12/10/2012
Marvelous Monday!
It was a marvelous Monday in room 204. This morning we had time for math, Eng Tech and wiki work. We created a new Character Project page for an upcoming project in January. In the afternoon we experimented with matter, went book shopping and even had time for Spanish! At the end of the day, our class conducted a hall sweep to help keep our school clean and organized.
Subjects taught today:
Math: Math Workshop- Multiplication and Division Fact Families
Co curricular class: Eng Tech and Spanish
Science/Social Studies: Matter Experiment
Language Arts: Reader’s Workshop - Book Shopping
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:
Book Orders due Wednesday (12th)!
Social Studies:
Northeast State Research Wiki assignment was due Monday, December 10!
Spelling:
None- We will begin our next list after the break.
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 90
HL 4.6
Study x10 facts for 10 minutes each day
IXL for 10 minutes (You should have 50 minutes logged for the week by Sunday.)
We will take a timed 10x 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:
Tonight’s homework is JP 126 and 129. SL 5.8 and SL 5.9. We had 20 minutes in class to start this work and we did the best job!
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