Happy Tuesday!
Please remember to bring snow gear for outdoor recess.
Show your school spirit this week (all ideas are optional)
Monday - P.J. Day
Tuesday - Character Day
Wednesday - Twin Day/Same As Day (or triplet, Quads, Group)
Thursday - Festive Holiday Wear
Students have now switched to swimming. Don't forget your towel and swimsuit on Tuesdays and Fridays!
For the yearly swim/Gym schedule, please click on/or copy-paste the link on the right-hand side of the blog
The following assignments should be written in your child's planner, which is inside their zipper binder. Parents, please use this blog to 'cross-check' with your child's planner. They should be completing their planner every day in class.
Reading
3rd graders - Read 20 mins (minimum) each night
3rd graders - Read 20 mins (minimum) each night
4th graders - Read 30 mins (minimum) each night
(Bring in a chapter book to read in class. You will keep your book inside your binder)
Word Study - No new word list this week!
Please Show your weekly spelling test scores to your parent by clicking on the results button on (click this link) Powerspelling.com
Writing
Talk About: Name all five structures on Informational Texts (Com/Con, Pr/Sol, Des, Seq and C/Eff)
Previous Talk About Topics:
- What did Attean do that he hasn't done before (character development)
- What did Matt realize when he told Attean the story from the bible?
- Explain how Matt has changed in the story? Do you think Matt and Attean are friends?
- Explain inferences (use the story - Sign of the Beaver or your Dat/Night worksheet)
- Explain the difference between Main Idea (what happens) and Theme (What you learn/ the lesson in the book)
- Show your personal narrative to a parent (go to your Google Drive)
- Summarize your reading
- Explain how to punctuate dialogue in a story
- Tell a parent a vivid verb from your personal narrative
-Retell your Pumpkin Contest story to a parent
Summarize The Hundred Dresses (setting - the main character(s) Predict what might happen next)
- Explain one type of lead and one type of ending in your narrative writing
- Show your Pixton Summary to a parent. Problems logging in? Use the class join code azu3t4
- Summarize what we read from our class novel, Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing
- Tell 3 facts about Constitution Day (use page 144 in your planner to help you)
Talk About - Summarize what we read from our class novel, Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing
Math
4th Grade - None
3rd Grade - 30 mins of iReady Math MyPath each week
(you may split this into shorter 10 mins sessions 3 times per week if you prefer)
Xtramath 3 times per week Complete 1 session (about 5-7 mins - Click "continue" until Mr. C says, "You're done!")
To access iReady:
- Go to the Birmingham Public Schools Website
- Scroll Down to ClassLink (bookmark this site) Log in
- Click on the iReady App and select Math Pathway
To access Xtramath:
Account setup directions were sent home on the XtraMath flyer.
- Type XtraMath into your browser (bookmark this site)
- Login with your 4-digit PIN (the last four numbers on your account number)
- Complete 1 session (about 5-7 mins - Click "continue" until Mr. C says, "You're done!"
Click the link to access Illustrative Math Family Support Materials
Click the link to access Illustrative Math Family Videos
Social Studies
Talk About - Who was Father Jean Marquette?
Previous Talk About Topics:
- Tell a fact about Veterans Day (Show your Remembrance Day poppy to your parent)
- What did Native Americans use from nature?
- What is Indigenous Peoples Day (Who was Christopher Columbus?)
- Tell a parent about cardinal directions
- Tell a fact about a Michigan Lake
Science
Talk About: Explain what you learned about floods or monsoons (natural hazards)
Previous Talk About Topics:
- Explain the Water Cycle (Evaporation-condensation-precipitation)
- Explain the Hot/Cold water density experiment (Less dense = floats/ more dense = sinks)
- What were the temperatures of 3 different cups of water?
- What surprised you when you tested water drops on rocks, leaves, and wood chips
- Explain what surface tension is
- How does water react to different surfaces?
If you would like to place a book order please click on the link on the right side of the blog. To place an order - Set up a username and password (of your own choice) and please link your account to our class using the following code: GKQKW
Each $ spent earns our class points that I can use to purchase new books for our classroom library! Thank you!
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