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Monday, March 12, 2012

Subjects taught today: Language Arts: Reader's workshop: Fantasy
Spelling test taken today
Math: (3rd) Lesson 7.5 (4th)
Science: None
Social Studies: Unit 1 Michigan
Co-curricular class: Engage and Swimming

Spirit Week will be celebrated this week (March 12-16) Don’t forget your dollar each day to participate:
Monday – PJ Day
Tuesday – College Sports day
Wednesday – Crazy hair, hat, clothes day
Thursday – Twin day (pair up with a friend and dress/look alike)
Friday - Grade colors 3rd -White / 4th - Red
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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.
3rd: 20 mins
4th: 30 mins

Spelling: None

Language Arts: Review (and add to) your Myth peer story draft. Remember to change the color of the text when you work alone.

Math:
4th – Fractions worksheet No S.L. No J.page
Dyna Math due March 16
IXL 60 mins each week due each Saturday

3rd Math – H.L 7.5
IXL: Practice any 3rd grade skills 30mins each week (due by End of day Sunday, every week)
Thatquiz.org: Decimals and Area due Wed
3rd graders NB - Spot Check Verbal tests Mrs. Parkin will randomly select students during math class to recite their 4x’s and 6x’s tables to her up to 10 x ¬¬__.
(11 x ___ and 12 x ___ is optional.)

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.
Science: None

Engage: Working on improving the layout of you Student Portfolio wiki page and you Engage page (with a 2 sentence explanation with your favorite project)

Social Studies: FYI - Our MI textbook is available online. Our class code is parkin34
Then click on student edition
We have been reading Unit 1(page 11-34) and we have just started MI Native Americans
(pages 42-65)

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:
P.E Mondays (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.)