21 Peanut Butter Sandwiches . . .

I made 21 pb & jelly sanwiches today!! The kids had to explain something in writing, so I figured that how to make a pb&j would be something that they could all explain. At first I had sandwiches that had the jar of peanut butter on top of the bread, or the bread still in the bag. Some kids even wanted to enjoy their sandwich while it just sat there on the napkin!! In the end, they all smashed the bread and eat their sandwiches. All of the kids were able to complete the task. I'm pretty proud of them. Have a great 3 day weekend. Have fun and be safe!

Upcoming Events . . .

For your information, these are events that are happening soon:


No School . . . Sept. 1st (Labor Day)
Open House & Book Fair . . . Thursday, Sept. 4th from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Fundraiser Kick-off . . .Sept. 4th
No School . . . Oct. 2 & 3
Fall Portraits will be on Oct. 8th

We have our first spelling and reading test on Friday!

The students have been awesome!! Logan recieved a special compliment from Mrs. Alvarado & the entire class recieved a compliment from Mrs. Gomez, our janitor!! Bonus money!! Yeah!!
Keep up the great work, kids!!

The First Day . . .

was awesome!! I'm so excited to come back again! The students got an awesome compliment from the janitor yesterday! She said that they were very well mannered and were terrific! That compliment got the entire class a $200 bonus! Yahoo!

Job applications are due on Friday. I will announce jobs on Monday morning!

Welcome . . .

Hi new students and parents! I can't wait to meet you all! I hope that we have a great year filled with lots of fun activities and above all . . . LEARNING!! It is my hope that you will be able to utilize this website and that it will be a useful tool for you this year. I will use this site to cover important events, homework, and spelling words for the week. Please check this website weekly if you can!

I found an awesome website called http://www.spellingcity.com/ . . . let me tell you . . . this website rocks!! The students can use this website to practice their spelling words for the week!! The kids need to click on the student block and it takes them to a that has a blank spelling list. In the right hand column there is a text box that tells you how to use the site. This part is important. To get to our spelling lists, the student needs to click the Find Your List link. Then it will take them to another page. On this page they will just need to enter in my last name: Tuttle. This will take them to yet another page that has a large list of spelling lists. The lists are categorized by the story that we are reading and the group that your child is in. All you have to do is then click on one of the choices: Test Me, Teach Me, Play a Game, or Print. I think that this will be an awesome tool for the upcoming year!! We will also be accessing this site at school, too!

See you soon!!

End of the year . . .

Thanks to all the parents and students for a truly memorable year!
Have a great summer!!

Invention Projects . . .

I hope that your student has now brought home information about his or her invention project thta the 3rd grade is now participating in. The projects are due on Friday, May 16th. Please contact me as soon as possible if you have not heard about this project!!

ISAT Test Dates . . .

Our class will be taking the ISAT tests on the following dates:
Friday, April 25th
Tuesday, April 29th
Thursday, May 1st

Please make sure your child has eaten breakfast and had a good night's sleep on those days! I really appreciate it.

Spelling for week of 7-11 . . .

Spelling
Focus on Fairy Tales
/s/ Sound in face
1. face
2. city
3. pencil
4. place
5. center
6. dance
7. race
8. circle
9. nice
10. once
11. princess
12. circus
13. silence*
14. excitement*
15. The dance will be held at the city center.
16. Have you ever been to the circus before?

Challenge Spelling
1. signal
2. regular
3. generous
4. energy
5. bridge
6. genius
7. dangerous
8. segment
9. figure
10. country
11. circle
12. concert
13. peaceful
14. nice
15. since
16. electric
17. dancing
18. decided
19. Is it peaceful or dangerous in that country?
20. The people at the concert were dancing.

Homework:
Mon.- Math & Spelling
Tues.-Math & Spelling
Wed.-Math & Spelling
Thurs.-Math & Spelling
Fri.- Hope you are working on your invention project: 35 days until your project is due!!

Spelling & Homework for March 31-April 4 . . .

Regular Spelling
/s/ Sound in face


1. face
2. city
3. pencil
4. place
5. center
6. dance
7. race
8. circle
9. nice
10.once
11.princess
12.circus
13.silence*
14.excitement*
15. The dance will be held at the city center.
16. Have you ever been to the circus before?

