We had the best day! In the afternoon we enjoyed parading around the school in our cool Halloween costumes. Afterwards, our wonderful parents treated us to an amazing Halloween Party! It was the best, and we appreciate all of those who contributed to the fun event!
Thank you parents and Happy Halloween everyone!

Some of us have mail!

*Please encourage your child to bring a water bottle to class so he/she does not have to leave class when thirsty!

We gym on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary gym items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

We all have mail!

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day


3rd Grade Math:
Happy Halloween!
How to take online tests:
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:
JP 74-75 SL 3.11 due Monday
Review due Tuesday
Test Wednesday
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.

Our class Halloween Party is tomorrow! We are so excited and welcome all parents to join us.
The parade begins at 1:45 and will be spectacular. The party will begin after the parade around 2:15!
You are welcome to bring any siblings, as well. We will be changing into costumes at 1:20 if you would like to come and assist, we welcome you!

Some of us have mail!

*Please encourage your child to bring a water bottle to class so he/she does not have to leave class when thirsty!

We gym on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary gym items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day


3rd Grade Math:
JP 64 (Students will measure an adult for homework) and HL 3.4
How to take online tests:
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:
JP 71-72 (#8a and b on JP 71 are challenge/optional) SL 3.10
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.

Today was a very productive and fun day! In the afternoon we enjoyed Ms. Clark’s wonderful story telling. As part of our prize for coming second in the Siemens "We Can Change the World" Challenge last year, Discovery Education hosted a school assembly. Dave Salmoni, large predator expert and host of Animal Planet came with some furry friends and tales of his adventures with animals. Click here for a sample of his program http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj16JH4sPTY

Some of us have mail today!

Our class Halloween Party is Friday!
The parade begins at 1:45. The party will begin after the parade around 2:15!
You are welcome to join us and bring any siblings as well.

The following are guidelines for the students:
1. We change into costumes at 1:20
2. Blood or gore on costumes is not allowed
3. No weapons

*Please encourage your child to bring a water bottle to class so he/she does not have to leave class when thirsty!

We gym on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary gym items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

Book Orders were due Oct. 22nd!

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Science:
Sound Test Thursday

Language Arts: We are reading and discussing “Marvin of the Great North Woods” in language arts.

3rd Grade Math:
JP 62 and HL 3.3
How to take online tests:
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:
JP 69-70 SL 3.9
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.

I am loving the buzz of the pages turning for the Battle! Our 4th graders are so excited about this fantastic opportunity! It is so awesome to see them excited about reading these Battle books. This morning we learned all about sound. You will be getting lots of papers home today to help you review for our sound assessment on Thursday. You also will be getting a review today. Please ask your child to share with you all of the sound review papers coming home today!

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!

We gym on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary gym items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

Book Orders were due Oct. 22nd!

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Science:
Sound Test Thursday

Language Arts: We are reading and discussing “Marvin of the Great North Woods” in language arts.

3rd Grade Math:
JP 57-58
You should have taken the online tests by Friday. Please make sure you have done this!
How to take online tests:
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:
JP 66-68 SL 3.8

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.

I was out this morning for a meeting and came back to an awesome report from our guest teacher, Ms. Reid. I am so proud of our class! This afternoon we enjoyed our choice hour prize! It was a wonderful Monday! Get ready for a thrilling Tuesday!

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!

We gym on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary gym items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

Book Orders were due Oct. 22nd!

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Language Arts: We are reading and discussing “Marvin of the Great North Woods” in language arts.

3rd Grade Math:

HL 3.2
You should have taken the online tests by Friday. Please make sure you have done this!

How to take online tests:
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:
JP 63, 65 SL 3.6 SL 3.7

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.

I am so thrilled to have our normal schedule back today! This morning we ventured to the creative station with Ms. Llewelyn to work on uploading our Photo Story to the wiki. This afternoon we worked on our sound unit and enjoyed Engineering Tech and Gym!

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!

We gym on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary gym items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

Movie permission slips are due!

Goal Setting due Monday, October 19!

Book Orders due Oct. 22nd!

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Language Arts: We are reading and discussing “Marvin of the Great North Woods” in language arts.

3rd Grade Math:
Get your unit 2 test signed tonight and return tomorrow!
Take your 4 online tests tonight. You must have these finished by Friday!
How to take online tests:
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:
If you have not gotten your test letter signed, please do so tonight. JP 57, 59 (#4e on 59 is challenge/optional) SL 3.2 SL 3.3 If you did not finish cutting out your fact triangles in class, please do so tonight and have them in your green math folder for tomorrow!
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.

