Our Monday has been Marvelous! I am so proud of our amazing class….they have been such great team players. Today you will see a few letters coming home in the folder. We are starting a reading challenge that allows us to work towards a Superbowl Party! Ask your child to share the detailed letter with you tonight.
Field Trip Friday: I currently have the families of Alexander, Stebbins, Hurley, Juriga, Coyer, Ryan, Deighan and Richardson joining us on the trip. Please meet in the media center at 9:00 for an overview of the day. Join us in the classroom afterwards and begin boarding busses at 9:15. You will want to bring a bag lunch for this trip. We plan to return around 1:45. Thanks for joining us.
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Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Sign of the Beaver
Social Studies: Review for quiz on Wednesday
Math: (3rd): Place Value in Decimals 5.7
Co-curricular class: Art
Here’s What We Have for You:
Paragraph Practice:
“The Day It Rained Chocolate Pudding” due January 25 – You will post this to your wiki and tag it to the class LA page.
Reading to the Superbowl Coupons are due on: Jan 17th , 23rd, and 30th
Field Trip Forms due TUESDAY! A new form is coming today for the nature center trip. There is no fee for this event. Detroit Historical Field Trip form was due Monday. A few students need to bring this in Tuesday.
Social Studies:
TCI Chapter 2 Quiz Monday
Review came home on 1/4/12
3rd Grade Math:
Online Quiz "Decimal Identification" due Wednesday
HL 5.7 due tomorrow
We are taking a multiplication quiz on 5 this Thursday. Study your 5 x facts for 5 minutes each day so that you are ready for this on Thursday!
Some students did not complete 15 minutes of IXL multiplication over the weekend and are doing it today during success center.
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:
We had four online tests due today! We got our pop quizzes back today. They are due with a signature tomorrow! We have a paper called, “Unit 5 Measurement Practice” that is due tomorrow along with JP 130-131 SL 5.9. We have 30 minutes of IXL due by Thursday. I want you to focus on the multiplication skills (D1-D18) during that half hour. If you finish all of them, you can move on to any skills you choose! I am planning to test this Unit on the 17th or 18th. We have so many new skills so I don’t want to rush it and I will give you an exact test date as soon as I know!
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!
