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Rest of the week

Did you enjoy your week off from school.  We will come back just in time for our Reindeer Games Assembly and Christmas party on  Friday.  We will have to see what adjustments we will need to make because of our 3 days off.  We will not have a spelling test this week, so we will postpone the Week 16 words until we get back.

I will be sending home an adoption letter for our class animals.  We have been studying Millipedes and African Dwarf Frogs.  We will be done with them soon and needs homes for them.   If you are willing to adopt a couple or the Fiddler Crabs we will have soon, please sign the permission form and send the slip back.

I’ll also be sending home mid-term grade reports.

Podcast – Virtual Spelling Bee

Our class had a spelling bee.  The unusual thing about this spelling bee is that half the contestants weren’t in the room.  As a matter of fact they weren’t even in the state.  We had a spelling bee with Mr. Rodriguez’ class in Los Angles, CA.  We met virtually via Skype video conferencing software.  The video didn’t work and we had some technical difficulties.  However, we managed several rounds of students in one classes giving spelling words to 1 of 5  contestant in the other class.  We ran out of time, but Ruby, Sierra, and Ashyn made it to the final round in our class.  It was a great opportunity to meet third graders from half-way across the country.  We have already visited their class blog and hope to do more with them in the future.

Here is the podcast of our virtual spelling bee.  Enjoy!

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Spelling Words – Week 16

You can learn our Week 16 spelling words at You can also play a game to practice the words.

Week 16

1. anywhere

2. everyone

3. something

4. broken

5. frighten

6. unbeaten

Photos – Millipedes

During our Animal Studies kit, we will be observing 3 different animals.  The first is Millipedes.  They were the easiest to care for, since they will eat any plant matter.  They are not picky eaters.

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Photos – Snake

I caught two Great Plains Rat Snakes in my garage this fall.  We kept them long enough for my kids to show their classes and me to show mine.  Of course we had to feed them after keeping them that long.  I snapped a few blurry pictures of one snake swallowing a mouse…whole.

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Photo – Election

On election day, November 2, we held our own election at school.  All the 2nd and 3rd graders voted.  It was a great opportunity to practice early doing our patriotic duty…being a resposible citizen of the United States.  We filled out registration cards and then voted at the polls pictured here.  We were not a “Belleweather” school.  John McCain/Sarah Palin.

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Photos – Halloween party

We had a great time dressing up for Halloween.  During our party, we traveled to different classes and played games.  When we ate treats and sang the “13 Days of Halloween.”  Here are some of our photos.

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Spelling Words – Week 15

You can learn and practice this week’s spelling words on week 15.

Week 15

1. are

2. our

3. hour

4. right

5. write

6. writing

7. written

Photos – Marv Dahman’s Mammoth preso

Curtis’ grandpa, Marv Dahman, spoke to our class earlier this year about the 2 Woolly Mammoth Skeletons discovered in Carl Junction.  I included pictures of Marv and the items he brought.  I also included pictures of the newspaper article about the find.  I recorded the presention and will try to post it as a postcast soon.

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Photos – Planting Day

These are photos from the beginning of our Plants unit when we planted our seeds.

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