Weeks of December 17 and 31

Students received dictionaries from our local Rotary Club last week!  They will be useful as we continue to edit our writing and learn more about the English language!

Happy Wednesday families!  I hope you all are staying warm!

Looking ahead:  Students will be wrapping up their unit on fossils with a short quiz on Tuesday, December 18.  When they return from break, they'll review landforms.  They will begin a unit of study on geometry, focusing on lines, segments, rays, angles, quadrilaterals, triangles and other various polygons.  Students will be assessed on our parts of speech unit on Tuesday, December 18, as well.  After the break, they'll begin working on their dictionary and thesaurus skills.  

Please join us for our Family and Friends lunch on Friday, December 14.  We'll meet you at the Seaside Cafe at 11:32!

This will be our last blog update for 2012!  Stay tuned when we return from break to learn more about what we'll be doing the first full week of school in 2013!

Have a wonderful winter break!  Thank you again for being so supportive!  I wish you and your family the best!

Week of December 10



 

Last Friday, students took part in our annual lapathon.  We raised over $5,000 and walked over 7,000 laps as a school!  Way to go, Beacons!  Mrs. Sarratt and Mr. Schirmer appreciate all of your donations.  They’ll go toward our school and a donation to the American Heart Association!

Happy Thursday, families!  I hope you all are doing well!

Looking ahead:   As mathematicians, we will wrap up unit 5 on place value and take a test. A study guide will go home this Friday. As scientists, we’ll wrap up our unit on rocks and minerals.  Students will be tested next week. A Study Guide will go home this Friday.  In reading, we’ll continue studying rocks and minerals through nonfiction and fiction science stories.  We’ll make connections to the activities we are doing in our science unit.  As writers, we will wrap up our grammar unit on parts of speech and begin a unit on cursive handwriting.

Please encourage your child to use his/her LIFESKILL of responsibility.  As the school year goes on, we continue to have higher expectations for third graders in order to prepare them for future grades.  I encourage the children to not become too comfortable in their study habits, but to continue striving to do their personal best.  Now is a good time to review with your child goals he/she has for third grade.  Students are always more than welcome to take home textbooks each day for extra practice, so long as they bring them back the following school day.  It is their responsibility to make this choice and remember to take them and bring them back.
    

Just a reminder:  Students will have a multiplication celebration at the end of February!  Continue to encourage your child to practice his/her addition, subtraction and multiplication facts.  With your supervision, they can visit the Web site:  http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html to help them practice their facts!

It is the flu season!  Please be sure your child drinks plenty of water and gets a lot of rest!  We try to disinfect our room each day!

Please join us for third grade's Friends and Family Lunch day next Friday, December 14!  You can meet us at the Seaside Cafe at 11:32! 

Please review, sign and return the graded work in your child's communication folder. 

Have a wonderful weekend!  Thank you again for all of your support!

Week of December 3

  

 Students enjoyed mining for rocks and minerals in Diamond Del's Gem Mine!  It was a great way to kick off our "Don't take it for granite" unit!

Hello, families!  I hope you all had a safe and happy Thanksgiving break!

Our final "Being There Experience" payment is due on Friday, December 7.  If you chose the second payment option, it is $25.  Please write your phone number on your check and make it out to BRES.

Looking ahead:  Students will be reading fiction and nonfiction stories, which go along with our FOSS investigations in science.  They will focus on various skills throughout the week, including main idea and detail, comparing and contrasting.  As writers, we'll kick off a review of parts of speech!  Our studies will center on nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verbs.  As mathematicians, students will continue studying place value into the millions.  Students will practice reading, writing and ordering numbers.  As geologists, the children will do investigations, which require them to test the hardness of rocks and minerals and see if a rock contains calcite through a special acid vinegar test.

A reminder about LAPATHON:  LAPATHON envelopes are due WEDNESDAY, November 28!  Money raised will go toward  the shade cover for the playground, new school marquee and a donation to the American Heart Association!  The students have the following incentives, based on how much they raise: 

 $150+ - popcorn and movie
 $200+ - popcorn, pizza, and movie
 $300+ - popcorn, pizza, movie, $50 teacher gift card (for classroom supplies)

We will celebrate by walking on November 30, 10:30 - 11:00.  Families are welcome to join us while we walk our laps!  Third grade is going for the win in walking the most laps for the third year in a row!

