Week of October 28-November 1

Important:
Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

The Halloween parade will be at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, October 31st.  Then we will have our classroom party at 1:30 p.m.

Please keep in mind the following guidelines when helping your child pick out a Halloween costume:

1. We only have 15 minutes for costume changes. Please make sure your child can change into his/her costume easily and by themselves. If the costume can be worn over their clothes, then both the time to change and the chances of losing any clothes is minimized.

2. If the costume involves make up, please apply it before your child comes to school. If you send your child in with makeup, then your child has to be able to apply it themselves. 

3. Please do not send any weapons (guns, swords, etc.) as part of the costume. Save those for trick-or-treating.

4. We will not have time to change back into our clothes for dismissal. Your child will wear their costume home.


Math
We will begin chapter 4: multiplication this week. We will be working with all different ways to multiply numbers including: arrays, grouping, and repeated addition.

Spelling
This week we will work on Halloween words. There will be a homework packet given to the students on Monday. The homework packet is due Thursday. There will be a final test on the words on Friday.

Reading
We will continue using Daily 5 this week as well as the teacher table. We will be starting our new basil story: Cliffhanger. We will still be using the skill inferring as we read.

English
The final draft haunted house is due on Monday. We will be decorating our haunted houses in class. On Friday we will take a pretest on unit 3-verbs.

Social Studies

We will continue to study Downers Grove. Our field trip for Downers Grove is scheduled for November 22. The permission slips will go home in about 2 weeks.

Science
We will continue to study Chapter 9- the water cycle. We will be focusing on lesson 2 this week.

Have a great weekend!


Mystery Blog Question! (this is optional)

·         Bring in your answer to this question on Monday morning for a mint or sticker…

1.     What year did Pierce Downers decide to travel west to the Downers Grove area?

Week of October 21-24



Important:
Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.
If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!
Early dismissal at 11:00 Thursday, October 24

Math
We have started our next unit: SUBTRACTION! There will be a test on subtraction on Friday, October 25. Please be reviewing this chapter with them throughout the week at home.
Spelling
We will be on List 9 this week. The Pretest is on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have2  challenge activities and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and two assigned activities)  The homework is due on Thursday.

Reading
We will continue using Daily 5 this week as well as the teacher table. We will get a chance to watch the movie Mulan and then use the book and movie to compare and contrast the two. We will also be doing our first extended response in class.

English
We will be writing our final draft of our Haunted House descriptive writing story this week. We will also be designing our house based on what we wrote.

Social Studies

We have started our Downers Grove unit. The students get very excited when we learn about him. We can’t wait to use our knowledge on the field trip!
Science
We have started a new chapter. Chapter 9- the water cycle. We will be focusing on lesson 2 this week.

Have a great weekend!


Mystery Blog Question! (this is optional)

·         Bring in your answer to this question on Monday morning for a mint or sticker…

1.      Why is Downers Grove named Downers Grove?

October 14-18

Important:
Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.
If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!
No School Monday, October 14.
Book Fair October 17^th.
Early dismissal at 11:00 Thursday, October 24

The PTO is selling coupon books this year to help fund the purchase of tablets for our students.  If you wish to purchase a book, please send in $25 made payable to the Prairieview PTO.  If you do not wish to buy the book, please send it back with your student.  The deadline is October 29th.  The books have some great local coupons in them and really pay for themselves while the school gets half the money of all books sold!  The grade that sells the most books (15 books minimum) will get a movie and a treat on Tuesday, November 26th and each grade level student who sells the most books (5 book minimum) will get a $100 Target gift card!  Please contact Pam Topp (pam_topp@yahoo.com) or Maureen Gibbons (maureen.gibbons@comcast.net) if you have questions or would like more books to sell.  There are some great holiday shopping discounts available....take a look!!!!

Math
We have finished addition!! We will be working this week on subtraction! Please be reviewing the addition and subtraction facts to help them become quicker at facts.

Spelling
We will be on List 8 this week. The Pretest is on Tuesday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 1 challenge activities and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and one assigned activities because of the 4 day week)  The homework is due on Thursday.

Reading

We will continue using Daily 5 this week while incorporating the teacher table. At this table, we will be using the story Mulan to help us infer. There will be a vocabulary quiz over the words from Mulan on Friday 10/18.

English
We have started our Haunted House descriptive writing unit and will continue with it this week. We will be writing a paragraph describing a monster and having a friend draw it based on our description. This will help us to use description in writing. We will also be starting the rough draft of the final project, which is to describe a haunted house.