Challenge Spelling List

1. occurrence
2. embarrass
3. occasion
4. symmetry
5. recommend
6. exaggerate
7. terrain
8. barricade
9. alliance
10. applaud
11. hooray
12. opportunity
13. daughter
14. opposite
15. authentic
16. awkward
17. brought
18. because
19. “Hooray!” shouted Mr. McKenzie’s daughter.
20. I applaud the authentic Mexican food you brought.


Mon.- Spelling and Math Minute Sheet
Tues.- Spelling and Possessive Pronouns
* For your information:
Possessive Pronouns
Certain pronouns called possessive pronouns show ownership.
Possessive Pronouns
Certain pronouns called possessive pronouns show ownership. Some are used alone; some describe a noun.
Used alone: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs, whose
Correct: That computer is hers.
Modify noun: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, whose
Correct: That is her computer.
Wed.- Spelling and Time Line Activity
Thurs.-Spelling, Homophones, & Writing Dates & Time worksheet

Happy . . .

Spring Break!!

See you back at school on Monday, March 31st.

Holy Cow . . .

Where did the month of March go?! Sorry that I have not kept this form of communication updated. I vow to do a better job!!

Important Dates . . .

The kids have their Animal Habitat project due this Friday!!

February 29th is the last day that I will be collecting Reading Logs and totaling points . . . each kid needs to have 500 pages read by that date!! Thanks for your help!!

Spelling Words for Short Week . . .

Hi everyone . . .
Here are the spelling words for this week . . . there are NO SENTENCES!! Yeah!!

Spelling
Animal Habitats Reading-Writing Workshop


1. girl
2. they
3. want
4. was
5. into
6. who
7. our
8. new
9. would
10. could
11. a lot
12. buy
13. wouldn’t*
14. world*
15. through*
16. while*

Group 2 Challenge Words
Animal Habitats

1. about
2. algebra
3. quiet
4. other
5. weapon
6. thousand
7. happen
8. different
9. along
10. equator
11. hospital
12. animal
13. second
14. region
15. quarter
16. lecture
17. puncture
18. again

Homework for the Week:

Wednesday: Spelling & FINISH ANIMAL HABITAT!!
Thrusday: Math, Spelling, & FINISH ANIMAL HABITAT!!
Friday: Biography Interview Worksheet {Handout will be coming home and is due on Friday!}

Read Across America Update . . .

The kids have read a total of:

14, 039 pages . . .

I have read a total of 1, 945 pages!!

Keep up the great work!!

There are two girls who have read over 2,000 pages already:

Kimberly and Amber!!

Way to go, girls!!

Again . . . keep reading . . . the party is on March 3!!

Spelling Words for Feb. 4-8

Group 1
Spelling
Seal Surfer
1. cared
2. babies
3. chopped
4. saving
5. carried
6. fixing
7. hurried
8. joking
9. grinning
10. smiled
11. wrapped
12. parties
13. moving*
14. libraries*
15. Was he joking when he said his dog can talk?
16. I hurried to the car while I carried the books.

Group 2
Challenge Spelling
Endings

1. surrounded
2. skiing
3. swimming
4. loving
5. studied
6. traveling
7. carried
8. trading
9. bragged
10. worried
11. beginning
12. exciting
13. finished
14. laughed
15. quickest
16. weaker
17. tiniest
18. lonelier
19. They were excited about the skiing trip.
20. Did both boys laugh while they studied their trading cards?

Our class Valentine Party will be on Feb. 14 at 2:00 p.m. Here is a list of kids in our class:

Estee Stella Jose
Orin Cameron Kapen
Tommy Ryan Austin
Gage Dalton Nash
Guillermo Sam Michael
Arielle Kimberly Kylee
Katelyn Allycia Riley Amber Mrs. T

There is a total of 23 kids in our class.

A note from Mrs. T . . .

Hi! My daughter is having surgery today (she’s having her tonsils and adenoids taken out), and because of this I will be gone for the rest of this week.

There will be no homework, except for Spelling and I would like them to continue to read books for Read Across America. The kids have read almost 10,000 pages so far. That is really great, but some kids have no miles yet!! They need to make sure that they have 500 by March 3. I won’t be taking the kids’ reading logs this week because I will be gone, so they will have to turn them in next Friday.

