Creating Snowflakes

We made snowflakes online today in computer lab! Here is the LINK to the site if you'd like to do it again!

Polar Express

Online Books

Barnes and Noble offers a great online resource for kids.  Many favorite children's books are available online and read by their authors.  Here is a link for you to try. Enjoy!

Spelling & Vocabulary Words for Lesson 11

Spelling Words




1. title

2. table

3. uncle

4. apple

5. cable

6. bubble

7. beetle

8. rattle

9. purple

10. little

11. middle

12. simple

13. saddle

14. trouble

15. scribble



Challenge Words

16. twinkle

17. scrambled

18. sprinkle

19. buckled

20. tablecloth

Vocabulary Words



SWOONED- to faint or fall because you were shocked

ASTONISHED- when you are amazed or surprised

ENVIOUS- if you feel envious, you want something that someone else has

RIVALRY- competing against each other for something

ENCOURAGING- giving someone hope or confidence

BRIEF- doesn’t take much time

CHUCKLING- laughing quietly to yourself

SOOTHING- makes you feel calm

SOBBED- when you’ve cried very hard

PRAISED- if you’ve praised someone, you’ve told that person that he/she did something well

Vocabulary Words: Lesson 11

Vocab. Week 11 on Prezi

Leveled Books

For those of you who came to conferences last night, a big "thank you" is in order. We really appreciate you taking the time to get involved and meet with us, and we're really looking forward to our conferences tonight and next week, too.

Many families shared that they would like a list of books on certain reading levels. This is such a great idea! I've listed some links below that have numerous books with their grade equivalent level. So, if the book is a 3.1, it would be suitable for a student reading on a level equal to third grade, month 1.

Leveled Book Lists

Book Wizard: Scholastic

Accelerated Reader Book List

Mrs. Baker Needs Your Input

Hi Parents & Families,

I recently sent home a letter letting you know a bit about the research I am doing for my Master's degree. My ultimate goal is to make parent communication convenient and easily accessible for parents. I want the families of my students to feel connected to the classroom and to feel like they can contact me at anytime.

If you could please help me out by following this link and answering a few questions to guide my research, I'd appreciate it. Your answers will help me make this website/blog more helpful and insightful for you.

Thanks so much!
Sarah Baker-Dykes

Help Mrs. Baker and Answer a Few Questions

Fall Festival Photos

http://www.hamiltoncityschools.com/Slideshows2010/Ridgeway/ssRidgewayFallFestival.cfm

Here is the link from Ridgeway's site to view the photos from Fall Festival!

Click here for the money games from Mr. Arnold!

Vocabulary Words: Lesson 6

Vocab. Week6 on Prezi

Spelling Words for Week 5 (Review)

Spelling Words




1. clock

2. drink

3. hopped

4. moved

5. walking

6. folded

7. stain

8. layer

9. team

10. slow

11. toast

12. ladies

13. flies

14. bushes

15. games

Challenge Words

16. pumpkin

17. Ridgeway

18. Hamilton

19. festival

20. because

Vocabulary Words: Week 5

Vocab. Week 5 on Prezi

Camouflage

One of our vocabulary words this week is "camouflage."
Here is a great display of what camouflage is all about.

School News/Story of the Week

Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut

Here is the story we read this week titled, Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut. A biography is a true story written about a person's life written about another person. Try to find our vocabulary words in the story. Enjoy!

The photos are somewhat small, but if you click on them they will get bigger that way you can see them better.

Vocabulary Words: Lesson 4

Vocab. Week4 on Prezi

Map Games

Social Studies Map Games!!

Mr. Arnold found a fun new site that has different map games. Click HERE to visit the site!

Updated Specials Schedule

Some of our specials have been switched, so there are new days and times. Please note the following changes:

Monday: P.E. -11:00-11:30
Tuesday: P.E. -10:30-11:00 & Music -2:30-3:00
Wednesday: Art -1:10-1:50
Thursday: Library -9:30-10:00
Friday: Music -2:30-3:00               

*Be sure to wear gym shoes on P.E. days

Students go to computer lab daily from 2:00-2:30.

