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| Happy National Pastry Day! |
Battle of the Books Updates (4th and 5th graders):
If you ordered a Battle Bundle, you were invited to pick up your bundle at BCS on Monday, December 7, from 12 to 3pm. If you plan to check out a Battle book from BCS, you may place a hold on one Battle book at a time for check out. Holds placed before 3pm on Monday will be available for a special Battle of the Books pickup on Tuesday, December 8, from 9am to 3pm. If you cannot make that pickup time, your books will still be available during our regular Thursday and Friday pickups.
Baldwin Library also has multiple copies of each Battle title, and they even have a curbside pickup option. We are so excited to begin the Battle of the Books and we are looking forward to seeing you on Monday. A special thanks to Baldwin Library for all of their hard work putting this together.
Happy Reading!
Materials pick up each week will be Thursday from 3-5pm and Friday from 11am-1pm.
Choice Hour Updates:
Choice hour for everyone is now from 3:25-4:10pm.
All Choice Hour Quarter II is virtual except for competitive 6-8 sports teams (boys basketball and girls swimming).
Please direct all Choice Hour questions to Courtney Bassett at cbassett@birmingham.k12.mi.us.
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| This is our updated schedule! Please print a copy for your child. In time they should be able to independently navigate this. Thank you for your support at home until that happens. |
Here is your homework for today:
3rd Grade Reading: 20+ minutes
4th Grade Reading: 30+ minutes
Language Arts:
Currently we are focused on Figurative Language. We are working on revising our narratives to add this language in and enjoying the novel, "The Year of the Dog". Ask your child to share with you a summary of what we have read so far! It is such a great book!
Word Study: On Friday we were excited to introduce our first word study assignment. Please ask your child to share his/her words with you and the assignment that is due by Wednesday, December 16th. Once your child has completed all of the assignments, he/she is ready to take the test online (Spelling TestMe). Feel free to practice with your child first! Remember, we are focused on patterns of spelling and how we use them across our language as well as vocabulary. There is so much to learn about words in our language!
3rd Grade Math:
Today we learned that when we solve a two step word problem, we write and evaluate two separate expressions. Tonight students are going to stretch their thinking and practice writing a two step word problem that uses multiplication and subtraction. Then solve the two step word problem.
JP 137-138 (we did these in class together and with a partner)
H only 2-12
Online Tests are due 12-16-20
XtraMath: Three Rounds with Mr. C!
Make sure you have tried logging in to Compass Learning so you can tell Mrs. Butzin if it is working!
ThatQuiz Online Tests: Multiplication online tests should be completed. Ask your child to show you his/her completed online tests for X2 and X3 (and any that are incomplete). There are a few students who need to complete these.
XTRA MATH: Use the letter your parent received in an email to register your child. The email was generated through xtramath. (You may need to check your spam folder.) Please use a permanent marker to write 4 digit student pin as well as the registered parent email the account in the front cover of the planner. This will allow your child to access his account at home or school!
4th Grade Math:
Teach parent 5 long division problems
Online Tests are due 12-16-20
Social Studies:
We are currently studying map skills. Soon we will learn more about the first people to settle in the United States. The event below would be a nice enrichment for that study.
What do you know about the contemporary lives of Metro Detroit's Native Americans? Join Mr. Mat Brown, Covington School teacher, Ashinique Soney-Wesaw, and Teiana McGahey and Nickole Fox from American Indian Health and Family Services as they explore some myths and misconceptions that people have about Native Americans in Metro Detroit today. Your questions are welcome.
Native American Panel Discussion
Thursday December 10 at 7-8pm
Free and open to the public
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/92654239755?pwd=eVdKMUxvU050Kzc0aVJ5bzBtTUNoZz09
Science:
We are studying the structures of life, animal adaptations, energy, motion and matter, and so much more.