Also, we have been learning our Multiplication Facts at school. There are tricks that I have been teaching them along with teaching them the basic concept of Multiplication. It would be really helpful for the kids to practice their facts at home. Thanks for your help.
If you have any questions, please send me an e-mail: andreajtuttle@gmail.com. Thanks again.

Spelling Words for Jan. 23-25

Group 1
1. and
2. said
3. goes
4. going
5. some
6. something
7. you
8. your
9. friend
10. school
11. where
12. myself
13. tonight*
14. lying *
15. field*
16. enough*

Challenge Group
Spelling

1. awhile
2. where
3. thought
4. athletes
5. truthful
6. purchases
7. exchange
8. though
9. rhythm
10. children
11. chocolates
12. friendship
13. together
14. white
15. watches
16. arithmetic
17. months
18. length

No homework except for Spelling and Reading this week!!

Spelling Words for Jan. 14-18 . . .

Note: These words will be harder than usual . . .they are homophones and the kids will really need to PRACTICE this week!

Group 1:
The Garden of Abdul Gayasi
Homophones

1. hear
2. here
3. new
4. knew
5. its
6. it’s
7. our
8. hour
9. there
10.their
11.they’re
12.seen*
13.scene*
14. They’re bringing their dog over there.

Group 2:
Challenge Words
Spelling- Homophones

1. accept
2. except
3. affect
4. effect
5. aisle
6. I’ll
7. aloud
8. allowed
9. capital
10. capitol
11. ceiling
12. sealing
13. choral
14. coral
15. desert
16. dessert
17. I’m not allowed to read aloud during dessert.
18. The capitol’s aisle carpet is coral except near the door.

Homework:
Monday: Spelling words, Math Minute, read
Tuesday: Spelling words, Language worksheet
Wednesday: Spelling words, Spelling worksheets
Thursday: Spelling words, Words Per Minute, Math Minute

Report Cards will be sent home TODAY!!!
Also there will be no school on the 21st or the 22nd.

Students are reading like crazy . . .

They have read 6, 991 pages so far!!

I have only read 482!!

Great job!!

READ ACROSS AMERICA CHALLENGE

It's Read Across America Time!! I am soooo excited and so are the kids! I sent home an informational flyer giving the gist of the program, but for those of you who haven't seen it . . . here is the info:
I have challenged the kids to Read Across America. For each page of a book, magazine, or newspaper that they read, they get a mile towards going around the world. The class' goal is to READ AROUND THE WORLD before Mrs. Nutt & I READ ACROSS AMERICA!! The kids need to read approximately 19,000 pages and Mrs. Nutt and I have to read about 4,300 pages. The kids are already excited about this program . . . you should see a Reading Log come home and all that I ask is for you to initial your child's log when they read at home. I take weekly totals and I will be sure and post the results to this blog site! Happy Reading Everyone!!

By the way, the kids need to read a minimum of 500 pages in order to be invited to Dr. Suess' birthday party on March 3! Thanks for your support!!

Spelling Words for Jan. 3-5

Hello everyone . . . HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Here are the spelling words for the kids this week:

The Mysterious Giant of Barletta
1. girl
2. clear
3. her
4. turn
5. dark
6. work
7. smart
8. word
9. hurt
10. serve
11. north
12. third
13. tornado *
14. scurried*

Challenge Words
1. urgent
2. Thursday
3. purpose
4. thirsty
5. camera
6. wonder
7. smuggler
8. remember
9. surprise
10. earth
11. certain
12. person
13. dollar
14. color
15. collar
16. early
17. mayor
18. doctor

Homework for this week:
Wed.- Spelling Words, 2x's Worksheet, & Following Directions Worksheet
Thurs.- Spelling Words, 5x's Worksheet, & Cursive (didn't send a following directions worksheet!)
Friday- 3x's Worksheet


Also, we have started on our multiplication unit for Math. The kids NEED to have all of their multiplication facts memorized as soon as they can. For those that do already, I will be going ahead with them during math time. If you can, please make or purchase some flashcards. It would be great to practice at home with your child. If you need any ideas, let me know! Hope your Christmas Break was great!!