Saturday, May 8, 2010

May 10th-May14th

Mark your calendar...
5/10 Robert Crown Field Trip
5/14 Early Dismissal-11:00 a.m.
5/28 Bowling Field Trip
5/31 No School--Memorial Day
6/2 Last Day of School

Field Trip News:

All students in our class will need to bring a "nut-free" lunch and drink on Monday, May 10th. We will be eating an early lunch in the classroom before we go to the Robert Crown Center. Students may want to bring a second snack for when we return in the afternoon.

Donations:
All this week Prairieview is collecting gym shoes in any shape and all other shoes that still have some life in them. 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 recycling center where they recycle gym shoes into a variety of objects including floor mats. Please tie the shoes together or put them in plastic grocery bags so that they do not become separated. Thank you for your support. At Prairieview School-Character Counts!


Spelling:
Lesson 34: Words ending with -less and -ment. Due to the field trip on Monday, there will not be a pretest for this lesson. The test will be on Friday.


Reading:
All poetry Unit Books will be on May 14th. Book Clubs were formed April 30th. The second book club meeting will be Friday, May 14th. Our next unit of study in reading will be mysteries. The children will be reading, watching, and listening to many mysteries. We will review the elements of a mystery. The class will also review all of our reading strategies throughout this unit.

English:
We are currently working on persuasive writing. We will also continue with our unit on verbs. All students who did not pass out of the Verb Pretest will take the Verb Test on Tuesday, May 18th.

Math:
We are moving on to Chapter 15: Fractions. We will cover Lessons 1-5. Please continue to practice multiplication and division facts at home. We will continue with our mad minutes until the end of the year.

Social Studies:
We have moved on to the West! The map quiz will be on May 19th. All students will receive a labeled map on Monday for studying.

Science:
This week, we will complete Lesson 3 and move on to Lesson 4 which focuses on soil. The Chapter 7 Test is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, May 20th.