1/14/2013

Happy Monday!

Today we are beginning our Reading to Waiki Challenge beigns today! We are so excited to cast-off into reading and set our sails for paradise! Ask your child to share all of the details with you tonight. You will find these in a special letter with tickets to Paradise attached. Our reading party is going to be on February 8 from 1:00-1:55…you are welcome to join in and catch the spirit of reading for enjoyment and celebrate with us on this day.

Remember to send in your field trip permission slips ASAP with $4.



Subjects taught today:

Math: Math Workshop- Decimals for Metric Measurements

Co curricular class: Eng Tech and Spanish

Science/Social Studies: Painted Lady Butterfly Larva and Mealworm larva observations

Language Arts: Reader’s Workshop –Book and 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:

Reading to Waikiki Ticket due dates:

January 22

January 28

February 4

February 8

Party February 8 1:05-1:55pm in the GYM!



DSO field trip letter due Tuesday-$4;00 for transportation



Social Studies:
State Glogster project was due January 14. Students will bring the details home for parents. Students worked on it today, Jan. 14, in class for about 40 minutes. 
Some students need to turn in the Glogster handout.
Character Project-Due before January 31-Students received a letter detailing this assignment.  It is also posted on our wiki under the Character tab.

Spelling:
We got our next spelling list and the work will be due on Friday, January 18th. We will take our test that day as well. Students wrote their spelling words in their planner today as well.



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 by Friday! 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 5.9

Unit 5 Review due Wednesday SIGNED by a parent

Unit 5 Test Thursday

We have a timed x quiz on 1-6x facts Friday!

Fact Practice: x 3 and 4 for 15 minutes (or study what you need practice on) IXL -10 minutes –focus on S and T

You should have 50 minutes logged for the week by Sunday.

You are free to bring your own electronic devices as well for math game time!



Electronic Math:


Spelling: We got our next spelling list in our mail and the work will be due on Friday, January 18th. We will take our test that day as well!

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 160, 163 (On JP 163, we are only doing #5 which will require some work on JP 162). SL 6.8 SL 6.9 (On SL 6.9, we are only doing #4-7). We are going to have our Unit 6 Fact Tests on Thursday this week and our Unit 6 Test on Friday the 18th. We also have IXL Goals due on February 1st. Ask your child to show you what needs to be turned in for this.

!



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



1/11/2013

Have a great weekend!

Our day was filled with lots of excitement. This morning we enjoyed reading Because of Winn Dixie and discussing the author’s purpose and audience. In the afternoon, we observed our mealworms and caterpillars in action. We also had a chance to work on our Life Cycle wiki page. At the end of the day, we practice cursive and enjoyed Jordan’s Catch of the Week presentation.




Look for a field trip letter that will be coming home today.

We also have mail!



Subjects taught today:

Math: Math Workshop- Decimals and Fractions

Co curricular class: PE and Engage

Science/Social Studies: Painted Lady Butterfly Larva and Mealworm larva observations

Language Arts: Reader’s Workshop –Because of Winn Dixie Ch 20-21

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:



DSO field trip letter due Tuesday….$4;00 for transportation



Social Studies:

State Glogster project is due January 14. Students will bring the details home for parents. Students worked on this for 1.5 hours today in class. Students got a great start on this assignment in class.



Spelling:

We got our next spelling list and the work will be due on Friday, January 18th. We will take our test that day as well. Students wrote their spelling words in their planner today as well.



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 by Friday! 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 5.8

Fact Practice: x 3 and 4 for 15 minutes (or study what you need practice on) We have a timed x quiz on 3 and 4 Friday!

IXL -10 minutes –focus on S and T

You should have 50 minutes logged for the week by Sunday.

You are free to bring your own electronic devices as well for math game time!



Electronic Math:











Spelling: We got our next spelling list in our mail and the work will be due on Friday, January 18th. We will take our test that day as well!

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 we learned how to use a half-circle protractor to measure and draw angles. It’s not easy and takes a lot of practice!!! Tonight’s homework is JP 157-159 SL 6.7. We have online tests due Monday and the codes are 2GWAW6B2, CIWTIHLW, and 6YUVY57C. We also have IXL Goals due on February 1st. Ask your child to show you what needs to be turned in for this.




