Tomorrow night is Back-to-School Night (for parents only). We will send the handouts home for you if you aren’t able to make it.
6:00 sign up for volunteer opportunities (hallway and room 204)
6:30 room 206 presentation by Mrs. Butzin and Mrs. Frishman
7:00 Media Center with Mr. Heartley and Mr. Heard
Today was a wonderful Wednesday! Wehad such a busy and productive day! This morning we worked hard in Language Arts on our first big writing assignment! We are writing memoirs all about ourselves and we are off to a great start! This afternoon we started talking about the water cycle in science. Ask your child what he/she remembers!
Gallon Size Baggies Needed:
We are in need of a few boxes of Gallon-sized Ziploc bags. If you are able to donate a box, this will be great for our science unit as well as a few other projects we have coming up!
Last week, you received see a Catch of the Week schedule. It explained what we do with our “catch” for each week! Please keep the schedule in a special location at home.
This week starting our first science unit on Land and Water. In order to do this, our class needs 9 2-liter bottles. The bottles must be clear and they must have a cap. If you can donate one, please send it in with your child! We also need 9 shoe boxes for this unit. If you can donate one, we would appreciate it. This is a wonderful unit and I thank you for your help in getting started!!!
*Please encourage your child to bring a water bottle to class so he/she does not have to leave class when thirsty!
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILD TO BRING SHARPENED PENCILS TO SCHOOL EACH DAY! PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR CHILD WITH A PERSONAL PENCIL SHARPENER TO KEEP IN HIS/HER BINDER!!!
About Me Poster: Posters are due TOMORROW.
3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes
3rd Grade Math: HL 1.5 and JP 9; Students will keep their homelink and math journals in their binders. These will travel to and from school each day in the binder. Please help your child find a great permanent location for each of these in the binder if he/she did not in class today. We will use each of these in class everyday!
3rd Grade Mental recall goals (for exiting 3rd grade):
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 Grade Math: JP 12-13 and SL 1.5; Get fact test signed
Science: Bring 2 liter bottles and shoeboxes (see details above)
REMEMBER TO GET YOUR PLANNER SIGNED EVERY DAY!
BOOK ORDERS:
Coming soon….
Go to: www.scholastic.com/parentordering
Username: sbutzin
Password: covington107
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
***We gym for the first five weeks of school. Please send your child with gym shoes on those days.
Back to School Night: Thursday, September 17th at 6:00pm (6:00pm is the time to sign up for volunteer opportunities. 6:30pm is the time for teacher presentations. At 7:00pm our principals will speak in the media center!)
Summer Packets: Due on Wednesday, September 30th. Please keep this at home until September 30th as we do not have the room to store it until then. Thank you!!!
Our Co-curricular Schedule:
Mondays: Educational Technology
Tuesdays: Gym/Swim and Spanish
Wednesdays: Art/Engineering Technology and Educational Technology
Thursdays: Gym/Swim and Spanish
Fridays: Art/Engineering Technology
