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.

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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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