I greatly appreciate the most generous Nordstrom gift card from my homeroom families!   It is my favorite store!  It was so kind of you all. Thank you  for the thoughtful gift.

I had a fantastic school year with the most awesome class.  I wish you a joyous summer full of fun and adventure with your family and friends.

I look forward to seeing your smiling faces in September.

 Happy Summer,  Mrs. Butzini 

Tomorrow we have our end of the year party. Everyone will also need a bathing suit/towel for our party on the 14th!!! A PIZZA LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED ON THURSDAY. IF YOU DON'T LIKE PIZZA, BRING A LUNCH WITH YOU!!!

Move Up Day was VERY successful! Our current 3rd graders took on a leadership role in the class and made our new students feel welcome!! I was so proud of them!

Remember to bring TWO plastic bags tomorrow for Cubby and Locker Clean Out!

This week we have many fun things coming up!!!
IF YOU PRE-ORDERED A YEARBOOK, YOUR CHILD HAS RECEIVED IT.
Important dates to note are:


Wednesday-June 13th is our annual Wacky Recess where as a class we will travel around to various stations including dunk tank, tye dye and many more. A hotdog lunch will be provided for your child, however if your child would like to bring a lunch, that is fine too. You will want to send your child with a bathing suit under his/her clothes in the morning or send in an extra set of clothes. Everyone will get wet!!

Thursday we have our end of the year party. Everyone will also need a bathing suit/towel for our party on the 14th!!! This will be hosted by our fabulous Room Mothers, and from the sounds of it will be the best party yet!

Friday is our alst day of school and dismissal will be at 11:20am.

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.


Here’s What We Have for You:
Read 20/30 minutes

3rd Grade Math:
Last day of math!!! We are all done with math homework!!! Remember to have your child practice his/her math facts all summer long to keep them fresh!

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:
Surprise! We are taking the Unit 12 test as a take-home test!!! The kids have it and it is due Monday with a parent signature!!! I explained to the kids that I want them to try the test on their own first, and then they are free to ask parents for help when necessary! Parents: Feel free to help your child in any way you see necessary!!! YOU MAY KEEP YOUR CHILD’S MATH JOURNAL AND STUDY LINK BOOK AT HOME!!!!

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!

Just a reminder that the End Of the Year Party is next Thursday all day; I will send out a reminder this weekend in terms of volunteer commitments. Tomorrow is the due date to turn in your t-shirt for tye dying. I will be in the classroom tomorrow morning to collect the shirts to give to the committee. Please let me know if you will have trouble turning in a shirt by then.

Thank you,

Anna Hurley

It was a thrilling Thursday in room 204!

The end of the year is fast approaching! Important dates to note are:

Move Up Day (it is actually just for the morning) is Monday June 11
Wacky Recess is Wednesday June 13 (swimsuits and towel will be needed)
The End of Year party is Thursday June 14 10:20-2:30pm. Please hand in your T-Shirt or tie dye item to your classroom teacher by Monday, June 11th! Please email Mrs. Kohl or Mrs. Rifkin if you are available to help with a station (see email sent out to Parkin homeroom parents yesterday. Thank
Friday, June 8th - T-shirts for tie dying are due in a ziplock bag with your childs name on it. There will be a collection bin in the classroom. Info on what types of t-shirts are best for tie dying are on the flyer.

Thursday, June 14th - Our end of year party. Please have you child bring their bathing suit and towel on this day. The festivities will begin at 10:20 and wrap up at 2:30.

ATTENTION ALL 3/4GRADERS!!
It’s Time to TIE DYE at our End of the Year Party!

Please bring a T-Shirt or item to tie dye in a large Ziploc bag. Write your name and your teacher’s name on the bag and bring to school by Monday, June 8. You can use any clean, white, 100% cotton item that you already have. Items that already have screen printing on them are okay.

If purchasing a T-Shirt to tie dye, please consider the following:
• When buying packaged undershirts, purchase adult sizes small or medium. Youth-sized undershirts are not true to size and will shrink to be too small/short. After washing, adult small undershirts will fit most 8-10 year old children.
• Hanes brand 100% cotton tie dyes the best.
• T-Shirts that are pre-washed will hold the dye better.

Please hand in your T-Shirt or tie dye item to your classroom teacher by Monday, June 8!

