Welcome back! It was a great day in room 204. It sounds like everyone had such a nice week! Your kids came in with the best stories about their spring break adventures! Today we imagined that we were a worker on Ford's assembly line in the 1920s. In the video you will see that we worked as a group of 7 to assemble cars for 10 minutes. We were much more productive on the assembly line than a team of 7 trying to design and draw a car without designated jobs. Ask your child to share the advantages of the assembly line.
Our class is excited about their upcoming Reading Party with the senior citizens at BASCC, located at the Midvale Center, on Thursday, April 23 from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. We will visit BASCC to read our favorite stories and poems to the members and to share refreshments with them. You will be getting a detailed letter of the event tomorrow.
We will need drivers!!! If you would like to drive on April 23, please contact room parent Suzanne Sarkesian, suzanne@jonsarkesian.com, before April 3 or sign up at conferences. Parent drivers, please come to the BCS office at 9:15 on April 23 to complete the necessary driver information. It is also essential that drivers remain with the students during the field trip to assist with name tags, to help pair one or two students with senior citizens and to serve the refreshments.
The third and fourth graders receive a report card at the end of the year that covers the third and fourth quarters.
Spring Conferences: Students have a copy of your conference time stapled in their planner. 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!
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS PENCILS AND A SHARPENER IN HIS/HER BINDER!!!
BOOK ORDERS:
Thanks for placing book orders for our classroom! Please remember that you that you can always go online and place your order as well! Thank you Mrs. Richter!!!
Go to: www.scholastic.com/parentordering
Username: sbutzin
Password: covington107
Need help uploading to your wiki? Visit http://www.digitalbcs.com/mc/wiki_movie/wiki_movie.html for help.
ASK YOUR CHILD IF HE/SHE NEEDS PENCILS!
We have mail!Bring 3 or more sharpened pencils!
Here’s what we have for you tonight:
FIELD TRIP LETTER permission slip is past DUE! There is no cost for this trip.
Paragraph Practice: None
Reading:
3rd graders: 30 mins
4th graders: 40 mins
Spelling: Unit 8 Test on April 28-
Go to http://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.
Students may a Complete Challenge of writing sentences with spelling words!
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.
Science: We will begin our study of Electricity and Magnetism after the break!
Social Studies:
Get Midwest Project letter signed today and return the bottom portion signed on Monday!
Midwest Project due April 17th (Friday). It should be uploaded to your WIKI by the 17th.
Visit the following site: http://www.historyglobe.com/ for fun social studies activities.
Math:
3rd- HL 9.6
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 275 and SL 10.1 (Get packet and test letter signed)
Please check Mrs. Frishman’s Blog for more details!
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?
