Curriculum Overview 2024-2025

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Upcoming event:
3rd/4th Grade Curriculum night is Thursday 9/15
6:00 PM PTSA Reception in the main hallway
6:30 PM Program begins in classrooms
7:05 PM Welcome from Mark/Jason, Co-Curricular teachers and PTSA

Visit www.bcsonline.info for any/all school information

BCS Character Ed Word of the Week: Kindness
Think about how important it is to be kind in our actions and words. Can you think of times when showing kindness has made you feel better (as well as the person you were kind to)? Are you able to be kind so that everyone feels included and treated fairly? How does it feel to be with people who are kind? What steps have you taken to act with kindness?
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: Online orders due Sept 21st. 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.

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: Tell a parent what you wrote about in your notebook today. Explain what 'Edit Mode' is. Explain how you will use the pages on left side of your notebook.

4th Grade Math: 1-2

3rd Grade Math: Homework 1-1 (double sided)
Tip: Start with the Stretch Your Thinking Question (see bottom of Remembering side)
Enroll on Xtramath by Friday 9/16 (See the letter sent home yesterday)

Social Studies: None

Science: None

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.)