Happy Holidays

May the joy of the season lead the way to a bright and prosperous New Year.

Best wishes from Mrs. Waters

Important Dates

Winter Drama Performance dress rehearsal for 3rd Grade will be on December12th from 9:00am.

School wide Spelling Bee will be on December 18th from 1:45 - 2:45pm.

Penguin Patch Holiday Shop will be open from December 18 - 20th from 8:00 - 9:30am.

Class Holiday Party will be on December 20th from 12:30 - 2:30pm.

Happy Thanksgiving

May you have a warm, safe and fun Thanksgiving holiday!

From your favorite teacher :)

Mrs. Waters

November 26 Tutorials

Please remember there will be NO tutorials on Tuesday, November 26. 

District Benchmark Assessments

The third Grade will have district Benchmark Assessments next week. The schedule is as following:

Monday:  Writing       8:30 - 10:30

Tuesday:  Math           8:30 - 10:30

Wednesday: Reading  8:30 - 10:30


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Thank You

Thank you for those of you who attended school orientation, open house, and parent conference day. Every effort to show up reminds me how much you care for your child's education.

Thank you for coming to help us with so many school events such as the fall festival, field trip, book fair, and more... we could not have done them without you!

Every ounce of your support and time is the real investment in your child's future, which you will not regret. I can see how my student's emotional growth and academic improvement has everything to do with your hard work and input every day!

Thank you, parents, grand parents, aunts and uncles for being so loving, caring and generous...

With respect,

Mrs. Waters

Article Sharing

Just read an article about kids who excel at math and those who don't, thought it might be very useful for many parents to get a close look at. I wish all my students can feel that math comes easy to them.

Cheers,

Mrs. Waters

http://qz.com/139453/theres-one-key-difference-between-kids-who-excel-at-math-and-those-who-dont/

3rd Grade Field Day

Our third grade will have a field trip to the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) on Oct.29th. We will leave the school at 11:45 am. Please make sure you have it on your calendar, and have your field trip T-shirt ready.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Waters

Book Fair and Book Character Day

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming soon to Sinclair during the week of October28 - November 1. Mrs. Williams is taking orders for the new wimpy kid book this week. 

Our book character day is planned for October 31 which falls on a Thursday. Mrs. William will be here at Sinclair on Tuesday and Thursday the week of the Book Fair. Students can come dressed as book character and must bring the book showing their character. Parents are welcome!

Open House Day

Our open house will be on Thursday October 17, 2013. Mrs. Waters will be in her classroom between 5:30pm - 6:30pm. Please join us!

PTA meeting will follow between 6:30 - 7:00pm.

Think About it

Wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it;
Right is right, even if no one is doing it.

Vision Screen

Greetings,

Today everyone in our class had a vision screen by nurse Cruz. Some of our students seemed to need glasses. Please take your child to see an Optometrist as soon as possible if you received a letter form Mrs. Cruz.  For now I have moved students who may be near sighted to the front of the board.

Kind regards.

Mrs. Waters

Reminders

Your child's weekly conduct form was send home, please sign it and return it tomorrow.

Other letters and forms such as the school letter and after school extra activities' flyers are also in your child's folder.

Friday is a holiday; school will be closed.

Have a great evening!

Mrs. Waters

Week 2 Review

Greetings everyone,

Our second week went fast. We continued our learning about Story Elements.  By now we are getting better at analyzing stories' characters, settings and themes. We learned to write summaries, understand words with multiple meanings, and use context clues, adding to reading comprehension. We learned about place values and how to compare numbers up to 7 digits in math.We have also started using AR, iStations, and TTM online learning tools. 

This week, I'll add the spelling words in the homework page.

Hope you have a restful weekend.

See you Monday,

Mrs. Waters

Week 1 Review

Greetings to students and families,

The first week of school went great. We set our big class goals and personal goals. My personal welcome letter went to home on 1st day of the school. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

We have started getting into our daily routine.  And yes, almost everyone has turned in all your forms which were sent home on the first day of school. Thank you for being prompt.

As far as homework, I have posted the first two weeks' assignments under the Homework page. And the spelling words are in the Class Helper as well.  We also started Think Through Math (TTM) accounts on the first week. Each student should be able to log in at home anytime.

Thanks to those who visited or contacted me.  I sincerely appreciate for your enthusiastic support of your child's education and my teaching.  You guys are amazing!

Thank you,

Mrs. Waters

2013-2014 School Calendar

Greetings,

Our first day of school is August 26.

Attached please see our 2013-2014 Calendar.  Hope it can help you make better plans for the whole year.

Good luck to you on your last few weeks of summer vacation!

Mrs. Waters

http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/17155/Revised2-6-Weeks-Cycle-Calendar-for-2013-2014.pdf