Tuesday, November 25, 2008

The Week of December 1, 2008

SOME IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
Conferences are this week! You are meeting with your child's reading teacher.
Report Cards issued Tuesday, December 2nd!
No School - Friday, December 5th!
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MISS TREFONAS'S HOMEROOM:
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SCIENCE - Chapter 15 Energy "Kinetic & Potential Energy"
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SOCIAL STUDIES - We will be finishing Chapter 7 this week. Chapter 7 Test = Tues. 12/9!
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MISS TREFONAS'S READING CLASS:
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SPELLING: Lesson 14
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ENGLISH: Unit 3 Verbs
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READING: Making inferences & causes of events
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SCOOPer Reading: Your child should be reading and working on book activities.......
Wednesday our class will be going to Lakeview to check out books from their library!
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VOCAB CLUB: November words are due Monday, December 1st!
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MISS TREFONAS'S MATH CLASS:
Chapter 5 Decimals "Lessons 1-3"
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Friday, November 14, 2008

The Weeks of November 17 and 24, 2008

Dear Parents and Students:
Announcing Prairieview 2008-2009 Yearbook. Order your yearbook today!!! The cost of the yearbook is $10.00 and make payments to Lifetouch. Order deadline date is December 1, 2008.
No orders will be accepted after that date.
Parents just a reminder-- Prairieview yearbooks are not paid for at registration. Please place your order now. Yearbook order forms went home with your child on November 13th and there 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. There will be a limited supply in June. Order Today!!!
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NO SCHOOL NOVEMBER 26 - 30 = THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!!!!
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Miss Trefonas's Homeroom
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Social Studies = Chapter 7 "Fight for a Continent" Lessons 1 - 3
~Chapter 7 grades will be part of 2nd Trimester grades.
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Science = Unit E Chapter 14 "Matter" TEST = Friday 11/21
~This will be the last grade for 1st Trimester report card.
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Miss Trefonas's Reading - English - Spelling
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Reading = We are working on the skills required to answer an extended response prompt to a short reading selection. This is a skill required for ISAT tests. We are using a selection entitled "The River".
."Stories with Holes" It's a story with a "hole" or an important part of the story missing.
The students are using their inferencing and questioning skills to solve the missing part of the story!
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SCOOPER READING = Our celebration will be Tuesday, November 25th!
More information will be sent home with your student.
We will be setting our 2nd Trimester goals and receiving new book activity packets.
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Vocabulary Club = November words will be due Monday, December 1st!
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English = Unit 2 Noun Test is Thursday, November 20th
This is the last grade for 1st Trimester report cards in English!
We will be doing some Thanksgiving poetry and creative writing!
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Spelling = Lesson 13 and word of the week
This will be the last spelling unit for 1st Trimester.
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Miss Trefonas's Math Class:
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Chapter 4 Test = Thursday, November 20th
~This is the last grade that will be included for 1st Trimester report card.
HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!!!

Thursday, November 6, 2008

The Week of November 10, 2008

Miss Trefonas's Homeroom:
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Monday = Chapter 6 Test
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SCIENCE: Physical and Chemical Changes
*More vocabulary words! Your child has a "MEMORY GAME" made with their vocabulary cards and should be practicing!
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Miss Trefonas's Reading, English, & Spelling:
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SPELLING: Lesson 12 and "word of the week"
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ENGLISH: Unit 2 Nouns.....singular and plural possessive
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READING: Applying the skill of making INFERENCES & beginning some extended response activities!
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VOCAB CLUB: 10 words due by the end of the month!
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SCOOPER READING: Friday, November 14th = 1st trimester due date!
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Miss Trefonas's math class:
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Continuing chapter 4!!!
Friday = homework sheet and quiz covering Lessons 4.1 - 4.6