I will be attending a district professional development meeting tomorrow.
Read to the Seniors Party on Friday, May 18. This is a wonderful trip. Drivers will arrive at BCS at 9:40 and return to school by 11:05. We have the following parent chaperones/drivers for the party:
Deighan (5), Culver (3), DeVos (4), Wilker (6), Hurley (5), Wilms (5), and Raj (5)
Least-Amount-of-Overdues Contest: WE are ALMOST there! Keep looking around for these lost books. The contest is earlier this year due to the media center floor renovations.
Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Book Clubs
Math: (3rd) Factors of a Whole Number and Sharing Money
Science: None
Social Studies: Michigan Manufacturing
Co-curricular class: Engineering Tech
Here’s What We Have for You:
Least-Amount-of-Overdues Contest- Media center books are due ASAP!
We are in the gym now.
BAASC Reading Party Field Trip: This trip is on Friday, May 18 from 10-11. We will be reading to the Seniors on this day. Students will bring 2 or more of their favorite chapter books from home or check them out from the Baldwin Library.
Read 20/30 minutes
3rd Grade Math:
HL9.5
IXL 10 min focus on G1-G2
Take online timed test before Wednesday
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 one final assessment that will help our counselors place our students in the best math classes for them next year. No homework tonight!! Just play!!! We will get our Unit 10 tests back tomorrow!!
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!
