*Please check this blog daily for homework updates and important information.
Show your school spirit this Friday! Wear your Grade colors!
3rd Graders wear Orange
4th Graders wear Green
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BCS is participating in the 29th Annual National Walk and Roll to School Day on Wednesday, October 8, 2025!
Whether you live nearby or farther from school, all families are welcome to join in this fun and healthy event. For those who don’t have a short or easy route to school, the PTSA Wellness Committee has arranged a meet-up point at the Tilbury/Cranbrook/Pine Rd. green space, where families can gather and make the 0.8-mile walk to school together.
The attached flyer includes important details, including a QR code with a map of the walking route.
If you are unable to walk with your child, you can sign up to drop them off at the meet-up area, where volunteers and crossing guards will be stationed along the route to help guide students safely to school. We are also looking for volunteers to help ensure the event runs smoothly and safely. Please click the link below to sign up your child for drop-off and/or to volunteer for the event. We appreciate your support!
Let’s celebrate our community, promote healthy habits, and enjoy the fun of walking and rolling to school - we hope to see you there!
Math iReady testing on Tuesday, Sept. 30
The most important thing we can do is prepare students and motivate them to put forth their best effort during the test. To help prepare your child for the i-Ready Diagnostic, encourage them to do the following:
● Get a good night's sleep and eat a full breakfast on the day(s) of the assessment.
● Try their best on each question and try not to rush.
● Try not to worry about questions they do not know
Please ask your child if he/she has a pair of working heaphones/earbuds at school. We use them all year long and they need to be kept in school.
Homework:
Language Arts:
3rd Grade Reading: 20+ minutes every night
4th Grade Reading: 30+ minutes every night
*PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD BRING IN A FEW CHAPTER BOOKS FOR OUR DAILY FREE READING TIME!
Bi-Weekly Reading Fluency Chart - Refer to the planner. Read a paragraph (any paragraph from a book you are reading at home) out loud to a parent from your nightly reading book to practice/improve your reading fluency. Reading Fluency video
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| Please click the image above for our module overview & family support at home! |
Spelling:
Butzin List 3
Parkin List 4
Each week your child will write the week's words in his/her planner. Ask your child to share the spelling list with you. This list can also be printed from PowerSpelling. We will have a weekly spelling test in class on Monday (Parkin) or Thursday (Butzin). Kids have an option to practice their words by playing the spelling games on PowerSpelling. They have logins taped to the insides of their planners. Please show your weekly spelling test score to your parents in Powerspelling- Click Scores/Results.
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Math
3rd Grade:
XtraMath.org. Please practice 3 times per week. Keep going until "Mr. C says, you're done!" It should take approx. 10 minutes
Checkpoint A quiz - Did you show your quiz to a parent? Please have a parent sign your quiz, then return it to Mrs. Parkin (so that she knows your parent saw it!) After that, you can take it home to keep.
We are currently working in Unit 1. Students interpret and represent data on picture graphs and scaled bar graphs, and solve one and two-step word problems using the data. The use of scaled graphs and contexts with equal groups serves as a foundation for later units on multiplication.
4th Grade:
Students are bringing home their Unit 1 test on Oct 1 for a parent signature to show me tomorrow.
We have online fact tests due on Tuesday, October 14. Ask your child to tell you about the pink "That Quiz" record sheet that is kept in the take home folder. This is a homework assignment.
Our Unit 1 test was on Monday, September 29 and students will bring these home on Wednesday for a parent signature that is due on Thursday.
Practice * / math facts for 10+ minutes each day!
In class, we have a goal of completing one "Fluency Flight" a day in our math iReady program. If your child misses a day of school, please ask him/her to complete this at home. It takes about 10 minutes.
We are currently working in Unit 2. Students generate and reason about equivalent fractions and compare and order fractions with the following denominators: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100. Students will extend their prior understanding of equivalent fractions and comparison of fractions.
Social Studies
Postcard - Favorite Place in MI - was due Monday, Sept 22nd
Last week's directions:
As part of our introduction to this year’s Social Studies curriculum, which focuses on the state of Michigan, your child brought home a postcard letter last week. We’re asking each student to share their favorite place in Michigan! We would love to have this turned in by Monday, September 22nd These will be shared and displayed as we begin exploring all the wonderful places that make Michigan special!
Have a conversation with your child about their favorite place in Michigan.
Find a picture of that place. You’re welcome to print it at home and attach it to the worksheet. If you’re unable to print at home, feel free to email the picture to me, and I’ll be happy to print it for you.
Have your child write a few sentences about why this place is their favorite.