Odds and Ends
*Upcoming Field Trip: A permission slip was sent home today about an upcoming field trip to Downers Grove on Monday, April 21st. We will take a bus tour of the town, stopping at various historic locations that we learned about in class. We will also stop for lunch in downtown Downers Grove at Giordano's pizza. If any parents would like to meet us for lunch, you are more than welcome to join us there (it is on Main St.) between 11:00 and 11:15. The cost of lunch is $7 for your child. Please turn in the permission slip and money by Wed. April 16th. Thanks!
*Prize Box: Thank you to the Rovella family for donating prizes for the prize box. We can ALWAYS use any donations for the prize box. Thank you!
*Independent Reading Party: The reading party for the month of March will be on Thursday, April 10th. Your child can join us if they have read for 28 days for the month of March. Please turn in your folders by Wed. 4/9 to join our party.
Amazing Animals:
The students of Prairieview enjoyed a very exciting assembly this week. Amazing Animals came in our school. We got to see (and touch) an alligator, armadillo, boa constrictor, chinchilla, ferret, bearded dragon, and cat. How exciting! Thank you to the wonderful PTO for providing such an exciting assembly!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
*Tues: 4/8: Social Studies: History of Chicago Quiz
Character Counts Assembly
*Fri. 4/11: Math: Geometry Projects Due (Miss Carlstrom's Math Class)
3's division timed test
Spelling: List 25 test
SPIRIT DAY: Take me out to the ball game! Baseball day is next Friday, 4/11. Show your baseball spirit and support your favorite team!
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Math: We started chapter 7 in math class, working with graphs. The students will learn the different parts of various types of graphs including bar graphs and pictographs. While working in cooperative groups, the students will be making their own bar graphs. We will work on 3's division next week. Also, the geometry project is due Friday, 4/11.
*Reading: We finished Stone Fox this week. The students really enjoyed this touching story about a boy and his dog. We watched the movie and compared the similarities and differences between both stories. We will begin our biography unit on Monday.
*English: The students are working in expository writing. We will continue this writing unit next week. Your child will be asking to bring in a photo of a special person next week for our writing assignment.
*Science: The class is learning about ecosystems. They will be working in groups to make a poster about different ecosystems and then "teach" the class about their particular ecosystem. Animal dioramas are due Thursday, 4/17.
*Social Studies: Sweet home Chicago! The students have been learning so much about Chicago's history this week. We talked a lot about the Great Chicago Fire and how the city was able to rebuild itself into one of the world's greatest cities. If you have a chance and are looking for something fun to do with the family, take your child to the Chicago History Museum. Your child will be able to see many of the things we have been learning about in class up close. The Chicago History quiz is scheduled for Tuesday, 4/8. A study guide was sent home this week. They can also use their crossword puzzle, journal, and fire graphic organizer to help them prepare.
*Spelling: This week we will focus on List 25, words spelling with igh. There will be a pretest on Monday and the final test on Friday.
Have a wonderful SPRING weekend! Enjoy the warm weather!
~Miss Carlstrom