Special thanks:  Thank you, Mrs. Dotson, for watching our class on Teacher Appreciation Day, while I enjoyed a special PTO luncheon!  It meant so much to me!  I also appreciate off of the notes and emails I received from not only students, but you - the parents - as well!  It is an honor to team up with you in making this a successful year for your child!  Thank you to Mrs. Davis, too, for joining us on November 16.  We learned so much about the Gullah culture and enjoyed checking out your neat artifacts!  (Be sure to check out pictures below!)

Interims are going home this Thursday.  It would be a great time for you to sit down with your child and discuss ways to reach goals you set at the beginning of the nine weeks.  Many students are still not turning in completed homework or reading logs.  It is highly recommended that students work on using their LIFESKILL of responsibility the remainder of the school year.  Please continue to check Parent Portal on a weekly basis for updated grades, so you may monitor your child's progress, along with reviewing missed items on work in communication folders.

The PTO's Holiday Shoppe will be open only to children next week.  Please look for more information going home in your child's communication folder on Thursday.  I will update the "Important Events" section this week as soon as I know what day we'll be going there.

Please sign and return stapled, graded papers, along with signed interims and report card covers.

Thank you again for your never-ending support!  I appreciate all that you do for our kids!

 

Mrs. Davis, Brennan's mom, joined us on Friday, November 16, to share a lot of cool information about the Gullah culture!  She read aloud Gullah tales, showed us artifacts from her travels in Africa and even taught us Gullah words and dances.  Thanks, Mrs. Davis, for spending time with us and teaching us all you know about the Gullah traditions!

Weeks of November 19 and 26

 We have enjoyed learning all about the history behind Veterans Day.  Our school's chorus presented a musical appreciation for Veterans Monday morning and Ms. Sease read aloud The White Table in honor of those who have served our country.  We appreciate all of our veterans!

Hello, families!  I hope you all have enjoyed this week and took a moment to celebrate and honor veterans.  We appreciate everything veterans have done for us!

Please note this blog will not be updated again until the week of November 26.

Looking ahead:  Students will be focusing on informational text features in reading these next two weeks, by studying their Social Studies Weeklies.  They'll also focus on identifying the main idea and supporting details. As scientists, students will continue learning about the make up of rocks and minerals, through various simulations and FOSS activities.  Students will be work on "Thankful" pieces in writing before our fall break and then be challenged to complete a six-trait assessment the following week, to set a base-line for their writing skills.  They'll be assessed again in the spring to show their growth.  As mathematicians, students will wrap up their unit four study of multiplication and move on to studying place value.  Please remember that we'll continue working on multiplication quizzes each week!  Students must keep studying those facts!

LAPATHON envelopes are going home today!  Money raised will go toward  the shade cover for the playground, new school marquee and a donation to the American Heart Association!  The students have the following incentives, based on how much they raise: 
 $150+ - popcorn and movie
 $200+ - popcorn, pizza, and movie
 $300+ - popcorn, pizza, movie, $50 teacher gift card (for classroom supplies)

We will celebrate by walking on November 30.  Families are welcome to join us while we make our laps!

Students will receive a brand new homework packet and reading log on Friday, November 16.  Both of these items will not be due until Friday, November 30.  Students are not required to do homework over the fall break.  Also, please note that students will receive their study guide for the unit four math test on Friday, November 16, but we will not go over it until Tuesday, November 27, before our test on Wednesday, November 28.  I wanted to make all of these documents available to you, in case you'd like to have your child look over them in the next week or so.

If you are interested in speaking at our school's career day on November 28, please contact Mrs. Spangler! We would love to have you!

I want to take a moment to thank you all again for the support you've given both me and the students this first nine weeks!  You have been amazing!  I know third grade can be a rough transition year, but together, we will make it a successful one for the kids.  My hope is to see each one of them do their personal best each and every day!

Please sign and return all stapled, graded papers and be sure to send in your child's report card cover!

I hope you all have a safe and happy fall break!  I look forward to seeing the kids back on Monday, November 26!

Week of November 12

Students learned all about Native American legends last week.  They focused on one legend throughout the week and created a presentation to go along with the legend.

Hi, families!  I hope you've enjoyed your week and have stayed warm! 

