6 Days until Olympic Blast! (Sunday March 18th)
The BCS Olympic Blast Online Auction opens today, March 7, 2018 and ends March 16, 2018. Don't miss items are: Red Wings tickets, reserved parking spots, experiential staff items, and first in the lunch-line. Visit the site using the following link, https://www.biddingforgood.com/blast
Student Led Conferences
Please sign up for a student led conference timeslot for you and your child to attend Spring conferences.
At BCS students lead their Spring conference by engaging in and presenting a variety of activities to their parents. The final part of the conference is with your child's homeroom teacher.
Mr. Wallington will provide 4th grade math progress to be given during our conference.
Please sign up for a student led conference timeslot for you and your child to attend Spring conferences.
At BCS students lead their Spring conference by engaging in and presenting a variety of activities to their parents. The final part of the conference is with your child's homeroom teacher.
Mr. Wallington will provide 4th grade math progress to be given during our conference.
SHARE YOUR CAREER AT BCS – THE KIDS NEED YOU!
Our BCS Proud Dads are coordinating our 3rd biennial BCS Career Day set for Friday, May 11 (same day as our Moms Eat & Run) from 12:30-3:20 PM. We need your help to share your career with our students. It was such a success two years ago, and, with your expertise, this year’s will be bigger and better! Here’s what we need:
· Present a short summary of your career in front of students, or
· Make a 3-5 minute video summarizing your career.
· Please click quick survey to complete the form to let us know your interest! – Or go to the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/pO88TL6RvglOnO6q2.
Thank you!
William Byrne (wbyrne301@comcast.net)
David Wilner (dwwilner@gmail.com)
Due to a scheduling mix up, our field trip to the Nature Center has been postponed to Monday, March 26. The Nature Center apologizes for the inconvenience. Thank you for your patience.
- Nature Center - Monday 3/26/18 (Rescheduled) No bag lunch required as we will be back at BCS for lunchtime.
- Earth Day Movie - Friday 4/20/18 (all slips turned in) No bag lunch required as we will be back at BCS for lunchtime.
BCS Character Ed Word of the Week: Courage
Reminders:
*School starts at 8:18am Students should be in their homeroom seat by this time.
*Remember to bring in headphones or earbuds to keep at school.
*Have 3 sharp pencils every day.*Remember to bring in headphones or earbuds to keep at school.
*Bring a water bottle and two healthy snacks every day.
*Bring a chapter book every day.
Scholastic Book Ordering: The Feb. orders arrived. Next book orders will be submitted on April 6th
If you would like to continue to browse and order, all magazines/flyers are 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. All flyers are available to view and order from any month.
Language Arts:
Writing: None
Congratulations to all the students for achieving their reading minute goals!
The Super bowl Reading celebration is scheduled for Friday March 9th.
3rd: Read 20 mins daily
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.
Word Study:
Signed word study letter and Spellingcity.com tasks due Monday 3/26/18
Access www.spellingcity.com (from this blog) Login. (Your username and password are stuck to the inside cover of your planner.)
Your child will know their spelling sort: Within Word (WW) sort 17, Syllables & Affixes (SA) sort 16 or sort 24, Derivational Relations (DR) sort 8 or sort 22. They wrote their sort on their Word Study paper (at the top.)
Complete 6 activities on Spellingcity.com and return the signed spelling letter on Monday 3/26/18. Please read the letter and follow the directions. Locate your list on spellingcity.com by clicking the red drop down arrow for your spelling sort code. Play the games under the tabs to help you learn the spelling patterns for these words. You can check which word study activities you have completed by clicking on ‘My Records’ after you log in. Remember – DO NOT click S-test on spellingcity.org. Save that button for the day of your test.
4th Grade Math: 5-6 Due Wednesday. Review Due Thursday. Test is Friday
3rd Grade Math: No H/R (PLEASE NOTE Not Unit 4!)
Xtramath.com - 3 times per week. Complete a full work session, which lasts about 5-10 mins (until Mr. C says you are done!)
You can show your Post and Pre test scores to your parents by going to Thinkcentral.com.
Login in with tc before your username. Birthdate password. The link to the site is on the right side of the blog under the Math heading.
Thatquiz.org - None
3rd grade math students please note - Other pages in the homework book e.g. "Dash Pages" (Math fact drill pages) and Multiplication/Division flashcards that are printed in the homework book are not assigned homework. They may be completed or cut out and used as optional, additional fact practice if you'd like. You could use these pages to test yourself with how fast your x fact recall is or just to do some flash card recall practice at home.
Please spend 15-20 mins each week in Compass Learning.
Math pathways or Language Arts pathways. Choose the folder with the lowest RIT number range.
Social Studies: None
Science: Keep your Science Vocab cards at home to study during the unit. There is no due date for these cards. Use them at home to become more familiar with the scientific vocabulary for this unit.
