4/30/2012

What a marvelous Monday! A few students need to return the permission slip for our trip to BAASC to our Read with the Seniors Party. This is one of my most favorite trips!

Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Time for Kids Roundup
Math: (3rd) Money Problem Solving
Science: Variables.
Social Studies: None
Co-curricular class: Engineering Tech

Here’s What We Have for You:
We are in the gym now.

BAASC Reading Party Field Trip letter is due on April 30 (Monday). This trip is on Friday, May 18 from 10-11. We will be reading to the Seniors on this day.

Paragraph Practice: This was due April 26 (Directions came home on April 12)

Read 20/30 minutes

Spelling:
Homework due and Test May 2
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:
HL 9.1
Handout Unit Cost ( We worked on this for 10 minutes in class.)
Take online division by 2 quiz before Wednesday
Get test signed and show Mrs. Butzin on Monday
IXl for 10 minutes

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 worked on some problem solving skills in class. We will get our Unit 9 test back tomorrow and start Unit 10 which is a lot of fun! Tonight’s homework is 15 minutes of IXL. Please work on mastering skills D1, E1, and P21 before choosing skills on your own.

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!

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