HAPPY EARTH DAY!
REDUCE.....REUSE.....RECYCLE!
Odds and Ends
*Field Trip: We will be taking our Downers Grove field trip on Monday, April 21st. We will be making stops along the way where we will get off the bus to see some historic sites in town...please have your child dressed for the weather and walking! We will be having lunch at Giordano's, so please just send a healthy snack to school that day. Thanks!
*Earth Day: Earth Day is Tuesday, April 22nd. Here at Prairieview School we are going to celebrate this holiday by combining it with Character Counts and how we can do little things that have a BIG impact. A note was sent home today with information about what you can do each day next week.
*Open House: Thank you all so much for visiting our classroom at Open House. It was so great to see so many families and the students were so proud and excited to share their classroom and hard work! We all really appreciate your presence at this special event.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
*Mon. 4/21: Downers Grove Field Trip
*Tues. 4/22: Miss Carlstrom's Math Class: Chapter 7 Test
Happy Earth Day!
*Wed. 4/23: Science: Ecosystems Test
Reading: Day 1 of Biography Presentations
*Thurs. 4/24: Early Dismissal: 11:00am
Reading: Day 2 Biography Presentations
*Fri. 4/25: Math: 6's Division Timed Test
Spelling: List 28 test
SPIRIT DAY: Decade Day: dress in clothes from your favorite decade....50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's....have fun!
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Math: We will be finished up with Chapter 7 on graphing and probability next week. The students will take the final chapter test on Tuesday, 4/22. Our next chapter will be on fractions and decimals. We will also work with 6's division next week. Please remember to review these facts each night.
*Science: The students did a great job presenting their animal habitat dioramas. They were very impressive and well done. We will keep them on display in our school for the next few weeks. We are finishing up our ecosystem unit. The final chapter test is on Wednesday, 4/23. A study guide was sent home this week. Our next unit is on Space.
*Social Studies: We will take our Downers Grove field trip on Monday, 4/21 as an extension of our DG unit. We have learned about the history, location, and government of Downers Grove. We will continue to talk about the government and recreation of DG next week.
*Reading: The students are busy working on their biography scrapbooks on their famous person. We will finish these early next week. The students will then dress up as their famous person and present their scrapbooks. The first round of presentations will take place Wed. 4/23. The second round of presentations will be Thurs. 4/24. The students need to dress up and/or bring props that are appropriate to their famous person. The schedule is as follows:
Wed:
Nora
Madison
Rupa
Paige
Deep
Nick
Ryan
Vanessa
Paige
Deep
Nick
Ryan
Vanessa
Nicholas
Cole
Brianna
Brianna
Thurs:
Caden
Sam
Gina
Jesse
Renee
Kelly
Peter
Jonathan
Erik
Sanjna
Alexandria
*English: Our expository unit is coming to an end. We will work with pronouns and poetry next.
*Spelling: Next week is list 28. There will not be a pretest due to the field trip. The final test will be on Friday, 4/25. This week's list contains words spelled with silent letters.
Thank you for checking in this week. Enjoy the weekend!!!!
Miss Carlstrom ; )
