11/30/2012

Thanks Owen O....what a delish brownie!

It was a Fantabulous Friday! This morning we published our President of My House paragraph to our wiki. We learned how to tag today as well! In the afternoon we learned more about energy sources and stored energy! It was a full day topped off with a delish brownie at the end. Thanks Owen O for such a yummy class treat!



Subjects taught today:

Math: Math Workshop

Co curricular class: Engage and Swim

Language Arts – President’s Paragraph Publishing

Science- Energy Experiment Review





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:



Social Studies:

Lansing PPT due Monday

Finish the Lansing slides and add pictures. Use pictures that you captured yesterday or have a parent help you locate some on the internet. Upload the Lansing Reflection to your student portfolio page and also to the class Social Studies Lansing Experience. Tag the page: blr



Spelling:

Test on Friday, December 7th

Signed Check list due Dec. 7th





Language Arts:

Bring Chapter Book

3rd Grade Reading: 20 minutes

4th Grade Reading: 30 minutes

Raz Kids: Read a book and take a quiz 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:

We will take our second timed 8 multiplication quiz on Monday.

Study 8 multiplication facts for 10+ min this weekend. Prepare so that you are ready to do well on the quiz.

You should have logged 50 min on IXL for the week by Sunday night!



Electronic Math:

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:

Today in class we spent a lot of time talking about extended multiplication (SL 5.2). I let the kids know that sometime next week we will have a pop quiz on extended multiplication. I recommend studying your multiplication facts as well as problems like those found on SL 5.2.

Our homework due Monday is JP 115-116 SL 5.4 We also have a traditional multiplication paper with ten problems to complete (5 on each side). Finally, we have 10 minutes of IXL focusing on skills B1, C1, D1, and E1.



Important Reminders:

We are collecting Box Tops for education.



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



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