Happy Holidays!

Thank you so much for letting me work with your students.  It has been wonderful to get to know all the children and I am very lucky to have such wonderful classes.  I hope you all have a lovely holiday with your family and friends.  Enjoy your time together!


A Look at Next Week:

Spelling- We will be doing Lesson 15 and we will take the test on Friday.

Social Studies- We will begin Chapter 6 on Colonial Life.

Reading- We will begin our unit on historical fiction.  Students will be reading some stories out of our literature book.

Language Arts- Students will continue to do some descriptive writing, and will begin our unit on punctuation.

Science- We will continue to study Chapter 14 on Matter.  Students will read and take notes on Lesson 2:  Phases of Matter.

Math-  Students will work on some problem solving skills and then we will begin Unit 6 which deals with decimals.

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:

Spelling- Students will do two spelling activities with a list of holiday words, but there will be no test.

Social Studies- We will begin reading Chapter 6, Lesson 1 in our books, about colonial life.

Reading- We will meet in our literature circles on Tuesday, and we will continue to work on skills out of our ISAT books.

Language Arts- Students will be working on their descriptive writing.

Science- We will continue our chapter on Matter.  Students will have an open note assessment on Lesson 14.1 on Wednesday.

Math-  We will finish Chapter 4 and take a Ch.4 test on Wednesday.

Important Days:
Tuesday-  Early Dismissal

Wednesday- Bowling Field Trip

Have a wonderful weekend!

Dividing with Two Digit Videos

Here are the video clips I showed in class to summarize and re-teach dividing with two digits.

Quick Summarizing Video

Longer Re-teaching Video

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:

Spelling- We will be doing Lesson 14 and we will take the test on Friday.

Social Studies- We will be reviewing Chapter 5  and take the chapter test on Thursday.

Reading- We will meet in our literature circles on Tuesday, and we will continue to work on skills out of our ISAT books.

Language Arts- Students will review the unit and take an Adjective test on Wednesday.

Science- We will begin our next chapter on Matter.  Students will have an open note assessment on Lesson 14.1 on Wednesday.

Math-  We will continue to divide with two digits.  There will be a Lesson 4.1-4.3 quiz on Thursday.

Important Days:
Tuesday-  9:00 AM Band and Choir Concert
Friday- Movie Night

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thank you!

Prairieview School-Community Service Project

proudly collected

$550

to sponsor an Edward Hospital Animal Assisted Therapy Program!!!

Thanks to everyone who donated!!!

A Look at Next Week:

Spelling- We will be doing Lesson 13.

Social Studies- Students will finish Lesson 4 and hopefully take a Chapter 5 test on Friday..

Reading- We will meet in our literature circles on Tuesday, and we will be working on skills out of our ISAT books.

Language Arts- Students will finish our adjective unit.

Science- We will virtually dissect owl pellets in preparation for our actual dissection.

Math-  We will begin Chapter 4: Dividing with Two Digits.

Important Days:
Wednesday-Friday-  No School, Thanksgiving Break!
Friday 12/7-  Family Fleece Blanket Night at PV

Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Energy Presentation

Think Energy!

A Look at Next Week:

Spelling- We will have no Spelling next week due to Thanksgiving.

Social Studies- Students will read about the Puritans and continue to discuss the colony of Plymouth.

Reading- We will meet for the first time in our literature groups to discuss our novels.

Language Arts- Students will continue to work on adjectives.

Science- We will virtually dissect owl pellets in preparation for our actual dissection.

Math-  We will review division, and start our new chapter when we get back from Thanksgiving.

Important Days:
Tuesday-  Robert Crown Field Trip, and Movie Reward

Wednesday-Friday-  No School, Thanksgiving Break!

Have a great weekend!

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 18

THINK ENERGY program

Our 5th grade will be participating in an activity provided by Nicor Gas and Com Ed called THINK ENERGY.  The goal of this program is to help students and their families learn about energy and how to use it more wisely.  Your child will be bringing home a "Take Action Kit" on November 15th, and parents are encouraged to review the contents with their child. A student guide is provided to help get started.  You will get to keep all of the items for energy in your kit! The goal of this program is to help students and their families learn together about energy and how to use it more wisely, save money, and help conserve natural resources!

