It was a marvelous Monday in Room 204! We started our day with Math, Eng Tech. and Snack. We then focused on using onlineresearch tools for our upcoming research assignment of our Northeast state. We worked in the media center with Mrs. Truesdell and learned how to use Culture Grams, World Book and Abdo online. Tomorrow we will continue to research in the media center. After lunch we had the chance to shop for new books and then we had Writer’s Workshop. The kids are getting so good at the structure of a paragraph! I am impressed!
Tomorrow is a late start day. Students arrive at 9:50.
Subjects taught today:
Math: Math Workshop
Co curricular class: Spanish and Eng Tech
Language Arts: Drafting Summer Memory Paragraph and Reader’s Workshop
Science/Social Studies:
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 was due today, Dec 3
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:
Paragraph Practice due Dec. 18 (Tuesday)
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:
JP 81, 82, and 83 (We did most of these in class today during math workshop.)
HL 4.2
Study 9 facts for 10 min
IXL for 10 min
We will take a 9x fact quiz on Monday!
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
