Monday, May 31, 2010

Week of May 31-June 2

Important Dates
School Picnic 6/1
Last day of school 6/2

Classroom Chatter

PICNIC: Our 3rd grade picnic will be on Tuesday, June 1st from 8:30am-10am. A hot dog lunch will be provided at 11:05am. If your child does not want to eat a hog dog, please send them with an alternate cold lunch. There will not be cafeteria hot lunch service.

DONATIONS
YEARBOOKS: Yearbooks will be handed out to students on June 2nd. Any students who did not purchase a yearbook may do so on a first-come-first-serve basis on June 2nd; they will go on sale after morning announcements. The cost will be $10.00 and children wishing to purchase should have exact amount. Checks can be made out to Prairieview. There is a limited supply. Prairieview yearbook orders were not paid for at registration. A note was sent out on November 12, 2009 and orders were due by Tuesday, December 9, 2009.

DONATIONS: We are working with several organizations who help provide less fortunate school children with school supplies. I will take any used school supplies you wish to donate. Please send these in before the last day of school.

LAST DAY: Our last day of school will be on Wednesday, June 2nd. Report cards will be issued, and the students will be dismissed at 9:30am.

Thank you to all the parents and students for a great year! I wish you all a fantastic summer. Don't forget to visit next year!



Friday, May 21, 2010

Week of May 24-28

Important Dates:
*Bowling Tuesday 5/22
*Magic Show Thursday 5/27
*2nd grade pen pals Thursday 5/27
*Boat Trip Friday 5/28

Classroom Chatter
This week will be filled with wrapping things up for the year! We have two field trips this week. Tuesday we are bowling from 9-11. Please send a sack lunch this day. That way, if your child is too full from bowling, a hot lunch won't go to waste. Please limit the amount of money that is sent that day for your child to buy a treat. Thanks!

Friday is our boat trip. Dress for the weather. Remember, it is cooler by the lake. Dress in layers. Right now, 10 day forecast is calling for a high of 76 and a 30% chance of storms. Yikes!
Hopefully this will change!!!

Spelling
No spelling this week. We are done for the year!

English
We will be typing our autobiographies in the computer lab this week.

Reading
We will be watching the biography of Harry Houdini. We will spend time getting ready for Thursday's magic show! Don't forget to send me an email to reserve a seat! Show begins at 9am!


Social Studies
We will spend the week learning about present day Chicago and end our unit Friday with our boat trip at Navy Pier!

Science
We will spend this week finishing up science chapter 14. No chapter test.


Math
Our last day of math will be Tuesday 5/25. We will spend Monday and Tuesday working on multiplication of greater numbers and long division. A note will come home by the end of the year letting your child know of their math placement for next year!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Week of May 17-21

Important Dates:
*Spelling Test Friday 5/21
*Chicago Quiz Friday 5/21


Classroom Chatter
The year is winding down. Our units are coming to an end. Please note some changes in plans.



Spelling
L. 32's words are possessive form of nouns. Test will be Friday. Pretest on Monday. The list is in the spelling folder.


English
Students will be writing their autobiographies this week.


Reading
Instead of the mystery unit, we will begin a magic unit in reading. We will be reading about The Great Houdini. Students will be putting on a magic show next week. The date will be Thursday May 27th! Mark your calendar. Parents are welcome. Time: 9am? Maybe?? I'll send home more info as the date gets closer!


Science
We are continuing in our Heat, Light, and Sound unit in chapter 14. We will not be having a chapter test. The students will be having 4 chapter reviews for a grade. Each are worth 10 points. This is our final science unit.



Social Studies

We will finish up Chicago. There will not be a unit test. We will be having a quiz on Friday on the history of Chicago. Students can take a Chicago book home to study. We will be doing a crosswork puzzle this week that can be used as a study guide. Also, review info in the journal that is in the social studies folder.



Math

We will finish up our decimal unit. The test is scheduled for Friday 5/21. We will be taking division mix mad minutes this week. Our last week of mad mintues. Please have your child continue to practice their multiplication and division over the summer!!!!!

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Week of May 10-14

Important Dates:

*Bubble Wonder Assembly Tuesday 5/11

*Spelling test Friday 5/14

*Early Dismissal Friday 5/14



Classroom Chatter

It is great to be back at school and working with your children. Everyone greeted me with smiles and hugs. I can't believe how much they've grown! Looking forward to spending the next couple of weeks wrapping things up for the summer. We have a lot of fun things to look forward to!


We will have a special assembly called Bubble Wonder on Tuesday. Ask your child about it!



Don't forget Friday is early dismissal. Students are dismissed at 11am.



This week Prairieview is collecting gym shoes in any shape and all other shoes that still have "some life in them" for Character Counts. We want to help cut down on the amount going into landfills. The shoes will be either donated to places that help people or will be sent to Nike's recycyling center. Here they recycyle gym shoes into a variety of objects including floor mats. Please tie the shoes together or put them in a plastic grocery bag so that they do not become separated. Thank you for your support. At Prarieview school...Character Counts!!!



Spelling

L. 31's words are on contractions. There will be a pretest Monday and the test is on Friday.



English

We will be working on writing persuasive papers this week.



Reading

We will begin a new mystery unit!



Science

I spoke too soon. 4th grade extensively covers electricity and magnets so we will move on to Ch. 14. Chapter 14 covers Heat, Light, and Sound. This will be our final unit.

Social Studies
We will continue studying the history of Chicago. This week we will learn about the great Chicago fire!




Math

We will be taking a mad minute in division 12's this week. Next week, will be our final week of mad minutes with division MIXED! Continue to practice all division facts!

We began chapter 10 decimals last week. We will continue this week with the unit. This will be our last chapter we will test on. The test isn't for a few weeks. After we test on chapter 10, we will spend the rest of the year working on higher level multiplication and long division. I want to introduce this to the students. We won't test on it though.