*No School = Friday, March 12th
*Roller Skating Party = Monday, March 15
*NaperSettlement Field Trip = Tuesday, March 23rd
chaperones = Balinski, Froats, and Dourdourekas
*Project Challenge = Tuesday, March 23rd
*Geo-Space program - Dupage Children's Museum facilitates the program here at Prairieview.
$ needs to be brought to school in an envelope on/before Friday, March 26th.
The students will receive the information sheet on Monday!
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THIRD TRIMESTER LATE WORK:
1 day late - minus 25%
More than one day late until test is taken - minus 50%
After Unit is done - ZERO in grade book
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THIS WEEK IN MISS TREFONAS'S CLASSROOM:
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SPELLING: Lesson 26 review unit (no word of the week) Friday test = multiple choice format.
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READING: We are continuing to work on the reading strategy of Clarifying with nonfiction text.
We are researching China and taking notes on an outline which uses the skills of main idea/supporting details. We will be creating a travel brochure with all our information.
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ENGLISH: We will be doing activities with our China unit.
~Acrostic China poems
~Acrostic China poems
~Chinese proverbs
~and some other activities......
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 9 test = Tuesday, March 16th
Chapter 10 "Life in a New Nation" Lesson 1 We will learn about the problems the newly formed United States had because of a weak government.
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SCIENCE: Unit E - Chapter 14 Matter
We will be learning about atoms, molecules, and the periodic table.
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T.G.F.D. This is our last week with Officer K. The students will be assigned a written activity which will count as a science grade. This will require the students to apply information they have learned over the past weeks in a letter.
We will be having a Too Good For Drugs Graduation.
Parents will be invited. I will let you know as soon as a date has been assigned.
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MATH: Chapter 19 Quest (quiz/test) = Monday, March 15th which will cover lessons 19.1, 19.2, 19.4, and 19.6.
The students will also be given a "homework sheet" on Monday which will include problems from each of these lessons.
Textbook p. 534 is a great review page, as well as, the V.I.P. sheets in their binder and the Chapter 19 packet.
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