Pima Butte Spelling Bee

Third grade students will be participating in the Pima Butte spelling bee this year! Each third grade class will have two representatives for the school spelling bee on Wednesday, December 19th.  We will be sending home the third and fourth grade study list for students.  After the representatives have been named for both third grade classes, those students will have additional lists to study for the school wide competition.  Good Luck!

Turkey Disguise Project

The internet is a wonderful world of resources! We have found our next family project that will be to disguise a turkey. Help disguise your turkey to make it safely through Thanksgiving! Turkeys that have made it through in the past have been dressed like ballerinas, football players, farmers, hula dancers, Elvis, etc.  If you need additional ideas, just Google images for turkey disguises.  Please read the attached letter and rubric on grading.  Final projects are due on Tuesday, November 13th.


Mrs. Oliver and Ms. Palmer have shared their turkey's for an example. Can you guess which turkey belongs to Mrs. Oliver and Ms. Palmer?

Thank you for your support!
Ms. Palmer and Mrs. Oliver

3rd grade monthly calendar

There has been on change to our monthly calendar for November.
 McTeacher night was cancelled until further notice.  We will send home information at a later date.

2012 Canned Food Drive

It's that time of year again to support our local food drive, sponsored by Treasured Smiles Family Dentistry! Mustangs it is time to show how caring our Mustang family is and give to our local community. Collections will take place on campus from November 01 - 16th.   All donated items must be non-perishable food items that are for the Maricopa Food Bank. The winning school will be awarded $1,000 for their campus! Let's show them 3rd grade, that we are caring Mustangs! 

Pima Butte will be hosting a Spooktacular Math Night on Monday, October 29th from 5:00 - 6:30 pm.   Students are encouraged to wear their costumes and participate in all of the wonderful math activities in the cafe.  Teachers will have math activities set up by Common Core standards for various grade levels.  There will also be a cake walk during the evening.  If you are able to donate a cake, cupcakes or any baked goods, store bought, for this event.  Please send them tomorrow with your student! We look forward to seeing you there!

Mustangs Care

Mustang Families, this Wednesday, September 19th, Pima Butte will be participating in "Vacation Day Wednesday".  This special fundraising event is to help the son of our nurse, Lynn Thomas, who has been diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer.  All the proceeds from "Vacation Day Wednesday" will help offset the cost of care not covered by medical insurance.  Please click on the letter above to read additional information.  Please note that this special event is not part of the PTO Dress-Up Wednesdays, therefore, pre-paid cards do not apply.  Thank you in advance!

September 3rd Grade Calendar

Essential Questions

During each reading and math unit, students focus on a list of essential questions that are related to the current learning objectives.  These essential questions are focused on the Common Core Standards that are used  to guide our classroom instruction, and are great ways to discuss what your child is learning each day in class. Listed below are the current reading and math unit essential questions.

Reading Essential Questions:  Theme 2 Celebrating Traditions

• Why is it important to know the difference between retelling and summarizing? 
• Why do I need to be a fluent reader? 
• How do I identify the topic, main idea, and supporting details in a text? 
• Why do good readers use a variety of reading strategies to their understanding of a text? 
• How can I determine the author's viewpoint? 

Math Essential Questions: Unit 1- Number Sense

• What is place? What is value? 
• How does the place affect its value? 
• How does the place value help me compare and order whole numbers? 
• How does place value help me to round and estimate? 
• How can I use place value to add and subtract numbers? 
• How do the properties of addition and subtraction help me solve problems? 
• What is the relationship between addition and subtraction? 

September Events to Watch for:

14th - Student Store
17th - PTO Meeting and Elections - PB Library
19th - Family Food Night - Native New Yorker
         *Not just limited to Pima Butte Families, friends can also eat and mention PIMA BUTTE
26th - No School - Full day Teachers In-Service
 28th - Family Fun Night - Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field at 6:40 pm.

Welcome Mustangs!

Welcome Mustangs! We will be using this blog to keep families updated with information about our classrooms and events that will be taking place at Pima Butte.  Please do not hesitate to let us know if there is additional information that you would like to see on our blog.