Tuesday, December 19

PLEASE ASK YOUR CHILD IF HE/SHE HAS HEADPHONES OR EARBUDS THAT ARE KEPT AT SCHOOL!  WE HAVE SEVERAL WHO ARE MISSING THEM AND WE USE THEM OFTEN!  Thank you!!
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The holiday party will take place in our classrooms on Friday, December 22 from 2:20-3:20pm. 
All are welcome!  Please join us for the fun!

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JOIN THE “NO FOOD WASTE” CHALLENGE
Join us in this innovative service learning challenge!

Wasted food is a social problem! In 2013, 14.3 percent of U.S. households were food insecure at some time during the year. That is 48 million Americans, of which 16 million are children, living in food insecure households. Wholesome, nutritious food should feed people, not landfills. Food waste is a major problem that touches issues of sustainability, food security, and public health. We know that 40% of our food goes to waste and the majority of food is wasted at the consumer level - at grocery stores, at restaurants and in homes. We have a huge opportunity to educate our BCS community and build better habits that will lead to reducing food waste.

Starting January 16, 2018, BCS will be partnering with Foodstand, a sustainable eating behavior change program that provides an education and challenge experience via their mobile platform. The app provides daily education, tracking, one-on-one support, team and challenge set up, and reporting to help measure the impact of the initiative. The program supports our curriculum goals at BCS and will help us live into our 3E’s (education, environment, each other).

Please read the parent information letter and, if you would like your child to participate, print and complete the consent form returning it to your child’s homeroom/academic lab teacher no later than Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 (complete one form for each child participating).  For those who want to join in on the challenge, a voluntary workshop will be provided on Tuesday, 1/16/18 at 6:30 PM in the BCS media center (also on BCS Facebook Live).

Parent Information Letter

Parent Consent Form for Student Participation
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Character Connections Word of the week: TRUSTWORTHY

Infuse this word into your conversations/lessons and share these quotes:

·        “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” – Albert Einstein

·        “No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick

·        “Your character holds the key to your trustworthiness.” – Jeffrey Gitomer

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Book Orders:  You can place an order any time!

If you would like to continue to browse and order, all magazines/flyers are available to view online. Click on the book orders link at the side of the blog. Create your own username and password to login. Use the class code to access our ordering page. All flyers are available to view and order from any month.
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Here’s what we have for you tonight:

Choice hour forms came home this week!  They are for your child's third quarter choices.  Please have them turned into the office by January 5th!

Please have your child bring 1-2 chapter books to school each day/week for DEAR time (Drop Everything and Read)

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS PENCILS IN HIS/HER BINDER!!!!


Language Arts:
**Ask your child to show you his/her progress on the Summer Memory Narrative we have been working on.  Remind them that their login and password for Google Classroom is inside their planner
3rd Grade Reading Homework:  20 minutes
4th Grade Reading Homework:  30 minutes


Word Study:  We took our test today!  We will not get a new assignment until after break!

 ***Please read the letter and follow the directions. Locate your list on spellingcity.com by clicking the red drop down arrow for your spelling sort code.  Play the games under the tabs to help you learn the spelling patterns for these words. You can check which word study activities you have completed by clicking on ‘My Records’ after you log in. Remember – DO NOT click S-test on spellingcity.org. Save that button for the day of your test.


3rd Math:
Online tests are due Wednesday 12-20-17
Xtramath.com: 3 times per week. Complete a full work session, which lasts about 5-10 mins (until Mr. C says you are done!)

4th Math:

No homework tonight!  If you want to get ahead, we will have Compass Math for 15 minutes tomorrow night!


Have a great night!