42:00.000-08:00

Puppet Plays #2

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Puppet Play #1

2010-02-24T14:30:00.000-08:00

February 22 - 26

2010-02-22T07:34:00.000-08:00

We have a fun "Dr. Seuss Carnival" planned for March 2. Students must have their January and February reading calendars (buckets) filled in and returned by March 1 in order to participate in the carnival. So far, McCray is the only students going. Let's get those calendars in!

SEP Conference week is coming up. Your appointment schedule is coming home today. Please let me know if you need to reschedule.

We made our puppet movie last week. Unfortunately, I haven't had time to get it up on this blog yet. I will be working on it. Stay tuned.

Spelling words for this week are: mother, country, let, light, father, outside, dark, music, fair, there, their, know, write, too, something, while, once, food

Vocabulary words include: frisky, graze, soothe, determined, huddle, adapt, mature

February 16-19

2010-02-16T07:33:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Valentine's Day party in our classroom on Friday. Thanks to all the parents that sent in treats. We really appreciate Mrs. Zortman for organizing everything and thinking up the fun games.

Spelling words for this week include: need, hand, year, far, high, please, arm, grow, tall, they, could, than, again, thought, don't school, once, enough

Parent/ Teacher/ Student conferences are coming up the week of March 1-5.

February 8-12

2010-02-09T15:38:00.000-08:00

We have a new boy in our class! Jarrett just moved here from Sandy. We welcome him to our school and our town.

Spelling words for this week include: almost, page, earth, live, got, story, lot, book, family, there, first, through, another off, always, without, life, and head

We are still working on the same vocabulary words that we had last week.

Our Valentines' Day Party will be on Friday at 2:30.

We've practiced our puppet plays and our songs this week. We should have another exciting video ready in a few weeks. Watch for our next movie.

February 1-5

2010-02-01T15:04:00.000-08:00

Spelling words for this week include: four, above, began, head, kind, full, moon, eat, during, were, been, use, also, around, air, show, often, and took.

Hooray!! Everyone got 100% on their last vocabulary test! They really know those words! Our vocabulary words for this week will be: majestic, vendor, adorn, emerald, organize, conceal, and restore.

Please send an empty cereal box sometime this week. We need to get started on making our Valentine's Day boxes. Please don't bring your actual valentines until Friday, February 12. We have 26 students in our class and one has a peanut allergy. The PTA will be planning our classroom party.

The achievement awards ceremony will be this Friday at 10:00 A.M. I will be leaving at noon on Friday for a math conference in SLC on Friday night and all day Saturday.

January 25-29

2010-01-27T14:08:00.000-08:00

Spelling words for this week include: once, life, took, animal, enough, these, find, long, know, back, another, left, thought, without, year, deer, eat, things

Vocabulary words are: spectators, poised, anguish, ovation, beaming, assist, and priority

Kids' College is this very Friday! Hooray! Tuition for Kids' College is $5.00 Mustang Bucks.

The Q2 Awards Assembly is next Friday, February 5th at 10:00 A.M. in the school lunch room. We will be recognizing students with perfect attendance, near perfect attendance, excellent math test scores and we'll announce the winners of the addition competition!

Scroll down and see our puppet movie.

Class Puppets

2010-01-22T17:12:00.000-08:00

2010-01-22T15:11:00.000-08:00

January 19-22

2010-01-19T07:06:00.000-08:00

Today is the first day of the second half of third grade! We are getting a new student today. David joins our class and makes it 12 boys and 15 girls. We welcome David to our class and our school.

Our spelling words for this week are: feet, side, boys, land, without, lost, standing, shoes, cold, from, their, its, too, different, home, large, form

The vocabulary words are the same as last week, we'll finish up our word study and take the test this Thursday.

The grades for the second quarter will be coming home on Thursday night. We have a Marvin and Jesse assembly coming up on Friday at 2:30.

Kids' College is coming up on the 29th.

January 11-15

2010-01-12T07:25:00.000-08:00

Spelling words for this week are: until, food, children, form, keep, hall, wait, ready, lunch, which, their, more, again, went, great, always, want, important

Vocabulary words are: ordinary, scowl, mischievous, scan, apology, ambitious, sympathy

Friday is the end of the second quarter. We will be half way through the third grade.

There is no school on Monday, January 18.

Kids' College is coming up on January 29.

