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Welcome to Third Grade!��West Woods Elementary

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Mrs. Brickle

Ninth year at West Woods
16th year in Jeffco
Graduate of CSU and masters

in technology

Native of Colorado
Husband of 28 years
Three children ages 22, 20, and 18
I also enjoy running and spending time with family and friends.

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Mrs. Drumright

Fifth year at West Woods
Sixth year teaching (all in Jeffco)
West Woods Alumni
Masters in Curriculum and Design
Middle school math license
Married last summer
Bernedoodle puppy named Perry
In my free time I like to dance, read, craft, play pickleball, spend time with family and friends

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Mrs. Criswell

9th year teaching
Masters degree in Educational Technology & Instructional Design
Mom of a 4th and 7th grade girls
Husband of 13 years
2 dogs- Sam and D & Kitten Ace
Colorado Native
Enjoy reading, traveling, baking and spending time with my family

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Mrs. Spiegler

*Fourth year at West Woods.

*20+ years as a Jeffco teacher

*Masters in literacy from CU

*Mom of 2 adult children, 24 & 26.

*Wife of 30 years to Lee.

*Parent to 1 large golden retriever, Moose.

*Avid hiker, swimmer, cookie baker.

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Daily Schedule

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Parent-Teacher Communication

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Communication

Thursday Weekly Message - Emailed from your teacher.
Take Home Folder - (Choice folder) goes home every night- return the next school day.
Friday Folders - go home Friday, due next school day
Email - we check our emails before and after school, occasionally during our planning

michelle.brickle@jeffco.k12.co.us madeline.drumright@jeffco.k12.co.us

cshoemaker@jeffco.k12.co.us

michaela.criswell@jeffco.k12.co.us

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Reading-Into Reading

(Literacy Resource)

What a Character
Use Your Words
Let Freedom Ring
Stories on Stage
Team Work
Animal Behaviors
Make a Difference
Imagine! Invent!
From Farm to Table
Tell a Tale

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Writing-Into Reading,

Science, Social Studies

Personal Narrative
Letter writing
Descriptive Essays
Imaginative Stories
Persuasive & opinion writing
Expository Essays
Research Reports
Poetry

Friday Letters!

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Math Units

Math Resource: Illustrative Math

Unit 1: Introducing Multiplication

Unit 2: Area and Multiplication

Unit 3: Wrapping up Addition and Subtraction Within 1,000

Unit 4: Relating Multiplication to Division

Unit 5: Fractions as Numbers

Unit 6: Measuring Length, Time, Liquid Volume, and Weight

Unit 7: Two-Dimensional Shapes and

Perimeter

Unit 8: Putting It All Together

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Science and Social Studies Units

Forces and Interactions
Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Weather and Climate
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

Regional Studies

Southeast
Northeast
Southwest
Northwest

*Two regional studies will be completed over the year.

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Field Trips

Arvada Center

Relates to our literacy unit “Stories on Stage”

Lakewood Pioneer Museum-Colorado history

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Relates to several third grade science and S.S. units

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Homework

Math homework - sent home on Mondays due back on Friday
Work to be redone (that received 2, 1, or check minus)
Practice math facts on third grade website
Optional Homework: A Bingo Board will be

sent home monthly that includes

math and reading practice. (starting in Oct.)

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Online Resources

Khan Academy/Khan Mappers
Lexia
Typing Club
Raz-Kids
Storyworks
Splash Learn
Multiplication.com
Timestables.com

Links and logins can all be found on the 3rd grade website.

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What Does PTSA Do?

Raises money to help offset school needs not supported by state/federal funds
Provides opportunities to enhance our students' school experience!
Supports our WWE staff
Builds our WWE community

How Does it Impact Our Students?

Funds raised by PTSA go directly back to the school, including…

New Marquee
Teacher Classroom Wish Lists
Replacing (old) Teacher Laptops and Purchasing Chromebook Charging Carts
Remodeled collaboration space for teacher planning of units and lessons!
PTSA also helps to offset needs at Slater Elementary - a Title One School in Lakewood and other community organizations.

How Can You Get Involved?

Join PTSA and share your voice! Participate in monthly PTSA meetings or volunteer for programs and events.

