Dear Parents,

Welcome to third grade at the newly renovated Judson School. I am very pleased to be your child's third grade teacher. My first teaching experiences were in Waterbury and Middlebury teaching special education. I also did some part time teaching while my boys were younger. For the past fifteen years I have been teaching third grade. The first six were at Baldwin and the last nine at Judson.

I reside in Watertown with my husband John. I have two sons aged 25 and 23. My oldest, John, is married and in medical school and my younger son Christopher is presently working in Arlington, Virginia and in the process of applying to medical school.  I enjoy reading, listening to music, cooking, gardening, and using the computer.

Among some of the things the students learn in third grade are reading strategies, multiplication, cursive writing, and more developed writing skills.

I hope you will find this web page helpful. This is a way to keep you informed of assignments and other happenings in the classroom. I generally update it weekly. Students are still responsible to record homework assignments daily in class in the agenda that has been generously provided by the PTA.  Homework is written on the board in the classroom for them to copy from to their agenda.  Students are learning responsibility by copying their assignments daily into the agenda.

Please sign and return all tests that are sent home.  I will keep them for one marking period and return them at the beginning of the next marking period.  If you would like a copy of the signed test please let me know.

Please feel free to contact me with any concerns or questions. I will get in touch with you as soon as possible. A note or phone call should be used for anything that needs immediate attention rather than the email.

Patricia Chipko