We are working hard today in 204 and celebrating crazy day! We have been reviewing grammar rules…our focus has been capitalization and nouns. Today during our writer’s workshop, I noticed that students are working really hard to apply these rules. In the afternoon, we focused on our study of Michigan geography, Ecosystems reading workshop and went swimming. We received our new choice hour forms Monday! They are due Friday, but we want to win the contest so we are going to try to turn ours in by Thursday! Don’t forget money if you need it.
Spirit Week Schedule:
Thursday – Twin day (pair up with a friend and dress/look alike)
Friday - Grade colors 3rd -White / 4th - Red
BLAST UPDATE: We are still in need of bodies to volunteer for the blast. If you can volunteer, please contact Anna Hurley@ annathurley@gmail.com.
Student-Led Conferences will be held on March 21st and 22nd from 1:00pm – 4:00pm and 5:00pm – 8:00pm (your child will have a half-day of school both days).
Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Book Club Friendly Letter Publishing
Social Studies: Michigan Unit 2 - Regions
Math: (3rd): Review/Practice for Unit 7 assessment
Co-curricular class: Engineering Tech and Swimming
Here’s What We Have for You:
We are now swimming on Wednesday and Friday.
Conference Sign Up outside of our classroom door
Choice Hour Form: Due Wednesday
Read 20/30 minutes
Writing:
Paragraph Practice “Stop Polluting My Habit” is due Monday, March 26th
Spelling:
We will be getting our new spelling assignment on Friday.
Spelling City:
Remember click log in and click log out for each activity to register on your account. To see what your teacher sees on the site, click on “My Records” after logging in.
3rd Grade Math:
Signed Review due tomorrow
Unit 7 Test tomorrow
Get HL 7.10 signed
IXL for 10 minutes skill builders (focus on 7 or challenge yourself if you have taken the timed test)
Take online timed x7 quiz by Friday
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:
On Friday your child received a “Fraction Card Project.” This project is due on Friday, March 16th. We got our Unit 7 Review yesterday. It is due on tomorrow and we will go over it in class then! Our Unit 7 test is Friday! It will include a multiplication and division fact test as well.
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!