Looking ahead:  We've got a lot planned next week!  Students will be diving into the Gullah culture by studying Gullah literature.  They'll review story elements and how to sequence events of a story.  As writers, students will be finishing their letters to Veterans.  In math, they'll focus on multiplication and division strategies.  Students will also have a 3s fact quiz on Tuesday.  As historians, students will wrap up their Colonial unit projects and have an open-book test on Wednesday.  They'll enjoy time with Diamond Del that same day, which will kick off our Rocks and Minerals unit in science.

Be sure to check over your child's reading log each night.  Each log should be filled out at least four times a week on the "home" side.  Many students are neglecting to fill it out and get it signed.

Please be sure to sign and return your child's report card cover and permission brochure for Diamond Del!  Also, please sign and return any stapled papers in your child's communication folder!

Thank you, as always, for your never-ending support!  Have a great weekend!

Week of November 5

 We recently assisted our book buddies in Mrs. Norris' kindergarten class when they were studying owl pellets.  Together, we found all sorts of neat things like the skulls and bones of mice and rats. 

I hope you all are staying warm this week, while enjoying the cool, crisp fall air!  Remember to turn back the clocks one hour this weekend - Daylight Saving Time ends!

Students will be issued their report cards on Thursday, November 1, along with their MAP scores.  Please take some time to review these items with your child and set goals - both behaviorally and academically -  to have him/her maintain doing his/her personal best or brainstorm ways of doing better in the second nine weeks.  Remember, third grade is a transition year and require more independence and responsibility!  You may keep the items in the report card cover, but please sign and return the report card cover by Friday.  It will be used each nine weeks. 

Looking ahead:  Students will wrap up our unit on measurement unit with a test on Wednesday, November 7 (A study guide will be going home this Friday and we'll review it in class on Monday).  Students will also continue studying multiplication and have a 2s multiplication quiz.  As writers, students will learn all about the meaning behind Veterans Day and draft letters to our Veterans.  In reading, students will review informational text features, using their SC Social Studies Weeklies.  As historians, students will dive into colonial life in South Carolina, focusing on the effects of European settlement in the new colony.

Students are also receiving an edited Tic-Tac-Toe for homework this nine weeks.  Two boxes have changed, which give students more choices!  We have discussed in class that students may choose ANY three boxes to do on their Tic-Tac-Toe, so long as they do the center box.  This means, your child does not have to do the Tic-Tac-Toe vertically, horizontally or diagonally.  Links to the two new web sites mentioned on the new homework are located at the bottom of our class blog:  ABCYA and IXL math.  This new copy will also be e-mailed to you, so you can use it as a reference throughout the second nine weeks.

You are receiving a permission brochure for our next "Being There Experience," which will actually be held at school.  Students will enjoy time with Diamond Del and mine for rocks and minerals.  Please sign and return the entire brochure by Friday, November 9.  You have already paid for this in the first installment of our field trip fees.

Our new reading incentive:  “The Palmetto Reading Bowl”
Ready for Bookman Road’s Palmetto Reading Bowl?  Students at BRES are so pumped about the big reading game!  Our school is asking that every child write the title each book he/she reads between November 5 and 16 on a football (colored to match the preference his/her favorite team), which will be provided by teachers.  Of course, we’ll have Carolina garnet, Clemson orange and white for any other top team. On November 20, we’ll count all the footballs to see which “team” read the most books!  We’ll also celebrate by enjoying some “Beacon tailgating” treats.  We’ll all be scoring at the goalpost because Readers Are Winners!

Next Tuesday is Election Day - a great "Being There Experience" for your child!  If you have the opportunity to do so, please take your child to vote with you!  It is a great, educational experience.  We'll be doing an in-depth discussion on the importance of voting, when we study government in the third nine weeks.   

I hope you all have a safe and wonderful weekend!  Thank you, as always, for your never-ending support!

Week of October 29

 We enjoyed our visit at the Congaree National Park on Tuesday!  Students met Ranger Corrine, who introduced the park to us.  She also told us about the animals and plants living in this habitat. 

We stopped to check out one of the largest loblolly pines in the world!  It took 16 students to "hug the tree!"  If you have time, visit the park with your family! 

I hope you've had a wonderful week, families!  Our week has been super busy!