January 4-8

2009-12-30T11:14:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

Spelling words for this week include: world, want, important, going, school, forget, homework, remember, play, there, each, right, around, another, help, always, show, asked

Vocabulary words are: confirm, indicate, gracious, inscription, humane, diplomat, integrity

Cursive letters that we will be learning this week are: Y,Z, I, J, O, D, A, C, E

Please get back into the habit of reading 20 minutes each night. You will need 4 reading calendars to participate in the next school wide reading reward activity.

December 14- 18

2009-12-14T07:10:00.000-08:00

Spelling words for this week are: often, asked, don't, together, house, school, soon, plan, instead, they, what, their, said, over, our, think, also, those

We will be working with these vocabulary words throughout the week: display, paralyzed, warp, tilt, orbit, achieve, coincidence

We will be going to the library on Wednesday this week.

Special happenings this week: Wednesday: 10: 30 A.M. Christmas Concert by CHS Band
Thursday: School Sing at 2:30 P.M.
Friday: Reading Reward Movie at 1:15 P.M.

No reading helpers are need on Wednesday or Friday this week.

Enjoy your Christmas Holiday.

2009-12-10T13:58:00.000-08:00

November 30 - December 4

2009-11-24T16:36:00.000-08:00

Spelling words for this week are: below, something, both, saw, thought, today, important, friends, river, from, there, said, could, first, back, right, between, never

Vocabulary words are: heave, bout, horizon, dawdle, sprawl, defeat, obvious

The Fiddler's Choir is having their Christmas concert this Thursday.

November 16-24

2009-11-14T08:19:00.000-08:00

Spelling words for November 24 are: along, might, sound, while, next, stood, funny, feet, side, would, little, because, help, great, small

Vocabulary words for November 17 are: treacherous, strive, defiant, anchor, astonished, ominous, and blustery

Vocabulary words for November 24 are: victory, smear, creation, disguise, admire, resemble, and pretend

Mid-term grades will be coming home on Tuesday, November 24.

Mrs. Albrecht will complete her student teaching on Monday, November 23. She has been a great help in our classroom and we wish her well in her teaching career. We'll all surely miss her.

We have a new girl in our class. Nicole comes to us from Panguitch Elementary.

November 9 - November 13

2009-11-06T16:20:00.000-08:00

Be sure to scroll down and watch our Halloween Math movie!

Spelling words for this week include: last, us, end, never, left, story, smiles, hoped, want, hear, are, but, find, use, know, our, place

Vocabulary words are: anchor, treacherous, astonished, ominous, blustery, defiant, strive

We have an all day field trip planned for Friday, November 13. We will leave at 9:30 A.M. sharp and return just in time for the Reflections Award Assembly at 2:45. Don't forget to bring your home lunch, if you are not having a school lunch. We'll only have 18 school lunches with us, and we don't want anyone to go hungry.

We filled our classroom reading bucket and made a ceramic pencil as a reward. We still have to paint them and put them on display. Please continue to do your home reading and fill up those calendars. Three calendars need to be filled in, if you want to participate in the school-wide movie in December.

Our Halloween Math Movie

2009-11-06T15:52:00.000-08:00

November 2- November 6

2009-11-02T07:00:00.000-08:00

FIELD TRIP!! Our first third grade field trip is the Wednesday morning. We'll leave at 9:30 sharp to go to the Heritage Center for a violin and piano concert.

There is an Awards Assembly on Friday at 10:00 A.M. Mr. Whittier will recognize students with perfect, or near perfect, attendance for the first quarter. There will also be some math awards and some keyboarding awards.

We did have a great Red Ribbon Week and really enjoyed the Drug Dog Demonstration.

Thanks to the parents that made our class Halloween party so much fun.

Spelling words for this week include: line, set, own , under, read, paper, please friend, try they , there, their, much, even, every, found

Vocabulary words are: vibrant, stylish, reluctant, retreat, exhauseted, envy, originality

Public Service Announcement

2009-10-29T14:20:00.000-07:00

October 26-30

2009-10-22T16:06:00.000-07:00

This is Red Ribbon Week. We have so many extra activities planned.

Monday: Wear your shirt backward.
Tuesday: Wear red, white, and blue.
Wednesday: Wear a hat.
Thursday: Wear red.
Friday: Wear your Halloween costume! Yahoo! Remember the RULES:
1. NO MASKS 2. YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND DO YOUR WORK. 3. NO BLOOD OR GORE. 4. MODEST COSTUME 5. NO WEAPONS ( not even toy ones Cowboys, leave your guns at home!)

