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Monday, May 24, 2010

May 24-28

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

Monday, May 17, 2010

May 17- 21

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

Thursday, May 13, 2010

May 10-14

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.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Solar Root Beer Recipe

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.

Monday, May 3, 2010

MAY 3-7

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.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

April 26-30

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!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

April 19-23

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!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

April 12-16

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.

Monday, April 5, 2010

April 5-9

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.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

March 15 -19

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!

Monday, March 8, 2010

March 8 -12

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

Monday, March 1, 2010

March 1 - 5

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.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

THEY"RE DONE!!!

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