Choice Hour selection sheets went home. 4th graders will be signing up for 5/6 classes! Please return your selection sheets by Tuesday May 29th. Courses can also be viewed online at www.bcsonline.info
Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Reader’s Workshop
Language Arts: Reader’s Workshop
Math: (3rd) Lesson 10.1 (4th) 11.1
Science: Variables – Foss Planes
Social Studies: Michigan Economics
Co-curricular class: Engage and Spanish
Just 2 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, Mrs. Liddell, Mrs. Milia. We have two spots 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
3rd: 20 mins (Fact squad may split the time, or switch reading for fact prac.)
4th: 30 mins
Spelling: Your next list was given out. Follow the directions on the spelling letter. You will take your test in class on 5/29
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Language Arts: None
Math:4th – Thatquiz due Friday
S.L 11.1 J.pg. 286-287
Study Chart on math Message 11.1
IXL 60 mins each week due each Saturday
Math: 3rd – H.L. 10.2
Thatquiz.org: Shape Identification NOW OVERDUE (was Monday 5/21) Multiplication #3 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.
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.
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
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: None
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: None
Engage: bring in the supplies you need for your group project
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 –Please check Sen. Geisler’s wiki for homework and Quiz dates
3rd graders –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.
