Please remember to bring in a bag for locker and classroom work cleanout/take home.
It was great to meet our new incoming 3rd graders today at Move Up! The students had fun exploring BCS on a scavenger hunt with their buddies and the "new fourth graders" did a great job acting as good role models and friends. Current 4th graders enjoyed meeting their 5th grade teachers and got to see who is in their homeroom in the fall.
We're looking forward to another great year!
You can order your BCS school supplies for next year NOW until Friday, June 23rd!
Please visit the website: www.schoolsupplykits.com School Code: 11067
See directions and click on the flyer for all the details including a chance to win a prize. Click on the grade level your child will be going into in September. All the supplies needed will be listed. Any item with a check mark next to it can be deleted from your order if preferred. Simply uncheck that item, and it will be removed. Note: not all items are removable.
After you add your customized kit it to the cart, you can click “continue shopping” (left side on the bottom of your order) or simply check out. Once your order is completed, enjoy the rest of the summer and your box will be delivered a week before school starts. ORDER NOW before time runs out! Check out the flyer and Happy Summer!
*if you have any questions, please contact Alifya Vohra at alifya@gmail.com
BCS Character Ed Word of the Week: Gratitude
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” – William Arthur Ward
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.
Language Arts: Login to MyOn linked under 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: There are no more spelling letters coming home. We will continue to complete the word study activities using the Words Their Way book in class.
4th Grade Math: Test is tomorrow
3rd Grade Math: None
Show your test result on Thinkcentral.com to a parent
Xtramath.com - 3 times per week. Complete a full work session, which lasts about 5-10 mins (until Mr. C says you are done!)
Thatquiz.org Please check your account to complete all your overdue quizzes. Click link under Math heading (right side of blog)
Some students only: Continue working in Soar to Success (Go to Things to Do in your Thinkcentral account)
Thinkcentral Unit Tests are available to view at home - Please show your results to your parents (see below for directions to access the site)
To access Think Central
Go to www.thinkcentral.com (linked under math on this blog)
Log in with this info on the drop down menu:
Michigan
Birmingham Public School District
Birmingham Covington School
Check the ‘remember me’ box
Username with tc at the start (ex.tc lp05) password (animal/number)
Click My Scores - The most recent test will be at the top
Optional - Play Mega Math Games - Explore any from the menu:
Country Countdown – Clock-a-Doodle-do
The Number games – Tiny’s Think Tank
Ice Station Exploration – Polar Planes, Linear Lab
Shapes Ahoy – Made to Measure
Fraction Action
Numberopolis
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 that is: 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!
Science: Continue to complete all lesson for Chapter 5 (1-4) in your Pearson realize account. Click on the Pearson Realize link. Log in with your Google email (e.g. lp05@bps-schools.com) and animal/number password)
Optional - The science student book is linked under Science. Click on Pearson Realize. If you would like to re-read the chapters we covered in class click on Pearson Realize. Log in with your Google email (e.g. lp05@bps-schools.com) and animal/number password.
Social Studies: None
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. The link is on the right hand side of the blog (above the map.)
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.
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.)
