Friday, November 20, 2009

November 23rd - November 27th

Important Dates . . .
November 25, 26, 27 -- Thanksgiving Holiday -- No School
November 30 -- December 4 -- P/T Conferences
December 1 -- Report Cards
December 1 -- Deadline for Yearbooks

Yearbook:
Now's the time to place your orders. Yearbooks are $10.00 and the deadline for your orders is Tuesday, December 1, 2009. Please make checks payable to Lifetouch. Please make sure your student's name, teacher's name and grade level are marked on the order form. If you have multiple students, please fill out one for each child. Yearbook order forms went home with your child on November 12th and there are a few extra envelopes available; please try not to lose them. If your child loses it, you can send an envelope with the following information on it: student's name, teacher's name and grade level along with a check made payable to Lifetouch for $10.00. It is very important that you put the information on the envelope; Lifetouch does not know who your child's teacher is. Prairieview Yearbook orders are not paid for at registration.

Independent Reading Program
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! You may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in next Monday, November 30th, to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party. Keep reading!

Thanksgiving Theme Unit
Since there are only two days this week, we will be working on Thanksgiving related activities and lessons in all areas. In reading and social studies we will be completing a Thanksgiving webquest. We will be working with a Thanksgiving spelling list to build vocabulary and practice spelling. There will be no test this week, but students will still complete practice pages nightly.


Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words

*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time