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
Friday- Spelling Homework Due
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)
