*English Test Wed. 12/12
*Spelling Test Fri. 12/14
*Spirit Day Friday-Wear Prairieview Shirts
*Movie Night Friday 12/14
Classroom Chatter
*I was so touched by the generosity and thoughtfulness of those of you who donated to our adopted family. We collected gifts along with Mr. Trinco's class for a family of 7 children and a mom and dad. EACH family member will receive several presents to open! How cool is that?!
Here are pictures I took of our presents we collected. Again, thank you all so very much!
*Don't forget Friday is Prairieview Spirit Day. Wear a PV sweatshirt, T-shirt, or our school colors to show your school spirit!
* A Six Flags Reading Log will be coming home on Monday. Your child's 20 minutes of reading can also count towards this. Students who read for 6 hours will earn a free admission to Six Flags Great America. They are due FEBRUARY 22, 2008. This is optional, but I highly encourage everyone to do this, especially since you already read for me AND it is a FREE ticket!
Spelling
Lesson 15's words are spelled with -ing. The test will be Friday. The list is in the spelling folder.
English
We will finish up our Verb unit with a test on Wednesday. We will then work on writing a holiday story till we break for winter.
Reading
We are continuing with our Egypt unit. Students will learn about the steps of making a mummy and work on sequencing skills. We also will learn about Queen Cleopatra. Students will practice self questioning and inferencing skills as we read about her.
Science
We began our space unit. Last week students met Borg and Zard. They are aliens that helped up figure out which way is up. This week students will learn about gravity, weightlessness, and the space shuttle.
Social Studies
We will learn about what an urban community is this week in lesson 3. We will be reading about Chicago to help learn more about urban communities. We will be taking a test next Tuesday 12/18 on Ch. 2. Look for a study guide to come home this week.
Math
We finished up chapter 3 on multiplication and division. We will continue multipliation mad minutes this week. Students will be taking a mad minute on x6's. We also will begin chapter 4: Using Data and Probability. This week students will be collecting and organizing data, making bar graph and pictographs, and understanding and reading line graphs.