Looking ahead:  Students will be learning all about Native American legends, as readers.  They'll discover why legends were told in the first place to Native American children.  Students will also be setting new AR goals.  As historians, students will wrap up their unit of study with a discussion on the effects exploration had on Native Americans.  We'll review for their unit assessment on Wednesday and test on Friday.  Students will also be wrapping up our measurement unit, focusing on area models and circumference.  As writers, students will write a descriptive piece on the "monster" they created. 

We'll be starting our weekly multiplication fact quizzes next week!  We'll be testing on the 1s table next Friday.  A letter will be going home soon regarding our weekly multiplication quizzes.  Please be sure your child is working on them daily! 

A special shout-out to our chaperones for our first "Being There Experience" to the Congaree National Park.  Thank you Mrs. DeLong, Mrs. Moody, Mrs. Kivett and Mrs. Reynolds!

A note from the Bookman Road Health Advisory Committee:

With Halloween fast approaching, we wanted to take this opportunity to review our policies and procedures regarding this day. We will not be celebrating this holiday in school; this includes any "party" type of celebrations, costume attire, or treat bags. Teachers are asked to ensure adherence to these guidelines during the day. We appreciate your understanding, acceptance and support of these policies.

Thank you again for all of your support!  It means so much to us!  Have a wonderful three-day weekend with your child!

Week of October 22

 Keys to Friendship:  Students recently rotated throughout the third grade classrooms and learned all about differences (IE: vision impairment/blindness, being deaf, having no limbs, etc) through simulations presented by our Special Education team at BRES.  Students learned how to respect friends with different abilities and ways in which they can help them.  The biggest lesson learned:  Give put-ups!



Hi, families!  I hope you enjoyed your week! 

Looking ahead:  We have a busy week coming up!  As mathematicians, students will be learning how to find perimeter and reviewing probability language.  Students will start a descriptive "Monster Match" piece in writing, while focusing on adjectives.  As historians, students will wrap up our social studies unit by studying explorers.  This study will be integrated into our reading time, as we continue focusing on text features and locating information.  Students will also take their first grade spelling post-assessment on any words missed on the pre-assessment earlier this month. 

We will be going on our first "Being There Experience" next Tuesday to the Congaree National Park.  Be sure to send a lunch/drink (juice or water, no sodas) with your child, if you chose that option. If you chose the school lunch, the cafeteria will provide one. If you are a notified chaperone, please be sure to arrive at our classroom no later than 9:00, wearing a yellow Lobbyguard sticker. Chaperones must bring their own lunch.

A note from the Bookman Road Health Advisory Committee: 

With Halloween fast approaching, we wanted to take this opportunity to review our policies and procedures regarding this day.  We will not be celebrating this holiday in school; this includes any "party" type of celebrations, costume attire, or treat bags.  Teachers are asked to ensure adherence to these guidelines during the day. We appreciate your understanding, acceptance and support of these policies.

Please continue to encourage your child to read at home!  That extra reading time makes a huge difference in your child's reading growth.  We have discussed in reading conferences these past few weeks how to choose "just right" books and implement reading skills/strategies to decode unfamiliar words and understand the text.  Also, students only have a few days left to meet their reading goals this nine weeks.  Grades will be due soon, followed by report cards being issued!

Many of you have asked about checking to see if a book is an AR book from the public library.  Now you can!  Just visit our school's web site, Bookman Road Elementary and scroll down under "Beacon Links," to "Media Center."  Once you clink on "Media Center," it will give you options of viewing BRES' card catalog or checking to see if a book at the public library (or a bookstore) has a quiz here, at BRES. 

As always, thank you for your never-ending support!  It means more to us than you know!  Have a great weekend!

Week of October 15

Our classmate, Jenna, went on a walkabout with her family on the Clemson Extension nature trail.  Knowing that we were learning about plants and animals, Jenna decided to take a picture and share it in class.  We thought it was neat to see an example of a food chain out in the "real world"! 

If your child would like to snap a photo of something that pertains to what we are learning in school and share it with the class, please email the photo to Mrs. West!  We'll be happy to take a peek during Morning Meeting!  Thank you for continuing to encourage your child to apply outside of school what he/she is learning!



A friendly reminder:  Please send in your child's "Being There Experience" payment, if you have not done so already.  The first payment is $25, or you may pay in full, $50.  If you send in a check, please be sure your phone number is on it.

Tuesday will be a half day.  Lunch will be served.  Students will be dismissed at 11:30.  If your child's transportation changes that day, please send in a note.

