Week of 12/3

Welcome to December!  Winter has arrived! Please remember to dress your child for the weather because we do try to go outside for recess. 

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

*Tues. 12/4: Early Dismissal 

*Fri. 12/7: Spelling test and activities due

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Spelling: 3 activities are due on Fri. 12/7. Your child has been given several times during the last week to work on these so they should have at least 2 activities done. The test is on Fri. 12/7

*Reading and Language Arts: This week we will focus on character traits and extended responses. We will determine traits of characters in stories and about ourselves using evidences. We will be writing a story about what would happen if we got stuck in a snow globe!

November Reading calendars are due on Mon. 12/3. Your child will get a December Calendar on Mon. 

*Science: We continue to work on amplify. We will be making magnet observations this week. 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: Unit 2 continues with multiplication strategies. There will be a graded "work sample" this week. We will also work on 5's multiplication. 

Have a great weekend! Stay warm!
Mrs. Olsen 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is the end of Trimester 1. Grades will be finalized soon. What a great first part of the school year! I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving break with your families. This blog will include information for the next 2 weeks.

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

* Wed-Fri 11/21-23: No School: Happy Thanksgiving!

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We will work on fluency, context clues, and expression and we do readers theatres' with myths. Students will practice and perform with their reading groups.

*Spelling: New word sorts will be going home on Mon. 11/26. 3 activities and the test will be on 12/7.

*Science: We will continue our new science curriculum as we observe forces in chain reactions.

*Mrs. Olsen's Math class: Unit 2 continues with work on multiplication strategies. Please have your child study their facts every night! There will be a short checkpoint on multiplication on 11/27.

Have a great weekend and Happy Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Olsen

Week of 11/12

Odds and Ends:

Our Downers Grove field trip is on Mon. 11/12. Please have your child dress for walking and for the weather as we get off and on the bus throughout the day. If you did not order and pay for Giordano's pizza, please send your child with a disposable sack lunch.  Also, you can send a snack in with your child if they would like to eat it before we leave.

Veteran's Day: In honor of Veteran's Day, we had a school wide assembly honoring veteran's who have a Prairieview connection. It was a very emotional and touching assembly and meant so much to the students and veterans. Please ask your child about this special assembly. 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

*Mon. 11/12: Downers Grove Field Trip

*Wed. 11/14; Disguised Turkeys due 

*Fri. 11/16: Spelling: Test and homework due
End of Trimester 1

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We will continue to discuss myth's as we learn about King Midas and Pandora's Box. We are focusing on character traits and using text evidence to help answer questions. 

*English: We will be using our disguised turkeys (which are due Wed) to write a persuasive paragraph to convince the farmer not to eat him/her on Thanksgiving! We will also work on adverbs and quotation marks. 

*Science: We are working on our new curriculum called Amplify. Our first unit is on balances and forces.

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We will take a step back to Unit 2 which is an introduction to Multiplication. 

Hope you had a great weekend!
Mrs.Olsen 

Week of 11/5

Odds and Ends: 

Thank you to all of the parents who helped at this year's Halloween Party! What a fun time the kids had! We all really appreciate the generous donations of food, drinks, and party utensils and the fun games prepared for the class! I hope you all had a great, fun, and safe Halloween!

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

* Wed. 11/7 :  Turn in due date for DG field trip form and  money 
Social Studies: Downers Grove History Test 

*Fri. 11/9: Math: Unit 3 Test 

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We will continue to work on our reading strategies of cause and effect and sequencing and begin our study of myths. 

*English: We will focus on adverbs and quotations marks. 

* Spelling: A new word sort will be sent home on Monday. The 3 activities and test will be on Fri. 11/16. 

* Social Studies: We are wrapping up our unit on Downers Grove history. We will learn about Tivoli theatre and then do some group work to review the information. A study guide was sent home this week for the DG quiz on Wed. 11/7. 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We are nearing the end of Unit 3. A practice test/study guide will be sent home Monday and due Thurs. The Unit 3 test will be on Friday. 11/9. 

Have a great weekend enjoying the beautiful fall colors! 

Mrs. Olsen