Monday, December 2nd- Friday, December 6th
4th-grade Ambassador training - Wednesday 12/4 during lunchtime
BCS OPEN HOUSE is Sunday, Dec. 8th, 1 pm-3pm
For Giving Tuesday, please consider donating a pair of gloves to help us reach our goal of 400 pairs for the Detroit Mitten Project. The great news is that we have collected 68 pairs so far! Check out our Glove Thermometer photo and the Bulletin to use the QR code to purchase and have gloves sent directly to BCS via Amazon.
Thank you for considering!
Please see this week's homework, due dates, and reminders below. Check back throughout the week for updates. To receive notifications add your email to the 'Follow' feed.
Student devices Update: Students are asked not to take their school Chromebooks home. They will remain in class and inside the charging cart for use in school. However, if a student does not have a device to use at home and needs their school Chromebook to complete iReady or Xtramath practice, they may take it home and return it to school the next day. Thank you for signing and turning in all the Acceptable Use Policy Agreements.
Homework:
Reading
3rd graders - Read 20 mins (minimum) each night
4th graders - Read 30 mins (minimum) each night
(Uninterrupted - Sustained - Silent - Reading)
Language Arts
Talk About: - The facts you researched/wrote about in your informational guide (Saving the Turtles)
Previous Talk About Topics:
- Explain what you have written about in your Personal narrative (Hook, Dialogue, Ending)
- What positive thing happened because of a mistake made by one of the characters in the novel, Because of Winn Dixie?
- What was your prediction for the novel, Because of Winn Dixie. (You looked at the cover and we read the 1st chapter)
Spelling
List #12 Test is Monday 12/9
The word lists are written in your child's planner each week. The word lists are also available to study using Powerspelling (your child knows their login) This is an optional way to study the words if your child has their own device at home.
To see how your child is doing on all spelling tests. Have them log in to PowerSpelling.com and click 'Results'
3rd Graders: Subtraction worksheet due Monday
Xtramath 3 times per week and iReady 30 mins minimum weekly.
Complete 1 session of XtraMath (about 5-7 mins -Click "continue" until Mr. C says, "You're done!") Make sure you are completing My Path Math lessons.
To access iReady:
Login to ClassLink - click the iReady App - Click Math My Path
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!"
4th Graders - Packet due 12/20
Social Studies
Talk About: The places we have read about in the Southeast
(Tell a parent at home)
Previous Talk About Topics:
-Tell 3 facts from our Northeast tour
- Describe the contributions of one of the following groups that settled in America:
Indian Americans, Latinos, European Americans, Asian Americans, or African Americans.
Science
Talk About (You do not need to write anything for this type of homework.)
Explain the solid-liquid mixtures that you made in the lab ( Use vocab: Solution, suspended, cloudy, dissolved, evaporation)
Previous Talk About Topics:
What forces are acting on the twirly bird system.
Explain how balanced and unbalanced forces work (baseball flying through the air, Ball resting on a table) What forces act on the ball?
Explain your favorite magnetic experiment that you did today in the science lab?
If you would like to place a book order please click on the links below.
To place an order first, set up a username and password (of your own choice) and link your account to our class code: GKQKW
Shop Our Class Page: https://orders.scholastic.com/GKQKW
Shop Flyers: https://clubs.scholastic.com/all-flyers
Each $ spent earns our class points that I can use to purchase fun scholastic items for our classroom! Thank you!
Parkin's Homeroom Co-curricular Schedule
Mark Your Calendars!
Mrs. Geden's WAG (Week at a glance)
Have a great night!