Looking ahead:  We'll be diving into measurement as mathematicians, focusing on the US Customary and Metric units.  As readers and historians, we'll focus on Native American nations in South Carolina.  We'll also discuss text features in nonfiction writing.  As writer's, we'll wrap up our prompt unit by publishing a piece of writing we've been working on for three weeks.

A note from the Bookman Road Health Advisory Committee: 

With Halloween fast approaching, we wanted to take this opportunity to review our policies and procedures regarding this day.  We will not be celebrating this holiday in school; this includes any "party" type of celebrations, costume attire, or treat bags.  Teachers are asked to ensure adherence to these guidelines during the day. We appreciate your understanding, acceptance and support of these policies. 

Please continue to encourage your child to make personal best choices!  Thank you again for all of your support!  Have a great weekend!

Week of October 8



We celebrated collecting money for our Fall Fundraiser, by enjoying an assembly put on by MAD Science!



Happy Thursday families!  I hope you all are enjoying the cool fall weather and find time to get outside! 

Looking ahead:  We'll be reviewing graphic organizers that we've used for the past five weeks in reading.  Students will be using them to review skills, while reading their Accelerated Reader books.  There will be no traditional reading test next Friday.  We'll continue working on our prompt unit in writing.  As mathematicians, we'll wrap up our addition and subtraction unit with a test on Wednesday (the study guide for this test will go home this Friday - we'll review the study guide on Tuesday in class).  We'll start studying measurement next Friday.  As scientists, we'll finish studying plant life cycles and test on Friday (a study guide for this test will also go home this Friday). 

Friendly reminder:  "Being There Experience" payment number one is due tomorrow, Friday, October 5.  If you chose to make it two payments, the first payment is $25.  If you chose to make one full payment, the total is $50.  When making a check out to BRES, please be sure to include your phone number on the check!

Also, please note that students will not receive multiple copies of homework, reading logs or study guides (as mentioned at Open House).  As a way to encourage more responsibility, each student receives only one copy.  Students are encouraged to keep these items in their red homework folders.  Thank you for your understanding! 

Today, in your child's communication folder, you'll find a letter to your child about signing on to a new Web site for our reading series, Treasures.  Please read over it carefully and help your child set up his/her account.  It is another wonderful resource for reviewing reading skills.  A username and password will be attached to this letter for your child.  Please do not lose it.  I will add a link to the Web site section of our blog, so it will be easy access to the site. *The username for your child is in ALL caps - I have put a small, red "UN" next to the username, as a reminder.  The other item is the password.*

Here is an interesting video that Mr. G passed along to our faculty this week.  It discusses the effects on your child of having the television on in the background at home.  Check it out, if you have some time!

(WLTX's story on background television noise)

We hope to see you for Donuts with Dads on Friday, October 5!  Enjoy a donut in the Seaside Cafe anytime between 7:30 and 8:00!

I hope you all enjoy your weekend.  Thank you again for all of your support!

Week of October 1

Check out our creative animal immersion wall!



Happy Thursday, families!  I hope you all have had a wonderful week!

Looking ahead:  We'll be focusing on making and confirming predictions with our new reading story, My Very Own Room.  We'll be introduced to a prompt unit in writing, where students will also focus on paragraph writing.  As mathematicians, we'll continue working on addition and subtraction algorithms.  In science, we'll wrap up our animal unit with a test on Tuesday and begin a plant unit on Wednesday.  We'll kick it off by studying the life cycle of a plant, seed dispersal, tropism and color.

If you have not returned your child's permission form for our first "Being There Experience" at Congaree, please do so as soon as possible.

Please be sure to sign and return interims that go home today in communication folders, along with graded, stapled work. 

Just a friendly reminder:  The first "Being There Experience" payment is due Friday, October 5.  If you chose to pay in full, the total is $50.  If you chose to make two payments, the first payment is $25.  When you write your check, please be sure to include a phone number on it.

I hope you have a great weekend!

Week of September 24

Mr. Chang, a BRES parent and former NYC police officer, came on September 11 to share his memories of that tragic day.  We discussed the meaning of this day and how we can thank those who help protect us.

Happy Thursday, families!  I hope you all enjoyed your week!

Looking ahead... We'll be visiting the book fair this Friday!  If your child would like to purchase something from the book fair, he/she may bring money on Friday (or thereafter till it closes). 

