Important Dates and Reminders
- Bring one for every student.
- Should be relatively the same, no "special" gifts for friends and not for others.
- Do not put names on them. This makes them much faster to pass out.
- Do sign them (great opportunity to try out some cursive).
- No candy or food please.
- Bring an envelope or baggie rather than a box to collect them.
We will take about 5 minutes to pass them out. The focus of our "celebration" will be a visit from the Ohio Wildlife Center.
Please visit the link below for donating to the Ohio Wildlife Center's Wish List Sign Up. Your donations offset the center's standard cost to visit and will help many animals undergoing rehabilitation. The Ohio Wildlife Center will be visiting us again this year on Valentine's Day to teach us about native Ohio animals, life cycles, defense mechanisms and the habitat. Thank you to all of the families who have already sent in items. Please send your items in by Monday, February 11th.
From the PTO...
"This Valentine’s Day, share the love with the Windermere PTO by supporting the three PTO fundraising events taking place the week of February 11-15!
"This Valentine’s Day, share the love with the Windermere PTO by supporting the three PTO fundraising events taking place the week of February 11-15!
Box Tops for Education Spring Collection Contest
Send in your Box Tops for Education this week! Clip the Box Tops for Education coupon on the packaging of over 2,500 products you already buy and return them to your child’s teacher. You will help the Windermere PTO earn money and students can earn prizes!
Scholastic Book Fair
Flyers have been sent home showing the many great books available at this week’s Scholastic Book Fair. Books always make a great gift and the book fair is a fantastic opportunity to inspire your child to read and to be excited about books. The Book Fair is open this week: During lunch Monday-Friday 11:00-11:50 am; All day Monday 8:30-2:50; Tuesday 10:00-12:00; After school Wednesday 1:00-2:00 and Thursday 2:50-3:50
Spirit Wear Sale
Our remaining library days are: February 22; March 8, 22; April 16, 30; and May 14, 29.
February 11, 2013: Ohio Wildlife Center donations due for their visit on February 14th
February 13, 2013: Early dismissal at 1:15 for staff development
February 14, 2013: Ohio Wildlife Center visits for life science study (See above.)
February 18, 2013: No school in honor of Presidents' Day
March 23, 2013: Invention Convention at UAHS (more information coming in January)
March 28, 2013: End of the Third Grading Period
March 29 - April 5, 2013: Spring Break
April 8, 2013: No School: Teacher Grading Day
April 11, 2013: 3rd Grade Musical Program with Mrs. Delcamp
April 15-18, 2013: Terra Nova and InView assessments (Please try to avoid appointments on these days.)
April 16, 2013: Progress reports sent home
April 26, 2013: Kidfest
April 29, 2013: Ohio Reading Achievement Assessments (All students will take. Please try to avoid appointments on this days.)
April 30, 2013: Ohio Mathematics Achievement Assessment (All students will take. Please try to avoid appointments on this days.)
May 11, 2013: Windermere Wish Run
May 27, 2013: No School: Memorial Day
May 28, 2013: Field Days (Please contact Mr. Moore if you are able to volunteer at adammoore@uaschools.org.)
May 29, 2013: Field Days rain date
What We Learned This Week
- I can make lowercase cursive letters (i, u, w, t, j, p).
- I tilt my paper to get a slant to my cursive.
- I trace practice letters before starting.
- I build off of previous letters (e.g., starting with a lowercase i is the foundation for a cursive t)
- I circle the best letter in each row.
- I pay attention to how tightly I hold my pencil to keep from straining it.
- I recognize "consonant plus le" syllables.
- I know that when a word ends in le, usually these letters and the consonant that comes before them form the last syllable.
- I can recognize complete sentences and fragments.
- I can identify the subject and predicate in a complete sentence.
- I know a complete sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with punctuation.
- I can correct sentence fragments by adding a subject or predicate.
- I can identify noteworthy research facts from multiple sources (resource sheets, books, the internet).
- I recognize books are often a more appropriate resource for me because much of the internet is not written for 3rd graders.
- I can organize my notes (note cards) in a meaningful and logical order (e.g., big idea to supporting details, timeline, etc.).
- I can choose just right books.
- I can read fluently and project my voice when presenting a play.
- I can read "beyond" the text and simple facts to understand more deeply (e.g., courage, bravery, loss, sacrifice, in biographies, etc.)
- I can take someone else's perspective and can think beyond my own view.
Writing Workshop
- I can rewrite my notes in my own words.
- I can craft topic sentences that hook the reader.
- I can self edit for convention.
Math
- I know the parts of a fraction (numerator/denominator).
- I know to start with the denominator and that it represents the number of equal groups my whole is divided into.
- I know the numerator represents how many of my equal parts I am considering.
- I can solve multi step fraction problems.
- I can determine the possible denominators when told the number of units in a whole (e.g., 24 pencils could be represented as halves, fourths, sixths, eighths, twelfths, and twenty-fourths).
- I can solve fraction puzzles that divide a shape into fractional units of the whole.
- I can count by fractions.
- I recognize whole numbers when the numerator is a multiple of the denominator.
- I can represent fractions as mixed number fractions when my numerator is greater than my denominator.
- I can compare and order fractions by using the relationship between the numerator and denominator and comparing the fraction to one-half.
- I can place fractions on a number line.
- I can represent whole numbers as fractions.
Science
- I can identify common problems as a starting point for an invention.
I shared a slide show that walks students through the Invention Convention problem solving process and provides examples of display boards and prototypes. Your student should choose a common problem by Monday to begin their Invention Convention study. You may want to visit
www.just-think-inc.com for more ideas.
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