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



1/10/2013

Congratulations Team Butzin!!!!!


What an exciting day! Our wonderful mealworm and Painted Lady larva arrived this afternoon. It was so awesome to observe them and learn about this stage of their lives. We’ve added some pictures to our wiki to share with you. We can’t wait to see how they change overnight! We are thrilled that we are winners of the choice hour contest. Everyone turned their forms on time…way to go TEAM BUTZIN!!!!!



Subjects taught today:

Math: Math Workshop- Unit 5 Place Value in Decimals

Co curricular class: PE and Swim

Science/Social Studies: Painted Lady Butterfly Larva and Mealworm larva observations

Language Arts: Reader’s Workshop –Because of Winn Dixie Ch 18-19

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:



Choice Hour: WE WON!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!



Social Studies:

State Glogster project is due January 14. Students will bring the details home for parents. Students worked on this for 1.5 hours today in class. Students got a great start on this assignment in class.



Spelling:

We got our next spelling list and the work will be due on Friday, January 18th. We will take our test that day as well. Students wrote their spelling words in their planner today as well.



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 by Friday! 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 5.6 and 5.7

Fact Practice: x 3 and 4 for 15 minutes (or study what you need practice on) We have a timed x quiz on 3 and 4 Friday!

IXL -10 minutes –focus on A and B

You should have 50 minutes logged for the week by Sunday.

You are free to bring your own electronic devices as well for math game time!



Electronic Math:











Spelling: We got our next spelling list in our mail and the work will be due on Friday, January 18th. We will take our test that day as well!

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 156 SL 6.6. We have online tests due Monday and the codes are 2GWAW6B2, CIWTIHLW, and 6YUVY57C. We also have IXL Goals due on February 1st. Ask your child to show you what needs to be turned in for this.

!



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



1/09/2013


It was a very busy day in room 204! We had a chance to celebrate Jordan’s 10th birthday Happy Birthday Jordan!



Subjects taught today:

Math: Math Workshop- Unit 5 Population Comparisons

Co curricular class: Eng Tech

Science/Social Studies: Time For Kids

Language Arts: Reader’s Workshop –Because of Winn Dixie Ch 15-17 and Media Center



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:



Choice Hour: Forms due tomorrow!!! We want to win. Call your friend to help them remember to bring the form.



Social Studies:

State Glogster project is due January 14. Students will bring the details home for parents. Students worked on this for 1.5 hours today in class. Students got a great start on this assignment in class.



Spelling:

We got our next spelling list and the work will be due on Friday, January 18th. We will take our test that day as well. Students wrote their spelling words in their planner today as well.



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 by Friday! 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 5.4 and 5.5

Fact Practice: x 3 and 4 for 15 minutes (or study what you need practice on) We have a timed x quiz on 3 and 4 Friday!

IXL -10 minutes –focus on A and B

You should have 50 minutes logged for the week by Sunday.

You are free to bring your own electronic devices as well for math game time!



Electronic Math:











Spelling: We got our next spelling list in our mail and the work will be due on Friday, January 18th. We will take our test that day as well!

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 we had even more time to practice traditional long division Tonight’s homework is JP 152-154 SL 6.5. The “Try This” JP 154 are optional. Finally, we received a paper yesterday called IXL Mastery Goals. This paper is due on February 1st. Ask your child to show it to you!



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



1/08/2013

Thanks for the Catch of the Week treats Jordan!

What a great Monday we had in room 204. This morning we started our study of the Southeast region states. We learned about the 12 awesome states of this region and are really excited to learn more! In the afternoon, after Spanish, we had time to talk about our focus on Citizenship this month. Students will be sharing a character project with you this afternoon. This assignment will focus on ways we should Good Citizenship daily in our school and home life. Students will work on this at home throughout the month of January. They may post the project to the wiki anytime during the month. We will share these throughout the month with classmates. We also read Because of Winn Dixie and our strategy today was sequencing events of the chapters. We took a closer look at the friendships Opal is making in the story. At the end of the day, we worked with our buddy to finish our online vocabulary wiki using the Macbooks.