 If you need help with an item there is a toll free number on the kit's box.

****** Lastly, in the kit there is a YELLOW "HOME ENERGY WORKSHEET" that is very easy to fill out.

COMPLETE AND RETURN SHEET TO SCHOOL BY FRIDAY, 11/22

Community Service Opportunity

Prairieview School (3rd, 4th and 5th graders) is proud to have an opportunity to sponsor an Edward Hospital therapy dog. Students attended an assembly to learn about this special program, and were asked to earn a few dollars doing small jobs/chores. A flyer went home on Tuesday with more specific information. If you choose to participate, coupon sheets and money need to be returned to school by NOVEMBER 19th!!!!

  A Look at Next Week:

Spelling- Lesson 12   -0 or -1 will be in Challenge group

               Tuesday - Pretest   

               Thursday- Spelling Homework Due

               Friday - Spelling test**

Social Studies-   Chapter 5 - "The Struggle to Found Colonies"

Lesson 1 - 1607 Jamestown

Hard Times in Virginia, The Spanish Armada, John Smith, Self-Government in Virginia. We will continue with this lesson next week. 

Lesson 2 - European Colonies

The French and Dutch Settlement

***Lesson 3 - The First Colonies

The Pilgrims, Mayflower, A Thanksgiving Celebration, The Puritans Arrive, and The Puritans Way of Life

Reading-  We will  begin a NOVEL STUDY. They will work on their first set of literature circles. Each child will be responsible for the reading that their team scheduled. They are also responsible for one assigned activity.

 *The students did a nice job presenting their Memory 

Bags. They were very creative!  

Language Arts-  We will begin our unit on Adjectives.  

Science-     We will learn about Barn Owls. Find some information about Barn Owls and share it with the class next week before we start our unit!

Math-    Chapter 3 - Divide by a One-Digit Divisor

L-10 Quotients with Zeros

L-11 Use Models to Interpret the Remainder

***L-12 Interpret the Remainder

L-13 Problem-Solving Investigation

 We will also work on our quickness and fluency on our division facts! 

Begin to review lessons 1-10 - Our Chapter test is coming up soon!!!!!

****EXTRA PRACTICE FOR OUR WINTER MAP TESTING!  FUN GAMES CAN BE FOUND AT :

http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/reading.htm

IMPORTANT DATES

                                                                   11-19 Animal Assisted Therapy Donations Due

                                                                   11-19  Robert Crown Parent Information Meeting

                                                                   11-20 Early Dismissal (11:00 a.m)
                                                                   11-26 Robert Crown Field Trip
                                                                   11-27  No School Thanksgiving Break

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 11-15

THINK ENERGY program

Our 5th grade will be participating in an activity provided by Nicor Gas and Com Ed called THINK ENERGY.  The goal of this program is to help students and their families learn about energy and how to use it more wisely.  Your child will be bringing home a "Take Action Kit" on November 15th, and parents are encouraged to review the contents with their child. You will get to keep all of the items for energy in your kit!

Community Service Opportunity

Prairieview School (3rd, 4th and 5th graders) is proud to have an opportunity to sponsor an Edward Hospital therapy dog. Students attended an assembly to learn about this special program, and were asked to earn a few dollars doing small jobs/chores. A flyer went home on Tuesday with more specific information. If you choose to participate, coupon sheets and money need to be returned to school by NOVEMBER 19th!!!!

  A Look at Next Week:

Spelling- Lesson 11   -0 or -1 will be in Challenge group

               Tuesday - Pretest   

               Friday- Spelling Homework Due

               Friday - Spelling test**

Social Studies-   Chapter 5 - "The Struggle to Found Colonies"

Lesson 1 - 1607 Jamestown

Hard Times in Virginia, The Spanish Armada, John Smith, Self-Government in Virginia. We will continue with this lesson next week. 

