Mrs. Whitworth's Class - Team 33

Mrs. Whitworth's Class - Team 33
What a good looking group!

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Wednesday's News

Happy Wednesday!!

I hope everyone had a terrific Fall Break. The kids seemed very happy to see each other after being gone for a week. We are all getting back into the swing of things again.

Some happenings coming up are:

Red Ribbon Week continues: Tomorrow's dress up is, Twin's Day. I can't wait to see how many twins we have around the 4th grade. Friday is Needham Spirit Day, so everyone is to wear their Needham gear.

Thursday from 5 to 8 at the McDonald's by the interstate is our Dine-to-Donate. The kids can come dressed up in the Halloween costumes and eat dinner. 

Friday I will be sending home Parent-Teacher information. Conferences are being held on Nov. 8 - 9 from 3 - 7 p.m. I am also going to open up some time in the mornings while the kids are in their Related Arts rotations. Please identify a time that works best for you. I look forward to bragging to you about your child.


PTO has asked that we include the following in our updates to parents:

smile.amazon.com - Enter "Needham PTO" in the search box and it will come up with us.  Choose this and start raising money for us just by shopping! 

https://www.kroger.com/signin?redirectUrl=/account/communityrewards/enroll.  Either login with your credentials or sign up for an account then you can link your Kroger Card. 

Triple Play will begin to give a percentage back to Not For Profit organizations such as PTO.  When you visit Triple Play, please let them know you are "with" Needham PTO when you pay your bill. 

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! 

Thanks for your help in supporting our PTO, who so generously supports us!


 If you have any pictures you'd like to share from Flat Rock you can download them here view it here.

Thanks for sharing your kids with me. 

Have a terrific rest of the week.

Mrs. Whitworth

Sunday, October 1, 2017

This Week for TEAM 33

Good Afternoon Everyone,

What a beautiful weekend! Wow, it was so hard coming in this afternoon to do some much needed work here at school.

I have three very important items to share with you concerning our trip to Flat Rock:

    1. You MUST contact Mrs. Treibec to arrange dropping off meds for the trip. Please call her to set up a time to drop them off. This has to be done by this Friday, Oct. 6th.

     2. All money and forms have to be turned in by this Friday. There are still some forms floating around out there that need to be turned in. We also have some money that has to be turned in.

     3. EVERYONE must sign the waiver (all students and chaperones) or you won't be able to participate in the activities at the camp. These are also due by Friday.
     
The kids are getting very excited about our trip (and so are the teachers). I hope you saw the waiver papers and the list of things the kids and you (if chaperoning) will need for the trip. Please remind your child that we still have a lot of work to complete before the trip.

The Book Fair is this week. We will be browsing on Tuesday morning and buying during our library time on Wednesday. Other times for shopping can be arranged if needed.

This Friday is the end of the first nine weeks. Wow!, that's so hard to believe. One of the kids mentioned last week that they couldn't believe we've been in school for nine weeks already. I feel the same way!

This week we will be reading Historical Fiction books during Reading. Our spelling test will be on Tuesday and the kids will be getting their new lists. We will be finishing up our first class read-aloud Fish in a Tree tomorrow. The kids have really enjoyed listening to this story. Ask them what they think about Ally and Shay. I think they will have some definite opinions about the two characters.

In math this week, we will be working on multiplicative comparisons, triangles, and quadrilaterials.

Please read with your child every night for 15 to 20 minutes and ask them questions about what they have read. This helps them more than you can imagine. Remind them to work on their multiplication triangles a little each day. We need to get them learned so the kids know them automatically.

Thanks for all you do and again thanks for sharing your kids with me each day.

Have a great week:)