Early Dismissal Today!

Well I hope everyone makes it home safe & sound and stocked up on bread, milk, and any other items you may need! :)
  Your children worked on their writing projects today, compared/contrasted shapes in math and conducted experiments with magnets!
  I have ALL students' dismissal changes for today so don't worry!
See you in a little while....

It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Good Friends!

Hello Friends,
   Today (Friday) is going to be a hard day for all of us. Our sweet friend Brian is moving back to Argentina on Tuesday and today will be his last day at Westchester. The children have spent a good bit of time creating a Google slide book for him to take with him on his new adventure. We will present the book to Brian tomorrow and have a little celebration for him! If you decide to take a trip to Buenos Aires or your child would like to send a letter, make sure you get Brian's new address info from me!

Calendar Items:

 
January 25-29       Fractions, Magnets, Heat and NF reading/writing

January 29th          Celebration of Learning  following Community Circle at 8:45 a.m.

February 1-4       Fractions, Rocks/Minerals/Fossils

February   4th     Field Trip to Tellus Museum (Fossils)

A Look At Our Week:

100% Club!! 

I IMPROVED THIS WEEK! 

I MAINTAINED MY SCORE! (The test was harder than last week!)

TIMELINES of our 9 Historical Figures!

Geometry Shape Riddles! 

FACT FLUENCY PRACTICE! 

FRACTION FUN!

More SHAPE Riddles!

BRIAN'S FAREWELL BOOK! 

Non-Fiction Book Progress! 

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND! 

Updates from Room 212!

 Hello Friends! 
  We've had a lovely week and now we are having a nice 3 day weekend! I hope you all enjoy it!

Calendar Items:

January 18-22      Geometry, Lyndon B. Johnson (cont..) FDR, and NF reading/writing

January 25-29       Fractions, Magnets, Heat and NF reading/writing

January 29th          Celebration of Learning  following Community Circle at 8:45 a.m.

February 1-4       Fractions, Rocks/Minerals/Fossils

February   4th     Field Trip to Tellus Museum (Fossils)



Homework:

 We are continuing with our X fact fluency practice. 5 minutes daily drills using flash cards or computer games.

ALSO....If you are really interested in seeing your child's MAP test scores improve, the best way to 'study for' it or practice, is to work on Compass learning 2-3 times per week. You can access the login website our WE website under media center and resources or on the blog to the right!


LOGIN= Your child's lunch number
Password= go
Third line=Decatur

     Here's what we've been up to this week!

Geometry Groups

Multiplication Quiz Time! 

I Improved!! 

100% Club

We made major gains! 

Getting Comfy...

    

Clearing Out the Garden

Making Slides Stories with Kindergarten Reading Buddies

My New Glasses...1st Pair Ever! 

Thank You-Thank You -Thank You!!!

Hello Friends!

 Happy New Year to you! I want to say thank you so very much for the wonderful Christmas gifts and goodies. I really appreciate your kindness! My husband and I took Cole to Washington D.C. over the break and we had a lovely family trip together.

Now we are back in full swing and the students are well on their way to becoming (sniff, sniff) FOURTH graders!

Important Dates:
1/18 MLK Day No School
1/29 3rd Grade Celebration of Learning 8:45 a.m.
2/4  Tellus Museum Field Trip (email me if you are interested in chaperoning)


Here are some photos from the last week of school before break......

Visiting Sunrise Assisted Living

 Curriculum

Math: Area and Perimeter ...moving into Geometry and then Fractions

* in this activity, students measured the perimeter of their pattern block 'lake' using string and a ruler.

Graphing Progress on multiplication quizzes every Wednesday! :)

Social Studies: Mary McLeod Bethune and Lyndon B Johnson
Science: Magnets & Heat
Reading & Writing: Non-fiction text and writing

Have a super weekend!