Important Dates . . .
December 8th – Last day to turn in gifts for our holiday service project
December 9th - Drury Lane field trip
December 15th - 3rd Grade Bowling
December 17th - 4th Grade Bowling
December 18th - Independent Reading Program folders due
December 21 -- Winter Break Begins
January 4 -- Classes Resume after Winter Break
Don't forget our Special Holiday Project!
Each year Prairieview School adopts needy families of cancer patients who struggle financially. Specific information about this project and our family was handed out. Have you seen this yet? If not, please ask your child about it. The economy is difficult right now, but if you are able to brighten Christmas for this family in any way, it would be greatly appreciated! All gifts are due by December 8th.
Miss Pellin's Blog for information about her family: http://mpellin.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Cushing's Blog for information about her family: http://cushingscorner.blogspot.com/
Language Arts
We are continuing to build our skills from recognizing and identifying sentences to identifying two main parts of a sentence. Beginning this week students will learn how to locate the subject and predicate of a sentence.
Reading
We will continue our study of Charles Dickens story, "A Christmas Carol". We will continue focusing on story elements like character, plot, setting and summarizing throughout this study. This study will better prepare us for our field trip this Wednesday. We will explore new vocabulary and compare and contrast the story with the play.
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 at the end of the month to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Words without Vowels - Write your words replacing all vowels with a line.
Science
The children have begun Chapter 9, Matter. We will continue with Lesson 1 this week, “What is Matter?” We have discussed and written 3 definitions on notecards in this lesson. Including these words in conversation at home would be helpful to better understand the meaning. Then we will continue on to Lesson 2, “What are Solids?” There is a lot of information to know. Please review lessons when possible. The information will be found in their science folder in their binder. This will help when the test arrives.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on place value and applying it to everyday situations. The children will be encouraged to use various manipulatives and strategies to achieve understanding of place value; whether it be understanding through money, unfix cubes, other tangible objects, 100's chart, and various place value charts.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes for 15 days this month
- fill in Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words with parents
*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
