December notes

November AR Report
I am sending a letter home with your child tomorrow along with their November AR report. Please ask your child for this letter and go over the report with him/her, sign it, and have your child return it to me.

Holiday Traditions
We will be writing about our favorite holiday traditions/memories. Please have your child think of any favorite recipes along with a memory or story about them and have your child bring the recipes to school as soon as possible.

Christmas Poems
My class will also have the opportunity to choose a Christmas poem each week to recite to me as their fluency homework. If they choose to memorize it, they can earn AR points (the amount will vary depending on the length and difficulty of the poem). I appreciate your support in helping your child practice reading or memorizing it.

December Lunch Menu

The Cache County School District does have a menu that they go by for the month (I provided a link to it in an earlier post). But we don't necessarily know the specific menu items that they serve at Mountainside on a particular day. So I thought it would be helpful for you to know the exact schedule. Here it is:

December Lunch Menu for Mountainside Elementary

Wed. Dec. 1: whole grain breaded pork chop
Thurs. Dec. 2: sloppy joes
Fri. Dec. 3: chicken noodle soup

Mon. Dec. 6: mandarin orange chicken
Tues. Dec. 7: chicken fiesta wrap
Wed. Dec. 8: roasted turkey in gravy
Thurs. Dec. 9: super nachos
Fri. Dec. 10: cheeseburger

Mon. Dec. 13: breaded chicken on a bun
Tues. Dec. 14: spaghetti
Wed. Dec. 15: Pizza Hut cheese pizza
Thurs. Dec. 16: sliced ham
Fri. Dec. 17: corn dog

Mon. Dec. 20: waffle stix
Tues. Dec. 21: ham and cheese melt
Wed. Dec. 22: baked breaded chicken

No school from Dec. 23-Jan. 2.

Tops and Bottoms: Spelling and Vocabulary Words for the week of November 29- December 3

Spelling Words (words with spl, thr, squ, str):
1. splash
2. throw
3. three
4. square
5. throat
6. strike
7. street
8. split
9. splurge
10. thrill
11. strength
12. squeak
13. throne
14. scratch
15. squeeze
Challenge Words
16. squid
17. squander
18. arthritis
19. instrument
20. strategy
Frequently Misspelled Words
21. scared
22. brother

Vocabulary Words:
bottom: the lowest part
cheated: acted dishonestly
clever: having a quick mind
crops: plants grown to be used as food or sold for profit
lazy: not willing to work
partners: people who run a business together and share the gains and losses of it
wealth: a great amount of money or valuable things

Native American Pow Wow

Our third grade Native American Pow Wow is scheduled for Tuesday, November 23. It will be an all-day event filled with lots of fun crafts and activities with a taster's table at the end of the day (from 2-3 p.m.). I will need volunteers all day long: 9:15-10:05, 10:10-11:00, 11:15-12:05, 12:55-1:45, and 2:00-3:00. As of today (11/11/10), I have most of my volunteers(4) signed up from 9:15-10:05, only 2 from 10:10-11:00, 1 from 11:15-12:05, 0 from 12:55-1:45, and 2 from 2:00-3:00. If you can volunteer during the times where there are very few or no people signed up, that would be wonderful! I can keep you up to date on where I need volunteers. I appreciate those who are willing to come help! I also have enough people to make play dough, so thank you for helping with that. And thanks to those who have donated paper towel and toilet paper rolls; keep them coming!

Spelling City

Spellingcity.com is a great website where you can play spelling games with our spelling words. To access my account, go to spellingcity.com, click on "find a teacher", type "ensign," and click on my name. It will show our school, Mountainside Elementary. Then you can click on the spelling list that we have for the week. And then you can play various games or do various activities to learn your spelling words for the week.

I Wanna Iguana: Spelling and Vocabulary List for the week of Nov. 8-12

Vocabulary Words
adorable: cute and lovable
compassionate: feeling sympathy
exactly: precisely
iguana: a tropical lizard with a crest on its back
mature: fully grown; adult
mention: to talk briefly about someone or something
trophies: awards

Spelling Words
1. handle
2. trouble
3. simple
4. people
5. middle
6. table
7. little
8. gentle
9. poodle
10. pickle
11. noodle
12. saddle
13. juggle
14. uncle
15. riddle

Challenge Words
16. example
17. throttle
18. obstacle
19. miracle
20. muscle

Frequently Misspelled Words
21.
22.
23.