Taylor’s Tribune
January 23-27
Penny Wars have Begun
The Penny Wars have begun at Cherry Creek School. We are hoping the students will be able to bring lots of change to school to fill our jar. If you give your students change to bring to school turn it into a math problem and make them count how much money they are bring to school. The war will end on Friday at 3:45. Lets win
the war in 3rd grade.
Math
We have been working on Multiplication, Division and Fractions. Please continue to help your student learn and memorize their multiplication facts. The ice cream party will be in April.
Great Brain Reports.
We will start doing Great Brain Reports on Wednesday January 25. Remember they are on Arctic and Antarctic Regions.
Science
We are learning about Simple Machines. Students will be inventing a complex machine (that is a machine that uses 3 or more different types of simple machines in it. I will send home more information later.
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Spelling #19
The vowel + r sound in hair
1. a lot
2. again
3. always
4. hair
5. care
6. chair
7. pair
8. bear
9. where
10. scare
11. sir
12. pear
13. bare
14. fair
15. share
16. buy
17. could
18. flair
19. compare
20. aware
21. repair
22. prepare
23. declare
24. flare
25. wear
Dictated Sentences
1. I will cut your hair
2. Please take care of my sick cat.
3. She sat in a big chair.
4 need a pair of socks.
5. We saw a bear in the woods.
Dear Parents, I have attached two papers that need to be checked.
Yellow
This is the permission paper for the Hershey Track Meet.
This will be held in May and parents are invited to come and watch and to help out.
Please check to make sure the information is correct and then sign the form .
DO NOT FILL in the activities. I will talk to the students and make sure they understand what the event is going to be. I will have them decide at school to make sure they know what they want to participate in.
White
This is a special chance for students to receive Dental check-ups
They are being offered through the state of Utah.
If you are interested please read the information and fill it in.
Return it to school ASAP (This week)
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What is Happening in December
Wow what a busy time of year.
November was filled with a field trip to the City Office Building
Students were able to see where the Police Department is and
Where the Mayor and City Council work.
December started off with the Junior High Choir coming to
share the Christmas Spirit with our school. & students showing their
school spirit by dressing up and having a good time.
We will be having a food drive, Giving Tree and a Customs around the world theme for our Great Brain this month.
Students have been asked to tell our class about their family customs for their Great Brain Reports. I would like all the students to participate. If you have questions please contact me and I will give you more information,.
We will start giving Great Brain Reports on December 12 and go until December 20. I will have a sign up list for students to sign. Parents and family members are welcome to come and share the time with their students in telling us about their family traditions.
Math- We are learning our math facts 1-12 We will have them all done by Christmas Break so students and focus on memorizing them.
Please remember to turn in the small notes for practicing multiplication facts for 15 minutes each night. These need to be turned in each day not at the end of the week.
Cursive Writing
We will be writing in cursive when we come back from the holidays
Spelling December 5 Unit 14
December 12 Unit 15
December 19 No spelling
Thank you for being patient with the UTIPS homework. I should have it back up and working by Tuesday December 6.
Students are welcome to back and do the homework from other weeks and then just write their scores on the December Reading Calendars.
Remember students should be reading 25 minutes or more this month.
Need a Coat
Parents if your child has lost their coat already please come and check the Lost and Found.
Gift Ideas for our class
Dry Erase Markers.
Fruit Snacks
Volunteer in our room for reading and math
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November 7 -11-2011
Spelling
We are on Unit #11 of spelling. Some of the students took the extra Super Speller Words. If they took it home they need to practice all 45 words. Wow.
Math
We are working on subtraction and money. Please review with your child how much each coin is? Nickel=5 dime= 10 and so on.
Social Studies
We are going to the Mayors office on Thursday to learn about our city. Please sign the permission slip and have your child return by Tomorrow-Tuesday
Welcome Mrs. Knotts
We have a Student Teacher from UVU. We are really excited to have her in our room. She will be spending November with us and then will be back in January.
Homework
I have attached some extra pages. I will not be sending home extra homework during the month of November.
Homework is found on the internet.
