Curriculum Overview 2024-2025

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Subjects taught today: Language Arts: Readers workshop fantasy projects
Math: (3rd) Lesson 7.9 (4th) 7.11
Science: None
Social Studies: Michigan Native Americans
Co-curricular class: Art

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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: Homework activities due by Monday 3/26 You will take your test IN CLASS on Monday 3/26
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Language Arts: Paragraph practice: Stop Polluting My Habitat! Due Thursday 3/29

Math:
4th – S.L. None J pg 211 & 212
Unit 7 review due Thursday 3/22. Test is Friday 3/23
Fractions Worksheet due 3/30
IXL 60 mins each week due each Saturday

3rd Math – H.L 7.9
Thatquiz.org: No new quizzes
IXL: Practice any 3rd grade skills 30mins each week (due by End of day Sunday, every week)
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.)

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Science: None

Engage: Check BCS engage page to see if your itunes review is ready to play

Social Studies: FYI - Our MI textbook is available online. Our class code is parkin34
Then click on student edition
We have been reading about Michigan Geography (page 11-34) and MI Native Americans (pages 42-79)

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.)

To access your H drive from home:
1. Go to the BPS homepage at http://www.birmingham.k12.mi.us/
2. Hover over the “Parents/Students” link on the top menu bar. A drop down menu will appear. Click on the box that says REMOTE ACCESS

Alternatively, try clicking on this link:
https://remote.birmingham.k12.mi.us/__extraweb__realmform?resource=%2Fworkplace%2Faccess%2Fhome&alias=workplace&r0=144&r1=147&r2=151