Curriculum Overview 2024-2025

Tuesday, May 29, 2012


Choice Hour selection sheets went home. 4th graders will be signing up for 5/6 classes! Please return your selection sheets by TODAY Tuesday May 29th Courses can also be viewed online at www.bcsonline.info

Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Reader’s Workshop
Math: (3rd) Area and Perimeter (4th) 11.2 and 11.3
Science: None
Social Studies: Michigan Economics
Co-curricular class: Art

Just 1 more permission slips to return for Greenfield Village.
The fieldtrip is on June 1st. We will depart BCS at 9:00am and return at 2:30pm
The chaperones for this fieldtrip are, Mrs. Kohl, Mrs. Patel. Mrs. Rifkin, Mrs. Beard, Mr. Liddell, Mrs. Milia and Mrs. Johnson
We have one spot available to chaperone.
Please email Mrs. Parkin lp05bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us if you have a schedule conflict so that we can find an alternate chaperone to come with us.

Parents: If you would like to receive email notification when this blog is updated, please submit your email address at the right side of the page.

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 (Fact squad may split the time, or switch reading for fact prac.)
4th: 30 mins

Spelling: Test was today

Language Arts: None

Math: 4th – S.L 11.2 and 11.3 J.pg. 290, 292, 293-296
Math Message 11.2 and 11.3
IXL 60 mins each week due each Saturday

Math: 3rd – No new H.L. (10.2 was the last assigned H.L) Unit 9 assessment signed by parent and return tomorrow. Finish Area and Perimeter worksheet

Thatquiz.org: Multiplication #4 due 6/1
Shape Identification NOW OVERDUE (was Monday 5/21) Multiplication #3 NOW OVERDUE (was due 5/25)
Make sure that you are up to date with all your quizzes. All outstanding test links that need completing have been sent to your BCS student email
IXL: Practice Multiplication & Division 3rd grade skills 30mins each week (due by End of day Sunday, every week)
Please note: There are math movies available covering lattice multiplication and Partial Products. Please take some time to watch these short clips.

Science: None

Engage: Bring in the supplies you need for your group project (due tomorrow)

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) Michigan Economy (264-287) MI Government (290-325)

Spanish
3rd graders – Project due June 8th Please check Sen. Geisler’s wiki for homework and Quiz dates
4th graders – Please check Srt. Kron’s wiki for homework and Quiz dates http://kron11.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/

Dates to remember:
Swimming 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.)


FYI: Due to a postponed SpaceX rocket launch, our downlink with the International Space Station has been changed to May 31.  We don’t know what time the downlink will be yet.  All of the activities, etc…will be moved to that date.  The community evening will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on May 31.  More information will be coming soon.

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.