Parent conferences on Tuesday, September 25:  Please keep in mind that I am on a tight schedule to fit all families in on Tuesday.  Please come with a list of any questions you may have that day.  Also, please know I am not trying to be insensitive, but I must keep our conversation to a maximum of 15 minutes, to ensure I stay on schedule and see everyone that day.  I appreciate your understanding in advance! 

Next week, as readers, we'll enjoy a fantasy story, Wolf!. We'll focus on comparing and contrasting.  Students will also be taking their kindergarten high-frequency post tests next Wednesday.  In math, we'll continue looking at the relationship between addition and subtraction.  In science, we'll study the effect disasters have on habitats, as well as, food chains.  Students will write riddles to go along with our animal unit. 

A reminder:  As we head into the cold season, please send all medicine (including cough drops) to the school nurse.  You will have to sign a form allowing this medicine to be dispensed.  Students are not allowed to keep medication of any kind in the classroom.

Please be sure to support our kindergarten's charity this month!  They are still accepting donations for the animal shelter!  We are also wrapping up our school's fundraiser!

As always, I appreciate your support and enthusiasm!  Please sign and return all stapled, graded work and communication folders on Friday.  Have a great weekend!

Week of September 17

 Checking out the life cycle of a moth with our kindergarten book buddy friends!

Happy Thursday, families!  I hope you all have enjoyed your week!  I look forward to seeing you Thursday night, September 13, for Open House!

You'll find a pink sheet in your child's communication folder today.  It concerns parent conferences.  Please read over it carefully and choose the best choice for you!  Please return this sheet by Monday, September 17.

Looking ahead to next week:  We'll be studying our first nonfiction story this year, Earth Smart.  Students will focus on main idea and details.  They will have an open book test (since this is a nonfiction story) on Friday, September 21.  We'll be wrapping up our region postcards in writing.  As mathematicians, we'll review for our first test, which will be on Wednesday.  We'll also start discussing fact families.  In science, we'll continue studying animal adaptations and habitats.  Students will also be taking the math portion of their MAP tests.  Please remind your child not to stress about this test!  It is a simple base line test that shows me where they stand, as beginning third graders.

Please return the green Being There Experience payment sheets that went home last Thursday.  They are due September 20, along with your child's USC physical activity log that went home a few weeks ago. 

Be sure to join PTO!  As always, thank you for your support and enthusiasm! Please return all forms and stapled graded work in your child's communication folder on Friday!

Week of September 10

I hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend!  Next week, we'll focus on cause and effect with our new story, Amazing Grace.  We'll be creating postcards centered on regions in South Carolina.  We'll continue reviewing second grade concepts in math including:  finding differences, calculator routines and money.  We'll wrap up our first social studies unit with a vocabulary test on Tuesday and a unit test on Wednesday. 

A few notes of importance:  Students will be taking their MAP reading test on Tuesday, September 11.  This test will assess where students are in their understanding of reading concepts.  Please encourage your child to do his/her personal best - but ensure that there is no need to be anxious!  In the spring, students will take another test to see their growth this year.

Open House in Thursday, September 13.  Please make arrangements to join us for the hour (5:15 - 6:15)!  Childcare for school-age children will be available in the Multi-Purpose Room, as our Open House meeting is for parents only!  If you are unable to make it to this meeting, our Open House booklet will be sent home with your child Friday, September 14.

HELP OUR SHELTERS!  Please send in animal shelter supplies to assist Kindergarten's efforts in providing for local shelters.

Please return all graded papers and signed communication folders.

Week of September 3

We enjoyed some Italian Ice at Rita's! Zierin and Perrin are pictured with Mrs. West at our Welcome Back Night for our class.

We've had a great first week of school!  Coming up the week of September 3 - We'll be learning more about South Carolina Geography in social studies.  We'll be analyzing data, studying equivalent names and chance events in math.  As readers, we'll rediscover analyzing story structure, with a focus on character, setting and plot through our story, First Day Jitters.  We'll also learn how to fill out our reading logs.  As writers, we'll create paragraphs with complete sentences about ourselves.

Welcome to third grade!

Hi families!
I'm looking forward to a great 2012-2013 school year in third grade!  Please feel free to contact me at awest@richland2.org.  I can't wait to meet you all at Welcome Back Night on August 16!