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Upcoming Programs & Events

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STAY UP TO DATE ON PTSA AT:

WESTWOODSPTSA.MEMBERSHIPTOOLKIT.COM

Miner’s Alley Student Theater

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New Entrance Vestibule

Ring the doorbell. A staff member will ask you for your name/need.
Once you are buzzed in, you will see a new office window on your right. The next set of doors will be locked.
The cubbies below the window will be used for storage for things being dropped off.
If you are volunteering, have a meeting in the building, are visiting for lunch, etc.., you’ll be buzzed through the next set of doors. Most business will be handled at the window.
If you are picking up a student, they’ll check out in the office and a staff member will connect you with them at the secure door.

Every person needs to be buzzed into the building. Please do not hold doors or prop doors for other families.

If you are exiting the building and someone is trying to enter, we would ask that you wait to open the door until that person has been buzzed in.

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West Woods PBIS PAWS Program

PBIS - Positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) is a schoolwide system that recognizes the positive and teaches what are the expected behaviors for school.

Multiple positive reinforcements: PAWS tickets

PAWS tickets are earned and not taken away
Every adult in the building has PAWS tickets to hand out

Immediate re-direction for unexpected behaviors
Across the entire school K-5, AMPS, recess/lunch, library

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Purple Positive Referrals

Students who go above and beyond can earn a purple positive office referral.

Ms. Clay or Ms. Duncan will give you a call with the good news.

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Think Sheets

All think sheets are pink this year

A student will receive a think sheet after at least 1 warning
The student will be given the opportunity to complete it in another space with an adult
The teacher will call home as soon as the think sheet is complete.
Student then gets to reset for the day.

If you don’t see the think sheet, this means your student reset and had a great rest of the day.

If you do see the think sheet, please sign and return.
3 signed/returned sheets in a trimester will result in a teacher/family/student/admin conference.

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Wolf Pride Assemblies

1 or 2 students per class (including AMPS!) will be recognized monthly by their peers and teacher for exemplifying the monthly focus. Parents will be notified by their child’s teacher and are invited to attend the celebration.

2025-26 West Woods Theme - Better Together (Together We..)

Aug/Sept: Problem Solve
October: Collaborate
November: Show Kindness
December: Do our Part
January: Listen and Encourage
February: Are Positive
March: Offer Ideas
April/May: Find the Good

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Breakfast: 8:00-8:15

All students are eligible for free breakfast per Healthy School Meals for All Act
What does this mean for WWE:

Breakfast will be served daily from 8:00-8:20 a.m.
Students will come straight to the cafeteria if they are eating breakfast.
Students arriving before 8:05 a.m. should enter through the front doors.

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Mocha is Returning to WWE!

Mocha is a 8 year old lab who, along with her owner Lisa, has been certified as a Therapy Dog through Pet Therapy.

She will be visiting classrooms at West Woods each Friday (Week 1: K-2, 5th/Week 2: 3-4).

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Standards Based Grading

The academic performance levels are as follows:

Exceeding Standards indicates that the student consistently exceeds grade-level academic standards and expectations (4 on report card)
Meeting Standards indicates that the student consistently demonstrates grade-level academic standards and expectations (3 on report card)
Progressing Toward Standard indicates that the student is working toward the grade-level academic standards and expectations, but has not been able to consistently demonstrate the learning (2 on report card)
Lacking adequate progress toward standard indicates that the student consistently does not demonstrate grade-level academic standards and expectations (1 on report card)
Incomplete / Insufficient Work indicates that the student has not completed sufficient work to demonstrate grade-level academic standards and expectations (1 on report card)
Standards not yet addressed (N/A on report card)

WWE staff will continue to calibrate and renorm grade level expectations around Standards Based Grading.

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Parent Assessment Information (curriculum night)-3rd

Jeffco students take 3 benchmark assessments in Dibels (K-3) and MAP (K-5) each year. Assessments are given in the beginning of year (Aug), middle of year (Dec), and end of year (May).

Dibels - an assessment of early literacy skills for students in K-3rd grades. Early reading skills assessed are phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and comprehension.

MAP - an adaptive assessment that provides information for all students regardless if they are currently below, at, or above grade level. MAP is real time data that is aligned to the Colorado Academic Standards. Teachers are looking for performance over time. Scores may decline from one test to the next. One low test score is not cause for immediate concern.

CMAS - The Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) are the state’s common measurement of students’ progress at the end of the school year in English language arts, math, science and social studies. Students in 3rd-8th grade take the CMAS tests in math and English language arts. Students in 5th, 8th and 11th grade take the CMAS science assessments. Testing commonly occurs in April after Spring Break.

Purpose for benchmark assessments - performance over time and classroom data collected by your child’s teacher can provide additional information about your student’s success.