I apologize that you are receiving my newsletter a bit later than usual. I was absent 1/2 day Thursday and Friday due to a family member having surgery. All went well and I actually had a chance to get up to Michigan on Saturday and Sunday for a much needed quick get away!
Thank you to the following families for donating Halloween prizes and treats for our classroom: Kalal, Reynolds, Harmon, Messina, and Pinto
PIZZA PARTY WEDNESDAY!!! Our class had the most participation in the Magazine Sale!! Thanks to Amogh, Nathan, and Jordan for bringing some extra goodies!!
BOOK FAIR Thursday, Oct. 17th 6:30- 8:00 !!!! Taffy Apples for sale!!!
COUPON BOOKS:
The PTO is selling coupon books this year to help fund the purchase of tablets for our students. If you wish to purchase a book, please send in $25 made payable to the Prairieview PTO. If you do not wish to buy the book, please send it back with your student. The deadline is October 29th. The books have some great local coupons in them and really pay for themselves while the school gets half the money of all books sold! The grade that sells the most books (15 books minimum) will get a movie and a treat on Tuesday, November 26th and each grade level student who sells the most books (5 book minimum) will get a $100 Target gift card! Please contact Pam Topp (pam_topp@yahoo.com) or Maureen Gibbons (maureen.gibbons@comcast.net) if you have questions or would like more books to sell. There are some great holiday shopping discounts available....take a look!!!!
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: We have our first session this Friday!
Jr. Achievement is a not-for-profit organization financed by businesses. The purpose of Jr. Achievement is to educate and inspire students to value free enterprise, business, and economics to improve the quality of their lives. Our volunteers, Ms. and Mr. Paleka, will be visiting our classroom once a week for the next 6 weeks. Both are successful in the business world and bring their expertise to the classroom. Mr. Paleka works for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and Ms. Paleka works for Harley Davidson financial services. They have been Junior Achievement volunteers in my classroom for 13 years! I'm sure your student will be sharing some of their experiences with this program during the next few weeks!
HERE'S WHAT WE ARE UP TO IN THE CLASSROOM:
Spelling: Lesson 7 and word of the week
English: Chapter 5: Quotations, Abbreviations, and capitalizing titles correctly!
Test scheduled for Tuesday, October 22nd
Reading: focusing on ANALOGIES this week and vocabulary quiz on self - selected words from last weeks reading selections
Social Studies: Chapter 5 Test = Friday
Science: The students will be showing what they learned by doing a weather project. This will be their final assessment instead of a test.
Math:
multiplying by 1 digit and 2 digit numbers
Chapter 2 Test is scheduled for Monday, October 21st
