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Parents: Please make sure your child has headphones or earbuds that can stay in his/her desk all year long!
*Please check this blog daily for homework updates and important information.
Today's Homework:
Book Orders:
If you would like to place a book order please click on the page link for Scholastic Book Orders at the top of our blog. Book orders for the month of September are due on September 29. Happy Reading!
ORDERING:
· ENTER the one-time Class Activation Code
Butzin Class Code: HDPNQ
Frishman Class Code: LHYKF
-3rd Grade Reading: 20+ minutes
-4th Grade Reading: 30+ minutes
-Bring a chapter book for class each day. You will keep this book inside your desk or binder.
Language Arts:
We are getting to know ourselves as readers and writers. We started editing and typing our autobiographies. We are using the CUPS acronym to help us edit. Ask your child to take you on Schoology to show you what we accomplished today (it is in our Academic Lab in the language arts folder).
***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD BRING IN A FEW BOOKS FOR OUR FREE READING TIME DAILY!!
Spelling:
-We will take our Spelling Test on Friday in class. Students will need their devices in class each day along with headphones.
-Spelling Games are due on Friday.
-Each week your child will write the week's words in his/her planner. We will also post them here. Kids can practice their words by playing the spelling games on PowerSpelling. They have logins taped to the insides of their planners.
-We are working on spelling patterns: -au, -ou, oi, -ow, -aw
This week's words are: bawl, cautious, clause, council, dawdle, douse, foundations, hoist, loiter, mouthful, fountain, outnumber, poise, renowned, scour, scrawny, sprawls, stout, turmoil, wrought
Previous Learning Targets:-Summarize our reading in The Hundred Dresses
-Character Trait study over time
-Map Skills- Continents/US
-Constitution Day
-Autobiography
Social Studies:
Ask your child to show you the postcard assignment given out. It is due on 9-29-23. We can't wait to learn about your favorite places in Michigan!
Math: -3rd Grade:
-10 mins of iReady Math Path 3x per week
-Xtramath 3x per week
(Students should complete 1 session which is about 5-7 mins - Click "continue" until Mr. C says, "You're done!")
To access iReady:
- Go to the Birmingham Public Schools Website
- Scroll Down to ClassLink (bookmark this site)
- Log in
- Click on the iReady App and select Math Pathway
To access Xtramath:
Account setup directions were sent home on the XtraMath flyer.
Type XtraMath into your browser (bookmark this site)
Log in with your 4-digit PIN (the last four numbers on your account number)
(Complete 1 session which is about 5-7 mins - Click "continue" until Mr. C says, "You're done!")
-4th Grade:
-3 iready math lessons due September 25th (you must pass a lesson for it to count)
-Online tests due on September 29th
PARENTS: YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO ALL THE TYPING FOR YOUR KIDS!
Please visit this quizlet with your child to help him/her review factors, multiples, and prime and composite numbers.
District Math Updates: This year we are on a math adventure with a new program chosen by Birmingham Public Schools. For an introduction to this new math program, please click here! If you would like to have a preview of your child's upcoming math units, please click here!
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***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD BRING IN A FEW BOOKS FOR OUR FREE READING TIME DAILY!!
