Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Began reading Sing to the StarsMath: (3rd) Measurement and Perimeter (4th) Corrected the review
Social Studies: Continued with Government unit.
Student imputed their goal for the year on Moodle
Co-curricular classes are P.E and Eng. Tech.
Mail: None
Parent/Teacher conferences are Wednesday Nov 17 (5pm -8pm) and Thursday Nov 18 (1 – 4pm and 5- 8 pm) (Thursday Nov. 18 is a half day for students.) The conference sign-up sheets are now posted outside the classroom door. Please sign up for a conference time. Or, email me with your day and ‘top three’ times and I will sign up for you :)
All October book orders were delivered to the students. Some students are waiting until Nov 9th for their 'Pre-ordered' edition of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Reading
3rd: 20 mins
4th: 30 mins
Math
3rd – H.L 3.5
Take the timed subtraction #2 and timed addition #2 quizzes. Due Friday October 29th
Check www.thatquiz.org on my blog (see below) Or, check the link that has been sent to you via your school email.
How to take the online math tests:
Go to Frequently Visited Places
Click on thatquiz.org (for 3rd grade math students)
Click on your name and use your school password to log in and take the assigned tests.
3rd Grade End of year fact expectations:
Students should have quick mental recall of the following number of facts by the end of the year: 30 addition/30 subtraction facts in 2 mins and 50 division/50 multiplication facts in 3 mins
4th Grade
Students should have quick mental recall of the following number of facts by the end of the year: 50 addition/50 subtraction facts in 2 mins and 100 division/ multiplication facts in 5 mins
4th – S.L. 3.10 Finished or unfinished review is due 11/3
(extra credit for signatures on the review) Tests is Monday Nov 8th
Science: None
Language Arts: None
Social Studies:
Election extra credit (Go to the Polls assignment) was due today
Who are your State leaders? Worksheet was due today. If you’re unsure of who your leaders are, please use the wiki (Social Studies – Government) links to help you find out
Spanish
3rd graders – Please check Srta. Kelly’s blog (see below for the blog address until it is linked to our 3 / 4 blog homepage) http://blogs.birmingham.k12.mi.us/thirdspanish/
4th graders – Please check Sen. Geisler’s blog for homework and Quiz dates
Please ask your parent to initial at the bottom of today’s entry so we know that you are completing your nightly required reading.
Dates to remember
This is the last week of P.E. (Wednesday and Friday – 1:35pm -2:20pm)
Cranbrook fieldtrip Nov 12th Bring a bag/sandwich box lunch that is easy to identify and won’t be squashed. The staff at Cranbrook will take the lunches from us and store them in bins until lunchtime.
The chaperones for this trip are: Mr. Curran, Mrs. Diehl, Mrs. Sherman (Kohl), Mrs. Henricks, Mrs. Erne, Mrs. Schiller, Mrs. Hanley and Mrs. Krause. If any of our chaperones have a conflict in their schedule, please let me know. We have two ‘alternates’ who can chaperone in your place. Thank you
