Important Information for the Week of October 31-November 4

Monday, October 31
~ HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
~ Halloween costume parade at 12:45, followed by snacks and a classroom party.

Tuesday, November 1
~ Mrs. Fahey will be completing reading assessments in the afternoon, therefore a sub will be in our classroom.
~ starting our basketball unit in Phys Ed
~ book buddies
~ we will be making musical instruments

Wednesday, November 2
~ Mrs. Fahey will be completing reading assessments in the morning, and will be attending a meeting in the afternoon, therefore there will be a sub in the classroom all day.
~ Library - please return library books.

Thursday, November 3
~

Friday, November 4
~ spelling test

** MMH clothing deadline is November 7. 

Spelling Words for the Week of October 31-November 4

This week we are working on the -ir, -er, -or word patterns.

Group 1:
fair, pair, their, hair, stair

Group 2:
power, answer, paper, better, under

Group 3:
mirror, terror, author, floor, visitor

Challenge Words:
Halloween
parade

Halloween Online Interactive Games

Primary Games - Halloween
PBS Kids - Halloween
Halloween Mountain

Destination Imagination!!

Destination Imagination is an opportunity for students to be creative and innovative using various materials, with a set purpose in mind.

This was our first attempt this year at a Destination Imagination Project, and I must admit- it was a huge success!! The students of 3B are so creative, they simply blow me away.

For the project, students were put into groups of 3. Each group was given a bag of materials (each group had the same materials).

The purpose of their project, was to create a halloween mask of some sort. 

Here are our results:

With the same materials, every mask is so completely different. I truly enjoyed watching their planning and thought process, but even more I think I enjoyed watching the cooperation and team work that had to go into this project. Great job 3B!!!

3B Has Gone Batty!!

This past week we finished our Bat artwork, researched various types of micro and mega bats, and completed our "Batty Adventure" writing.

Check out our art work:

Spelling Words for October 24-28

This weeks spelling words do not have a specific word pattern. We are working on descriptive writing and the use of juicy and creative words. Therefore this week we will be focusing on synonyms. Each group will have a synonym from the other groups.

Group 1:
bad, big, fall, fast, good

Group 2:
evil, huge, drop, quick, great

Group 3:
horrible, large, tumble, speedy, excellent

Challenge Words:
coat
jacket

Important Dates for October 24-28

Monday, October 24
~ New spelling words: We will be working on synonyms

Tuesday, October 25
~ Hot Lunch!
~ We will be swimming at Nicholas Sheran from 1-2pm. Leaving school around 12:45 and returning by 2:20.

Wednesday, October 26
~ Library (please return all library books)
~Connected Reader Hangout with our reading pals in Kansas City where we will be discussing more about the book Loser by Jerry Spinelli

Thursday, October 27 
~ Last day for Mission Impossible
~ Attempting Destination Imagination!! Find out more from you child on Thursday :)

Friday, October 28
~ Spelling test

Upcoming Events:
On Monday, October 31st, students are NOT to wear their costumes to school. We will have regular classes in the morning. At lunch students may change into their costumes. We will have our costume parade starting at 12:45. After the parade, we will then dive into our yummy snacks!! The remainder of the afternoon will be a class party. We will be playing board games, dancing and enjoying each others company!! 

More on Mission Impossible

A few snapshots of mission impossible!

Important Dates for the week of October 17-21

Monday, October 17
~ Book Fair
~ Picture Re-Takes

Tuesday, October 18
~ Global Connections: Mystery Number Hangout with a class in Texas.
~ Last day for the book fair
~ Mission Impossible

Wednesday, October 19
~ Connected Reader Club Hangout for the book Loser
~ Mission Impossible
~ Library: Please return all library books

Thursday, October 20 
~ Mission Impossible
~ Early dismissal at 11:35

Friday, October 21
~ NO SCHOOL for students, PD day for teachers

There will be no spelling words this week, due to a short week.

Please look for a letter that will be coming home this week about swimming. Our first swimming field trip will be on October 25 from 1:00-2:00pm. We will be needing drivers. Thank you in advance for everything you do for both your children and supporting the school.

Connected Reader Club!

We are starting a new weekly activity with a grade three class in Kansas City. The Grade 3 class from William Southern Elementary and the students of 3B at Mike Mountain Horse Elementary will be reading "Loser" By Jerry Spinelli. Each week we will connect to discuss our favorite part, character, predictions, inferences etc.

Today we had a simple introduction with our Connected Reader Group.

This is the teacher: Mr. DeLoach. He explained to the class that he does not normally wear a hat while teaching, but today is Hat Day at their school. We will be connecting through google hangouts, as well as our kidblog for various reader response activities. 

I will post our activities on the Global Connections link as we read through the book Loser. 

MMH does Mission Impossible!!

We are extremely lucky to have one crazy, creative mind on staff: Mr. Weavers! With Mr. Weaver's crazy ideas, and Mrs. Barker's assistance, Mission Impossible has come to life in our gym!

Students must be buddied. One runs the course, while the other "supervises". The job of the supervising buddy is the return equipment that may be toppled, and to ensure their buddy is following the MANY rules.

Here is the rules to Mission Impossible:

• going from obstacle to obstacle, students MUST touch a line on the floor somehow. 
• they CANNOT touch anything metal 
• there is a certain color which they are not allowed to touch 
• the hardest rule I thought to follow was NO TALKING!!! But, the students are doing amazing with this rule. 
• they cannot make any noise what so ever. There are many bells hanging on obstacles, you cannot touch them! 
• If you touch obstacles, or knock down balls, sticks, pylons etc, you have to start back from the beginning.
• The goal is to get through the entire course and capture the jewel at the center! 

We've only had one gym class so far to try out the course, but with the limited time already, I've noticed so many amazing things with this activity. Watching students study the obstacles, and make a plan of attack in their heads is truly amazing. Also their resiliency, and refusal to give up is simply incredible. You'd think being sent back to the beginning MANY times would get frustrating, but instead the students are taking it on as a challenge and trying to surpass their own expectations. I am so glad we have two more weeks of this activity. 

Below are some photos of Mission Impossible: Day 1

Check this out: Mission Impossible At MMH

Important Information for October 10-14

Monday, October 10
~ NO SCHOOL
**Happy Thanksgiving**

Tuesday, October 11
~ NO SCHOOL
~ PL Day for Teachers: Literacy Based

Wednesday, October 12
~No Library Today
~Mission Impossible Starts Today!!
~Global Connections: Mystery Number

Thursday, October 13
~ Will be attending the Book Fair today!! (From 1:30-2)
~ Mrs. Fahey will not be here today

Friday, October 14
~ Global Connections: Hangout with a class to discuss our Read Aloud: Loser by Jerry Spinelli

There will be no spelling words this week nor next week.

The Book Fair will be running this week Wednesday-Friday.
Mission Impossible will be running till the end of October.
Next Thursday, October 20 will be a half day, and there is no school on Friday, October 21 due to a professional development day for teachers.

Classroom Cardboard Presents: Cardboard Innovation Day!

The students of 3B have spent two weeks creating various projects out of cardboard. Today was presentation day!! We set up our projects around the classroom and hallway and had students from the other grade 3 classes, as well as grade 2 and our reading buddy class in grade 1 come and play our games! It was such a fun an exciting afternoon.

This activity is based off of Caine's Arcade/Imagination Foundation. Check out the links below if you are interested.
Caine's Arcade
Imagination Foundation Cardboard Challenge ~ check out some amazing projects!!

Here are a few pictures of our incredibly fun and creative afternoon!