Today was our last day of MEAP and your kids did a great job! We also had extra time today for math class.

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!

We gym on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary gym items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

Movie permission slips are due!

Goal Setting due Monday, October 19!

Book Orders due Oct. 22nd!

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Language Arts: We are reading and discussing “Marvin of the Great North Woods” in language arts.

3rd Grade Math:
We took our math test today!
Go online and take the timed addition, subtraction and multiplication tests by Friday!
Study multiplication facts 3-5 for 10 minutes! You can practice by going to thatquiz.com before logging in to take the test!
How to take online tests:
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:
See Mrs. Frishman’s Blog
Study multiplication facts for ten minutes
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.

I am so proud of your kids! They worked so hard today doing their very best on the MEAP test. We will finish the MEAP tomorrow!
• Wednesday, Oct. 20: 4th grade Writing
• Make-up testing on all other days through Friday, October 29th for kids who were absent on the above days.

What should you do at home to help your child do well?
• Early bedtime--get at least 10 hours of sleep (which doctors recommend for kids this age every day anyway)
• Healthy, big breakfast (there is NO food allowed in MEAP rooms)
• Get to school on time--testing begins by 8:30 every day
• Do not take your child out of school for appointments
Please check your child's Blue Take Home Folder each day to check for mail, homework, and important information.

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!

We gym on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary gym items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

Movie permission slips are due!

Goal Setting due Monday, October 19!

Book Orders due Oct. 22nd!

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Language Arts: We are reading and discussing “Marvin of the Great North Woods” in language arts.

3rd Grade Math:
Review due Wednesday – Students need to turn this is signed by a parent in order to take the test!
Test Wednesday
HL 2.1 due Wednesday
Go online and take the timed addition, subtraction and multiplication tests by Friday!
Study multiplication facts 3-5 for 10 minutes! You can practice by going to thatquiz.com before logging in to take the test!
How to take online tests:
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:
Test letter signed
Study multiplication facts for ten minutes
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.

I hope your weekend was wonderful. This morning we worked so hard preparing to read Marvin of the Great North Woods. In the afternoon we investigated with making sounds with strings. We also worked on updating our wiki language arts page. Today your child will share with you a letter and our first paragraph practice writing assignment. Get ready for a great Tuesday!

Goal setting forms due by Tuesday the 19th!

We will continue with the MEAP on Tuesday but we will have some time together as well! Below is the remaining schedule of testing.

• Tuesday, Oct. 19: 3rd and 4th Math
• Wednesday, Oct. 20: 4th grade Writing
• Make-up testing on all other days through Friday, October 29th for kids who were absent on the above days.

What should you do at home to help your child do well?
• Early bedtime--get at least 10 hours of sleep (which doctors recommend for kids this age every day anyway)
• Healthy, big breakfast (there is NO food allowed in MEAP rooms)
• Get to school on time--testing begins by 8:30 every day
• Do not take your child out of school for appointments
Please check your child's Blue Take Home Folder each day to check for mail, homework, and important information.

Dates to Remember:
WE all 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!

We gym on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary gym items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

Movie permission slips are due on Tuesday!

Goal Setting due Monday, October 19!

Book Orders due Oct. 22nd!

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Language Arts: We are reading and discussing “Marvin of the Great North Woods” in language arts.

3rd Grade Math:
Review due Wednesday – Students need to turn this is signed by a parent in order to take the test!
Test Wednesday
HL 2.1 due Wednesday
Go online and take the timed addition, subtraction and multiplication tests by Friday!
Study multiplication facts 3-5 for 10 minutes! You can practice by going to thatquiz.com before logging in to take the test!
How to take online tests:
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:
Test letter signed
Study multiplication facts for ten minutes
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.

Today was a day filled with sunshine outside and in our classroom! This morning we had the greatest time making a model of an eardrum and experimenting with it using sand and salt. In the afternoon, we took pictures of our Me You See writing with the digital camera. We learned how to use Photostory and recorded the Me You See. Afterwards, we uploaded these to our wiki. Ask your child to share it with you this weekend!

Tonight is 3/4 Coney Bingo Night -It's a yearly tradition!
6:30-8pm Location: BCS Cafeteria
Loads of prizes, food and fun! $5.50 per person payable at the door.

WE WON THE CHOICE HOUR FORM Contest! Yippie! Great job boys and girls!

Goal setting forms due by Tuesday the 19th!