Reading
Students are suppose to be reading 25 minutes or more each day they eat. (7 days)
Math
students are suppose to be reviewing their math facts 15 minutes each day.
Spelling
Students are suppose to be doing a spelling practice each day.
Utips can be done on the computer. For extra practice.
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Taylor Tribune
Oct. 24-28, 2011
Dear Parents,
I hope you had a great Fall Break. I know the students had been working hard and were ready for break.
No Extra Homework this week just come to SEP Conferences with your child
This week is SEP conferences for Cherry Creek Elementary School.
All of the notes should have gone home on Wednesday, Please sign the note yes or no whether you can make it to the assigned time. If the time and day will not work for you please give me an idea of what is good for you. One of our school goals is for teachers to meet with all students.
Please, Please bring your child to SEP conferences with you. This is a time for them to set their goals. Conferences are only 10 minutes long. If you need more time to meet with me and discus what your child is doing we can set up a different day and time.
SEP Times:
Wed 8:00 a.m. Mason
2:30 p.m. Warner
3:00 Saige
3:30 Jordan
Thursday
3:20- Paige
3:30 Michael
3:40 Madisen
3:50 Toby
4:00 Natalie
4:10 Caitlin
4:20 Kahala
4:30 Emma
4:40 Forbes
4:50 Brynley
5:30 Carlos
5:40 Esmeralda
5:50
6:00 Samantha
6:10
6:20 Nicholas
6:40 Elizabeth
6:50
7:00 Shari
7:10 Joshua
Spelling We will be having spelling words this week. We are on Unit 9. We will have 5 dictated sentences for the students to practice also.
Math--- We have just finished our unit on double digit addition with regrouping.
Great Brain Reports---
This is the last week to do a report on the Body for the Great Brain Club.
Scholastic Book Fair is going on now through SEP Conferences
The new location is in the North gym
Tues Oct 25th 8:15-3:45
Wed. Oct. 26th 8:15-3:00
Thurs. Oct. 27th 8:15-8:30 p.m. SEP
Conferences
No Awards Assembly this week.
**Reading Calendars for October are due on Monday 31st
Spelling #9
Dictated Sentences
1. We saw a clown at the party.
2. . The crowd began to clap.
3. Is the moon round like a ball?
4. Did you hear that sound?
5. Take a bow after the play.
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Instructions for the October Book Report
On Non-fiction books.
Object of the book report is to excite your friends to want to read the same book you read.
Using the poster board that was given to you
1. Write the title of the book and the author on the board.
2. . Include 5 facts that you learned in your book. Make them short to catch every ones attention.
When you give your report you want to “sell” the book to the class
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Taylor Tribune
October 17-19
No School on Thursday or Friday
Fall Break
Parents,
If you have a Cookie Dough Order Please bring to school tomorrow!
No spelling this week
Homework was sent home last week.
Extra Homework is to talk to your child about their goals for 3rd grade
Fill in the yellow worksheet and send back to school by Monday October 24th.
SEP Notes will come home on Wednesday
SEP Conference ‘s will be next week Oct. 27.
No School for students on Oct. 28
Have a great week
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Taylor Tribune
October 3-7
September Reading Calendars are Due NOW!
What is coming up
This week is Red Ribbon Week
Monday - wear your Jeans
Tuesday- wear crazy shoes
Wednesday -wear Green and walk to school safely
Thursday- wear sweat clothes
Friday- decorate a hat- Crazy Hat contest
VIP this week is Forbes Reynolds
Spelling Unit #7 – Three-Letter Clusters
Dictated Sentences
1. Our flowers grow in spring.
2. I can throw the ball to Trayu.
3. Isaac is very strong.
4. I have three baby ducks.
5. Joshua can row a boat.
Math We are working on telling time, single digit addition tricks, number sentences, story problems.
Science We are still doing Great Brain Reports on the Body.
Key Boarding We will be finishing our basic class in keyboarding. Please have your students continue to practice.
Students will be having their eyes checked at school on Tuesday.
October Reading Calendar has been sent home today!
