Fall Conference Update: Soon you will receive the link to sign up for Fall Conferences with your homeroom teacher! Your child's math teacher will provide all updates to your homeroom teacher.
On November 13th we will see parents in person. November 14th will be all virtual. If you cannot find a time that works for you, please reach out to us if there is a time from 3:40-5:00pm that might work better for you on either day.
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| Happy November! |
The students of rooms 204 and 206 value the 3 Es in our classrooms....Education, Each Other, and our Environment!
Here's What We Have for You:
Scholastic Book Ordering:
Due: Book orders are due November 4!
Our book ordering will be exclusively online.
Math:
-3rd Grade:
-Students are bringing home Checkpoint B on Wednesday (November 6) for a parent signature that is due on Thursday. Please sign it so I know you saw it. I will then send it back home with your child.
-We have 3 iready math lessons due by Friday. (18 total for the year). 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
-4th Grade:
Today your child received his/her checkpoint B. Please sign it for me to see the signature on Wednesday!
We have a new set of online fact tests due on Monday, November 18. We also have 3 iready math lessons due by Friday, November 8 (18 total for the year by Friday). These can be accessed on any device with internet. Visit Birmingham Public Schools and search for ClassLink.
Last week your child received a packet of optional homework. Optional means parents decide! You are in charge! It is also optional to turn it in.
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
Writing: We are learning how to write:
Personal Narrative Essay
Ask you child about the Learning Targets:
| -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. |
Word Study:
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.
Week 8 patterns= R-Controlled Vowel Patterns
Week 7 patterns= Vowel patterns: ou, ow, a, au
Social Studies:
***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD BRING IN A FEW BOOKS FOR OUR FREE READING TIME DAILY!
