Odds and Ends
*Spring Break: Enjoy your spring break and time off next week, March 24th -March 28th. I look forward to seeing you all back at school on Monday, March 31st!
*Prize Box: We are in need of some new, fun prizes for both boys and girls. They are working hard and earning many prizes and we are running short. Donations greatly appreciated! Some popular items are notebooks, cool pens and pencils, art supplies, small stuffed animals, and other small toys! Thanks!
Upcoming Events
*Mon. 3/24-Fri. 3/28: Spring Break!
*Mon. 3/31: Welcome Back!
Spelling: List 24 Pretest
*Wed. 4/2: Amazing Animals Assembly
*Fri. 4/4: Math: 5 & 10 division timed tests
Spelling: List 24 Test
SPIRIT DAY! Show your Prairieview Spirit and wear your PV Gear and Green and Gold!
A LOOK AHEAD!
*Math: We will be starting a new chapter, chapter 7, Data and Graphing. We will work with many different types of graphs, as well as work in cooperative groups to make bar graphs. We will also work on the 5's and 10's division facts the week after break.
Students were given the rubric and explanation for our upcoming Geometry projects. They were shown samples of students past work and we discussed any questions or ideas they had. This project is due Friday, April 11th. If you have any additional questions, please email or write a note. Have fun and be creative!
*Science: We will continue to work on ecosystems. The students will work in groups to become the teachers as they teach the class about different ecosystems. Also, the students were given guidelines for making their animal diorama. They will be making animal habitat dioramas for the animals they have chosen in class and wrote their reports on. This project is due Thurs, April 17th. Please email if you have any questions about this fun, creative project!
*Social Studies: I made a slight change in our social studies plans. Rather than begin a unit on Downers Grove, we are going to postpone that unit and do our Chicago unit instead. We started learning about the history of our great city and will continue to learn about the Chicago Fire following break. I have a tentative quiz on the History of Chicago set for Tues. 4/8.
*Reading: The students are finishing up our Stone Fox unit. We are enjoying the story and characters in this popular book. We will finish the book the week following break. There will be a graded vocabulary review on ch 8-10 on Wed. 4/2. We will begin our biography unit next.
*English: Now that we have another grammar lesson under our belts, we are ready to begin a new writing unit. We will begin Expository Writing after break. The students will be writing on a variety of topics as they use support and details to explain their topic.
*Spelling: The students will be working on List 24. There will be a pretest on Monday and a final test on Friday.
Enjoy your well deserved breaks having fun, reading, and enjoying time with your family and friends! I look forward to see you in a week for more learning fun!
~Miss Carlstrom
