Students in Mrs. Jenna Reid's second grade class got to learn about place value with "Marshmellow Math". Each marshmellow stood for a place value; ones, tens, and hundreds. Students got to stack cereal pieces on toothpicks sticking out from each marshmellow. Then they counted the cereal pieces from each of the place value marshmellows and wrote the number in standard and expanded notation form.

Pictured: Taxya Talbot

Canyon PTA sponsored Red Ribbon Week Oct. 29th-Nov.

The Museum of Natural History came from Salt Lake City to Canyon Elementary's fourth-grade classes and brought many different animal samples for the students to explore.  Students wrote down observations they made about the samples as well as questions they formed while making observations.  All four fourth-grade classes were involved.  Students learned a lot and had a great time.

Pictured:  Daxton Fredericks classifying a frog

The students, faculty and staff at Canyon Elementary had fun dressing up for Halloween.  Students got to parade through the halls in their costumes while parents took pictures.

Picture 1, Students:  Top L-R:  Ian Abpllanalp, Ty Andersen and Kate Darrington

Bottom L-r:  Saylor Giles and Eliza Pope

Picture 2, 4th Grade Teachers L-R:  Miss Jamie Hamblin, Miss Nicole Fellows and Miss Bonnie Wickes

UDOT sponsored the "Walk More in Four 2012" contest which encourages students to start the year on the right foot by walking and biking to school safely for the chance to win prizes.  If students walked or biked to school at least three days a week each week for the month of September, and marked their progress on a chart, they could send in their chart for a chance to win prizes.  Austin Burnham, in Mr. Scott Bates' 5th grade at Canyon Elementary, was selected by UDOT to win a scooter and a bike helmet.  Cherise Wood, from UDOT, presented Austin with his award.

Mrs. Kayla Cole is the teacher/staff spotlight this week.  Mrs. Cole is a skill-building coach at Canyon Elementary.  She has been married for 2 years and has a busy 10 month old baby boy named Bentley.  Mrs.

Mrs. Amy Thaden teaches third-grade at Canyon Elementary.  She came from a family of nine.  She has three brothers and three sisters and she got married last summer.  Mrs.

In conjunction with our Green Ribbon Safety Week, our PTA also held a "Fun Run" activity for students to stay safe and be healthy. After students finished running, they cooled off on a hot day with ice cold popscicles.

Picture 1:  Students participating in the Fun Run.

Picture 2:  Students enjoying popscicles L-R:  Maecy Marsh, Erica Brammal and Carly Farnworth.

Canyon Elementary elected a new student council for the 2012-2013 school year. 

New council members pictured:  Top L-R:  Kiera Leonard, Jordyn Harrison, Tessa Clayton, Kylee Crook and Ellie Jeppson.

Bottom L-R:  Keaton Nielsen, Noah Conway, Tyler Thompson, Carter Frame and Ben Davenport.

This week's faculty/staff spotlight is Canyon's secretary, Mrs. Julie Higginson.  Mrs. Higginson married her high school sweetheart.  They have five boys so Mrs. Higginson said she can relate to Ann and Mitt Romney!  Their sons are all married and now she has 5 beautiful daughters-in-law.  They also have 16 precious grandchildren and are expecting their 17 grandchild.  Mrs.