Lesson 2 - European Colonies

The French and Dutch Settlement

Lesson 3 - The First Colonies

The Pilgrims, Mayflower, A Thanksgiving Celebration, The Puritans Arrive, and The Puritans Way of Life

Reading-  The class will finish this unit with word work  HOMOPHONES. We will then begin a NOVEL STUDY.

 1st semester reading project:  The class did a nice job on their Memory Bag projects. We will listen to all the presentations in the upcoming week.  I will not introduce the next genre/project until the next trimester begins. 

Language Arts-  We will begin our next unit : The class will take a pre-test on Wednesday. 

Science-    Chapter 6 - Ecosystems and Change.  

Lesson 1-"How Do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem?" In this lesson we will learn about interactions in nature, symbiosis, predator-prey relationships.

Lesson 2 "How Do Ecosystems Change Over Time?"

Primary Succession, Secondary Succession, and Extinction

Lesson 3: "How Do People Affect Ecosystems?"

Damaging Ecosystems, Protecting Ecosystem, Restoring Ecosystems

Chapter Test for Chapter 6 will be on Friday, November 15

Math-    Chapter 3 - Divide by a One-Digit Divisor

L 7- Distributive Property and Partial Quotients

L 8-  Divide Three and Four-Digit Dividends

L 9- Place The First Digit

L-10 Quotients with Zeros

L-11 Use Models to Interpret the Remainder

L-12 Interpret the Remainder

L-13 Problem-Solving Investigation

 We will also work on our quickness and fluency on our division facts! 

****EXTRA PRACTICE FOR OUR WINTER MAP TESTING!  FUN GAMES CAN BE FOUND AT :
http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/reading.htm

IMPORTANT DATES

                                                                   11-11 No School

                                                                   11-15 Think Energy

                                                                   11-20 Early Dismissal (11:00 a.m)

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 4-8

THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS THAT VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO MAKE THE HALLOWEEN PARTY A HUGE SUCCESS!  THE GAMES, SNACKS AND PREPARATIONS WERE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!

  A Look at Next Week:

Spelling- Lesson 10   -0 or -1 will be in Challenge group

               Monday - Pretest   

               Thursday- Spelling Homework Due

              ** Thursday - Spelling test**

Social Studies-   Chapter 5 - "The Struggle to Found Colonies"

Lesson 1 - 1607 Jamestown

Hard Times in Virginia, The Spanish Armada, John Smith, Self-Government in Virginia. We will continue with this lesson next week. 

Lesson 2 - European Colonies

The French and Dutch Settlement

Lesson 3 - The First Colonies

The Pilgrims, Mayflower, A Thanksgiving Celebration, The Puritans Arrive, and The Puritans Way of Life

Reading-  Non-Fiction Text Organization. We will: Identify thin and thick questions, compare and contrast the overall structure of information in texts (text structure, text features, graphic organizers), homonyms and multi- meaning words. Our theme for this unit is "Natures Fury". We will continue using a variety of Non-Fiction texts to reinforce these skills. 

Reading Projects: The students are to read a REALISTIC FICTION book.

 They will be making a memory bag to go along with their story and give a small presentation at the end. The final due date for the project is November, 7. 

Language Arts-  We will Continue with Chapter 2. We will learn about :Common and Proper Nouns, Writing with Nouns, Singular and Plural Nouns,  Singular Possessive Nouns, and Plural Possessive Nouns. CHAPTER TEST IS ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7.

Science-    Chapter 6 - Ecosystems and Change.  

Lesson 1-"How Do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem?" In this lesson we will learn about interactions in nature, symbiosis, predator-prey relationships.

Lesson 2 "How Do Ecosystems Change Over Time"

Primary Succession, Secondary Succession, and Extinction

Math-    Chapter 3 - Divide by a One-Digit Divisor

L 1- Relate Division to Multiplication- Using related multiplication facts to solve division problems and related division facts to solve multiplication problems.
L 2- Division Models- Use models to represent and solve division problems.

L 3- 2 Digit Dividends- Division of whole numbers involving a repeated process of dividing, multiplying and subtracting (both with and without remainders)  

L 4- Division Patterns- Using basic multiplication facts and patterns to divide multiples of 10, 100 and 1000 mentally.
L 5- Estimate Quotients- Using compatible numbers to divide mentally to estimate quotients. 

