Halloween is Tuesday and it is a half day of school! The Halloween parade will start at 10:15am. The best place to watch the parade is outside in the front of the school. We will have our party immediately following the parade and the day will end at 11:20am. We can't wait to see all the fun costumes the kids wear! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Due to scheduling difficulties, our fall zoom conferences took place during the week of October 9. These were in place of our regular November conferences. Zoom links are posted on the side of this page. We always look forward to discussing your child’s progress with you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Parents: Please make sure your child has headphones or earbuds that can stay in his/her desk all year long! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHROMEBOOKS: While your child is allowed to bring home his/her chromebook, we don't recommend it on a regular basis because we don't have chargers for kids to take home. Their chargers are in our cart. When students take home their chromebooks, they often come back dead and are unable to be used in class. All of our resources can be accessed anywhere on any device where there is internet! Start by visiting www.birmingham.k12.mi.us and scroll down until you see the link for logging into classlink. Ask your child to show you around ClassLink and what we have used so far. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Please check this blog daily for homework updates and important information. Today's Homework: Students are bringing home a completed packet for Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Chapters 1-2 & Chapters 3-4. They are also brining home a Water and Climate Investigation # 1 to show you. Ask them to share their work with you! Book Orders: ORDERING: · VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub (link is posted on our class blog) · 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 currently learning various writing strategies to help us enhance our narrative writing work. This will continue over the next few weeks. We are enjoying the story "Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing" This novel lends itself well to our study of characters, setting, plot, predictions, inferencing, and so much more! This study will extend into our independent reading time as well. 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). 
Spelling: -We will take our Spelling Test on Friday in class. Students will need their devices in class each day along with headphones. -Optional Spelling Games -Our next spelling test is Friday -Each week your child will write the week's words in his/her planner. We will also post them here. Kids have an option to 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 list 6: Short and Long u Vowel Patterns: u, ui, ue, ew, long u with silent e This week's words are:  Social Studies: We are enjoying our study of Michigan. We are focused on the shape, Michigan's first people, and what those people had to do to create our great state of Michigan!  Science: We are currently enjoying our study of water and climate. We are trying to use scientific words to describe the behavior of the water. It's a lot of fun! Math: -3rd Grade: - Students are bringing home a lesson 'cool down' handout comparing area to show you! Once you review it together keep the cool down in a safe place at home during our study of unit 2. - We have started unit 2 and will be exploring area and multiplication as mathematicians!  -Students should have gotten their unit 1 test signed and returned to me. -All students have 2 iready math lessons due Friday. (You must pass a lesson for it to count.) After this assignment you should have 16 completed for the year. -All students should complete 3 sessions of Xtramath by Friday (Students should complete 1 session which is about 5-7 mins - Click "continue" until Mr. C says that you are 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: -If your child has not yet demonstrated traditional multiplication and long division problems, please ask him/her to do so. -3 iready math lessons due November 3 (you must pass a lesson for it to count). After this assignment, you should have 18 already completed for the year! Your child can show you the lessons he/she completed and passed. Just ask! -Online tests due on November 10 (assigned 10-27-23)! These tests are completed on Thatquiz.org. Don't forget to practice for a few days BEFORE you take the tests! PARENTS: YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO ALL THE TYPING FOR YOUR KIDS! Click Here to Access IM Family Resources -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learning Targets: -Homophones -Social and Emotional Health Unit -Super Sentences -Michigan Geography (HOMES) -Narrative Writing - Super Sentences -Water Surface Tension and Pathways -Weekly School/Family/Personal Goals -Summarize our reading in Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing -Character Traits of Peter, Fudge, his parents, and his friends. -Map Skills- Continents/US/Great Lakes/Michigan Upper and Lower Peninsulas -Spelling patterns: plural word ending changes -Properties/behaviors of water ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS FOR FAMILIES: The Halloween parade will start at 10:15am. The best place to watch the parade is outside in the front of the school. We will have our party immediately following the parade and the day will end at 11:20am. We can't wait to see all the fun costumes the kids wear! ----------------------------------------------------- ***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD BRING IN A FEW BOOKS FOR OUR FREE READING TIME DAILY!! |
