Junior Achievement Program - Thank You to Mr. Laviste
Our Junior Achievement program has come to its end. We learned a lot about natural, capital, and human resources, starting and running a business, and the concept of supply and demand. Thank you, Mr. Laviste, for volunteering your time to bring us this valuable learning experience!
Yearbooks,... Get Your Yearbooks Now!
Please notice the yearbook order form sent home with your child. Now’s the time to place your orders. (Prairieview yearbook orders were not paid at registration!) Yearbooks are $10.00 and the deadline for orders is Tuesday, December 1, 2009. Please make checks payable to Lifetouch, and please make sure your student’s name, teacher’s name, and grade level are marked on the order form.
Subject Update:
- Spelling - Lesson 12 focuses on the suffix -ous.
- English - We will continue to learn about the use of quotation marks to show a speaker's exact words. Students will practice using capital letters, quotation marks, and other punctuation correctly when writing quotations. We will review the whole unit on capitalization and punctuation later in the week. The Unit 5 Test is scheduled for Tuesday, November 24!
- Reading - We will continue to work on the skill of making inferences. Next week, the students will focus on making inferences about characters. They will use the details given in a text to help them "infer" certain traits that describe the characters well. November Book Project - Students should be taking notes while reading their chosen biographies. The notes can then be used to write rough drafts for each page of the shape booklet. Don't forget, this project is due Monday, November 30!!
- Science - The students will be introduced to some of the important concepts from Chapter 6 - predator/prey relationship, competition, and structural and behavioral adaptations - while watching a wonderful video about barn owls. Then students will have the chance to perform both a virtual and hands-on owl pellet dissection. As you can see, we have some exciting activities ahead of us!
- Social Studies - The students should be thinking about the skills they possess, and how those skills could be put to use to make homemade items for our classroom trade fair. By participating in our trade fair, students will gain a deeper understanding of supply and demand, as well as develop a better understanding of the bartering and trading that went on during colonial times. Please refer to the hand-outs for participation expectations!
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class - The students will learn how to compare and order decimals next week. They will also "draw conclusions" by thinking about the details given in word problems. The Chapter 5 Test is scheduled for Thursday, November 19!
Mark Your Calendar:
Nov. 19 - Picture Retakes
Nov. 20 - End of 1st Trimester
Nov. 25 - 27 - No School (Thanksgiving Break)
Nov. 30 - Dec. 4 - Parent/Teacher Conference Week
Dec. 1 - Report Cards
