Prairieview Holiday Service Project
Please notice the reminder flyer sent home with your child Thursday. Several students have mentioned that they plan to bring items on Monday, but as of now, we have only a few gifts in our collection box. If you are not able to shop for a gift, please consider sending a cash donation which would allow me to shop Tuesday evening for any items still needed for our family. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Donations are due Tuesday, December 8!!
Parent/Teacher Conferences
I hope that all of you found our time together as informative and productive as I did. Thank you for your insight and requests for suggestions that can be done at home to ensure the success of your child! Please remember that you may contact me at any time to discuss questions or concerns that arise as we continue through the year together.
Subject Update:
- Spelling - Lesson 14 focuses on words formed by joining prefixes to roots.
- English - Students will be finishing up their study of nouns. We will review plural nouns, learn about singular and plural possessive nouns, then prepare for the unit test. The Unit 2 Nouns Test is scheduled for Friday, December 11!
- Reading - We have introduced an exciting story entitled, Night of the Twisters, by Ivy Ruckman. The students will continue to practice the skill of self-questioning, as well as review the other reading skills covered so far this year, as we read this novel. Since we are reading a book together this month, there will not be a December book project.
- Science - The students will review the ideas from lesson 1 early in the week. Then they will begin a small project based on the picture book, The Great Fuzz Frenzy. This humorous story involves a group of prairie dogs that must adapt to a strange object - a tennis ball - being dropped into their tunnel. The story clearly shows the habitat of the prairie dogs and some of their unique behaviors while adapting to something new in their environment. The students will be challenged to develop a story board to show how another wild animal might adapt to a strange object entering their little corner of the world.
- Social Studies - Students will review all about colonial life as we prepare for the chapter test. The Chapter 6 Test is scheduled for Wednesday, December 9!
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class - The students will "evaluate" addition and subtraction problems to determine if they should use mental math, paper and pencil, or a calculator to solve. Then we will learn how to decide if an estimate or exact answer is needed when solving word problems. The Chapter 6 Test is scheduled for Thursday, December 10!
Mark Your Calendar:
Dec. 8 - PV Holiday Service Project Donations Due!
Dec. 17 - 5th Grade Bowling
Dec. 18 - PV Tivoli Movie Day
Dec. 19 - Jan. 3 - Winter Break!
