Prairieview 5th Grade Cinemas
On Friday, December 16th, the fifth grade is looking forward to turning our classrooms into cinemas to celebrate the start of our holiday vacation. As you know, students will be viewing a movie of their choice, and enjoying a snack of popcorn and water as well. To make our rooms a bit cozier, we are allowing students to bring in a pillow, cushion, or small blanket to sit upon while watching the movie. We ask that the items be no larger than a normal size beach blanket to ensure we have enough room for everyone to be comfortable. Thank you!
Recycling Bin Reminders
Parents, please don't forget about our big recycling bin in the LV parking lot. We earn money with our paper! A question arose from a parent regarding shredded paper and if it's ok to put it in there. Here is the response from the recycling company: "Absolutely, you can put shredded paper in the bin. I would recommend that you put the shredded paper in a bag, so that it does not blow around when the driver services the bin. Paper or plastic bag is fine."
Subject Update:
- Spelling - The Lesson 14 pretest will be on Monday. Based on the pretest, students will be given either the regular or challenge word lists. Homework will be assigned during the week to practice their words. Both regular and challenge word tests are on Friday.
- English - The students have selected the best of their "scary experience" ideas for a narrative writing piece. They have started rough draft work and will continue to develop this writing piece next week.
- Reading - We will continue to identify valid and invalid generalizations, distinguish between facts and opinions, and make inferences as we read, The Grizzly Bear Family Book. There will be a vocabulary quiz over the story vocabulary on Wednesday, December 14! READING TIC-TAC-TOE: Students have their Tic-Tac-Toe sheets for 2nd trimester. Please monitor your child's progress and encourage your child to read at home to earn Tic-Tac-Toe by March 2nd!
- Science - We will review about the structure of matter and learn about the physical properties and changes of matter.
- Social Studies - The students will work with maps next week to learn about latitude and longitude.
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class - The students explored tessellations on the computer and identified many different shapes that can tessellate a plane. I can't wait for this creative bunch to share their tessellations due on Monday! Students will also review the concepts from Chapter 7 on Monday to prepare for the test on Tuesday, December 13!
Important Dates:
Dec. 16 - Prairieview 5th Grade Cinemas
Dec. 17 - Jan. 2 - WINTER BREAK
