Now that our media center is closed for the year for checkouts, please help your child to find 2 or more independent reading books per week. They may be from the library, from home, ebooks, etc. as long as your child has something to read in class. I have a classroom library as well!
We will be going to Greenfield Village TOMORROW departing at 9 and returning by 2:15. We have the following families volunteering as chaperones:
Michelini, Croft, Hurley, Alexander, Deighan, Richardson, and Karmanos
For tomorrow’s field trip, bring:
--Picnic lunch, drink, water bottle (recyclables are great!)
--Small backpack to carry your own lunch
--Raingear (umbrella, boats, raincoat, whatever you will be comfortable wearing or carrying in your backpack
--Comfy shoes (they might get wet in the rain)
Departure:
• Chaperones arrive outside of classroom at 8:50am.
• Busses will depart BCS at 9:00am. There will be 8 busses, one for each class.
Arrival at Greenfield Village:
• Enjoy the exploration of Greenfield Village at your own pace with your small group of students. Scavenger hunts have been provided for optional use. These history hunts highlight specific locations in Greenfield Village. They could serve as a guide throughout your day.
• The train ride is not included in the cost of the trip.
• Teachers will be acting as facilitators and will be circulating throughout Greenfield Village during the trip.
• Chaperones choose the time and place for groups to eat their picnic lunches.
• Please meet at the Clock Tower at 1:15 p.m. Busses will leave for BCS at 1:30 and are scheduled to arrive back at BCS before 2:30.
Just to let you know: Our classroom air conditioning gets very cold in the spring/summer months. Please have your child bring a sweater or sweat shirt to keep in his/her locker for the remainder of the year.
Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Realistic Fiction Glog
Math: (3rd) Volume of Boxes
Science: Variables
Co-curricular class: Spanish and Engage
Here’s What We Have for You:
We are swimming!
Read 20/30 minutes
3rd Grade Math:
HL 10.2
IXL for 10 minutes
Please turn in your SRB that you have had at home all year!! We will all get a treat when they are all turned in!
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:
Please turn in your SRB that you have had at home all year!! We will all get a treat when they are all turned in! JP 310-311 SL 12.1 20 minutes of IXL. We don’t have math tomorrow due to the field trip. All of our homework is due on Monday. We will get our Unit 11 test then as well!
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
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.
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!