Spelling & Vocabulary Games for Lesson 4

Spelling Word Search

Spelling Word Web

Vocabulary Match Game

Vocabulary Words: Lesson 3

Vocab Wk3 on Prezi

Vocabulary Words: Week 2

Vocabulary Week2 on Prezi

Math Websites from Mr. Arnold

Follow this link to Toon University's place value website.

Follow this link for more place value games from Game Aquarium.

You can use this link to find some flash cards to help practice your math facts. 

One last math site for you, just follow this link.  

Fun Websites

If you would like to check out some fun websites and learn more about some famous authors, watch this short video. Here are the links for the different websites--just click on the author's name to visit the site.

Kevin Henkes

Jack Prelutsky

Shel Silverstein

Mo Willems

New Tool for You

There is a resource called "Apture" that can help you perform a google search quickly and without leaving this page. In this video, I show how you can use it to search a term and email a friend. 

Homeroom Schedules

Here are both of the homeroom schedules in case you need to see them. This way you can have this at your fingertips whenever you need it instead of writing it down (if I write it down, I can't ever find that piece of paper again:). Enjoy! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks!

Homeroom-->Mrs. Baker Dykes: 3A

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	P.E. 11-11:30		Art 10:50-11:30	Library 10-10:30
				P.E. 11-11:30
12:15	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess
12:30-1:00	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1:00-3:30		Math/SS/S
		w/R. Arnold		LAB 1:30-2	LAB 1:30-2
	LAB 2-2:30	LAB 2-2:30	LAB 2-2:30	Math/SS/S	Math/SS/S
	Math/SS/S		Math/SS/S	w/R. Arnold	w/R. Arnold
	w/R. Arnold	Music 2:30-3	w/R. Arnold		Music 2:30-3

Homeroom-->Mr. Arnold: 3B

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:20-12:00	Math/SS/S	Math/SS/S	Art 9:30-10:10	Math/SS/S	Library 9:30
	w/R. Arnold	w/R. Arnold	Math/SS/S	w/R. Arnold	w/R. Arnold
	P.E. 11-11:30		w/R. Arnold	P.E. 11-11:30
	LAB 11:20-11:50	LAB 11:20-11:50	LAB 11:20-11:50	LAB 11:20-11:50	LAB 11:20-11:50
12:15	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess	Recess
12:30-1:00	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1:00-3:30	L.A.w/Baker-Dykes	L.A.w/Baker-Dykes	L.A.w/Baker-Dykes	L.A.w/Baker-Dykes	L.A.w/Baker-Dykes
		Music 2-2:30			Music 1:30-2

Author of the Month

Your child may have mentioned that we do an author study each month. The month of September is devoted to Kevin Henkes. We've read Wemberly Worried and Chrysanthemum this week. He's written many books and I've provided some websites and additional information below if you or your child would like to check them out. Have a great weekend!

Click here if you want to visit Kevin's actual site.

There are some activities and fun things to do if you click here.

1st Week of School

Congratulations!!! We made it through the first week of school. This week has gone wonderfully well and I'm so thrilled with both classes. They have done a great job.

Just a reminder that next week Reading & Language Arts homework will be assigned daily.
Students need to read every weeknight and then additional L.A. homework will be given Monday-Thursday as a review for what we did in class.

Mr. Arnold and I have been checking planners daily. We check to ensure that students write assignments in their planners and to see if they have a parent/guardian signature.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let me know!

Have a great weekend! I'll be hitting Jolly's up this weekend before they close....nothing like   Jolly's root beer.

Homework Help

I came across some great advice and tips for helping your student with his/her homework. I've included the links in case you'd like to view them.

Reading at Home


Parental Help w/Homework

Meet Me!

Parent/Teacher Communication Survey

If you have time, I'd love some insight from you. Please take this short, 10 question survey to let me know your thoughts.

Back to School Ideas

I found a great link with some great ideas for getting ready to go back to school. Take a look!

Back-to-School Countdown: Tips for Parents- Preparing Your Kids for Back-to-School - Kaboose.com

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Snacks

Students can feel free to bring in snacks or water to school with them and enjoy them in my class. Water bottles must have a cap to avoid spills. Also, snacks need to be healthy (sorry, no Snickers or M&M's....even though they are fabulous:)

I've added a few ideas from the Web if you'd like to try some new snacks. Enjoy! (you may need to click on the images to enlarge them)