Odds and Ends
Welcome back to a new year and a fresh start! It was so great to see the students again and get back into the swing of things. I hope your break was as restful and relaxing as mine was!
Thank you to the families who provided healthy snacks for this weeks marble party. We really enjoyed our "slumber" party!
Upcoming Events:
*Tues. 1/15: Science: Matter Quiz
*Fri. 1/18: Spelling: List 16 Test
Spirit Day: Show your school spirit: Prairieview Day!
Upcoming Spirit Days:
Here is a schedule of the upcoming spirit days. I will provide this list each week.
1/18 = PV School Spirit wear
1/25 = Shirt from favorite vacation spot or State
2/1 = Favorite pro football team (in honor of the Super Bowl)
2/8 = PV School Spirit Wear
2/15 = Red Day (in honor of Valentine's Day )
2/22 = Clash Day
2/29 = Backwards Shirt Day
A LOOK AT OUR WEEK:
Math: We finished up our logical reasoning problem solving unit. We will being the second half of Chapter 4 on Monday. We will start with customary units of measurement and then move onto the metric system. We will look at units of measuring length, volume, capacity, mass, and temperature. In multiplication, we are moving on to 4's. The students are doing a great job on these weekly reviews. Keep up the good work!
Reading: We are continuing to work on reviewing concepts in our IL workbook. We will complete lesson 4 early this week and the students will take a graded review in class. The packet is stored in their reading folders if they would like to review the information. We will work on summarizing and sequencing next.
English: We have finished up our narrative writing unit and the students wrote a story about something that happened over winter break. I am looking forward to reading about their adventures =) We started verbs this week and will continue this unit next week.
Science: We are finishing up our States of Matter unit. The study guide was sent home this week. We will review in class on Monday and the quiz will be on Tuesday, 1/15. Did your child tell you about our chemical changes experiment? We made homemade ice cream as we learned about physical and chemical changes. Many of the students wanted the recipe to try it at home. The quantities listed below are enough for one serving.
Homemade Ice Cream
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon sugar
4 cups crushed ice
4 tablespoons salt
2 quart sized ziploc bags
1 gallon sized ziploc freezer bag
Mix the milk, vanilla, and sugar in one small bag. Seal the bag and place in other small bag (to prevent leaking and salt getting into the mixture). Place small bags into large bag. Add ice and salt to large bag. Wearing gloves (your hands get cold!) shake and massage bag, making sure milk mixture is always touching the ice. After several minutes, voila...homemade ice cream!
See if your child remembers WHY this works. Do they remember why we need to use salt?
Social Studies: We started our next unit, Ch. 3, about moving to new communities, cultures, and immigration. This unit provides a chance to learn more about each other and our cultures and heritages. The students will have an opportunity to share a little about their culture in class. Look for a sheet coming home explaining this project next week.
Spelling: We will work on list 16, 1+1+1 words ending with ed and ing. These are words that have one ending consonant, one vowel, and one syllable. For example, wag or stop. There will be a pretest on Monday and a final test on Friday.
Thank you for reading our blog. Happy New Year!
~Miss Carlstrom
