We had a super day in room 204! This morning our fourth graders were in and out of the room for instrumental music tryouts! They are just so excited to prepare for fifth grade band and orchestra! While this was going on, the third graders and I were busy with a tech project, language arts, and science. It was a busy day!!!
Our Valentine's Party is on Friday from 12:30-1:30pm. All parents are welcome to join us! If your child is going to make Valentine's, the only requirement is that he/she provide one for every child in our class (We have 27).
BLAST… For the BCS auction, each classroom has been asked to donate a "theme" basket. Our classroom theme will be a Family Fun Night. We will fill the basket with games, crafts, movie tickets, etc. Whatever you think would be fun for a family with school age children. We are asking that each family, that is able to do so, make a single donation. The donation can be anything from a deck of cards to movie tickets, to popcorn. We will have a box in the classroom labeled auction items. Your child may bring the item to school and place it in the box. If you could please let us know what your donation item will be, so that we do not have duplicates, that would be helpful. Just jot down the name of the item and then click on "reply all". (submitted by Dorothy Sagante)
Valentine’s Day Community Service:
The 3/4 theme for this year is "valuing each other". As a community service project, the 3/4 students are collecting and donating any gently used books to a school in great need. We will be collecting these in the classroom from now until the Valentine's Day Party. These books will be donated to a needy school in Detroit. If you have any books for this effort, please send them to school with your child! Thank you! Please do not feel obligated, this is strictly voluntary.
Battle of the Books is Wednesday. Dan, Ben and TJ will represent our class!
Please ask your child if they are in need!
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS PENCILS IN HIS/HER BINDER!!!
Here’s what we have for you tonight:
We have mail!
Bring 3 or more sharpened pencils!
Share Valentine letter with parent. Decide if you will bring Valentines for February 13.
Reading:
3rd graders: 30 mins
4th graders: 40 mins
Spelling: Spelling Lesson 5 is due February 13 (go to spelling city and play 3-5 games); Test Feb. 13 (Friday)
Go to www.spellingcity.com and play 3+ games or activities before the 16th! Write the name of the game and the date you completed this on the spelling list handout. It needs to be signed by a parent.
Science: Butterfly quiz Friday; Get Butterfly packet signed and use it as your study guide: Packet due Friday
Writing: Get research paper draft edited (detail paragraphs 2-3) Make sure you bring the packet to school tomorrow
Social Studies: Quiz on Thursday
Math:
3rd- HL 7.2
Your mental recall goals (for exiting 3rd grade) are 30 addition and 30 subtraction in 2 mins, 50 multiplication and 50 division 3 mins. Check out the math website at the top of our Blog. It is great for practicing all facts!
4th- Study /, +,- and X for the fact test. Please check Mrs. Frishman’s Blog just in case we missed something!
3rd Grade Spanish:
We are working on a family unit—La familia. I am hoping that parents can email me family pictures for the students to use in a Power Point presentation. I prefer jpeg or bmp files—nothing in a Microsoft word document, please. Students are going to write about five family members including themselves—very simple, as in: ésta es mi mamá. Se llama Joan. (This is my mother. Her name is Joan.) Pets are allowed. They may include grandparents, cousins, etc., but they must include all siblings. My email is kw11bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us Kalyn Wulatin
Reminders:
Remember to write the title of the book you are reading in the ‘Keep Track’ section of your planner…did you do it?
Tuesday and Friday we will be in the GYM. You will need your GYM attire!
Did you take your planner and pen to a parent and ask them to initial it?