We will continue with the MEAP on Tuesday but we will have some time together as well! Below is the remaining schedule of testing.

• Tuesday, Oct. 19: 3rd and 4th Math
• Wednesday, Oct. 20: 4th grade Writing
• Make-up testing on all other days through Friday, October 29th for kids who were absent on the above days.

What should you do at home to help your child do well?
• Early bedtime--get at least 10 hours of sleep (which doctors recommend for kids this age every day anyway)
• Healthy, big breakfast (there is NO food allowed in MEAP rooms)
• Get to school on time--testing begins by 8:30 every day
• Do not take your child out of school for appointments
Please check your child's Blue Take Home Folder each day to check for mail, homework, and important information.

Dates to Remember:
WE all 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!

We gym on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary gym items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

Goal Setting due Monday, October 19!

Book Orders due Oct. 22nd!

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Language Arts: Did you upload your “Me You See” to the wiki?

3rd Grade Math:
Review due Monday
Test Wednesday
JP 50 and 53 (finish both and get them signed)
Study multiplication facts 3-5 for 10 minutes!
How to take online tests:
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:
None

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.

Our second day of MEAP was very productive! The kids did an amazing job! Our day was mostly filled with MEAP, but we did have time to work on our “Me You See” writing in class. Those who did not finish will do so at home and return the final copy on Friday.

CHOICE HOUR SELECTION FORMS: Please help your child fill this out asap. It is not officially due until Friday, but we are trying to win a contest!!!!

Goal setting forms also came home yesterday. They are due by Tuesday the 19th!

We will continue with the MEAP tomorrow, but we will have some time together as well! Below is the remaining schedule of testing.

• Thursday, Oct. 14: 4th grade Writing
• Tuesday, Oct. 19: 3rd and 4th Math
• Wednesday, Oct. 20: 4th grade Writing
• Make-up testing on all other days through Friday, October 29th for kids who were absent on the above days.

What should you do at home to help your child do well?
• Early bedtime--get at least 10 hours of sleep (which doctors recommend for kids this age every day anyway)
• Healthy, big breakfast (there is NO food allowed in MEAP rooms)
• Get to school on time--testing begins by 8:30 every day
• Do not take your child out of school for appointments
Please check your child's Blue Take Home Folder each day to check for mail, homework, and important information.

Dates to Remember:
3/4 Coney Bingo Night -It's a yearly tradition!
Date: October 15 6:30-8pm Location: BCS Cafeteria
Loads of prizes, food and fun! $5.50 per person payable at the door. RSVP in advance to Kathleen Mastrangelo atciao.andiamo@yahoo.com
WE all 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!

We gym on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary gym items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

Goal Setting due Monday, October 19!

Book Orders due Oct. 22nd!

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Language Arts: The final copy of the “Me You See” is due on Friday for those who did not finish the final copy in class.

3rd Grade Math:
HL 2.5 and HL 2.7 and JP 41 due Thursday!
Study multiplication facts 3-5 for 10 minutes!
How to take online tests:
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:
Review due Thursday. Study your addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts for ten minutes. We have our Unit 2 test on Friday.

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.

Our first day of MEAP was a huge success. The kids were so perfect today! I could tell that they did their best on the test, and I know they worked very hard! Way to go everyone! I am so proud of you! ☺

In your child’s mail yesterday, you received his/her choice hour selection form. Please help your child fill this out asap. It is not officially due until Friday, but we are trying to win a contest!!!!

Goal setting forms also came home yesterday. They are due by Tuesday the 19th!

We will continue with the MEAP tomorrow, but we will have some time together as well! Below is the remaining schedule of testing.
• Wednesday, Oct. 13: 3rd and 4th Reading
• Thursday, Oct. 14: 4th grade Writing
• Tuesday, Oct. 19: 3rd and 4th Math
• Wednesday, Oct. 20: 4th grade Writing

• Make-up testing on all other days through Friday, October 29th for kids who were absent on the above days.

What should you do at home to help your child do well?

• Early bedtime--get at least 10 hours of sleep (which doctors recommend for kids this age every day anyway)
• Healthy, big breakfast (there is NO food allowed in MEAP rooms)
• Get to school on time--testing begins by 8:30 every day
• Do not take your child out of school for appointments

Please check your child's Blue Take Home Folder each day to check for mail, homework, and important information.

Dates to Remember:
3/4 Coney Bingo Night -It's a yearly tradition!
Date: October 15 6:30-8pm Location: BCS Cafeteria
Loads of prizes, food and fun! $5.50 per person payable at the door. RSVP in advance to Kathleen Mastrangelo atciao.andiamo@yahoo.com

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!

