Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends!!
Book orders are coming home today with your child. There are some great Scholastic book titles available for your children, many as low as $1! These would make great gifts so please take some time to explore the attached catalogs with your child over Thanksgiving break. If there are items purchased as gifts, please send Janine Deighan an email and she will be happy to make alternate plans or wrap in brown paper. Our orders will be placed on November 30 in order to ensure books are delivered before Winter break. If you have any questions about the ordering process, please feel free to contact Janine Deighan at 5deighans@gmail.com
Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Thankful paragraph
Math: (3rd): Multiplication
Social Studies: Thanksgiving
Co-curricular class: Spanish and Engage
Here’s What We Have for You:
Field Trip Permission Slip/Payment due ASAP
Book orders:
Holiday Gift orders will be submitted on November 30
For easier ordering, please click on the book clubs link (see right side of blog) and register. Create your own username and password. Enter our classroom code: HDPNQ and pay for your order online. You can then use this username and password for all future orders. The books will usually arrive approximately 1 week after the due date. Have fun shopping!
Spelling:
Please have a parent read and sign the spelling letter. Show your parent your list of spelling words. Learn the pattern/list of words by using spellingcity.com (see link on frequently visited sites) Homework/signed letter is due back on Tuesday Nov 29th
You will take your test IN SCHOOL on Tuesday November 29th
Paragraph Practice:
Due November 29 (Tuesday)
3rd Grade Math:
None
How to take online tests:
Go to my blog http://www.butzinbcs.blogspot.com/
Scroll down to “Places to Go and Explore”
Click on 3rd grade online MATH TEST site!
Find your name and log in using your school password (this is in on a sticker in your planner)
Or, log into your school email and click on the emails (with a link) that have been sent to you.
3rd Grade End of Year Fact Expectations:
Students should have quick mental recall of the following number of facts by the end of the year: 30 addition/30 subtraction facts in 2 mins and 50 division/50 multiplication facts in 3 mins
4th Grade Math:
None
To get to a student’s BPS email:
1. Go to the BPS homepage at http://www.birmingham.k12.mi.us/
2. Hover over the “Parents/Students” link on the top menu bar. A drop down menu will appear.
3. In the drop down menu, click on “Student Links.”
4. Click on the “Microsoft Outlook 2007” icon:
5. A pop-up for username and password will appear. The student’s username must be entered with the full extension -- username@birmingham.k12.mi.us . The password is the same password the students uses to login at school.
Spanish:
4th grade go to: http://kron11.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/
3rd grade go to: http://geisler10.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/home">http://geisler10.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/home
Please make sure your child has a good book with him/her each day! We usually have 15 minutes of silent reading time each day!
Please check your child's Blue Take Home Folder each day to check for mail, homework, and important information.
PLEASE INITIAL YOUR CHILD’S PLANNER EACH NIGHT SO I KNOW YOU ARE AWARE OF THE HOMEWORK AND EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM!
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!!!
PLEASE SEND YOUR CHILD WITH A WATER BOTTLE!!! This helps a lot, so he/she does not have to leave
the room when thirsty! Your child is also welcome to keep healthy snacks in our classroom to eat any
time!
