Important Dates . . .
May 12 -- 5th Graders Visit Lakeview for Musical
May 13 -- Early Dismissal @ 11:00
May 16 - 5th Graders Tour of Lakeview
May 16 -- 5th Grade Parents Lakeview Meeting (6:30 p.m.)
May 25 -- 3rd Grade Bowling
May 30 -- Memorial Day - No school
May 31 -- Prairieview Talent Show
June 1 -- 4th & 5th Grade Bowling
June 6 -- Prairieview Picnic
June 7 -- Last day of school - dismissal @ 9:30
Teacher Appreciation Week
Thank you to the students and parents who helped make Teacher Appreciation Week so special. I really enjoyed the breakfast and luncheon organized by PTO. The meals were both DELICIOUS!
Special Day for 5th Graders
Thursday is our 5th grade celebration. There will be games followed by a pizza lunch. After lunch, 5th graders will be heading over to Lakeview to catch a sneak preview/dress rehearsal of their musical, Fiddler on the Roof. It should be a great day!
Shoe Rescue
Prairieview School is helping to reduce what goes into landfills by recycling shoes. Old gym shoes will be given to SCARE's (School & Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education) annual Gym Shoe Rescue for Nike's Go Places Program. Regular shoes, in good condition, will be given to 2nd hand stores that benefit those in need. Collection dates are 5/2 - 5/11. When bringing shoes to donate, please tie them together, or place each pair in a plastic grocery bag so they do not become separated.
Life-Saving-Grams
Ask your child about this fundraiser sponsored by Project Challenge. It is for the American Red Cross to help victims in Japan. If a student would like to participate, the form(s) and donation need to be turned in before May 25th! Extra "grams" can be printed from our school website @ http://www.ccsd66.org/PDF/lifesavinggram.pdf !
Reading
The students will be continued to be divided into reading stations. The students will begin reading a new story, Phantom of the Opera. They will continue working on phonics, decoding, encoding, and comprehension throughout the week through direct instruction, Lexia, and hands on materials.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! This month students should be reading daily or a minimum of 20 minutes for 20 days. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in every Friday for a checkpoint of dates and minutes. Keep reading!
Spelling
The spelling words this week will continue to cover phonograms or word families, "-ight", "-ite", & "-ide". They will be receiving a spelling practice page daily as an assignment. They will also be making flashcards this week that you can use to study daily. A test over this week's lesson will be given Friday.
One strategy you can use to help with spelling words this week is:
Use empty film containers. Put lima beans with each spelling word letter on individual beans in the container. It is a "hands on" word scramble.
Math
This week students will begin a geometry unit, Chapter 13.
Science
Students are greatly enjoying the Human Body Unit. We are moving on to lesson two this week. When lesson two was introduced last week we compared the body to a tent. The students compared the two and determine that like a tent needs poles to make it stand tall, so does the human body need a skeleton!
Students will be responsible for vocabulary and will receive a vocabulary quiz over these words. Once the vocabulary sheet goes home it will be in their science folder and it is suggested to study the words nightly.
Daily Homework
Reading
- read 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log
- Independent Reading Folder due Friday
Spelling
- Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test
Science
- study vocabulary nightly
