Reading: ISAT Review. Students need to be at 86% of their AR goal by April 26; 91% of their AR goal by May 3
Vocabulary Words: None
Grammar: None
Idaho History: Pioneers and the Oregon Trail
Science: Rocks and Geology
Math: ISAT Review
Spelling: None
Class Read-Aloud: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Class Codes
Prodigy Code: 2EEB569
Go Epic Code: jrt7249
Imagine Math: 1601710
SplashLearn: SEJNQJ Password: today6
Math Videos
Multiplication for Mr. Butler's math group--Window/Area Model
Multiplication for Mr. Butler's math group--Partial Products
Module 17--Two-Dimensional Figures
- Module Overview
- Lessson 1
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- Lesson 3--Not Available
- Lesson 4
- Lesson 5--Not Available
Module 18--Symmetry and Patterns
- Module Overview
- Lessson 1
- Lesson 2
- Lesson 3--Not Available
Module 19--Relative Sizes of Customary Measurement Units
Module 20--Relative Sizes of Metric Measurement Units
- Module Overview
- Lessson 1--Not Available
- Lesson 2
- Lesson 3
- Lesson 4--Not Available
Module 21--Solve Problems with Time and Management
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- Lesson 3--Not Available
- Lesson 4
Upcoming Events
April 23 Secretaries Day. Give a big shout out to Alli and Gwen!
April 24 Stricker Ranch Field Trip, 12:30
April 24 3rd Grade Dress Rehearsal
April 25 3rd Grade Music Program
April 25 Arbor Day 5th Grade
April 26 2nd Grade Field Trip
April 26 Bulldog Buck Ice Cream with Community Members
May 3 5th Grade Maturity Talk 12:25pm
May 6-10 KES Book Fair
May 6 Bohman Recorder Concert, 8:30am
May 7 Butler Recorder Concert, 8:30am
May 8 Harmon Recorder Concert, 8:30am
May 10 All School BBQ
May 11 Distrcit AWARE Grant Community Day
May 13 Bulldog Buck Chalk the Walk
May 14 3rd Grade Field Trip to Ritter Island
May 14 AR Rootbeer Float Party
May 15 School Board Meeeting 7PM
May 16 5210 Nutrition Presentation 1:45
May 17 4th Grade Wagon Walk
May 20 Bulldog Buck Bubble Party
May 21 AR Party at Bowladrome and Kimberly City Park
May 22 Student Council All School Glow Party
May 23 KHS Graduation
May 23 End of Year Awards Assembly
May 24 Field Day
May 24 Last day for students/End of 4th Qtr/End of 2nd Semester
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/lance-butler
Homework. If you 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. 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), text “@78b2fc” to 81010 OR go to https://www.remind.com/join/78b2fc
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