A Peek at Next Week

Next week we will be starting Unit 23, "Power Up!"  We will be reading stories about different kinds of power, some have to do with science, while others deal with world leaders.  In Language Arts students will finish their short stories, and will be working on writing paragraphs with sensory details.

Important Dates:
Tuesday- 5th Grade Visits Lakeview
Friday- 7th Grade Career Fair

The Lakeview Musical

This years musical is the comedy, Once Upon a Mattress Jr.  It is a rendition of the "Princess and the Pea."  The play is about the impending marriage of Prince Dauntless the Drab.  The prince is in search of the perfect princess to marry and is supported by his mute father, King Sextimus the Silent.  However Prince Dauntless is constantly thwarted by his mother, Queen Aggravain.  The Queen keeps giving impossible tasks the princesses must pass before they can marry her precious son. Prince Dauntless is not sure he will ever marry, until the arrival of Princess Winnifred the Woebegone.  Come see the musical at Lakeview on Thursday (17th) or Friday (18th) at 7:00pm, and see how this strange plot unfolds.

A Peek at Next Week

Next week we will be starting Unit 22 in the Language! series.  All of the readings will be focused on solving different types of puzzles.  In Language Arts the focus will be on prepositional phrases and using these phrases in our writing. 

Important Days:
Monday- DGS Librarians Visit 8th Graders
Tuesday- Track Conference Meet
Wednesday- Sports Pictures
Friday- Music in the Parks Festival

Earth Day

Last week we got together with our pen-pals and did an Earth Day activity.  We learned how to make recycled  paper.  First students tore paper into small pieces, and then we let it soak in water.  Next we blended the paper with the water, and then we poured the paper pulp back into the tub of water.  Finally we collected the paper pulp onto a screen and then let it dry.  It was fun to see the end result and to socialize with our pen-pals along the way. 

A Peek at Next Week

We will continue our new unit next week in our Language! series, Unit 21 "Join the Family." We are focusing on root words, affixes, and quotation marks. Students will also be reading about Anne Frank, and other types of families.

Important Days:

Saturday- ISU Band Festival

Monday- Track Meet at DGS, Volleyball Game, and Girls' Soccer

Wednesday- Early Dismissal

Thursday- Boys' Soccer Game

A Peek at Next Week

Next week we will be finishing Unit 20 in our Language! series. We will review homophones, root words, and predicate nouns and adjectives. Students will also be writing a character trait essay that relates to the last story we read, "A Game of Catch."

Important Dates:

Today- Midterms, and the Spring Dance

Saturday- Snowflake

Tuesday- 6th Grade OLSATs,

Wednesday- Newspaper Club

A Peek at Next Week

Next week we will continue Unit 20 in the green books. We will review suffixes, and learn two new prefixes. Students will be mapping out the plot of short stories, and writing up character traits.

Important Days:
Tomorrow- No School!
Saturday- Market Day
Friday-Midterms, and the Spring Dance