Prairieview Holiday Service Project - Thank You!
Thank you to each of the families who supported our service project in some way. We were able to provide a number of gifts for each member of our "adopted" cancer patient family. I am overwhelmed by the generous spirit of our school community!
Bowling and Tivoli Movie Day Reminders
Your child may choose to bring money the day of bowling for purchasing food and drinks from the snack bar. Please think about the amount of money you send with your child - we have lunch scheduled soon after we return from the alley! Also, although we will be eating lunch early on the day we go to the Tivoli for the movie, school lunches will be available.
Note From the Lunchroom
Please be advised that beginning January 4, 2010, there will be a price increase for school lunches. The new cost of a school lunch will be $2.50 per meal.
Subject Update:
- Spelling - We will not have a spelling lesson this week.
- English - Students will be reviewing how to write a strong introductory paragraph for an expository writing piece. Then they will learn how to write the body and concluding paragraphs. We will focus on the structure of the piece before Winter Break, and work on developing our own ideas for an expository essay when we return in January.
- Reading - We will finish reading the novel, Night of the Twisters. The students will continue to practice asking "thin" and "thick" questions before, during, and after reading. We will end with some small group discussions to think more deeply about the characters and events of the book. On Friday, we will play a new game called "Vocabulary Taboo" to review the words we learned while reading!
- Science - The students are working on storyboards to show how a wild animal might adapt to an unknown object entering its habitat.
- Social Studies - We will work on map skills this week. Students will practice locating places using latitude and longitude.
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class - The students will be reviewing certain skills which will help when we move into fractions after Winter Break. It may be a good idea to brush up on basic multiplication (and division) facts over break - it will help greatly when it comes to finding equivalent fractions and determining if fractions are in lowest terms!
Mark Your Calendar:
Dec. 17 - 5th Grade Bowling (a.m.)
Dec. 18 - Tivoli Movie Day
Dec. 19 - Jan. 3 - Winter Break!
