We had the best Spirit Week!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day weekend! Enjoy this gorgeous weather with your family and friends. All choice hour forms were due today by 4:00pm.
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).
Here’s What We Have for You:
We are swimming now on Wednesday and Friday.
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:
Today we received our graded unit 7 test. This weekend, get it signed by a parent and show it to me on Monday.
IXL skill builders for 10 minutes. You will focus on multiplying by 8. If you have mastered this, move on to something more challenging!
Today we took our Unit 7 test. We will work hard this weekend to have them back to your kids on Monday! Our fraction card projects were due today and I will look at those as well! We have a few things due Monday: SL 7.11 (the second two pages which are pages 167 and 168 in your study link book) and two online tests. The codes are TEDC3509 and WJZC7181.
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:
Today we took our Unit 7 test. We will work hard this weekend to have them back to your kids on Monday! Our fraction card projects were due today and I will look at those as well! We have a few things due Monday: SL 7.11 (the second two pages which are pages 167 and 168 in your study link book) and two online tests. The codes are TEDC3509 and WJZC7181.
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!