We swim on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary swim items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

Goal Setting due Monday, October 19!
Book Orders due Oct. 22nd!
3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Language Arts: We are writing the final copy of our “Me You See” in class!

3rd Grade Math:
HL 2.5 and HL 2.7 and JP 41 due Thursday!
Study multiplication facts 3-5 for 10 minutes!
How to take online tests:
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:
Review due Thursday. Study your addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts for ten minutes. We have our Unit 2 test on Friday.


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.

Welcome to MEAP Weeks! Every child in BCS is tested. 3rd graders take Reading and Math. 4th graders take Reading, Writing, and Math. When we test, the kids are in my room with half of our class--the grade not being tested during that block has a rotation of activities in the Media Center. Having 13-14 kids in the room allows us to proctor well and provides a calm environment for the kids.

Posted below is the schedule of who tests when:
• Tuesday, Oct. 12: Reading
• Wednesday, Oct. 13: Reading
• Thursday, Oct. 14: 4th grade Writing
• Tuesday, Oct. 19: Math
• Wednesday, Oct. 20: 4th grade Writing
• Make-up testing on all other days through Friday, October 29th for kids who were absent on the above days.

What should you do at home to help your child do well?
• Early bedtime--get at least 10 hours of sleep (which doctors recommend for kids this age every day anyway)
• Healthy, big breakfast (there is NO food allowed in MEAP rooms)
• Get to school on time--testing begins by 8:30 every day
• Do not take your child out of school for appointments

If you have any questions, please email me.



Dates to Remember:
3/4 Coney Bingo Night -It's a yearly tradition!
Date: October 15 6:30-8pm Location: BCS Cafeteria
Loads of prizes, food and fun! $5.50 per person payable at the door. RSVP in advance to Kathleen Mastrangelo atciao.andiamo@yahoo.com
WE all 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!

We swim on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary swim items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:

Book Orders due Oct. 22nd!

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day


Language Arts: We are writing the final copy of our “Me You See” in class!

3rd Grade Math:
HL 2.5 and HL 2.7 and JP 41 due Thursday!
Study multiplication facts 3-5 for 10 minutes!

How to take online tests:
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:
Review due Thursday. Study your addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts for ten minutes. Test Friday.


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.

Next week starts the MEAP. Please do not have your child study! The best way to prepare is to get a good night’s sleep, eat a good breakfast, and get to school on time!!! Next week we are only testing on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. While the homework load may be lighter, it will still be there, so please continue checking the blog!

What a thrilling Thursday we had in room 204! This morning we worked in our sound groups recording and making sounds with different size nails. We also made our own nail xylophone movie. In the afternoon, we used rulers to investigate how size affects sound. We also watched a video clip on the wiki to learn more about sounds and vibrations. Visit our wiki to see our awesome group investigations.

Friday the kids have no school and the staff will be in a professional development meeting all day, missing the kids! Enjoy the long weekend with your friends and family! I will miss you tomorrow!


Please check your child's Blue Take Home Folder each day to check for mail, homework, and important information.

Dates to Remember:
3/4 Coney Bingo Night -It's a yearly tradition!
Date: October 15 6:30-8pm Location: BCS Cafeteria
Loads of prizes, food and fun! $5.50 per person payable at the door. RSVP in advance to Kathleen Mastrangelo atciao.andiamo@yahoo.com
WE all 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!

We swim on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary swim items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:
3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Cranbrook Field Trip permission slip/money due!

Language Arts: We are writing the final copy of our “Me You See” in class!

3rd Grade Math:
JP 2.4
Study multiplication facts 3-5 for 10 minutes!

How to take online tests:
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:
Geo-museums are due on Monday!!! Also due Monday: JP 49-50 SL 2.9 (please subtract using your favorite method. I prefer the “traditional method,” but you are free to use what works for you. Ignore the directions when they tell you to use a specific method)! Remember that the study link has two sides!!! You also have a paper called “The Mean is Not So Mean.” Please complete this for Monday as well. Finally, I handed out your pop quiz that we took on Tuesday. Please get it signed by Monday!!!!

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.

This day was wonderful! This morning we worked really hard writing our final draft of the “Me You See”. Tomorrow we will finish writing and begin drawing our pictures for this story. In the afternoon we did an experiment on making sounds with nails. We placed a small, medium and large nail onto a sponge and tested our predictions of the sounds. We tapped each nail with a pencil and recorded the sounds in audacity. Tomorrow we will take pictures of the nails and will upload the sounds and pictures to our wiki to share with you. Tomorrow is our last swim day!

