Week of December 8-12, 2025

  

SNOW FUN!

     Nature Center Field Trip  

We will be going to the Nature Center on Thursday, December 11 for part of our day and our outdoor learning requires the proper gear! Plan to have your child bring/wear closed toe shoes or boots and layers of clothing. Michigan weather can be highly variable even within a day, so be sure to check the weather and plan accordingly, from hats and mittens to rain jackets as needed.

                        

Please ask your child if he/she has a pair of working headphones/earbuds at school.  We use them all year long and they need to be kept in school.

TOY DRIVE SERVICE PROJECT: The homeroom that donates the most toys will earn a pizza party hosted by the Seaholm NJHS students who support the Corewell Health Toy Drive!

Bring a new toy and have your homeroom teacher tally your donation.

Donations will be collected now through Winter Break.

Oakland County Foster Closet: BCS Winter Service Project

4th Grade Battle of the Books Program: 

If you are a 4th grader interested in ordering a Battle Pack of books for the Battle of the Books program this year: Click here for a  Battle of the Books letter and order form.  Click here for the RELEASE VIDEO!

Dec. 22 - Jan. 2: Winter Break Jan. 19: NO SCHOOL-Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 23: 1/2 Day (11:30am Dismissal & iReady Literacy Testing) Jan. 27: iReady Math Testing

HOMEWORK:

Language Arts:

3rd Grade Reading: 20+ minutes every night

4th Grade Reading:  30+ minutes every night

Click Link: Arts & Letters Family Letter   Click Link:  Arts & Letters Tips For Families

*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

We continue to explore what it means to have a great heart in Module 1.

 

Spelling:

Butzin List 12 

Parkin List 13

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.                                                                            

List 12

List 13

Math

3rd Grade: Return your signed Checkpoint A quiz (Unit 3)

-  XtraMath.org.  Practice 3 times per week. Keep going until "Mr. C says, you're done!" It should take approx. 10 minutes

- Complete 30 mins of iReady Math My Path each week (Note - Complete Teacher Assigned lesson - if you have them in your account.) Students can log on to iReady via the Classlink page

We are now working in Unit 3.  

4th Grade Math: 

Practice * / math facts for 10+ minutes each day! 

Online fact tests # 4:  Due on December 15. Your child should practice the week before and a parent can always type.  This is a homework assignment. This can be accessed on any device with internet.

iReady Math Path Homework:  Complete 30+ minutes weekly

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. 

Students will also receive optional additional practice problems assigned through their Illustrative Math account, which correlate to the section we are currently teaching. See the screenshot below for an example of what this looks like. Students can log in through Classlink on any home device. They know how to do this!

Unit 3 Study

Click Here to Access Illustrative Math Family Resources for each unit of study 

Social Studies

Ask your student to tell you about Michigan's State symbols (State bird, gem, reptile, mammal, stone, tree, flower, and soil)

Name all five Great Lakes (using the acronym - H.O.M.E.S)

What are some of Michigan's rivers?

What stance did you take on the public policy of building homes around a lake?

Pictures from The Pettibone Family Presentation

Videos from Pettibone Family Presentation

Science

We are currently enjoying our study of water and climate.   We are trying to use scientific words to describe the behavior of the water.  It's a lot of fun!

Water and Climate Essential Questions: 

● What happens when water falls on different surfaces? 

● How does water move on a slope? 

● How much water can a dry sponge soak up? 

● What happens outdoors when rain falls on natural materials? 

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