Friday, December 7th

Tomorrow, we have several things going on. 

The Third Grade Spelling Bee is at 9 A.M. in the gym.  Feel free to come join us as we cheer on Abbey, Sammy, and Kara.  All families are welcome!

Friday is also our PJ service project day.  All students can wear their PJ's to school if they donate 50 cents or bring in a pair of NEW children's pajamas to donate. Please do NOT let your child bring in stuffed animals or blankets.  The students may bring slippers to change into at school.  They will need tennis shoes for PE.

Friday night at 6:30 P.M. is the Gotsch Choir Concert at Affton High School.  Please go out and support our choir students!!

If you have any questions please let me know!

~Mrs. Wintergalen

Field Trip

Tomorrow we will be going to the Challenger Learning Center.  We will leave school at 10:30.  The students all need to bring a sack lunch with them.  Please pack a drink that can be thrown away (and is NOT in a glass bottle).  If you can also pack the lunch in a bag that can be thrown away we would greatly appreciate it.

Mrs. Wintergalen

Multiplication

Our class is working hard to learn our multiplication facts.  Each day the students will take a timed test on a set of facts they are working on.  The students are working to earn an Ice Cream Party.  For each set of facts they pass they can earn scoops of ice cream and toppings.  Click here to see the list.

A great website you can use to practice at home is www.multiplication.com.  On this website, the students pick a game they would like to do, then they can select which facts they are working on.

Mrs. Wintergalen

Halloween Party

Halloween Party Info

Tomorrow is our Halloween Party and parade.  The parade will begin at 10:00, and will be followed immediately by the party.  We would love to have anyone come and help out.  I would recommend trying to get here a little before 10 because parking will be crowded.

The students are not to wear their costumes to school.  They need to bring them in a bag and change.  As previously stated in a letter from Mr. Smith, the costumes must follow the school dress code (no spaghetti straps or bare stomachs).  The students are not allowed to bring toy weapons, or have violent costumes.  If your child’s costume requires their hair and makeup to be done, please do that at home before school. 

Tomorrow is an early dismissal day (11:40 A.M.).  No lunch will be served.  If your child is going home on a different bus, or in a different way, please send a note to school.

If you have any questions please let us know!

The Third Grade Teachers

Weekly News

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Have a great weekend!

Facebook

Parents, if you have a Facebook account, please make sure you go to the Gotsch Intermediate School page and "Like" it to receive the latest updates from our school.  You can also click the link below and it will take you there.

Gotsch Facebook Page

Mrs. Wintergalen

WIN Time (Daily 5)

We have spent the last few weeks learning the routines, procedures, and expectations for the 5 choices during WIN time. 

WIN time is a literacy structure in which the students are participating independently in reading and writing, activities.

Here are some pictures from WIN time.

Each morning when the students come in, they chose their activities for WIN time.

 

Read to Self- Students read a just right book independently.

 Read to Someone - Students read with a partner using one of three methods: check for understanding, I read you read, or read two books.

 Work on Writing - Students can write stories, letters, songs, or poems.
















Word Work - Students practice their spelling words using a variety of fun activities 

 Listen to Reading - Students listen to Tumble books on the computers to help improve their fluency.  It is important for students to hear what fluent reading sounds like, so that they can model their own reading after it.

 Mrs. Wintergalen

Wear Red Tuesday 9/25

Don't forget to wear red tomorrow to celebrate the St. Louis Cardinals!!

Book Orders

I have extended the deadline to order from this month's book order to Monday.  You can still order online or send in your order form along with cash or a check.

Mrs. Wintergalen

Book Orders

The September Scholastic Book order was sent home on Monday.  The Scholastic book order is a great way to build your library at home, as well as to help build our classroom library. 

If you would like to order please return the order form, along with cash or a check made payable to Scholastic by Friday, September 14th. 

If you would like to order online using a credit or debit card, you can get to the instructions by clicking the following link
Online Ordering Directions

Mrs. Wintergalen

No School

Just a reminder that there is no school on Friday, August 31 or Monday, September 3rd.

Classroom Tour

Welcome to Room 19!

This is the view of our room from the door.

Views from other corners of our room.

Our class library.  The books are organized by lexile so that the students can easily choose books that are appropriate for them.

 

Our CCI wall.  

 

Daily behavior chart.  Each student has a clip with their name on it.  During the day they can move their clip up for making good choices, and down for making bad choices.  

 

We have 5 computers in our room.  We will use them daily during WIN time, reading, writing, and for spelling tests.

When students complete their daily assignments, this is where they are turned in.  The pocket chart will be used for making WIN choices (Daily 5)

Other views of our classroom.

Welcome to our class website!  We have had a great first few days of school!  Please check back this week for pictures of what we have been up to and a tour of our classroom!  

Mrs. Wintergalen