This morning in writers workshop, we worked with our writing buddy on creating sensory details for our writing piece. Afterwards, we picked a few to add to our writing. This really made an impact on our writing allowing us to really use our five senses when describing things in our writing.
Today, your child is bringing home a permission slip for the Orchestra Hall. Please ask your child to share this with you tonight!
Our class turned in all of the Choice Hour forms before the deadline! Yippie! They are so proud and ready to celebrate with a fun movie. Students will be bringing home a permission slip for the movie voted on by the class. Please ask your child to share this with you tonight.
Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Sign of the Beaver Ch 19
Science: Wiki Observation Postings
Math: (3rd): More Decimals (5.11)
Co-curricular class: Spanish and Engage
Here’s What We Have for You:
Orchestra Hall Slip due
Read 20/30 minutes
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
Nature Center Field Trip and Movie permission slips are due ASAP!
Spelling:
Homework due 1/20 and Test 1/20 @ school
3rd Grade Math:
Take online timed 6 multiplication fact quiz due tomorrow! Practice BEFORE you log in to take the online quiz.
HL 5.11
Signed Review due tomorrow
Unit 6 Test Thursday
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:
Tonight’s homework is 15 minutes of IXL. I want the kids to focus on the multiplication practice (skills D1-D18) and when those are finished, we can choose any skills we want! Today the kids and I spent a lot of time practicing traditional multiplication and partial-products multiplication. Your child has a paper in his/her green math folder to show you some of this practice! We decided to make our review due tomorrow and our test is now Thursday!
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!
