Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Week of May 23, 2011

Dear Parents,
We only have 2 Mondays left of 5th grade....Can you believe it?

REMINDERS.....
Monday 5/23 = 6:30 Parent Education Meeting presented by Robert Crown Center

Tuesday 5/24 = 10:00 am LV choir concert presented here at Prairieview...parents are invited!

Wednesday 5/25 = The Public Libraries are coming to Prairieview to present their summer reading programs.
~ Home Run Inn Pizza fundraiser from 11:30 am - 10:00 pm.

Thursday 5/26 = We visit LV - IMC for a summer book check out!
SCOOPer Reading CELEBRATION!!!

Friday 5/27 = Miss Trefonas will be absent in the morning due to a pre surgery appointment I will be back in the classroom at 11:00.
We have a special guest speaker Friday morning.....GINGER ZEE from NBC will be presenting to the 5th grade!!


HERE'S WHAT WE ARE UP TO IN THE CLASSROOM:

SPELLING: Words of the Week N-Z. ABC books and test on Friday.

READING: Book Club commercials = Tuesday!

Anne of Green Gables..... We will be watching the movie and responding in a journal after each episode. We will be using several of our reading strategies in our journal activities. Anne of Green Gables is based on the best-selling novel and is a fictional portrayal of an orphan who is adopted by an elderly brother and sister to help with the farm work. They are expecting to adopt a boy, but Anne arrives instead. This is a humorous and endearing tale of the many experiences of an adolescent.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We will be learning more about Sacagawea and Lewis and Clark.
We also be learning about the next conflict the new country had with Britian......
What war would that be? Hint: It took place in 1812.

PERSUASIVES: We have one more persuasive to write. The topic will be on students having a longer school day.

MATH:
Monday = Chapter 17 L1 Probability
Tuesday = L2 Probability experiments
Wednesday = L4 Problem Solving - Making an Organized List
Thursday = L5 Problem Solving - Tree Diagrams
Friday = Homework sheet and Chapter 17 review....

Chapter 17 test will be on Tuesday, May31st.