March 8-12, Parent Teacher conferences
March 9 - Report cards issued
March 12 - No School
Monday, March 15 - District Eat Out Fundraiser at Max & Ermas
Tuesday, Mach 16 - Rollerskating Party
Thursday, March 25 - Field Trip to The Museum of Science and Industry
Volunteers are needed to help chaperone the field trip to the Museum of Science and Industry. Please let me know if you can join us.
Raise a Reader Challenge:
Look for the flyer that was sent home Friday. It announces a reading incentive program that Prairieview is encouraging called “Raise a Reader.” Parents sign up your child starting Monday the 8th by going to:
http://www.parents.com/reading/prairieviewschooldowil
All students who sign up will get to put their first name and teacher's name up on the bulletin board in the front hallway. So join the fun and keep reading!
Math - In math this week we will continue to work with our measurement unit chapter 22. The students will learn to change linear customary units. This is a difficult skill and your child may need extra help at home with this. They will also learn about customary weight and capacity. There will be little quizes throughout this unit to test the skills they learned the day before. Lessons 22.2, 22.3 22.4, 22. 6, and 22.7 will be covered this week.
Spelling- This week the words to study have ture. The other words to know are words from social studies and science.
Language - This week we will begin a unit on expository writing. The students will review the elements of an expository essay. We will work together through each step of the process of writing an expository essay.
Reading - In reading this week we will begin a new novel study. There are two different books that we will be reading in class. Ask your child what book he/she is reading. During our novel study we will be focusing on the reading strategies. This week the children will review previewing/predicting, making connections, and visualizing. They will also work on their vocabulary development.
Social Studies - The students will be able to explain why Atlanta is an important transportation center and identify the causes of growth in Southeastern cities. There will be a test over Chapter 7 on Tuesday, March 9.
The students should study: The worksheets in their folders and the main ideas of the textbook.
They should know:
*All vocabulary
*Important people: Sequoyah, Davy Crocket, George Washington, Rosa Parks, Danile Boone, Juan Ponce de Leon, Robert LaSalle, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King, Jr. Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson
*Important places: Roanoke Island St. Augustine, Florida
*Explain: how the Cherokee had to adapt there way of life after the Europeons arived,
*Causes of the civil war,
*How Martin Luther King, Jr. protested segregation
* Reasons for moving into cities in the Southeast now
Science There will be a science test on Thursday of this week. The students should study all the sheets in their folder and the main ideas in their textbook.
They should know: *All vocabulary
They should understand:
* Energy stored in a battery
*Series/parallel circuts - How do they work?
* Understand how different kinds of energy are produced/ hydroelectric Power, Geothermal Power, Solar Power
*Good conductors/insulators
*How electric generators work
*Two kinds of energy
*Four sources of energy
