Monday, November 27, 2017

Welcome Back! 

Fieldtrip toThe Rouge Factory Tour is Wednesday December 6th
Thank you for everyone's interest in chaperoning the field trip. Unfortunately, are only allowed to bring 4 chaperones per class with us on this trip. 
We will visit Ford's Rouge Factory on Wednesday December 6th. Departing BCS at 8:45am and returning after lunch at 12:30. Students and chaperones will need a bag lunch, which we will eat on the bus on the ride back to BCS
Chaperones for this field trip are: Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. Haenick, Mrs. Jarvis and Mrs. LaMarco. 
Thank you, and Looking forward to it!

4th Grade Battle of The Books 2017!

Each 4th grader has a bookmark with the book titles listed on it, and brochure that explains how the battle competition works, important dates, etc. Good luck and have fun reading - Then, prepare to battle!

BCS Character Ed Word of the Week: Responsibility


·         “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.” – Jim Rohn

Reminders: School starts at 8:18am Students should be in their homeroom seat by this time.
• Have 3 sharp pencils every day.
• Bring a water bottle and two healthy snacks every day.
• Bring a chapter book every day.

Scholastic Book Ordering: December book orders due Friday December 8th
If you would like to continue to browse and order, all magazines/flyers are available to view online. Click on the book orders link at the side of the blog. Create your own username and password to login. Our class code for ordering is GKQKW. Use the class code to access our ordering page. All flyers are available to view and order from any month.

Language Arts:
Reading 3rd: Read 20 mins daily
Reading 4th: Read 30 mins daily

Parents - Please sign at the bottom of today's planner entry (completed by your child in class) to show that your child has done their required reading.

Word Study: Test was today. Your score is visible by clicking on My Records in your spellingcity.com account.

The next word study letter and Spellingcity.com tasks due Monday 12/11/17
Access www.spellingcity.com (from this blog) Login.

(Your username and password are stuck to the inside cover of your planner.)
Your child will know their spelling sort: Within Word (WW) sort 11, Syllables & Affixes (SA) sort 10 or sort 18, Derivational Relations (DR) sort 2 or sort 16. They wrote their sort on their Word Study paper (at the top.)


Homework: Complete 6 activities on Spellingcity.com and return the signed spelling letter on Monday 12/11.  Please read the letter and follow the directions. Locate your list on spellingcity.com by clicking the red drop down arrow for your spelling sort code.  Play the games under the tabs to help you learn the spelling patterns for these words. You can check which word study activities you have completed by clicking on ‘My Records’ after you log in. Remember – DO NOT click S-test on spellingcity.org. Save that button for the day of your test.

4th Grade Math: None.


3rd Grade Math: H/R 2-7

Xtramath.com - 3 times per week. Complete a full work session, which lasts about 5-10 mins (until Mr. C says you are done!)
Thatquiz.org  - None


3rd grade math students please note Other pages in the homework book e.g. "Dash Pages" (Math fact drill pages) and Multiplication/Division flashcards that are printed in the homework book are not assigned homework. They may be completed or cut out and used as optional, additional fact practice if you'd like. You could use these pages to test yourself with how fast your x fact recall is or just to do some flash card recall practice at home.

Compass Learning - (No longer just math) Please spend 15-20 mins each week in Compass Learning. Math pathways or Language Arts pathways.
Choose the folder with the lowest RIT number range.

Social Studies: Michigan's Features Informational poster due tomorrow Tuesday 11/28

Science: None 

Click on the link at the right to see some pictures from the Halloween party!


Have a great night!