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Taylor Tribune
Sept. 26-30th
Picture Day
Wednesday Sept. 28
Everyone practice your smile
Field Trip to Allen’s Grocery Store
I still need two more parents to go with us.
Thursday Sept. 29. Don’t be late for school
We leave by 9:15
Spelling we are on Unit #6-It is review week so we will not have sentences.
Math- We are working on telling time, patterns, and number lines. We are still working on rounding numbers so you will see practice sheets come home for that next week.
New Yellow Vocabulary words were sent home today.
The homework that I include in your students homework packet needs to be finished and returned to school by Friday. It will count on your students grades.
Progress Reports will come home on Friday.
Still Time to do Great Brain Reports on the Body
Please let me know if you are reading the Cherry Creek Blog page.
Taylor Tribune Sept. 19-23
Letter is posted on Cherry Creek 3rd Grade Blogspot.com Let me know if you look on line.
Scholastic Book Orders are due on Wednesday Sept. 21.
Checks can be made to Scholastic/Cash
Field Trip Permission slip. Please return by Friday September 23rd
Spelling List is #5 ( in homework folder)
Sentences are:
1. She is the coach of this team.
2. I can blow my horn well.
3. Will this old boat float?
4. The box is too big to hold.
5. I need to sew my torn coat
Math
We are still working on rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, and 1,000.
We will be working on number lines, patterns, and algebra sentences.
Book Report for the month of September is your favorite Picture book. We will be making puppets to help retell the story. Please send a clean sock to school if possible.
*****Great Brain Reports are now on the body. Let me know if your child is doing a report and if you want to come and watch them present. We will be doing reports through October.
School Pictures will be next Wednesday 28th. More information will come home.
September 12, 2011
Week #4
We have had a great beginning. Here is what we will be doing at school this week.
Spelling#4
Have, said, sure, paint, clay, feel, leave, neighbor, eight, seem, speak, paid, lay, need weigh, green, play, easel, crayon, delay, easy, explain, squeal, needle, sweet.
Sentences:
1. We will paint house.
2. I will leave the cat with you.
3. Lin has eight friends.
4. I will speak to him now.
5. How much does it weigh?
Math We are still working on subtraction and addition facts. We have finished reviewing:
odd & even numbers, expanded numbers,value of numbers, writing numbers in words
and reading word numbers
This week we will work on reviewing addition and subtraction strategies. (adding up to make tens, doubling numbers to add for just a few tricks) and rounding numbers.
Writing
We have started our writing. Our first story was about our summer vacation. We will be learning how to write an opinion paper this month.
Reading
We will be finishing our bench mark tests this week. I am excited to get started with our reading books. We do have new vocabulary words that go with the story of Doctor DeSoto. Watch for them to come home.
Science
We are working on being healthy. We are learning about our bodies, how to stay healthy, the right foods to eat and how to read labels on food packages are just a few of the things we will be studying. My students will be going on a field trip to Allen’s Grocery Store on Thursday Sept. 29.
I will send home a permission slip next week. They will be walking over to the store with
Mrs. Boyer.
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We need 3 parents to walk with them on this fieldtrip. If you would be able to walk from 9:00 -10:30. Please either email me or send a note with your student.
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Great Brain Reports
The reports have been wonderful!
We are now doing our Reports on the Body.
They can do anything that has to do with our body, different parts of the body, how to exercise, what foods are good for us to eat. What foods are bad for us to eat a lot of. Etc. Students can bring special guests who know about the bodies to help teach and talk to us. Make it a fun time.
Keyboarding
We are learning the keyboard. I am sending home two practice sheets for students to use with your computer. Please allow your student to practice typing on your computer keyboard. They need to memorize where the keys are and not look at their hands. Keep the papers home to practice later. If students will practice 15 minutes each day they will learn the keys. It is like piano. We will be adding more letters each day this week.
Book Reports Students are asked to do one report a month.
This month, September our book reports will be on their favorite picture book.
We will be making puppets to retell our story. If you have a clean sock at home that can be donated for the body of the puppet that would help a lot!
