Week of January 13-17, 2025

Ask your child to share with you their One Word of the year goal!

****We have a half day on Friday, January 17th.  School will end at 11:20am.  ****

                                          

Upcoming iReady Testing:

iReady Math testing will be taken on Tuesday, Jan. 21st (after MLK day)

We believe that creating an environment where kindness flourishes is essential for our students’ growth and well-being. To support this, we are encouraging students to engage in acts of kindness, whether big or small. We invite you to discuss with your children the importance of treating others with compassion and empathy. 

The students of rooms 204 and 206 value the 3 Es in our classrooms....Education, Each Other, and our Environment! 

 

*Please check below for assignments and important dates which will be updated throughout the week. Add your email to the "Follow Feed" of this blog to receive update notifications.

Here's What We Have for You:

Scholastic Book Ordering:

Due:  Book orders have been submitted.

Our book ordering will be exclusively online.

With Scholastic Reading Club:

·         Every book you buy earns FREE Books for our classroom library

·         You can choose from handpicked, grade- and reading-level-specific books for your child

·         You'll find the best values on a variety of formats, including eBooks

ORDERING:

·         VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub (link is posted on our class blog)

·          ENTER the one-time Class Activation Code  

    Butzin Class Code: HDPNQ https://orders.scholastic.com/HDPNQ

    Frishman Class Code: LHYKF

Math:  

-3rd Grade: 

-Unit 3:Tests returned on Tuesday, 2/16/2025 for a parent signature.

-Unit 4: We are exploring division and the relationship between multiplication and division.   

Third Grade:  Unit 4 Math Goals

-Unit 3 Test was TUESDAY (changed from Monday)- students are bringing home their math journal on Thursday as a review as well as a test letter. 

-Unit 3 Test Letter is coming home on Thursday and is due on Tuesday(1/14/25) with a parent signature.

-Students are bringing home a Unit 3 Cool Down packet that we completed together in class.

Optional Unit 3 Additional Practice Packet was given to students on 1/8/25.  Optional practice means that a parent decides if this practice is optional. 

-Starting in 2025, in class we have a goal of completing one "fluency flight" a day in our math iready program.  If your child misses a day of school, please ask him/her to complete this at home.  It takes about 5 minutes.

NONE THIS WEEK DUE TO iReady Math TESTING-We have 3 iready math lessons due by Friday. (36 total). These can be accessed on any device with internet.  Visit Birmingham Public Schools and search for ClassLink. 

-Complete at least 3 sessions of Xtramath by Friday.  (Students should complete 1 session which is about 5-7 minutes.  Click continue until Mr. C says that you are done!)

Click here for Grade 3 IM Family Resources - Unit letters and Videos 

To access Xtramath:

Account setup directions were sent home on the XtraMath flyer.

Type XtraMath into your browser (bookmark this site)

Log in with your 4-digit PIN (the last four numbers on your account number)

(Complete 1 session which is about 5-7 mins - Click "continue" until Mr. C says, "You're done!")

-4th Grade:  

On Tuesday your child received a graded checkpoint B for you to sign!

We have a new set of online fact tests due on Monday, January 27.  We also have We will NOT have new iready math lessons assigned this week as we will take the diagnostic on Tuesday the 21st.  All lessons can be accessed on any device with internet, however, the diagnostic must be taken here at school.  Visit Birmingham Public Schools and search for ClassLink.  

In class we have a goal of completing one "fluency flight" a day in our math iready program.  If your child misses a day of school, please ask him/her to complete this at home.  It takes about 5 minutes.

Click Here to Access Illustrative Math Family Resources for each unit of study 

Language Arts: 

-Bring chapter books to read in class.  You will keep your books inside of your desk. 

-3rd graders:  Read 20 minutes each night

-4th graders:  Read 30 minutes each night

***We are up to 36 iready reading lessons passed by Friday, January 10.  Please ensure your child is caught up!

Writing: Friendly Letters to our Groves Penpals

Our Groves friends picked up our letters and we are excited to get some in return soon!

Word Study:   #15: Words with Prefixes re-, un-, dis-

We will take out spelling test in class on Friday! Each week your child will write the words in his/her planner.  The word lists are also available to study using Powerspelling (your child knows their login). This is an optional way to study if your child has their own device at home.  Student logins are taped inside of your child's planner. Please show your weekly spelling test score to your parents in Powerspelling- Click Scores/Results. 

Ask you child about the Language Arts Learning Targets:

Personal Narrative Essay- Ask your child to share with you the character, setting, problem and solution of his/her Constellation Narrative Essay that we are writing. Remember to include details about the sights, sounds and actions that you included to describe the setting of the story.  

-What is the message of Sarah, Plain and Tall? -Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. -Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. -Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. -Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. -Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. -Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

Social Studies: 

We are currently discovering the social sciences and exploring regions of the United States. We will study the Northeast region, Southeast region, Midwest region, and Southwest regions of the Unites States.  

    Ask you child about the Learning Targets:

         - Northwest Region Study-Land ad Water, Climate, PRoducts and Natural Resources, Landmarks,            Culture, Fun, and People

        -Map Skills: compass rose, latitude, longitude, parts of a globe, hemispheres, 

          map legend, coordinate grid map

       

Science: 

We are excited to study Energy!   This module provides firsthand experiences in physical science dealing with the anchor phenomenon of energy. The five investigations focus on the concepts that energy is present whenever there is motion, electric current, sound, light, or heat, and that energy can transfer from one place to other. The driving question for the module is how does energy transfer between systems?

Previous Science Units of Study:

Motion and Matter focuses on exploring the concepts of motion, forces, and the properties of matter, including topics like magnetism, gravity, changes in motion, mixtures, and the metric system, allowing students to investigate how forces interact with objects and how different states of matter behave through hands-on experiments and investigations. 

        Ask you child about the Learning Targets: 

            -How can we change the motion of wheels rolling down ramps?

            -How are magnetism and gravity the same?

            -What do scientists do? 

            -Tell a parents about your group experiments with magnets. 

   

  

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***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD BRING IN A FEW BOOKS FOR OUR FREE READING TIME DAILY!