PLEASE FIND THE CONFERENCE ZOOM LINKS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF OUR BLOG! We look forward to meeting with you Wednesday or Thursday!
CONFERENCE WITH YOUR CHILD'S CO-CURRICULAR TEACHERS:
Please please consider joining a conference of your child(ren)'s Co-Curricular teachers!! You will want to hear about the exciting learning going on. Co-Curricular classes make up a significant part of your child’s schedule. These classes include: Art, Engage, Engineering Technology, Physical Education, and Spanish. All full-time BCS teachers will be available during all scheduled conference hours via Zoom only.
CHARACTER EDUCATION SURVEY!
If you have not yet completed this survey, please do so.
BCS Character Education Survey
LIBRARY CARD
Did you know that you can get a Baldwin Library Card for free? It will give you free access to books, movies, ebooks, and audiobooks that we can use at school as well! Just follow this link and check out the directions to find out how! https://www.baldwinlib.org/get-library-card/
Homework:
***Does your child have headphones or earbuds at school? Please ask and be sure to send in a pair that can stay at school all year!
***Does your child leave class a lot to get drinks? If you ask and he/she says yes, please send a water bottle daily!
Language Arts:
3rd graders - Read 20 mins (minimum) each night
4th graders - Read 30 mins (minimum) each night
(Bring in a chapter book to read in class. You will keep your book inside your binder)
Language Arts Focus:
-Show Don't Tell/Leads and Hooks
-Figurative Language= Simile/Metaphor/Idiom
-We are learning to write a well developed, structured paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details, transitions and a closing sentence. We are also learning to write narratives to develop experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive detail and clear event sequences.
Last Friday we took a test on our words and received our new words. Ask to see the words as the spelling list was written in the planner. You can also find the spelling list in Power Spelling along with the games. Students should play all games on Power Spelling before Friday!
Our next spelling test is Friday, November 18. If your child is ever absent for a Friday spelling test, it will be active online that morning and can be done at home.
This week's word pattern: Week 7: Vowel Patterns with ou, ow, a, au
The test on November 18th be on the following words: aloud, bald, hawk, south, faucet, proud, claw, tower, stalk, couple, howl, false, dawn, allow, drown, pause, fault, cloudier, count, because.
Math:
3rd grade Math -
-R 2-9
-Today in class we completed journal pages: 120
-4+ iReady lessons must be PASSED this week by Friday
-XtraMath: Complete 3+ sessions on XtraMath each week
4th Grade Math –
-Today we learned long division! Your child has a packet we started in class and will finish in class tomorrow. Today's assignment is for your child to teach you one or more of the problems we did!
-5 iready lessons must be passed this week by Friday the 18th.
- OLT #4 is due on 12-5-22
*Please practice your division and multiplication facts as much as possible. On Wednesday we start long division and if you don't know your facts, it is especially challenging!
Social Studies –
-How do geographers study the regions of the United States? Teach a parent about lines of latitude/longitude/map key/special purpose maps/scales and symbols/global grid/cardinal/intermediate directions/regions of the US
Science –
-Motion and Matter focus questions: What happens when magnets interact with other magnets and with paper clips? How is the magnetic field affected when more magnets are added? Ask your child what a force is and what the two types of forces are.
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If your child ever has extra time and you want to give him/her something extra to do, i-Ready reading and math lessons are always there waiting for them in ClassLink! We are going to try to work on them when we have time in class to earn time for games on Fridays. Every lesson your child completes is beneficial!