L 6- Division Models with Greater Numbers- Using models to find quotients of 3-digit dividends and 1-digit dividends.
L 7- Distributive Property and Partial Quotients
L 8-  Divide Three and Four-Digit Dividends
L 9- Place The First Digit

 We will also work on our quickness and fluency on our division facts! 

IMPORTANT DATES

                                                   

                                                   11-3 *Change Your Clocks *get and extra hour of sleep

                                                   11-4 Conferences week begins

                                                   11-8 No School   

                                                   11-11 No School

WEEK OF OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 1

The Halloween parade and party at school has a few guidelines to remember:
All costumes have to be able to go over your child's clothes. Nothing that resembles a weapon is allowed.
Home Baked items are also not allowed due to allergies. 


  A Look at Next Week:

Spelling- Lesson 9     -0 or -1 will be in Challenge group

               Monday - Pretest   

               Thursday- Spelling Homework Due

               Friday - Spelling test

Social Studies-   Chapter 5 - "The Struggle to Found Colonies"

Lesson 1 - 1607 Jamestown

Hard Times in Virginia, The Spanish Armada, John Smith, Self-Government in Virginia. We will continue with this lesson next week. 

Reading-  Non-Fiction Text Organization. We will: Identify thin and thick questions, compare and contrast the overall structure of information in texts (text structure, text features, graphic organizers), homonyms and multi- meaning words. Our theme for this unit is "Natures Fury". We will continue using a variety of Non-Fiction texts to reinforce these skills. 

Reading Projects: The students are to read a REALISTIC FICTION book.

 They will be making a memory bag to go along with their story and give a small presentation at the end. The final due date for the project is November, 7. 

Language Arts-  We will Continue with Chapter 2. We will learn about :Common and Proper Nouns, Writing with Nouns, Singular and Plural Nouns,  Singular Possessive Nouns, and Plural Possessive Nouns.

Science-    Chapter 6 - Ecosystems and Change.  

Lesson 1-"How Do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem?" In this lesson we will learn about interactions in nature, symbiosis, predator-prey relationships.

Math-    Chapter 3 - Divide by a One-Digit Divisor

L 1- Relate Division to Multiplication- Using related multiplication facts to solve division problems and related division facts to solve multiplication problems.
L 2- Division Models- Use models to represent and solve division problems.

L 3- 2 Digit Dividends- Division of whole numbers involving a repeated process of dividing, multiplying and subtracting (both with and without remainders)  

L 4- Division Patterns- Using basic multiplication facts and patterns to divide multiples of 10, 100 and 1000 mentally.
L 5- Estimate Quotients- Using compatible numbers to divide mentally to estimate quotients. 

L 6- Division Models with Greater Numbers- Using models to find quotients of 3-digit dividends and 1-digit dividends.

 We will also work on our quickness and fluency on our division facts! 

IMPORTANT DATES

                                                   10-28 Art to Remember due
                                                   10-29  Mr. Blockers final Junior Achievement visit

                                                   10-29 Coupon Book due

                                                   10-29 Spirit Day  GO BULLS!  (wear red and black)

                                                   10-31 Halloween - 1:15 parade  1:30 Party

                                                   11-3 Daylight Savings  *Change Your Clocks

                                                   11-4 Conferences week begins

                                                   11-8 No School   

                                                   11-11 No School

WEEK OF OCTOBER 21-25, 2013

                                               OCTOBER 21-25, 2013      


  A Look at Next Week:

Spelling- Lesson 8     -0 or -1 will be in Challenge group

               Monday - Pretest   

               Thursday- Spelling Homework Due

               Friday - Spelling test

Social Studies-  We will begin Chapter 5 - "The Struggle to Found Colonies"

Lesson 1 - 1607 Jamestown

Hard Times in Virginia, The Spanish Armada, John Smith, Self-Government in Virginia. We will continue with this lesson next week. 

