Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Reader’s workshop – Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
Math: (3rd) Lesson 1.13 Unit 1 review (4th) Journal work

Science: The Water Cycle (precipitation/evaporation/transpiration/condensation)

Social Studies: None

Co-curricular class: Engage and P.E.

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Mail: Check for mail in your blue Take Home folders

Sept Book orders for Arrow, Accelerate and Better Life were submitted. They should arrive this week.

Please see your child’s blue Take Home folder in their zipper binder

Start making a collection of digital photographs taken from this summer or from an activity before this summer that you took part in. Stored them on a flash drive or send them as j.pegs to your school email account) You will be using these photos in school to create a Photostory

The due date for the photo’s is September 30th

Reading:
3rd: 20 mins
4^th:  30 mins

Parents, please initial at the bottom of each day’s planner entry, so that I know your child is completing their nightly required reading.

Language Arts: Digital pictures for Photostory project

Engage: None

Math
3rd – H.Link 1.13. Please keep your Home Link book inside your binder!

Unit 1 Review does not have to be finished tonight! Look over it and start it. (You may or may not get through it.) If not, don't worry ...Bring it back tomorrow and we will go over it in class. Then, you will take it home to finish and study from it. You will turn it in on Wednesday and take the test.

Timed Adddition/Subtraction packet Friday Sept.30th

Did you take your Online Math tests?: There are 3 online quizzes to complete using thatquiz.org. The tests are: Time #1, Money #1 and Place Value #1. they were due - Friday Sept. 23^rd

Computer Requirements for thatquiz.org:
ThatQuiz requires Internet Explorer 7+ or Firefox to function properly. Macintosh users (OS X) will have best results from Firefox, but may also use Safari version 4 or up. Cookies must be enabled.

How to take the online math tests:

Scroll down 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.

Or, log into your school email and click on the emails (with a link) that have been sent to you.

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 End of Year fact expectations:
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 Math: No S.L. Geo. project October 7^th.

Science: Land and Water Challenge (this is optional for extra credit) Due Friday Sept 30^th.

Continue to collect and bring in 2 ltr soda bottles!

Please continue to collect and bring in 2 ltr. clear soda bottles. We have enough for the Land and Water science unit. However, we will need  more (only 10 more bottles!) for the ecosystems unit, which is taught later on in the year. Wash out the bottle. Remove the label. Keep the cap on.

Spelling: None

Social Studies: None

Spanish
3rd graders – Please check Sen. Geisler’s blog for homework and Quiz dates
4th graders – Reminder from Srt. Kron …Students need to complete the family heritage interview with their parents and bring a photo with them to Spanish tomorrow.  Gracias!!

Please check Srt. Kron’s wiki for homework and Quiz dates http://kron11.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/

Dates to remember
P.E. is Monday (12:55pm-1:40pm) and Thursday (1:45-2:30) Don’t forget to bring your gym shoes!
For the P.E and Swim schedule for the year, please scroll down this blog and look at the right hand side.