Social Studies

We have finished our study of Maps and the world. We will be switching gears and start learning about the good old Downers Grove. We will start with the history of Downers Grove and the founder. This is one of the favorite units we study in Social Studies.
Science
We will be finishing Chapter 4: Ecosystems with a test on Wednesday, 10/17. Please be reviewing the study guide with your child.

Have a great three day weekend!


Mystery Blog Question! (this is optional)

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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.      <!--[endif]-->Who was the founder of Downers Grove?

October 7-11



Important:
 If you would like to volunteer for our Halloween party OR donate something for that day please email me. We still need one or two more helpers, one "FUN" snack, and paper goods. We greatly appreciate it!
Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.
If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Math
We will continue chapter 2 addition for the remainder of the week. There will be a Chapter 2 Addition test on Friday, October 11^th. You can help by reviewing pages 121-124 in your child’s My Math workbook!
Spelling
We will be on List 7 this week. The Pretest is on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 2 challenge activities and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and two assigned activities) The homework is due on Thursday.

Reading
We will continue our book buddies this week while putting into practice our complete Daily 5 rotations. We are working on building stamina while becoming better readers and writers.  

English
We have started our descriptive writing unit and will continue learning about good sentence starters, color words, and 5 senses words.

Social Studies

We have started learning about hemispheres. There will be a quiz over hemispheres on Thursday, October 10th. The students have a study guide in their binders and a map to take home and practice.

Science
We will start chapter 4 lesson 4 this week. The final chapter 4 test is scheduled for Wednesday, October 16th.

Have a great weekend!

Week of September 30-October 4

 

Important:
Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.
If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!
Please continue to turn in your magazine sales!

Math
We have started chapter 2 addition and will continue to work on addition. Please be practicing the addition facts at home.

Spelling
We will be on List 6 this week. The Pretest is on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 2 challenge activities and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and two assigned activities) The homework is due on Thursday.

Reading
We will continue our book buddies this week while putting into practice our complete Daily 5 rotations. We are working on building stamina while becoming better readers and writers.  

English
We will be presenting our Me Bags to the class for a grade on Monday and Tuesday. Your child will be getting an assigned day. Please be practicing over the weekend good eye contact and volume. We will then be starting our descriptive writing unit after we finish our presentations.

Social Studies

We will start the week off by learning about hemispheres and how they relate to our world.

Science
We will start chapter 4 lesson 3 this week!

Have a great weekend!

Week of September 23-27

Important:
Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.
If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!
Please continue to turn in your magazine sales!
Johnny Appleseed day is on Thursday, September 26. Students need to bring one PEELED, CORED, and SLICED apple to school in a baggie. We will be making apple sauce in class to eat. If you would like to donate small bowls, spoons, or 100% apple juice boxes for that day that would be greatly appreciated!!! (19 of each)

Math
We have finished with Chapter 1 and we will start with chapter 2: Addition. Please continue to practice addition and subtraction facts at home.

Spelling
We will be on List 5 this week. The Pretest is on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 2 challenge activities and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and two assigned activities) The homework is due on Thursday.

Reading
We will be starting book buddies this week while continuing our Daily 5 study. Students will be paired up with each other and reading a leveled book. During work on writing, students will be working on a comprehension activity as well as a project that corresponds with their book.

English
We finished our first English Unit! We will now be starting a writing project. It is called “Me Bag”. Students will go home and find three items that represent themselves. In class we will be writing a 5 paragraph essay about how those items represent them. Then the students will read their essay to the class for a grade.

Social Studies

We will continue studying continents and oceans. The quiz over continents and oceans will be Thursday 9-26.

Science
We will continue to focus on Chapter 4 lesson 2: Ecosystems.

Have a great weekend!

Week of September 16-20

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Please continue to turn in your magazine sales!

Math

We will continue with chapter 1: Place value. There will be a chapter 1 test on Thursday, September 19. Please be reviewing the book they bring home.

Spelling

We will be on List 4 this week. The Pretest is on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 2 challenge activities and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and two assigned activities) The homework is due on Thursday.

Reading

We reviewed many reading strategies this week. We also made a record of building our reading stamina to 15:55 seconds this week! WAY TO GO CLASS! We will start a story called Lost and Found next week and there will be a vocabulary test over the words on Friday, September 20.

English

We will be finishing up our very first unit in English next week. The unit 1 test will be on Thursday, September 19. There will be a study guide that will go home on Monday and your child can take home a textbook to help review as well.

Social Studies

We will start our new Social Studies lesson: Continents and Oceans.

Science

We will focus on chapter 4 lesson 2 in science.

Have a great weekend!