Reading-  Non-Fiction Text Organization. We will: Identify thin and thick questions, compare and contrast the overall structure of information in texts (text structure, text features, graphic organizers), homonyms and multi- meaning words. Our theme for this unit is "Natures Fury". We will continue reading Earthquake Terror. We are also using a variety of Non-Fiction texts to reinforce these skills. 

Reading Projects: The students are to read a REALISTIC FICTION book.

The students should create reading goals by setting a certain number of pages to be read each week. They will be making a memory bag to go along with their story and give a small presentation at the end. The final due date for the project is November, 7. (Only 3 weeks away!)

Language Arts-  We will Continue with Chapter 2. We will learn about :Common and Proper Nouns, Writing with Nouns, Singular and Plural Nouns,  and Singular Possessive Nouns.

Science-   We will begin Chapter 6 - Ecosystems and Change.  

Lesson 1-"How Do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem?" In this lesson we will learn about interactions in nature, symbiosis, predator-prey relationships.

Math-   Chapter 2: Multiply Whole Numbers  CHAPTER TEST IS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22. 

The students should review their textbook, homework sheets and their notes in their spirals.They took a practice test in class on Friday and this should be helpful for them to practice. On Wednesday, we will begin Chapter 3.

L1- Relate Division to Multiplication- Using related multiplication facts to solve division problems and related division facts to solve multiplication problems.

L2- Division Models- Use models to represent and solve division problems.

L3- 2 Digit Dividends- Division of whole numbers involving a repeated process of dividing, multiplying and subtracting (both with and without remainders)   We will also work on our quickness and fluency on our division facts! 

IMPORTANT DATES

 OCTOBER 22 - MR. BLOCKER FOR JR. ACHIEVEMENT

OCTOBER 24 - EARLY DISMISSAL 11:00

OCTOBER 24 - BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY

OCTOBER 25- BINGO NIGHT 6:30

OCTOBER 31- HALLOWEEN PARADE 1:00/PARTIES 1:30

Week of October 14 - 18

WEEK OF OCTOBER 14 - 18, 2013

A Look at Next Week:

Spelling- Lesson 7     -0 or -1 will be in Challenge group

               Tuesday - Pretest   

               Thursday- Spelling Homework Due

               Friday - Spelling test

Social Studies-  We will begin Chapter 5 - "The Struggle to Found Colonies"

Lesson 1 - 1607 Jamestown

Hard Times in Virginia, The Spanish Armada, John Smith, Self-Government in Virgina

Reading-  Non-Fiction Text Organization. We will: Identify thin and thick questions, compare and contrast the overall structure of information in texts (text structure, text features, graphic organizers), homonyms and multi- meaning words. Our theme for this unit is "Natures Fury". We will begin by reading Earthquake Terror. 

Reading Projects: The students are to read a REALISTIC FICTION book.

The students should create reading goals by setting a certain number of pages to be read each week. They will be making a memory bag to go along with their story and give a small presentation at the end. The final due date for the project is November, 7.

Language Arts-  We will begin Chapter 2 . We will begin this chapter learning about nouns.

Science-   We will continue Chapter 5 on How Energy is Passed Through an Ecosystem. We will learn about food webs, the energy pyramid and natural cycles. We will have our Chapter test Thursday, October 17th. The students should begin reviewing their notes in their Science folder and their vocabulary cards. 

Math-   Chapter 2: Multiply Whole Numbers  
We learned about prime and composite numbers and the divisibility rule. I encouraged the students to remember these rules ( in math spiral). We learned several strategies for identifying the prime factors of whole numbers, and understand how to express prime factorization correctly. We also learned about powers and exponents, and the distributive property. We will learn this week how to estimate products, multiply one and two digit numbers. *The students should regularly practice their multiplication facts. We will practice as a warm up for math each day this week. We are practicing our fluency and quickness!

IMPORTANT DATES

 OCTOBER 11 - MOVIE NIGHT

OCTOBER 14 - NO SCHOOL

OCTOBER 15 - MR. BLOCKER FOR JR. ACHIEVEMENT
OCTOBER 17 - BOOK FAIR

OCTOBER 24 - EARLY DISMISSAL