What an exciting day in room 204…our aquarium plants and animals arrived today! In the afternoon, we built our aquariums and added the plants, snails and mosquito fish. We will add some pics to our wiki to share with you next week!
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.
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.
Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Sign of the Beaver Ch 18
Science: Aquarium Observation
Math: (3rd): How Wet? How Dry? 5.10
Co-curricular class: Spanish and Engage
Here’s What We Have for You:
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:
Review due Wednesday
Get review signed
Unit 5 Test Thursday
IXL for 30 minutes by Tuesday - You need to focus on multiplication fact 6 in IXL for 30 minutes! After you have mastered fact 6, work on any other skill in IXL.
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:
All homework assigned today is due Tuesday! We have our Unit 5 review and 30 minutes of IXL. 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! We also have four online tests due Tuesday and the codes are IASZ2464, FMES3099, ITUK6799, and OZGX9190. Our Unit 5 test will be on Wednesday the 18th!
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!
