Pizza Party

We earned a pizza party for bringing in the most money for miles of pennies. The money was donated to The Univ. of Iowa and St. Jude for children with cancer. We also had a great pajama party due to positive behavior points.

Play

We met today to practice our play with 3A. We choral read the parts. On Monday, we will perform the play for the school. Our times are 8:30 and 1:30. They last about 25 mins. Please feel free to join us. We will also do the play for Grandparent's Day around 10:30 on Wednesday.

Flat Stanley

As part of our integrated Reading, Writing, Language, Social Studies, and Mathematics programs, the children in 3rd grade at Wellman Elementary School have read a funny book called Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. The book is about a young boy named Stanley who is accidentally squished "as flat as a pancake" when a bulletin board falls on him. Stanley is very, very flat but otherwise fine. The story goes on to tell how Stanley discovers some real advantages to being flat. He can slide under doors, go down into sidewalk grates, and even fold himself up small enough to fit into an envelope and be mailed to California for an exciting vacation.

We are sending out paper dolls that we call FLAT STANLEY, and we are sending them off to visit cities all over America and the WORLD. We sent Stanley to London, Mexico, and all over the United States. When he comes back, we map where he went and discuss his adventures.

Iowa Assessments

The following is a schedule the Mid-Prairie District will be following for Iowa Assessments with third grade. We will be testing in the morning from about 9AM to 10AM. Please make sure your child has breakfast and a really good night’s sleep during these weeks especially. If your child is ill, there will be make-up dates.  This is the first time they have taken these types of tests. We have been practicing how to fill in answer sheets and discussing the importance of the tests.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me. Thank you for your support. You have wonderful children and I know they will try their best.  

October 28^th :          Spelling (10)

Social Studies (35)

October 29th:             Reading Part I (30)

Computation (20)

           

October 30th:             Reading Part 2(30)

Capitalization (10)

NO TESTING ON OCTOBER 31ST AND NOVEMBER 1ST

November 4th: Math Part I (30)

Math Part 2 (30)

November 5th: Science (35)

Punctuation (10)

November 6th: Written Expression (40)

Vocabulary (15)

Our Halloween Party will be on the 31^st around 1:15 to 2:00. Your child can bring their costume to school.

Conference times

Parent-Teacher Conferences:

There will be a paper coming home with your time on it as well. I look forward to seeing all of you.

If your time does not work for you, please contact me so we can change it to a better time for you. I can meet during school hours or before school as well.

Oct. 10

4:00 Jordan

4:15 Colton

4:30 Kameryn

4:45 Owen

5:00

5:15 Shian

5:30

5:45

6:00 Maya

6:15 Aidan

6:30 Kyan

6:45 Ella

7:00 Danielle

7:30 Zaiden

Oct. 15

4:00 Emily

4:15 Braydon

4:30 Cera

4:45 Kina

5:00 Alexa

5:15  

5:30 Evan

5:45Cain

6:00 Nathan

6:15 Caleb

6:30 Dillon

6:45 Stephanie

School Mall envelopes will be going home Monday. When your child returns the forms with addresses, our school gets money for the playground project. When the people you gave an address for buys something through the School Mall, we get more money. Please be on the lookout for the packets.

Ms. V's dad

Ms. Vitosh's dad, Mark, works for the DNR in the forestry department. He came today to talk to us about trees. He told us many facts, taught us why they are important and showed us HUGE pinecones. Thank you, Mr. V!

Foster Woods

Chess Photos

Students meet to play chess every Friday from 7:45 to 8:15. We have about 85 students each week. Come join us!!!

Friday the 13th FYI

FYI Friday Note

Monday is “Dot Day”. We will be doing activities to accompany the theme and book. Please encourage your child to wear clothing with dots. We will also be meeting in friendship groups.

Friday, the 20^th, is our field trip to Foster Woods. Please have your child wear pants and tennis shoes. We will be exploring the timber.

It is also the day we do our Tye Dye Project. Your child will need their white t-shirt. If you can volunteer to help from 1:30 to 2, that would be very helpful. That’s the time we will be dying our shirts. Please let me know if you can volunteer.

We had MAP testing in reading. Third grade norms are a score around 190. Ask your child what their score was-they worked very hard! We will test for math on Thursday.

Have a great Friday!! I will on the trails at Volga River with my family, friends, and horses!!

Ms. Meier