Book orders will be due on Wednesday, September 20th You can send a check made to Scholastic books or cash. I have not set up the online ordering yet.
Circle these dates on your calendar
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_September Calendar Events
Sept. 14 school elections. 3rd graders get to vote this year for the people
Who are running for office.
Sept. 28 Picture Day
Sept. 29 Field trip to Allen’s grocery store
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Dear Parents,
This looks to be another busy week in 3rd
Grade. I hope you and your student had a great weekend. Here is a look at what is planned for this week.
Spelling #2
Here is a complete list of the spelling words for this week.
want, was, off, pond, luck, drop, lot, rub, does,
drum, sock, hunt, crop, shut, front, spot, much,
dodge, crumb, crunchy, topic, grumpy, fluffy, pumpkin,
trust.
Remember there is a spelling list under Boyer/Taylor spelling lists.
I also give a dictated sentence test. Have your child practice writing the sentences from memory as you repeat the sentence for them.
Remember to start each sentence with a capital letter and end with the correct punctuation.
Note: The words a lot are two words.
1. There are fish in the pond.
2. Jamal has good luck.
3. Do not drop the dish.
4. We ate a lot of fish.
5. Mom will rub my back.
Reading
Remember your child is suppose to be reading 20 minutes each day. Please have them read 5-10 minutes of that time out loud with you so that you can check for expression, sentence run-ons (when you read out loud you should stop/pause at the end of the sentence) and pronouncing the words correctly.
Reading calendars for August are due at the end of the week.
Math
We are still reviewing addition and subtraction facts. This week we will focus on subtraction facts. I am sending home subtraction papers for the students to practice with. These do not have to come back to school. Students should be able to do either the addition or subtraction page in less than 4 minutes.
We went on our first field trip last week to Willy Wonka's Candy Factory and helped package caramels. We will be reviewing place value in numbers and the rule of 10.
Ask your child about it when they get home today.
Science
We will be finishing up our unit on Spiders & Insects this week and giving our Great Brain Reports on either spiders or insects.
Remember these are optional reports, but a lot of fun for the students to research
about.
VIP Student
Our first VIP (Very Important Person) will be Warner. I will send home a letter about the VIP student the week before it is your child's turn. Please try to get your students posters done now and sent back to school so we have them.
Parents remember if your child is absent from school you do need to call the school and excuse them. This needs to be done within the week of the absence. If you know you are going out of town, call and let the office know ahead of time. 801-489-2810
Remember you can contact me at nancy.taylor@nebo.edu or 801-489-2810 and leave a message. I will call you back after school.
Have a great week.
Mrs. Taylor
Welcome Back To School
I can't believe the first day of school is here already. I am so excited to be teaching this year. Right now we have 25 students in our class. That is small for us.
We will be jumping right into school work since we have a full week of school.
Parents were given a copy of the spelling words for the whole year at Back to School Night. If you did not get your copy one will be coming home this week. We are on Unit #1. A copy of the words can be found under Mrs. Boyer/ Taylor Spelling words. We have different spelling books that is why the words are in different order from Mrs. Searle's words. Dictated sentences need to be practice at home. Students write in their best handwriting while you repeat the sentence to them. Spelling tests will be given on Friday afternoon. I am sorry you won't know your child's score until the following Monday. I will send the test home on Monday after I record the score.
Please help your child review their Addition & Subtraction Fast Facts. We will be working on them for a couple of weeks.
We will also start our cursive books this week. I may send home a page for them to practice at home along with the home row keys on the computer.
I will be introducing the Great Brain Reports. These are optional reports for students to do about interesting subjects. Spiders & Insects will be our first subject. I will send home a small booklet later in the week that will have all the information in it. Remember 5 or more reports given during the school year and the student earns a medallion and becomes a member of the Great Brain Club ( Science).
Reading- Students need to read 20 minutes each day 5-7 days a week. Mrs. Smith, Grant School Librarian said, "Just make sure you read on the days that you eat." Good advice.
Remember you can contact me - nancy.taylor@nebo.edu or call and leave a message at
school 801)489-2810 I will call back at the end of the school day.
