EDUTOPIA.ORG FILMING AT BCS – 10/18/16 THROUGH 10/20/16
Edutopia will be spotlighting BCS in their series, Schools that Work. They will be visiting 10/18/16-10/20/16 with their production crew to capture footage for their series highlighting what we do at BCS. Parent permission is required in order to use footage that includes your child. Click Edutopia Letter for details regarding the filming or click permission to go directly to the form. Thank you for your attention to this exciting opportunity to highlight our innovative school!
BCS Character Ed Word of the Week: Respect
Think about how important it is to be respectful in our actions and words. Can you think of times when showing respect has made you feel better (as well as the person you were respectful to?)Are you respectful even when others around you are not behaving in that way? How does it feel to be with people who are respectful? What do respectful people say and do to show respectfulness? What steps have you taken to act/speak respectfully?
Lets RAK em’ UP! (RAK - stands for Random Acts of Kindness) We will be keeping track of these acts by the passing on of our class RAK bracelet.
Reminders:
• School starts at 8:18am Students should be in their homeroom seat by this time.
• Have 3 sharp pencils every day.
• Bring a water bottle and two healthy snacks every day.
• Bring a chapter book every day.
Scholastic Book Ordering:
If you would like to browse and order ahead, next month’s book selections are always available to view online…Click on the book orders link at the side of the blog. Create your own username and password to login. Our class code for ordering is GKQKW. Use the class code to access our ordering page. There are many more flyers available online to view and order from at any time.
Language Arts:
Reading 3rd: Read 20 mins daily
Reading 4th: Read 30 mins daily
Parents - Please sign at the bottom of today's planner entry (completed by your child in class) to show that your child has done their required reading.
Writing: None
Word Study: None
4th Grade Math: Workbook page 31 and 32
3rd Grade Math: None
Xtramath.com - 3 times per week. Complete a full work session, which lasts about 5-10 mins (until Mr. C says you are done!)
Optional Fact Practice
In addition to Xtramath practice you might also like to use the pages and flashcards printed in your math journal and homework journal. The pages focus on different x fact sets. During unit 1 so far: 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x, 9x and 10x's.
Strategy cards are to keep at home. Tear out pages 51A – 51Z from the volume 1 math journal. Cut them out and sort them into 3 piles (Very quick response/not as quick/need to learn) Clip them together (or store in small baggies) Then, begin to practice quick recall from the 2nd pile – Your goal is to move this pile to the first (V. quick response)
There are many ways to master your times tables. You could use flashcards, chanting, and math game sites/apps. The most important thing is that you practice REGULARLY. Set up a routine and stick to it, and soon you'll know all those facts fluently!
Compass Learning:
Each week spend 20 minutes working in Compass Learning. (10 mins Language Arts/10 mins Math) Please click on the link under Frequently Visited Places. Log in with your username and password shown on the sticker on the inside cover of your school planner. Don’t forget to type Covington in the bottom box.
Compass Learning Odyssey® is accessible from virtually any mobile device, including iPad/iOS and Android.
In order to access Odyssey content from your mobile device:
*Go to the App Store for your mobile device and find Puffin Academy by CloudMosa.
*Download the Puffin Academy App (not the Puffin Web browser, also by CloudMosa).
*Open the Puffin Academy App.
*Find the Compass Learning icon and click it. A simple search for "compass learning" will bring you to Odyssey.
*Click the Compass Learning logo, then click the logo again, and you will be redirected to the Odyssey login screen.
*Log in as you normally would and begin using Compass Learning Odyssey.
We hope you enjoy the flexibility of accessing Compass Learning Odyssey from your mobile devices. Please visit our support community for questions and/or further information.
Social Studies: Study your Social Scientist Vocab/definitions sheet. Quiz is Friday 9/23
Science: Explain what you learned about what scientists do? What did you did you discover when working with the RED, blue and yellow color film paper today
Spanish: Your teacher’s wiki is linked on this blog (Scroll down to Frequently Visited Sites)
Engage: Your teacher’s wiki is linked on this blog (Scroll down to Frequently Visited Sites)
Important Reminders:
Visit www.bcsonline.info for any/all school information
How to Access your ‘H drive’ from the BPS website.
Click on Departments, Technology Services, Staff Only Links, Remote Access (3rd from the bottom), login with username and password - don’t forget to save any changes you make on your home computer! –Then, email your updated file (as an attachment) to yourself (on your school email address) so that you can open it and resave it at school.
School email is found on the ‘Staff Only’ link. Click on Outlook (web access) and log in with your email address e.g. – lp05@birmingham.k12.mi.us and animal/number password
FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS
Food allergy is a growing public health issue that impacts almost every school across the United States. Nearly 6 million children in the U.S. – which equates to 1 in 13, or roughly 2 in every classroom – have a food allergy. Studies indicate that 16-18% of school-age children who have food allergies have had a reaction in school. In addition, in approximately 25% of the reactions that occur at school, the student had not yet been diagnosed with food allergy. Help your child BE A PAL (protect a life) TO A FRIEND WITH A FOOD ALLERGY! Click here for details or at the following link: http://www.foodallergy.org/document.doc?id=118
The technology Acceptable use page to print and sign can be found on www.bcsonline.info page 3 of the Birmingham District School Board Policy Link (next to the handbook link.)
