Thursday, November 18, 2010

Week of November 22-26

Important Dates:
11/23 English Test
11/24-11/26 No School Thanksgiving break
11/29-12/3 P/T conferences
12/3 No school Friday

Classroom Chatter

*I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! Enjoy your time with your family!


*The students of Project Challenge grades 3-5 are participating in a Lion's Club Holiday Drive. We are looking for donations such as new toys, new games, toiletries, and food for the needy families in the Darien area. If you wish to participate you will need to bring the donations in by December 13. Remember that some of these families live right here in Darien. So let's help these families have a happy holiday season.



*Paper Recycling Fundraiser Comes to Prairieview: We are happy to announce we can now raise money for our district by recycling paper! You can help us out, too! Please collect any paper you are going to throw away or recycle (office and school paper, newspaper, magazines and catalogs, and construction paper---no cardboard!) and send it in with your child to school or drop it off at the green and yellow Paper Retriever bin in the Lakeview parking lot (near the fence by the Prairieview playground). The bin is available for drop offs 24/7. The more paper we recycle, the more money we can make! Do something good for our schools AND the environment! Thank you!


Spelling
No spelling this week. We will pick up with Lesson 9 next week.

English
We will finish up our verb unit with a test on Tuesday.

Reading
We will be doing some reading activities with a Thanksgiving theme. These activities review the different skills and strategies we've been working on this year.


Science
We will learn about the planets.

Social Studies
We will begin chapter 3 on culture next week.

Math
We will take a check your progress on lessons 1-5 in chapter 6 on Tuesday. Next week we will start x6 mad minutes.