The End of Year party is Thursday June 14 10:20-2:30pm. Please email Mrs. Kohl or Mrs. Rifkin if you are available to help with a station (see email sent out to Parkin homeroom parents yesterday. Thank you!)
Please hand in your T-Shirt or tie dye item to your classroom teacher by Monday, June 11th!
Swimming Mondays (12:55pm-1:40pm) and Thursdays (1:45-2:30)
Subjects taught today:
Language Arts: Reader’s Workshop
Language Arts: Reader’s Workshop
Math: (3rd) Reading Scales and Units of Measure (4th)
Science: None
Social Studies: Michigan Government
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 (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: None
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Language Arts: None
Math: 4th –
Unit 11 review due wed 6/6 Test is Thursday 6/7
IXL 60 mins each week due each Saturday
Math: 3rd –
No H.L. All Math box journal pages for Unit 10 need to be complete by Friday 6/8. Students should have their math journals in their binder so they can work on completing these pages. REMEMBER - DON’T REMOVE YOUR JOURNAL FROM YOUR BINDER. WORK IN YOUR JOURNAL WHILE IT IS INSIDE YOU BINDER SO YOU DON’T FORGET IT FOR MATH THE NEXT DAY!
3rd grade Thatquiz.org:
Fact Squad multiplication #2 quiz assigned today (due Thursday 6/7)
Shape Identification NOW OVERDUE (was Monday 5/21)
Multiplication #3 NOW OVERDUE (was due 5/25)
Multiplication #4 NOW OVERDUE (was due 5/31)
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: None
Social Studies: FYI - Our MI textbook is available online. Our class code is parkin34. Then, click on student edition. Unit 5 scroll down the pdf. menu at the side to chapter 10 MI Government (290-325)
Previous chapters we have read in class are:
Michigan Geography (page 11-34)
MI Native Americans (pages 42-65)
The European Arrival (72-103)
Michigan Economy (264-287)
Spanish
3rd graders – Project due Friday, June 8th Please check Sen. Geisler’s wiki for homework and Quiz dates
3rd graders – Project due Friday, 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.)
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.
