Kids Heart Challenge (KHC) is going on NOW!
To register - Click Birmingham Covington School
Our school is building a team of lifesavers ready to take on Finn’s Mission to learn Hands-Only CPR and gain a forever skill that will keep our school, community and families safer.
With just 3 simple steps you can get started today:
- DOWNLOAD THE FREE AHA SCHOOLS APP. It makes fundraising easy. You can even use it to scan checks.
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- SEND 10 emails, e-cards, or texts to family and friends and share the message of heart health from your Headquarters.
- CONNECT TO SOCIAL MEDIA for a quick and easy way to reach friends and family. You’ll also be one step closer to completing Finn’s Mission!
The American Heart Association is excited to extend our work with the NFL to support improving health outcomes at home and beyond through the Hands-Only CPR education. Students who complete Finn’s Mission will earn an entry for two tickets to Super Bowl LIX in 2025 and our school will be entered to receive a $10,000 fitness equipment makeover for every 18 students who complete Finn’s Mission.
Thank you for working to keep your mind and heart healthy!
The following assignments should be written in your child's planner, which is inside their zipper binder. Parents, please use this blog to 'cross-check' with your child's planner. They should be completing their planner every day in class.
Reading
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)
Word Study - List 22 is assigned to your Powerspelling account. Complete all assigned game/practice activities by Sunday 4/28 Test is Monday 4/29
Writing
Talk About:
Previous Talk About Topics:
- Share the plot of Poppy thus far
- How did your research presentation go? Explain the best parts of presenting your project
- What you wrote in your letter to a new future student
- Explain how 2 of the 4 vocabulary words were used in the Historical fiction Story, The Sign of The Beaver
- What did Attean do that he hasn't done before (character development)
- What did Matt realize when he told Attean the story from the bible?
- Explain how Matt has changed in the story? Do you think Matt and Attean are friends?
- Explain inferences (use the story - Sign of the Beaver or your Dat/Night worksheet)
- Explain the difference between the Main Idea (what happens) and the Theme (What you learned/ the lesson in the book)
- Show your personal narrative to a parent (go to your Google Drive)
- Summarize your reading
- Explain how to punctuate dialogue in a story
- Tell a parent a vivid verb from your personal narrative
-Retell your Pumpkin Contest story to a parent
Summarize The Hundred Dresses (setting - the main character(s) Predict what might happen next)
- Explain one type of lead and one type of ending in your narrative writing
- Show your Pixton Summary to a parent. Need help logging in? Use the class join code azu3t4 - Summarize what we read from our class novel, Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing
- Tell 3 facts about Constitution Day (use page 144 in your planner to help you)
Talk About - Summarize what we read from our class novel, Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing
Math
4th Grade - None
3rd Grade - Double-sided Fractions worksheet due tomorrow
30 mins of iReady Math MyPath each week
(you may split this into shorter 15-minute sessions 2 times per week if you prefer)
Xtramath 3 times per week Complete 1 session (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)
- Login with your 4-digit PIN (the last four numbers on your account number)
- Complete 1 session (about 5-7 mins - Click "continue" until Mr. C says, "You're done!"
Social Studies
Talk About - What metal resources were mined in Michigan?
Previous Talk About Topics:
- Explain what you learned from the Liberty's Kids episode
- Who was Father Jean Marquette?
- Tell a fact about Veterans Day (Show your Remembrance Day poppy to your parent)
- What did Native Americans use from nature?
- What is Indigenous Peoples Day (Who was Christopher Columbus?)
- Tell a parent about cardinal directions
- Tell a fact about a Michigan Lake
Science
Talk About:
Previous Talk About Topics:
Explain how you constructed a topographic model and drawing (use vocab: contour lines, slope, elevation)
- describe how you created a shell fossil in the science lab
- Explain your observations of erosion from the flood flow test in your stream table.
- What is chemical weathering? Explain how the acid/vinegar reacted to the minerals inside the four rocks (Basalt, marble, limestone, and sandstone)
- Explain the tumbling experiment (Physical weathering - conglomerate vs granite)
Explain what you learned about floods or monsoons (natural hazards)
- Explain the Water Cycle (Evaporation-condensation-precipitation)
- Explain the Hot/Cold water density experiment (Less dense = floats/ more dense = sinks)
- What were the temperatures of 3 different cups of water?
- What surprised you when you tested water drops on rocks, leaves, and wood chips
- Explain what surface tension is
- How does water react to different surfaces?
If you would like to place a book order please click on the link on the right side of the blog. To place an order - Set up a username and password (of your own choice) and please link your account to our class using the following code: GKQKW
Each $ spent earns our class points that I can use to purchase new books for our classroom library! Thank you!
Class Pictures
Final Call - ThinkEnergy 3rd graders only - Please complete the HEW survey Click here for - HEW Online Survey Remember to write the code on your HEW survey (at the top) if you complete the survey online. If you choose to provide a valid adult email address on your HEW, you will be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card! There will be one winner per class. Winners will be notified via email. HEWs must be received by May 17, 2024, to be entered into the drawing
Energy Safe Kids - DTE Games and Videos
