Curriculum Overview 2024-2025

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

NB: Thursday, February 2 - 9:50 AM-DELAYED START DAY (morning kids club pre-registration only)
AND 3/4 DSO Field Trip-bring a bag lunch (10 am-1 pm)

Optional: You may wear formal attire if you choose.

Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Reading workshop final project Non-Fiction
Math: (3rd) Geometry packet (4th) Lesson 6.6
Science: None
Social Studies: Michigan projects
Co-curricular class: Engage and Spanish
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Things to do this week:
Engage wiki movie comment due 2/3

Math nightly HL or SL and IXL practice each week (3rd 30 mins /4th 60 mins)
3rd math:Thatquiz.org Multiplication The 4’s (due Friday)
Spellingcity homework (Log in and log out for activity to register on your account) due 2/6
Paragraph practice due 2/10

Reading:
3rd: 20 mins
4th: 30 mins
Reading to the Superbowl party is this Friday
Final Score for Parkin was 5 touchdowns and 8 yards. We came in 3rd place! Well done and GREAT READING!!!
Parents, please initial at the bottom of each day’s planner entry, so that I know your child is completing their nightly required reading.

Spelling: Spellingcity homework due Monday Feb 6th
Remember click log in and click log out for each activity to register on your account. Check the paper I gave you that shows your usage activity so far. Do you need to do more?
Follow the directions on the spelling letter. You will take your test in class on Mon Feb.6th

If you are having problems using spellingcity, please try these trouble shooting tips:
-Designate www.spellingcity.com as a regularly-cached/trusted site, accepted by your computer.
-Try clearing your cookies and browser cache (see link below)

http://www.spellingcity.com/how-to-clear-your-internet-browser-cache.html
-If you are experiencing a continuous loading screen or cannot hear audio, please update your Adobe Flash Player. For instructions, please http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Language Arts: Paragraph practice My Life As A(n)… due 2/10/12
Watch the uploading paragraph movie on the blog and upload all previous paragraph practices

Math:
4th Math:
S.L. 6.8 J.Pages 160-163.
Unit 6 review due Feb 7th
Dyna math due Feb 6th
IXL 60 mins each week

3rd Math – H.L. 6.4 Geo packets (complete more pages – optional)
Thatquiz: Timed Multiplication (4’s) due Friday
IXL: Practice any 3rd grade skills 30mins each week (due by End of day Sunday, every week)
Science: Update all outstanding lesson responses for Lessons 1-7.

Technology: Posting Quality Comments
Engage: Watch someones movie on Engage Wiki and Post 1 comment about it using discussion tab.

Social Studies: Check over your wiki responses: Chapter 1 Michigan

Spanish
3rd graders –Please check Sen. Geisler’s wiki for homework and Quiz dates
http://geisler10.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/home
4th graders –Please check Srt. Kron’s wiki for homework and Quiz dates http://kron11.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/

Dates to remember:
Save these dates:
Learn to “Fingertalk” like Goldie and Toadpit from Museum of Thieves on February 8, 2012 at 6:30 pm. Baldwin Library.

P.E (12:55pm-1:40pm) and Thursday (1:45-2:30)
The P.E and Swim schedule for the year is located on the right hand side of the blog. (You may need to scroll down.)