Monday, April 7, 2008

The Week of April 7, 2008

Dear Parents and Students,
Baseball season has begun! GO CUBS!

Here are the upcoming Prairieview Spirit Days:
Friday, April 11th = Baseball Day (I look forward to seeing CUBS spirit wear!)
Friday, April 18th = Rock Band Day - Wear your favorite rock group, choir, or band appearal!Friday, April 25th = Decade Day - dress up in the 50's, 60's, 70's,etc

SAVE THE DATE....THURSDAY, APRIL 17th OPEN HOUSE!!!

HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM:

SPELLING =Lesson 28 and "word of the week" *(We skipped lessons 26 & 27)
ENGLISH =Unit 4 Adjectives.... proper adjectives and adjective poems.
Test is scheduled for Thursday!

READING = SCOOPer Reading.....Most students have read and done at least one book activity for their 3rd trimester goal.
CHINA...... Due date for travel brochure research is MONDAY! The students have been sharing awesome facts as they have been researching!
SOCIAL STUDIES =Chapter 10 - Test is Tuesday!
During this chapter, the children have done solos, duets, or trio performances of "We the People"! There have been some remixes and creative performances....your child can fill you in!
The children will have a "fill in the blank" section on the Chapter 10 test, without a word bank, for the Preamble.
SCIENCE =Human Body We are finishing the "Respiratory System" and then we will be learning about "Skin"!

MATH =Chapter 6 Long division....dividing by 2 - digits!
Chapter test = Wednesday!
YOUR PARTNER IN LEARNING.....
MISS TREFONAS