We had an awesome Superbowl party today! The kids had the most fun and I had the best time watching them! Thank you to the parents who helped out at the party. We appreciate you!
Report cards are coming home today with your child. Please return the envelope signed ASAP. Keep the contents of the envelope at home.
We have our Valentine’s Party on Friday, February 12th from 12:30-1:30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend! If your child wants to bring valentines, please make sure he/she brings valentines for everyone in the class! Remember we are a peanut free classroom! We will make envelopes to collect our valentine’s before the party starts!
Our classroom will be donating a Scrap-Booking Basket for the BCS auction this year.
We would be grateful for any donations you would like to contribute to the basket.
We will have a box in Mrs Butzin's classroom labeled Auction for your donations starting Monday.
We could use Scrap-booking scissors, markers, stickers, boarders, paper, photo albums, etc,
even an inexpensive camera would be awesome if a few families would like to go in on a donation together.
If you are making a donation, please email Dorothy @ rdsagante@aol.com with a description of your donation. Thanks in advance for your support!
*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!!!
Here’s what we have for you tonight:
We have mail today!
Report Card Envelope due ASAP!
3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes (record on the wiki: butzin09.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us)
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes (record on the wiki: butzin09.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us)
Paragraph Practice: Friendly Letter is due Tuesday, Feb 9th - see handout for details
After completing TWO brainstorm webs. Type your first draft. Then, edit and revise your work. You will now have the computer’s help with some spelling, word choice (using the thesaurus) and grammar issues. However, the ideas and details will always come from you!
You will need to complete the Top 11 Typing Rules Checklist (see last page) to ensure your paragraph is correctly formatted/presented.
You DO NOT need to print out your paragraph. When your final draft is saved on your computer, access our class wiki page (from this blog) and click on student portfolios. Click on edit page, click the images icon, select browse and find your paper. Double click to upload. It should then appear on your wiki page. Save the page then test it works
Spelling:
List 5 assignment/test is due Friday, February 12.
Choose your spelling words from A, B or C. You need a parent to sign off on the choice you make.
Complete the definition activity on Moodle (up to 2 attempts) and Play 3 games from Spellingcity.com.
3rd Grade Math:
Get your test signed and return on Monday!
Study your mult facts tonight for 10 minutes!
Have a parent sign the family letter in your math journal.
Due Friday:
Go online and take the test on Decimal Place Value and Shape Identification (they are not timed). The tests were due to be completed by Friday!
**Before you take the timed tests, please practice! You can do this by clicking on the link posted on our site. You don't need to log in to practice. Click on "thatquiz” in the top left hand corner. Choose Integers, arithmetic. Set the quiz for addition or subtraction (50 in 3 min) level 10.
Then, when you're ready to take the tests, click on your name. Type in your password and take timed tests that have been set for you.
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 Grade Math:
JP 200 SL 7.6 Cut out the fraction cards in the back of your journal.
There are 2 pages and each page has 16 cards. Label each fraction on the back of each card
Put your cards in a Ziploc bag and put them in your math folder.
Henry Ford Field Trip:
Chaperones please note: This is a change to the original trip (of Lansing.) Due to this change, we will now be able to have two fieldtrips. The Henry Ford will provide connections to all of our Michigan regions studies thus far. We will also have The Naturalist Endeavors program coming to present to the students, which will provide the students with an experience of how Michigan’s Early Native Americans lived.
Our chaperones for this trip are as follows: Stacey Mollison, Cyrus Motlagh, Kathy Stubbs, Sandy Simons, Dan Gates, Lillian Hardy, Sohaila Afrakhteh and Angela Forge
BOOK ORDERS:
Go to: www.scholastic.com/parentordering
Username: butzin
Password: books
REDUCING TRASH AT BCS-TRASH FREE FRIDAYS
• Use a lunch box or reusable sack.
• Pack a cloth napkin and reusable utensils.
• Put food in reusable food and drink containers.
• If you must use a disposable plastic bag, wash it out and keep reusing it.
• Purchase your snacks in bulk size and repack into individual reusable containers.
• Pack fresh fruit since it doesn't require any additional packaging.
Disposable lunches can create between 4–8 ounces of garbage every day.
That can add up to as much as 100 pounds per year!
If you buy lunch, please buy only what you believe you can eat and try not to have any waste!!
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
ROOM PARENT COORDINATOR: You may reach Stacey Mollison at the following email address: ssmollison@gmail.com
PARTY DATES: Parents and younger siblings are invited to attend!
Valentine’s Day
Friday, February 12th, 12:30-1:30
End of the Year
Wednesday, June 17th, time to be determined
Our Co-curricular Schedule: (We GYM Monday, February 1 through Friday, March 5)
Mondays: Educational Technology
Tuesdays: Gym/Swim and Spanish
Wednesdays: Art/Engineering Technology and Educational Technology
Thursdays: Gym/Swim and Spanish
Fridays: Art/Engineering Technology and Ed Technology
Chaperones please note; This is a change to the original trip (of Lansing.) Due to this change, we will now be able to have two fieldtrips. The Henry Ford will provide connections to all of our Michigan regions studies thus far. We will also have The Naturalist Endeavors program coming to present to the students, which will provide the students with an experience of how Michigan’s Early Native Americans lived.
