We began the day with Language Arts. The students listened to chapter 1 yesterday and today. We discussed the text and completed comprehension and vocabulary activities. This afternoon, we reviewed the northeast region in class. Ask your child to tell you about the meaning of Boswash! Tomorrow we are going to take an online quiz. We are enjoying the animal powerpoint presentations so much. These are posted on moodle and we plan to finish all presentations tomorrow!
Spring Conferences: Student-led conferences will be on Wednesday April 1st and Thursday April 2nd. The students attend school for half days on both dates. They need to attend their conference with a parent. The conference sheet is sign-up sheet is posted outside of our classroom door. You will want to bring your calendar to find a good day/time for you and your child as your child will be leading you through this conference. Or, feel free to email me with some times that you and your child are available and I will sign up for you! It is a 55 minute conference. Thanks!
Fieldtrip to Cranbrook Museum: We will be going by BUS on Thursday March 12th. The following parents have signed up as chaperones: Ms.Diane Williams, Ms. Leitao, Ms. Mollison, Ms. Dean, Ms. Afrakhteh, Ms. Clay, Ms. Hoppen, Ms. O’Toole, Ms. Skornicka, and Ms. Henninger. If you have a conflict with the date of the fieldtrip and can no longer make it, please contact Ms. Sarkesian so she can arrange for someone to cover. Thank you!
BOOK ORDERS: Mrs. Richter is sending home March book order magazines and they are due Friday March 13. Please remember that you that you can go online and place your order as well! Thank you Mrs. Richter!!!
Go to: www.scholastic.com/parentordering
Username: sbutzin
Password: covington107
A Word from Our Wonderful Room Moms:
The BCS auction is coming up and we will be in need of some volunteers to help out with either serving food or playing games. I think they are 1/2 hour increments. I will send you the time slots that need to be filled, and if you are available for one of them, you can "reply all" to lets us know what you are available to do. Thanks so much for all of your help!, Butzin Room Moms
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)
ASK YOUR CHILD IF HE/SHE NEEDS PENCILS!
Here’s what we have for you tonight:
Field Trip permission slips are due on or before March 6 with $20.
We have mail!
Bring 3 or more sharpened pencils!
Reading:
3rd graders: 30 mins
4th graders: 40 mins
Spelling: Test and /Homework Handout due Monday, March 9th; Go to Spelling city.com and play 3-5 games with your new words!
Go to www.spellingcity.com and play 3+ games or activities! 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.
4th Graders: Aim to do List B or C. What kind of speller are you? Could you challenge yourself to learn list C, which has more difficult words in it? Remember to get your parents signature to show that they agree with the list of words you have chosen. You do not have a menu to choose from. You may learn the spelling word in the best way that works for you. We will be learning about the spelling rule in class, this week and next week.
Paragraph Practice: “Television” Due Tuesday, March 17th
Science:
Cranbrook field trip letter due 3/6/09 with $20.
Math:
3rd- H. Link 7.9 –Family letter. Please read this letter and have a parent initial it and tear out the back page.
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-: JP 227-228 and SL 8.3; Please check Mrs. Frishman’s Blog for details!
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 POOL. You will need your SWIM attire!
Did you take your planner and pen to a parent and ask them to initial it?
