Packing food bags for Kids Against Hunger was a great success today. The students worked hard and surpassed their goal during their packing time! Great job guys!

Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Packing food bags for Kids Against Hunger
Math: (3rd) Money problem solving (4th) Lesson 9.7
Science: Variables.
Social Studies: None
Co-curricular class: Spanish

Return your Baldwin House Senior reading permission slip by Wednesday 5/2

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Calling all willing drivers/chaperones!...We are scheduled to visit Baldwin House in Birmingham on Friday May 4th 9:50am - 11:00am for our annual Reading to the seniors program. This trip connects our students with their senior community members as they read their favorite short stories (or even stories they have written themselves.)
We are still in need 1- 2 driver/chaperones for this trip. Thank you to those parents who have already volunteered! Please email Mrs.Parkin lp05bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us if you are available.
Thank you (in advance!)

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
Remember to login and click logout for each activity to register on your account. To see what your teacher sees on the site, click on “My Records” after logging in. Make sure you use all the words in your list.

Follow the directions on the spelling letter. You will take your test in class on March 12
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Language Arts: None

Math:4th – S.L. 9.7 and corresponding J.pgs.
IXL 60 mins each week due each Saturday
Bitstrip

Math: 3rd – H.L. 9.5 due tomorrow 4/27 Please return your parent signed Unit 8 test ASAP.
Thatquiz.org: Timed 8’s and 9’s and Fractions #1 due Wednesday 5/2
All test links that need completing have been sent to your BCS student email
IXL: Practice FRACTIONS (S.1 – S.13) 3rd grade skills 30mins each week (due by End of day Sunday, every week)
Please note: There are a variety of math movies available covering Fractions and Partial Products. Please take some time to watch these short clips.

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

Science: Talk about (to a parent) – How you measured capacity of your fleet of boats during science.

Engage: Continue working on your book review

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) MI Native Americans (pages 42-65) and the European Arrival (72- 103)

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 Monday (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:
Go to the BPS homepage at http://www.birmingham.k12.mi.us/
Hover over the “Parents/Students” link on the top menu bar. A drop down menu will appear. Then, click on the REMOTE ACCESS button.