CHOICE HOUR FORMS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER WENT HOME BEFORE BREAK! PLEASE HELP YOUR CHILD FILL THIS IN AND BRING IT BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! WE WANT TO BE THE FIRST CLASS WITH THEM ALL TURNED IN!







Subjects taught today:

Math: Math Workshop- Place Value

Co curricular class: Spanish

Science/Social Studies: Glogster-Southeast Region Intro

Language Arts: Reader’s Workshop –Because of Winn Dixie ch 13-14



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:



Choice Hour: Forms due tomorrow!!! We want to win. Call your friend to help them remember to bring the form.



Social Studies:

State Glogster project is due January 14. Students will bring the details home for parents. Students worked on this for 1.5 hours today in class. Students got a great start on this assignment in class.



Spelling:

We got our next spelling list and the work will be due on Friday, January 18th. We will take our test that day as well. Students wrote their spelling words in their planner today as well.



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 by Friday! 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 5.3

Fact Practice: x 3 and 4 for 15 minutes (or study what you need practice on) We have a timed x quiz on 3 and 4 Friday!

IXL -10 minutes –focus on A and B

You should have 50 minutes logged for the week by Sunday.

You are free to bring your own electronic devices as well for math game time!



Electronic Math:











Spelling: We got our next spelling list in our mail and the work will be due on Friday, January 18th. We will take our test that day as well!

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 we spent more time in class practicing traditional long division. I have asked the kids to use this method whenever they need to divide. We also learned how to report our remainders as fractions! Tonight’s homework is JP 148-149 SL 6.4. #7-9 on JP 149 are optional. In addition, when the problems ask your child to draw pictures, this is optional. If these pictures are beneficial for your child, great! If they are a waste of time, I would love for him/her to skip them! Finally, we received a paper today called IXL Mastery Goals. This paper is due on February 1st. Ask your child to show it to you!



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



1/07/2013

Happy Birthday Dhravid and Asia! Thanks for sharing your birthday celebration with us!

What a great Monday we had in room 204. This morning we had time to read chapter 112 in Because of Winn Dixie. Whether or not your child has read the story before, we are using it as a character study. We are having the best discussions as to why our main characters does what she does and how we can “read” her. It’s been a lot of fun so far and we are half-way through the story. This is an amazing story. After lunch, we started our new Northeast State Glogster project. Students were able to do a lot of work in class on this assignment. Tonight your child will bring home the details of this project and share with you. Students have additional time to complete this at home. We also had time for Spanish, “book shopoing”, planners, and birthday celebrations!




CHOICE HOUR FORMS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER WENT HOME BEFORE BREAK! PLEASE HELP YOUR CHILD FILL THIS IN AND BRING IT BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! WE WANT TO BE THE FIRST CLASS WITH THEM ALL TURNED IN!

Subjects taught today:

Math: Math Workshop- Place Value

Co curricular class: Eng Tech

Science/Social Studies: Glogster-Northeast region state project

Language Arts: Reader’s Workshop –Because of Winn Dixie



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:



Choice Hour: Forms dueSocial Studies:

State Glogster project is due January 14. Students will bring the details home for parents. Students worked on this for 1.5 hours today in class. Students got a great start on this assignment in class.



Spelling:

We got our next spelling list and the work will be due on Friday, January 18th. We will take our test that day as well. Students wrote their spelling words in their planner today as well.



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 by Friday! 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 102 and HL 5.1

Fact Practice: x 3 and 4 for 15 minutes (or study what you need practice on) We have a timed x quiz on 3 and 4 Friday!

IXL -10 minutes –focus on A and B

You should have 50 minutes logged for the week by Sunday.

You are free to bring your own electronic devices as well for math game time!



Electronic Math:











Spelling: We got our next spelling list in our mail and the work will be due on Friday, January 18th. We will take our test that day as well!

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 we spent more time in class practicing traditional long division. I have asked the kids to use this method whenever they need to divide. Tonight’s homework is JP 144-146 SL 6.3. #8 on JP 145 is optional.



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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