Drug Dog Assembly: Thursday at 2:30
Halloween Party: Friday at 2:30

Now for the academic part of the week. Spelling words: should, home, big, give, air, sometimes, homework, short, mail, please

Vocabulary words: performance, carefree, talent, squirm, individual, artistic, discord

October 20-23

2009-10-14T15:43:00.000-07:00

The spelling words for this week are: every, still, name, found, between, lake, green, hills, clear, fish, have, when, there, then, where, place, went

Vocabulary words are: nestle, weary, elegant, emerge, nutritious, contribute, assemble

We had the most AMAZING pizza party or Wednesday, October 14. Cindie from Domino's Pizza did a pizza making demonstration for us. She made the pizza dough really big and then threw it in the air. She even taught us how to make it big and a few students got to toss it in the air. (It fell on the floor a few times! Ooops!) The PTA did a great job in rewarding us for winning the Walk-a-thon contest. Now, Mrs. Bayer can hardly wait to win another contest!

Five students still need to return their September Home Reading Calendar.

We're busy making some public service announcements for health.

October 12-14

2009-10-09T07:17:00.000-07:00

The following spelling words are for this week and next: every, still , name, found, between, lake, green, hills, clear, fish, have, when, there, then, where, place, went The test on these words will be on October 23.

Vocabulary words for the next two weeks are: nestle, weary, elegant, emerge, nutritious, assemble, contribute

Our class pizza party ( for winning the walk-a-thon contest) will be Wednesday at 12:20.

We are now tied for second place in the clean lunch table contest!

There is no school this Thursday or Friday, October 15 and 16. Also, no school on October 19.

October 5-October 9

2009-10-03T06:51:00.000-07:00

Spelling words for this week are: great, tell, men, say, small, women, world, names, us, their, would, most, through, think, around, different

Vocabulary words include: giddy, boast, stranded, tremble, rescue, resourceful, consequence

Hooray! We won the pizza party!! Yippee!!

Mrs. Albrecht will begin student teaching in our classroom on Wednesday. Levi is a new student in our class. He comes from LaVerkin. We welcome them both.

2009-10-01T20:15:00.000-07:00

September 28- October 2

2009-10-01T07:33:00.000-07:00

Spelling words for this week include: again, off, went, old, number, reading, light, today, store, when , time, where, new, our, take, why

The vocabulary words for this week are the same words we had last week.

School is out at 2:30 each day this week (including Wednesday) for parent- teacher -student conferences.

The Walk-a-thon assembly is Friday at 1:30.

No library this week. Bring your books back on Friday, October 9.

Please return your home reading "bucket" as soon as possible.

September 14-18

2009-09-14T07:14:00.000-07:00

The PTA sponsored Walk-a-thon is this Thursday. If you haven't gotten your pledges in, please do so.

We are on lesson 13 out of 20 on keyboarding. Things are going well. I'm very impressed at how well these students are doing. We should be finished with the keyboarding lessons right before our parent conferences September 28- October 2.

We'll have our second Saxon written math test this week.

Please continue with your 20 minutes of home reading each night, as well as your one minute fluency timing. We'll have a reward as soon as our bucket is full.

Spelling words for this week are: place, well, such, here, take, color, blue, paint, yellow, each , more, water, around, three, much, even

Vocabulary words include: tease, lonely, serious, fasten, assume, hopeful, companion

September 8-11

2009-09-08T12:40:00.000-07:00

Thursday is School Picture Day. Everyone will have their picture taken for the yearbook. Those that wish to purchase the picture packet will need their money on Thursday.
There is a flag ceremony in front of the school planned for Friday, September 11 at 9:00 A.M.
Student grades are coming home today. This will help students know where to start improving. Grades will usually come home every 4-5 weeks. We will go over the grade report during our parent/ teacher/ student conference / during the week of September 28- October 2.

There are a few students that I need to know if they are participating in the fluoride program. If you are one of these students, I have sent home another fluoride paper. Please let me know if you are or are not participating in the fluoride program.

We are ready for all the reading parents to start coming this week. Our power hour is from 11- 11:45 daily. There is still room for more volunteers. Thursday is open.

Spelling Words
1. must
2. because
3. does
4. part
5. even
6. spell
7. sound
8. always
9. check
10. your
11. their
12. these
13. people
14. through
15. much
16. also

The vocabulary words are the same as last week (comforting, shelter, fleet, glimmer, expression, vital, and versatile).

First Day of School

2009-08-20T13:56:00.000-07:00