We are excited to receive our new headphones for recording and listening. We would like to store each child's headphone in a gallon size pastic bag inside of each individual cubby. We would so appreciate a donation of gallon size plastic bags for the storage of our headphones. If you can make a donation, please send these bags to school with your child anyday. Any brand of gallon bags will be appreciated. Thanks greatly!

Please check your child's Blue Take Home Folder each day to check for mail, homework, and important information.

Dates to Remember:
3/4 Coney Bingo Night -It's a yearly tradition!
Date: October 15 6:30-8pm Location: BCS Cafeteria
Loads of prizes, food and fun! $5.50 per person payable at the door. RSVP in advance to Kathleen Mastrangelo atciao.andiamo@yahoo.com
WE all 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!

We swim on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary swim items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:
3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Cranbrook Field Trip permission slip/money due!

Language Arts: Me You See first draft was due Wednesday!

3rd Grade Math:
Hl 2.3

How to take online tests:
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:
JP 42-44
SL 2.7 (both sides)
Geo Museum Due 10-11-10

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.

What an awesome Monday we had in room 204. This morning we worked really hard on completion the first draft of our Me You See writing. Some of us began editing in class and others are taking this home for editing. Students will finish their draft at home and get it edited and revised by a parent. These are due back on Wednesday. We will begin our final drafts on Wednesday in class. In the afternoon, we worked on our sound investigations and posted our flip video to our wiki. Our summer project presentations were finished this afternoon. We enjoyed Ed. Tech today.


Tuesday I will be at ignite training.
Friday the kids have no school. We have professional development all day.

Please check your child's Blue Take Home Folder each day to check for mail, homework, and important information.

Dates to Remember:
3/4 Coney Bingo Night -It's a yearly tradition!
Date: October 15 6:30-8pm Location: BCS Cafeteria
Loads of prizes, food and fun! $5.50 per person payable at the door. RSVP in advance to Kathleen Mastrangelo atciao.andiamo@yahoo.com
WE all 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!

We swim on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary swim items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:
3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Cranbrook Field Trip permission slip/money due!

Language Arts: Today the first draft of the writing will be coming home. Students will finish their draft at home and get it edited and revised by a parent. These are due back to class on Wednesday. We will begin our final drafts on Wednesday in class. Finally, check to see if there are any details that you could add to make your paragraphs more interesting.

3rd Grade Math:
Finish JP 2.1; We did all but 2 of these together in class.
Get math test signed by a parent and return tomorrow!

How to take online tests:
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:
JP 40-41 SL 2.6 Geo-Museum Projects are due on October 11th!

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.

We had a Fantastic Friday! We had two “traveling field trips” visit us from the Cranbrook Science Center (this is being paid for with some of the money that you are sending in for our upcoming field trip to Cranbrook). One of the topics was Economics (the kids will say Money!) and the other was the Scientific Method. The kids and I really enjoyed these presentations. We had a lot of fun! It will be nice to refer to them this year when both topics pop up in our curriculum! Enjoy the video posts of our traveling Cranbrook experiences today!




Please check your child's Blue Take Home Folder each day to check for mail, homework, and important information.

Dates to Remember:
3/4 Coney Bingo Night -It's a yearly tradition!
Date: October 15 6:30-8pm Location: BCS Cafeteria
Loads of prizes, food and fun! $5.50 per person payable at the door.
RSVP in advance to Kathleen Mastrangelo atciao.andiamo@yahoo.com

WE all 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!

We swim on Tuesday and Thursday! Bring all necessary swim items for these days!

Here's what we have for you today:
3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes each day
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes each day

Cranbrook Field Trip permission slip/money due!

Language Arts: We are working on our Me You See writing in class!

3rd Grade Math:
Get 1.14 (family letter) signed by a parent
Due Monday: Go online and take The “Telling Time”, “Elapsed Time” and “Counting Money” quizzes online. Also, take the TIMED addition and Subtraction quizzes. *You will want to practice your addition and subtraction facts before taking these tests as they will count in your grade.

Students will bring the review home tonight as a study guide for the test on Friday.
All students must turn in their review on Friday in order to take the test.

Students can use their math journal, home link book and Student Reference Book for additional practice of unit 1 skills!

How to take online tests:
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:
JP 38-39 SL 2.5 Geo-Museum due 10-11-10 If you did not get your fact test signed, please do so!

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.