Hello Room 24 Parents and Students,

      This week we will be continuing with our whale reports. Students are deep into their research, and are enthusiastically learning about the sea animals that they're studying. We will also be finishing up our unit on factors and multiples in math, taking our chapter test on Friday. We will be starting a 4th grade level PBL project, learning about California's missions. Yet another busy week...

 

Important Upcoming Dates:

Monday, 1/15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (school closed)

Wednesday, 1/17 - Character Counts Day (wear red for caring)/Modified Day

Friday, 1/19 - Birney Pride Day (wear Birney shirts or Birney blue)

Dear Room 24 Parents and Students,

     Happy New Year! I hope that you had a very peaceful and relaxing break.

     This week we will be diving into our next series of assignments. We will begin work on our whale reports and begin using Zearn (a computerized program) to learn about factors and multiples in math. We will also make final corrections to several of our essays before printing and review our interim math assessment to see where our strengths and weaknesses lie.

     This Thursday school will be closed because we will be having a SIP day. School will resume on Friday.

 

Important Upcoming Dates:

Monday, 1/8 - College T-shirt Day

Wednesday, 1/9 - Character Counts Day (wear red for caring)/Modified Day

Thursday, 1/11 - SIP Day (school closed)

Friday, 1/12 - Birney Pride Day (wear Birney shirts or Birney blue)

Monday, 1/15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (school closed)

 

Hello Room 24 Parents and Students,

     This will be a week of finalizing assignments and closing out units before heading off into winter break. We will not be having any homework this week. Homework will resume on January 8, 2018. If you feel like practicing skills learned over the break, please remember that you can log on to Front Row, Reflex Math, Spelling City, and code.org any time over the break.

     Student Council has issued a challenge to our Birney classes. In light of the wildfires burning in Southern California, and the fact that they have destroyed many homes right before Christmas, they are challenging every class in the school to donate at least 5 new, unwrapped toys. The toys will be donated to our local Fire Station 25 for their Spark of Love Toy Drive. If you are able to donate anything, please do. Every little bit helps make a difference...

     I would like to thank all of you for your help and support throughout the first part of the school year. It has passed so quickly! It is my sincere hope that you all have a peaceful and relaxing winter break, and that you get to enjoy your time together as a family. Here's hoping that 2018 brings all of you nothing but the best!

 

Important Upcoming Dates:

Monday, 12/11 - College T-shirt Day

Wednesday, 12/13 - Character Counts Day (wear orange for Fairness)/Modified Day

Thursday, 12/14 - classroom party

Friday, 12/15 - Pajama Day (spirit day)/Trimester Awards Assembly - 10:00 a.m.

Monday, 12/18 through Friday, 1/5 - Winter Break (school closed)

Monday, 1/8 - School Resumes

Thursday, 1/11 - SIP Day (no school)

Hello Room 24 Students and Parents,

     This week we will be writing our informative essays about technology, after having spent last week planning and organizing. We will also be continuing with long division, our course on computer coding, and Mystery Science (asking: How does your brain control your body?) We will be visiting the Innovation Lab on Tuesday to take a virtual reality expedition into the human eye using Google Expeditions. It will be a busy week, but a fun one!

     It is report card time! Please be sure to ask your child for their report card, sign the outer envelope, and return the envelope to class with your child. The contents are yours to keep.

 

Monday, 12/4 - College T-shirt Day

Wednesday, 12/6 - Character Counts Day (wear orange for Fairness)/Modified Day

Friday, 12/8 - Birney Pride Day (wear Birney shirts or Birney blue)

Hello Room 24 Students and Parents,

     This week we will be taking our first interim assessment in math, in Numbers and Operations in Base 10, just to see where our class's strengths and needs lie. We will also be continuing with division using the standard algorithm.

In language arts we begin work on our second informative essay, as well as working with possessive nouns. This week students will be introduced to code.org, a site through which students learn about coding and practice coding exercises. We will be working through the 4th grade level course in our classroom, but students are welcome to log in to the site anytime from home and explore on their own.

 

Important Upcoming Dates:

Monday, 11/27 - College T-shirt Day

Wednesday. 11/29 - Character Counts Day (wear green for Responsibility)/Modified Day

Friday, 12/1 - Birney Pride Day - wear Birney shirts or Birney blue

Hello Room 24 Parents and Students,

     This will be a very short, but very busy week. This is the week that our informative essays, native tribe slide shows, and amusement parks will be finalized. We will also begin division using the standard algorithm, keeping to smaller problems this week until the class gets the hang of it.

     Monday is the final day of our canned food drive. Thank you so much to those of you who have already donated. If you are able to send something in on Monday, please do.

     Monday and Tuesday will be regular school days. Wednesday is a modified day. The school will be closed on Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving. School will resume on Monday, November 27th. I hope that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy your time with your families.

 

Important Upcoming Dates:

Monday, 11/20 - College T-shirt Day

Wednesday, 11/22 - Character Counts Day (wear green for Responsibility)/Modified Day

Thursday, 11/23 - Friday, 11/24 - Thanksgiving Holiday (school closed)