Thursday, January 25

Tomorrow is a half day for students.  Dismissal is at 11:30am. 



Below is a link to our annual School Improvement Student Survey for 3/4 students that we would like each of our your students to complete. The survey will take about 15-20 minutes to complete. 

Students:  Complete the following survey at home.
Grade 3/4 Survey:  http://www.advanc-ed.org/survey/public/6023891


Please ask your child to pack headphones or earbuds in his/her backpack.  It would be best if they are a pair that can be left at school! Thank you so much!


 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).


Character Connections Word of the week: PERSEVERANCE

Infuse this word into your conversations/lessons and share these quotes with students as a character education focus. There will be a new word every two weeks.
·         “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou
·         “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein
·         “I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.” – Og Mandino


Book Orders:  January 19th's order was submitted, however, you can still order at 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.


Here’s what we have for you tonight:

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!!!!


Writing
Friendly Letter due 2/5/18
Students can type or hand write the letter!


Language Arts
3rd Grade Reading Homework:  20 minutes
4th Grade Reading Homework:  30 minutes

 🏈 Reading to the Superbowl! 🏈
Did you total your reading minutes for last week on your Reading calendar?
Completed (parent signed)  reading calendars are due Friday, February 9th


Social Studies
Review due 2/2/18
Test 2/2/18


Word Study
 Due February 6 (Students will take the test in class on February 6)

 ***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 of 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:
R 3-8
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:
HR 4-12
Online tests due 2/9/18
Test Letter due Thursday



Have a great night!