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Week of August 18-22
Reading: 30 minutes of reading at home every night. Please bring in a book to read during AR time.
Vocabulary Words: See spelling words below.
Grammar: None this week
Idaho History: What is history and what do we know about Idaho?
Science: None this week
Math: Assessments. Please work on multiplication facts.
Spelling: All of the words this week are Greek root words. Students will need to know what the word means for the test. They will not need to worry about spelling them correctly.
anthro--man/person
auto--self
biblio--book
bio--life
cardi--heart
chrono--time
cycl--circle
dec--ten
dem--people
derm--skin
geo--earth
gram--writing
graph--writing
hydro--water
log--study
Class Codes
Prodigy Code: 94A0CA8
Go Epic Code: lqi7036
Imagine Math: 1601710
SplashLearn: LUXTVJ Password: tape27
Upcoming Events
Aug 19: First Day of School
Aug 20: No School
Sept 1: No School
Sept 19: Homecoming Parade
Oct 17: No School, End of 1st Quarter
Oct 31: No School
Nov 24-28: No School, Thanksgiving Break
Dec 22-Jan 2: No School, Christmas Break
Jan 9: End of 2nd Quarter
Jan 19: No School
Feb 13: No School
Feb 16: No School
Feb 27: Summerwind Skippers
Mar 13: End of 3rd Quarter
Mar 23-27: No School, Spring Break
April 17: No School
May 21: KHS Graduation
May 22: Awards Assembly, Field Day, and Last Day of School
My name is Lance Butler (Parents, please, please, please call me “Lance”. The kids can call me “Mr. Butler”, "Mr. B.", "The Ugly One", or any other number of things), and I am the lucky teacher who gets to have your child in my class this year! I am very excited to get this year started and to have the chance to get to know you and your child. Here's a little bit about what you can expect this year:
I want you to know that I take my job very seriously (mostly because I love love love what I do). I am available all day and evening to answer questions, etc. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need to. I answer emails or Remind messages any time I'm awake :).
I challenge students to do things that are harder than they think they can do. I will do whatever I need to do to help your student get through the things he or she needs to do.
Expect the unexpected.
I update my personal staff page every week with what we are doing, any upcoming dates, etc. I usually update the page Monday morning. Please check that for information about the week. You can find that at https://www.kimberly.edu/kes/mr-butler
Homework. If your child says he or she only has 30 minutes of reading for homework, they are probably telling the truth. I do this on purpose. I want the kids to go home and climb trees, chase snakes, etc. That being said, any help you can do at home with working on spelling words or math facts is greatly appreciated!
Homework part 2. We will be doing a lot of wood projects this year with hammers, hand saws, etc., to do some hands on math work. Please invite your child to do things at home with you that involve math, whether it be cooking, building, or whatever. I will try to send home suggestions regularly for things you can do to reinforce what we are doing in the classroom.
Homework part 3. Anytime I come across any safe broken electrical equipment to take apart, we will do that. If your child says, "Mom, I need to bring a Phillips head screwdriver to school", they are probably telling the truth. Also, I tell the kids that any reverse engineering they do at home MUST be done with parental permission and that, if I hear they have been dismantling things without permission, that I don't know them.
Every day, I will spend time reading novels to the kids. We will read from a variety of authors with a variety of topics. If a book has been turned into a movie, we try to watch the movie as a compare/contrast activity. I will post the books we read on my page for you to examine (we will start with Holes by Louis Sachar). I let them count these books as part of their AR goal.
As the year goes on, we will have activities and projects that come up from time to time. I will do my best to let you know about these. If you ever have any questions, comments, or concerns, my door is always open. You can contact me via e-mail (lbutler@kimberly.edu) or on my work phone (208-423-4170, ext. 3024). I look forward to getting to work with you and your child!
To join The Remind notification system (the school uses this for all sorts of notifications. I promise I won’t abuse it). On your phone, either text “@3bc9db9” to 81010 or open your web browser and go to http://rmd.at/3bc9db9 and follow the instructions.
Things To Bring On The First Day Of School
A book to read
A hard-working attitude ready to learn
Things To Know For The First Day
If your child is bringing lunch or having school lunch
How your child is getting home
Your child may come into the room for the first day when they get to school. I will show them where to line up the first day.
Reading Resources:
Audible Stories Lots of books available for free during the school shut downs.
Unite For Literacy Lots of smaller non-fiction books available.
Epic! Audio books as well as books to read.
Other Resources:
Art For Kids Hub Literally hundreds of videos on how to draw different things.
The Bob Ross YouTube Channel I still don't know how he does the things he does.
Physical Education Resources Gotta keep active!
Virtual Field Trips:
Idaho Capitol Building: Videos and Video Scavenger Hunt
Old Idaho Penitentiary: Quick Tour, The "Doin' Time" Video, and The Old Idaho Penitentiary YouTube Channel with lots of videos.
Over 30 Different Field Trips! Click Here This will take you to a Google docs page. To access the field trips, you will probably need to hold down the ctrl key when you click on the link.
Favorite From The Phantom of the Opera
Teacher Stuff
Setting Up Assignments in Power School
Entering Grades in Power School for Standards Based Report Cards
Using Reports to Find Missing Assignments
Using Word for Text to Speech and Speech to Text
ISAT Interim Block Information
Downloading Videos for HMH Math Parent Help