Questions? Please email Julie Karmanos at juliekarmanos@gmail.com



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 and Cursive
Math: (3rd) Measurement- Plotting Points on a Coordinate Graph and Mean
Social Studies: Government
Co-curricular class: Spanish and Engage

Here’s What We Have for You:

We are swimming!
Bring your t-shirt by Friday!
Read 20/30 minutes

3rd Grade Math:
HL 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9
Today in class we learned how to find the mean (average) of a set of numbers. We made bar graphs as well.
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:
JP 326-327 (On JP 327, #2 and #6 are optional). SL 12.6. We also have 15 minutes of IXL due tomorrow!

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!

It was a wonderful Wednesday in room 204! This morning we learned about our core values as Americans. We also learned about our Nation’s Government and the roles of three branches of government. In the afternoon, we completed our Realistic Fiction Glogsters and had time for swimming and engineering tech today. It was a very day full of learning.

The end of the year is fast approaching! Important dates to note are:

Friday, June 8th - T-shirts for tie dying are due in a ziplock bag with your childs name on it. There will be a collection bin in the classroom. Info on what types of t-shirts are best for tie dying are on the flyer.

Thursday, June 14th - Our end of year party. Please have you child bring their bathing suit and towel on this day. The festivities will begin at 10:20 and wrap up at 2:30.

ATTENTION ALL 3/4GRADERS!!
It’s Time to TIE DYE at our End of the Year Party!

Please bring a T-Shirt or item to tie dye in a large Ziploc bag. Write your name and your teacher’s name on the bag and bring to school by Monday, June 8. You can use any clean, white, 100% cotton item that you already have. Items that already have screen printing on them are okay.

If purchasing a T-Shirt to tie dye, please consider the following:
• When buying packaged undershirts, purchase adult sizes small or medium. Youth-sized undershirts are not true to size and will shrink to be too small/short. After washing, adult small undershirts will fit most 8-10 year old children.
• Hanes brand 100% cotton tie dyes the best.
• T-Shirts that are pre-washed will hold the dye better.

Please hand in your T-Shirt or tie dye item to your classroom teacher by Monday, June 8!

Questions? Please email Julie Karmanos at juliekarmanos@gmail.com



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 and Cursive
Math: (3rd) Measurement- Scales
Co-curricular class: Engineering Tech

Here’s What We Have for You:

We are swimming!
Bring your t-shirt by Friday!
Read 20/30 minutes

3rd Grade Math:
HL 10.6
Today in class we learned how to find the mean (average) of a set of numbers. We made bar graphs as well.
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:
JP 322-323 SL 12.5 (#7 is optional). 10 minutes of IXL and the skills are your choice! We have all of our SRB’s in so we got a treat today!!!

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!

Thank you to all that braved our field trip on Friday to Greenfield Village. The day started off a little wet, but cleared up around lunch and ended up to be a nice afternoon.

The end of the year is fast approaching! Important dates to note are:

Friday, June 8th - T-shirts for tie dying are due in a ziplock bag with your childs name on it. There will be a collection bin in the classroom. Info on what types of t-shirts are best for tie dying are on the flyer.

Thursday, June 14th - Our end of year party. Please have you child bring their bathing suit and towel on this day. The festivities will begin at 10:20 and wrap up at 2:30.

ATTENTION ALL 3/4GRADERS!!
It’s Time to TIE DYE at our End of the Year Party!

Please bring a T-Shirt or item to tie dye in a large Ziploc bag. Write your name and your teacher’s name on the bag and bring to school by Monday, June 8. You can use any clean, white, 100% cotton item that you already have. Items that already have screen printing on them are okay.

If purchasing a T-Shirt to tie dye, please consider the following:
• When buying packaged undershirts, purchase adult sizes small or medium. Youth-sized undershirts are not true to size and will shrink to be too small/short. After washing, adult small undershirts will fit most 8-10 year old children.
• Hanes brand 100% cotton tie dyes the best.
• T-Shirts that are pre-washed will hold the dye better.

Please hand in your T-Shirt or tie dye item to your classroom teacher by Monday, June 8!

Questions? Please email Julie Karmanos at juliekarmanos@gmail.com



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 and Cursive
Math: (3rd) Measurement- Scales
Co-curricular class: Engineering Tech

Here’s What We Have for You:

We are swimming!

Read 20/30 minutes

3rd Grade Math:
HL 10.3 and 10.4 due tomorrow
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! Today you are receiving a bright yellow flyer that will help you stay on top of your math skills over the summer. Be sure to give that to mom or dad. Please get your Unit 12 test letter signed. Tonight we also need to complete JP 312, 315 SL 12.2 SL 12.3

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!