What an awesome day! This morning the 4th graders attended the Battle of the Books launch. It is very exciting for our 4th graders. They can begin checking out the battle books today. If you haven’t signed up, you will want to do that ASAP. We had time for Math, Eng Tech, Spanish, Social Studies and Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop today. It was a day full of learning!
Wednesday is Halloween!!!! Please do not send your child to school wearing a costume. We have a normal day of learning until 1:30pm when everyone will be given 15 minutes to change into costumes. At 1:45pm, we have an all-school parade and all parents are invited! It is a lot of fun!!!! After the parade, we will head to Room 104A and the hallway next to it for our party with Mrs. Frishman’s class. When you are helping your child prepare his/her costume, please ensure that your child’s costume does not come with any weapons, blood, or gore. This is school policy and we appreciate you helping us keep our holiday fun school appropriate!!!
Conference Sign-Up:
The sign-up form for parent conferences is posted outside of our classroom door. Conferences are November Thursday, November 15 and Monday, November 19.
Dear Parents:
Volunteers are needed for the upcoming book fair.
Our Fall Book Fair is November 13th (Set up) through November 19th (Take Down). On Conference days (11/15 and 11/19) the Book Fair is open till 8:00 pm (other days till 3:00 pm). Please take a moment and check the Volunteer Schedule on Signupgenius http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D48AAA728A75-bcsfall1 for the available 2 hour shifts.
This is a fun event and all proceeds go directly to the Media Center to purchase new materials.
Please feel free to contact Shiva or Theresa with any questions.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Shiva Motlagh & Theresa Valentine
Book Fair Co-Chairs
Battle of the Books:
Attention Fourth Grade Readers! Here is a link to the Battle site that will provide you with all of the information you need!
http://bcsbattle.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/
Lansing Field Trip is November 28 –
Students will be allowed to bring ANY electronic devices for this trip (DS/IPOD/KINDLE FIRE, etc). They will be responsible for these during the trip. There is no fee for this trip. Please return the signed permission slip and return it to school on Friday.
Scholastic Book Club ordering. It’s so easy! Click on the link in the Places to Go and Explore section (right hand side) Set up your own parent username and password and type in the following code for Butzin’s class: HDPNQ
There are various magazines available to order from.
https://orders.scholastic.com/HDPNQ
Subjects taught today:
Math – Trade First and Counting Up Subtraction
Co curricular class: Eng Tech and Spanish
Social Studies –Northeast Region
Reader’s/Writer’s Workshop- Connections and Publishing
Gym/Swim Schedule: We gym/swim from 12:15-1:00pm on Thursdays and 9:25-10:10am on Fridays.
Here is what we have for you today:
We have mail!
We are collecting Box Tops for education.
Language Arts:
Bring Chapter Book
3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes
4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes
Go onto Raz Kids and read a book this week! Of course you can do more if you would like! Students have a label in the planner with the password.
Raz Kids Teacher Username: butzin
3rd Grade Math:
HL 2.8 and JP 48-49
Review due Wednesday
Test Wednesday
IXL for 10 minutes
Try setting up your own practice quizzes on thatquiz.org. You do not log in to set up practice quizzes. Just click the area you would like to study and click on the no. of questions/level/timing settings you want to try.
To get to thatquiz.org click on the link under Frequently Visited Places:
• Click on your name
• Type in your school password (no username needed)
• Position one hand over the numbers on your keyboard and the other hand to click Enter or Submit with the mouse.
Click on your name and use your school password to log in and take the assigned tests.
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 End of Year fact expectations:
Students should have quick mental recall of the following number of facts by the end of the year: 50 addition/50 subtraction facts in 2 mins and 100 division/multiplication facts in 5 mins
4th Grade Math:
Due tomorrow is JP 71 (#8 a and b are optional/challenge problems) and SL 3.10. We have a review due Thursday. We will also take our Unit 3 timed tests on Thursday. We have two online tests due on Friday. The codes are HHWO7599 and XLYP0554. We will have our Unit 3 Test Friday.
Important Reminders:
• School starts at 8:20. Students should be in their homeroom seat by this time.
• Please bring 3 sharp pencils to class every day.
• Bring a water bottle and two healthy snacks every day.
• Bring a chapter book every day.
