Remember the eagles for our conference:

The Decorah Eagles nest is located in a patch of woods to the east side of the Siewers Spring road bridge near the trout hatchery. Since we've been watching, the eagles have produced 23 eaglets. In general, they lay eggs in mid-February. The eggs hatch in late March to early April and the eaglets stay in the nest for 75-80 days, fledging in mid-June. This cam can be watched live at: http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles To learn more, visit: http://bit.ly/1MR4fCw.

Homework:
Language Arts:

• 20-30 minutes of reading of a NON-FICTION book

Nonfiction Reading Charts we are learning in class:

To Read Nonfiction Well....

• Make a connection to your text
• Preview the whole text and predict how it might go:

                     a) Use prior knowledge of the topic  

b) Scan the text features

• Figure out the text's structure and use it to determine importance:

       1. Problem/ solution

          2. Compare/ contrast

3. Cause/ effect

  4. Chronological

www.scholastic.com/readingclub

• Class code is: LD8YB

We will start studying Conjunctions soon!

Science Homework:

Try and answer these questions as we get set to start our new science unit.
1. What is a pendulum?
2. What variables might affect the number of cycles the pendulum makes in 15 seconds?
3. Does changing the mass, length, or release position of a pendulum change how quickly it swings?
4. What can graphs tell us about results?

Remember to study our new vocabulary words nightly.

1. A mass hanging from a fixed point that is free to swing to and fo is called a pendulum.
2. A cycle is any motion or activity that repeats itself.
3. A variable is anything that you can change in an experiment that might affect the outcome.


4th grade Mathematics
Homework is: Journal pages 7-4 and 7-5( if not completed in class today)
 Homework book 7-4 and 7-5

Dynamath due Monday, May 2nd

Complete your thatquiz.org assignment( Due April 22 , 2016)
Class home page: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/classpage?00f012367898571

We are now studying Fractions, Decimals and Percents. See the videos below.

We are in the lab making sure everyone is able to log in to Compass Learning.  It seems like everyone is in good shape.  For your records, this is how to log in from home.

1. Follow this link: https://www.thelearningodyssey.com/
2. Type in username, which is the student’s initial / number combination (ex - scl3)
3. Type in the password, which is the student’s birthdate (ex - 2122005)
4. Type in the school name (Covington)

Dance Mat Typing is a good program to start learning and improving keyboard skills.  As a reminder, here is the link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr

Dear BCS Parents/Guardians,

Birmingham Public Schools has started a new initiative this year called "Student Spotlight". The hope is to get to know students better, both in and out of the classroom. Once a month at BCS, one student will be highlighted on the school website and possibly on the district website. If your child is interested in being the October Student Spotlight for BCS, please click Student Spotlight, complete the form and submit it. Selection will be done by a random draw. The form must be detailed and fully complete in order to be considered and go into the random selection.  Parent/Guardian permission is required on the form.