Our class field trip to the Detroit Historical Museum!
The BCS Blast was so much fun! It was great to see everyone! Congratulations to the winning bidders from our class: Alex S, Lauren G, Allyson P, Eli H, Lauren (& Bridget) and Sydney W. Stay tuned for dates to arrange your events!
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)
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: Problem Solving
“Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome.”
– E.A. Bucchianeri
*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 th
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
Diw moGoogle Classroom - Opinion/Persuasive essay. See planning sheet that we created in class and sent home on 3/19
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 Friday 4/13/18
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 18, Syllables & Affixes (SA) sort 17 or sort 25, Derivational Relations (DR) sort 9 or sort 23. 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 4/13/18. 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 Grd Math:
3rd Grd Math: Complete journal pages 293 and 294 IN YOUR MATH JOURNAL (NOT HOMEWORK BOOK)
Signed Review was due today 3/28. We went over it in class today.
Unit 5 post Test is Tomorrow 3/29
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.
