Tuesday,Oct. 26, 2010

Good Morning! I hope you enjoyed your extra long weekend. Things are really hopping around school for the next two weeks. This week is red ribbon week. A pink flier was sent home letting you know of all the activities this week. Just a short recap:Tuesday, Dress up like you favorite rock star; Wednesday dress up hippie style; Thursday; wear your favorite sports jersey; Friday; dress up like your hero or favorite superhero.

Healthy lifestyle week will be November 5 - 12. A green flier will be sent home today with information about this. There is a Family Fitness Day on Saturday Nov.6 from 12 - 3 in the SUU PE building.

InteRaCT
Social Thinking Skills
Parent Training
Everyone Welcome!

Iron Springs
Elementary
This Month’s Focus:
Behavior Mapping
Expected and Unexpected
Identifying the size of the
problem
Creating visuals for daily
routines
Nov
3rd
6:30 PM
Social Thinking
Skills are strategies
for improving verbal
and non-verbal
communication
Interact is a collaborative
effort between Iron Springs
and South Elementary
designed to improve social
communication skills for
students and their families.
Ongoing parent trainings
will be offered monthly.
Questions? Contact Sharon Coonen or Sue Harris at South
Elementary (586-2850) or Sue Harris or Marcy Christensen at Iron
Springs Elementary (586-9485)

This weeks spelling 9
way, these, niece, might, show, float, brain, mean, close, tried, cube, uniform, stayed, price, usually

Vocabulary:
Grapple - to struggle, especially with a problem; to wrestle
Octogenarian - a person who is in his or her eighties
Scorn - to show extreme distaste toward someone or something; to reject or refuse
Zeal - enthusiasm

I sent home the Halloween party list. I will send a reminder on Thursday. Have a terrific week!
Kimber

Monday, October 18, 2010

We have a short, busy week.

Because of the two days off we will NOT have new spelling words or vocabulary words this week. Everything else will stay the same.

Our Halloween party is scheduled for Friday, October 29 after last break. (approx. 2:30) If you signed up to furnish anything I will send the list home with your student. It is on orange paper.

Enjoy the five days off. School resumes on Tuesday, October 26.

Kimber

Monday, October 11, 2010

Good Morning,
Remember we have a fabulous field trip planned for tomorrow! Every student needs to have school lunch tomorrow. If your child already eats school lunch everything is the same. If your child brings lunch from home or goes home they will need to pay for one lunch tomorrow. We will be leaving the school at 9:00 a.m. and return about 3:20 p.m. It's a full day of learning fun! A water bottle and a jacket would be appropriate.

Spelling words - 8

swimming, swam, getting, coming came, having, doing, ended, happened, happening, started, joked, received, smiled, smiling

Vocabulary Words

appealing - attractive; desirable; pleasing
appease - to soothe or calm
bravado - false and overconfident bravery
pickle - a tricky situation; a food that has been preserved in vinegar or salt water

Thanks for attending your Parent - Teacher conference. After this afternoon I will have met with everyone! Your students are terrific. I hope you realized that from our visit. Thanks for everything you do at home to make this year a successful one.
Together we can achieve success.

Remember to save and send in box tops. Students will receive a weekly prize for bringing in box tops this month. The class that reaches the goal of 800 will have an extra spooktacular surprise.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Fall is surely in the air today. Hope you are enjoying the rain.

We are planing a field trip next Tuesday, October 12 to Parowan. This is along with our study of Iron County. We will be gone all day. Everyone will need to have school lunch that day. If your child already has school lunch every day nothing changes. If your child brings lunch from home or goes home for lunch they will need to purchase a school lunch. This way everyone has the same thing and feelings are not hurt. We will not need reading parents on Tuesday, October the 12. If you can come in another day that week it would be great, if not that's okay.

Spelling list 7

missed, willing, balloon, spelling, pretty, still, off, added, letter, different, pattern, middle, Mississippi, zipper, carry

Vocabulary Words

cumbersome - large or heavy; difficult to carry

glum - sad and gloomy

parable - a story that teaches a moral or lesson

query - a question

Picture re-takes will be on Thursday of next week, October 14.

I did send home a book order on Friday. If you choose to purchase any books please make a check out to Scholastic Book Clubs. Please have your order in by this Friday, October 8. A new book is a great incentive to get a struggling reader excited about reading.

Please start saving your box tops and bringing them into our classroom!! Put them in the can on the counter and don't forget to write your name on the can. The contest will be for the month of October. Prizes will be given out for all those that participate. The class that reaches the goal of 800 will have an extra spooktacular surprise!!

Please this week is Parent - Teacher Conferences. School will be dismissed at 2:30 every day, including Wednesday. If you have forgotten your time you can email me or call Mrs. Smith in the office. See you this week.

Kimber

Monday, September 27, 2010

I am sending home the Parent - Teacher Conference schedules today. Please let me know if the schedule will work for you. If you have more than one child at South we have grouped them together for you.

Spelling Words:
save, give, have, live, move, above, alive, alike, to two, too, know, do, blew, blue

Vocabulary Words:
accelerate - to speed up
grime - dirt or filth
sleuth - a detective
ultimatum - a final request, condition, or demand

We took the final on the first section of the times tables. WOW! except for the two who haven't finished everyone was in the 90%. We are ready to move on. We have done, 0, 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, and 12. We have also done 3 x 4 = 12 and 6 x 7 = 42 with some cute rhymes to help us remember them.

We have started doing Fry Phrases (reading fluency) and dictionary skills. We are moving right along in third grade! Thanks for everything you do at home to make our class successful. I do appreciate you.
Kimber

September 20, 2010

Good Morning, I hope everyone had a good week-end. We will be busy at school this week.
Spelling words:
under, such, much, young, touch, use, your, you, unit, cute, few, new, fuel, human, music

Vocabulary words:

incognito - hiding one's true identity, often using a disguise

panic - to experience extreme fright and anxiety

misfortune - bad luck; an unfortunate event

waver - to be uncertain, especially about a decision; to tremble

The vocabulary test on Friday will be these four words plus the four from last week. A total of eight words. I sent the test home with the right answers to study from for this week.

Florid rinse begins today. If you would like your child to receive florid at school contact the PTA. I think these is a $3.00 cost.

Parent-Teacher conferences are coming up the first week in October. School will be dismissed at 2:30 each day during that week. Oct. 4 - 8

Thanks to all who help so much at home and in our classroom. We are having a terrific year!!
Kimber

September 13, 2010

Thank you to those who were able to come as reading parents last week. If you have signed up please come in this week. This times are 8:50 - 9:30 Tuesday through Friday. I have assigned students to those who signed up. If things have changed and you can no longer come in please let me know so I can adjust the students.

I am sending home our first book order from Scholastic. If you choose to order books for your child please have your order in by this Friday, September 17. Remember that you need only make out one check to Scholastic. I can not send in cash. Sorry.

Spelling:

rocket, pocket, hold, told, often, grow, throne, so, sew, most, almost, both, coach, open, also

Vocabulary:

castaway: a person who is stranded on a desert island
inhospitable: unfriendly and impolite to guests
jocular: full of jokes and good humor
vocation: a job, especially one for which a person is well suited

Vocabulary is new, starting this week. We will have four new words every week with a test on Friday. They do not have to spell the words, just know the meanings.

Remember tonight is the big back to school bash. Please come have fun and support our school.

In the folders today there is a PTA fundraiser 1/2 sheet yellow paper. Please read it over. There is also a color contest page.

Remember we have homework Monday through Thursday and reading 25 minutes every school night.

Thanks for all you do at home to make third grade a positive experience for your child.