What a great day we had inside room 204! This morning we began our exploration of sound. The student mission was to record sounds from around the building. They chose sounds that you hear every day. We used Audacity and a laptop to record and then exported the sound clips as MP3s and post them on our wiki. Tomorrow we will see if our classmates can guess our mystery sounds! In the afternoon we began working on a fall district writing assignment and then went to Spanish and Engage.
Back to School Night for PARENTS ONLY is TOMORROW (Thursday), September 23. Our schedule for the evening is as follows:
6:00-6:30 – Volunteer Sign Up
6:30- 7:00 - Teacher Presentations
7:00- Media Center with Mr. Hartley and Ms. Chinn
Some of us have mail today!
*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!!!
REMEMBER TO GET YOUR PLANNER SIGNED EVERY DAY!
Here's what we have for you today:
3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day
Social Studies: Explore using Audacity at home. Let the “How to” videos guide you. The link is on my blog under “frequently visited places”.
Language Arts: We received directions for our first writing assignment. The directions are attached to a plastic ziplock bag and should be coming home today with your child. Students will bring in 5 objects representative of them. This is due Monday, September 20th. Remember, the objects must fit inside of the ziplock bag. Ex. Golf ball, picture of a pet, necklace, etc.
3rd Grade Math: HL 1.8
A few students will need to take the online tests tonight at home. Those students who don’t do it tonight will have an opportunity in success center today.
Go to Mrs. Butzin’s Blog
GO to Frequently Visited Places
Click on3rd grade online MATH TEST site!
Login and take the assigned tests. (Use your school password)
Students should be able to complete the following number of facts by the end of the year: 30 addition/subtraction facts in 2 mins and 50 division/multiplication facts in 3 mins
4th Grade Math: Today our Unit 1 review was due. We spent a lot of time in class going over it and asking great questions! Tomorrow we will turn it in. Our Unit 1 test will be tomorrow. Part of our Unit 1 test is going to be an addition and subtraction fact test. There will be 100 problems for them to complete in five minutes and they will be mixed between addition and subtraction. If your child does not have these facts mastered, please help him/her find a good method for studying!
REMEMBER TO GET YOUR PLANNER SIGNED EVERY DAY!
Encourage your child to use the yellow checklist in his/her binder at the end of each day! It is a great tool!
Bring Sharpened Pencils!
Bring HEALTHY Snack!
Get Planner Signed!
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS:
We would love to share in your child’s birthday celebration. If you would like your child to celebrate their birthday at school, please note the following ideas for celebrations:
Please prepare an individual snack for each child.
Please PRECUT large items providing 27 napkins/plates and other necessary utensils.
There are 27 of us!
We will celebrate all birthdays during the designated snack time!
No peanuts please!
If you would prefer that your child not participate in birthday celebrations, please let me know as soon as possible.
