Thursday, May 13, 2010

The Week of May 17th

Dear Parents,
Some reminders.......
*Monday, May 17th - Parent Night at Lakeview
*Monday, May 17th - Our class goes to Lakeview for summer reading program book check out!
*Tuesday, May 18th - 5th grade visit and orientation at Lakeview @ 1:15!
*Thursday, May 20th - Prairieview Cadet Band and Choir performance 1:00 (parents may attend)
*Monday, May 17th and Friday, May 21st = Choir Field Trip 12:30 - 2:00
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM:
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SPELLING: Words of the Week - Letters A - M
ABC booklet for letters A-M due Friday. Test = Friday
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ENGLISH: We will be finishing adverbs this week and taking the ADVERB test on Friday.
We will also do creative NARRATIVE writing.
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READING: Jacob's Rescue end of book activity "Bio-Poems" is due Monday.
We will be continuing to use reading strategies and skills through some miscellaneous activities this week.
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SCOOPer Reading: Due date is this Friday, May 21st.
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 12 "Times of Change" - Lesson 1 "U.S. Turns 50"
Lesson 2 "A New Kind of Revolution"
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SCIENCE: Chapter 15 Energy - We will learn about potential and kinetic energy this week.
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MATH: Chapter 7 - Lesson 2 Patterns in Decimals - Lesson 3 Multiplying Decimals -
Lesson 5 Estimating Products
This is another short chapter.
Chapter 7 test = Thursday, May 20th
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