Week of January 30th, 2012

Week of January 30- February 3
Important Dates to Remember

Mon. Jan. 30 – Rainforest in a bottle project parent volunteers 1:30- ?

Tues. Jan. 31 – Open House- Come see what we made!

Wed. Feb. 1 – Rainforest food donations and party volunteers 11:00- ?

May Watts Open House

Tuesday, January 31st

You and your family are cordially invited to attend May Watts School’s Open House on Tuesday, January 31, 2012.   We are holding only one Open House this year.  To alleviate being overcrowded, we are asking families whose last name begins with “A thru L” attend from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.  Families whose last name begins with “M thru Z” are requested to attend from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  

This is an excellent opportunity for you and your family to see your children's work, meet your child's teacher and see your school.  All members of our support staff will also be available for you to visit.  Please be sure to stop by and visit with them. Due to the informal nature of the night, it will not be possible to conduct parent/teacher conferences.  Our next conference date is Tuesday, February 21^st,  or you can call the teacher anytime to schedule a meeting. 

 There will not be a Book Fair during Open House this year.  We will be holding the Book Fair in March and more information will be forthcoming.

 Please remember to check our "Lost & Found" which will be on display in the Office hallway during the evening.  Any items not claimed this evening will be donated to a charity.

 We will open all outside building doors in order for you to enter the building so that you may park in the rear of the building.   Come on in.  We are looking forward to your visit.


Field Trip
Monday, February 6
Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Each classroom needs two chaperones.  Please notify your classroom teacher if you are interested .

Spelling -  The students will be tested on list #16.  The pattern is words with /or/.  The test will be this Friday, 2/3/12. 

Science -  The students have been busy learning about the rainforest.  As we wrap up our unit, students will create a rainforest in a bottle, play rainforest jeopardy and have a rainforest party.  What a fun week!

Reading - For the last three weeks the students have read two stories, Balto and Rosie.  Each one of those dogs was special in its own way, but they were both working dogs.  This week we will practice using nonfiction text features as we read more working dog stories.  If you know of any working dog stories that you would like to share, please send them in with your child.

Third Grade Math- We are beginning Unit 6 which is all about Geometry. The students will learn to identify, name, and create lines, rays, and line segments that are parallel, 

perpendicular, and intersect.

Accelerated Third Grade Math- We have started Unit 6 which begins with coordinate grids and long division.  The students will learn three different methods to solve long division problems.  The three they will be introduced to are the subtraction method, partial quotient and traditional.