Thursday, December 11, 2008

THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 15, 2008

WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY HOLIDAY!!!!
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Miss Trefonas's Homeroom:
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REMINDERS:
~PTO fundraiser at Home Run Inn - Mon. 12/15 & Tues. 12/16 Noon to 10pm
Print a flyer from Center Cass School District Web page!
Miss T. will be there Monday evening around 5:30!
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~Monday, Dec. 15th @ 1:15 Holiday Concert in our Prairieview gym
Parents may attend!
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~Tuesday, Dec. 16th Bowling Fieldtrip @ 9:00
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~Friday, Dec.19th PV Holiday outing to the Tivoli "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
SCIENCE: Changing Forms of Energy
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Junior Achievement commercials/skits for our final Jr. Achievement session on Thursday. Mr. and Ms. Paleka, our Jr. Achievement volunteers, have sure made this a fun learning experience!
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HOLIDAY SERVICE PROJECT: We sure helped make a less fortunate family have a happy holiday with all the generous donations. It was heartwarming to see what our class brought in!
Thanks to all!
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Miss Trefonas's reading, language arts, and spelling class:
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SPELLING: Lesson 16 and word of the week
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ENGLISH: Unit 3 Verbs - Test will be on Friday, January 9th
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READING: Holiday activities this week!
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VOCAB WORDS: December words are due Monday, Jan. 5th or BEFORE!!!
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SCOOPer READING: Everyone should have at least one book read and activity completed before the holiday break!
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Miss Trefonas's Math Class:
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Chapter 6 "Adding and Subtracting Decimals
This is a short chapter and the test will be Weds. January 7th.
We will be doing a comprehensive review on Tuesday prior to the test!
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!!!!!

Thursday, December 4, 2008

The Week of December 8, 2008

Miss Trefonas's Homeroom:
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Holiday Service Project = The last day to send in gifts, gift cards, or cash donations is Wednesday, December 10th.
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Donations needed!!! = If you can send in healthy individually wrapped snacks for our prize bin it would be greatly appreciated! Fruit snacks and cheddar crackers (Goldfish) are the most needed!
Hand Sanitizer that comes in a pump bottle needed too!
THANKS!!!
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SCIENCE= Forms of Energy (Solar, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, and Sound)
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SOCIAL STUDIES = Chapter 7 Test = Wednesday
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Miss Trefonas's Reading:
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Donations needed!!! = If you can send in healthy individually wrapped snacks for our prize bin it would be greatly appreciated! Fruit snacks and cheddar crackers (Goldfish) are the most needed!
Hand Sanitizer that comes in a pump bottle needed too!
THANKS!!!
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SPELLING = Lesson 15 and word of the week
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ENGLISH = Linking Verbs - We are doing a creative activity "Linking Verb Island"
We will also be reviewing Verb Tenses - Present, Past, and Future
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READING = We are using the reading strategy of QUESTIONING as we begin a literature book Running Out of Time.
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SCOOPer Reading = 2nd Trimester goals have begun!!!
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VOCAB CLUB = December words.....They are due on the day we return from holiday break.
They can be finished before break!!! What choice is your child making?
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Miss Trefonas's Math Class:
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Chapter 5 Decimal Test = Wednesday!!