The Week of May 3, 2010

Dear Parents,
~Many students will have their projects we made during our China unit (dragons, pandas, lanterns) on display at the Panda Express in Darien. Hopefully, you can stop in sometime in the next week or two and see their work as a restaurant decoration. Please let an employee know that your child is the artist, because they usually do a little something special for them.
~Students from Project Challenge have started a fundraiser for the ASPCA, a foundation to stop animal cruelty. The kids will be selling Smencils® (scented pencils) for a 1.00 each. The pencils will be sold each morning in the grade level areas. The sales will start Friday April 30^th and go through May 28^th.
We will track our sales on the bulletin board by the multi-purpose room. For every twenty dollars we raise, one food bowl will go up on the bulletin board. So please help save our animals. Buy Smencils.
~SOME UPCOMING DATES/EVENTS:
*MONDAY, MAY 10th = Spring Concert @ LV 7-8pm
*TUESDAY, MAY 11th = Bubble Wonder assembly during school. 5th grade = 10:00!
*THURSDAY, MAY 13th= 5th grade goes to LV to see the musical/rehearsal for Oklahoma!
*FRIDAY, MAY 14th= Early Dismissal - PV = 11:00
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:

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SPELLING: Lesson 33 and word of the week
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ENGLISH: finishing Pronouns.....TEST = Wednesday, May 5th
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READING: We continue to use the reading comprehension strategies and skills that we have learned throughout the year. We are had our final BOOK CLUB meeting this past week and the end of the book project - Flap Books are due on Monday.
Nest, we will begin a class literature book Jacob's Rescue. This is a book on the Holocaust based on a true story.
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SCOOPer Reading: The due date is May 21st!
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 11 continued.......This week we will be doing some enrichment activities about Lewis and Clark's adventure as the United States expands westward with the Louisiana Purchase.
Test date = Friday, May 14th
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SCIENCE: We are finishing and reviewing Chapter 14! Test date = Tuesday, May 11th
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MATH: Chapter 23 Perimeter
This is a short chapter. Monday = Homework sheet.
We are having a test on Tuesday! It will cover lessons 23.2, 23.3, and 23.5.
Next, we will be learning about area - Chapter 24.

The Week of April 26, 2010

Dear Parents:
~Friday, April 23rd - I am proud of Vishal and Karina for preforming in the 5th grade talent show! Vishal's talent = Bollywood Dancing & Karina's talent = singing!
~Dr. Tiede will be a guest reader in our classroom on Monday, April 26th!
~Project Challenge meets afterschool on Tuesday, April 27th!
~Don't forget about the P.T.O. fundraiser at Vesuvio's Italian restaurant which ends at the end of the month. You may get the flyer on our website which you present at dinner and they donate money back to the school! It's good food!
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:

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SPELLING: Lesson 32 and word of the week

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ENGLISH: Unit 6 Pronouns - contractions, double subjects, using we & us correctly, and homophones. We will be testing next week!

We are also continuing to share our persuasive essays aloud. We have had many interesting conversations and debates over the various topics the students chose to write about!

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READING: We continue to emphasize and perfect the reading strategies and skills we have learned through out the year while reading literature books as part of a "book club".

The students are doing a great job with their summarizing, questioning, connecting, and predicting skills. They also are learning new vocabulary as they read and discuss their book.

Friday, April 23rd = Book Club meeting #1 (reading and discussion sheet)

Tuesday, April 27th = Book Club meeting #2 (reading and discussion sheet).

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SCOOPer Reading: The deadline is May 21st. We have had some excellent book shares!

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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 11 continued.....We will be discussing the Louisiana Purchase and learning about the expedition of Lewis and Clark.

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SCIENCE: Chapter 14 continued.......Chemical changes and reactions!

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MATH: Chapter 22 homework sheet on Monday, April 26th

Chapter 22 test review on Monday, April 26th

Chapter 22 test = Tuesday, April 27th

*measurement conversion sheet is allowed!

Next, we will begin Chapter 23 - Perimeter!

The Week of April 19, 2010

Dear Parents:
I am writing this blog Thursday morning (4/15/10) and hoping to see most of you at our Prarieview Open House/Book Fair tonight from 6:30 -8:00pm. Your child has a lot of work on display in the classroom. Hopefully, the students will proudly show off their hard work!
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*Important Dates = Tuesday, April 20th is our halfway point of 3rd trimester. A progress report will be mailed home to any student receiving less than a C in any subject. Please take time to go on to parent connect and check your child's grades.
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*Early Dismissal = Thursday, April 22nd = 11:00
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM:

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SPELLING: Lesson 31 and word of the week

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ENGLISH: Unit 6 Pronouns - object pronouns, using I and me correctly, and possessive pronouns

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READING: We are reinforcing the reading strategies learned this year as we complete Toliver's Secret. The children will be doing a culminating activity which will emphasize the details of a scene or setting from the book. They will be creating a setting corner.

Next, we will continue to work on the reading strategies of summarizing, questioning, and predicting, as we do "Book Clubs". The child will have select a book to read and be part of a group reading the same novel. They will work on each of these reading strategies independently as they complete a book club discussion sheet which they will use during their book meetings.

The first book meeting will be Friday, April 23rd.

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SCOOPer READING: I continue to be impressed with the students' book selections and enjoy meeting with them discussing the book and the book activity. They should be halfway done with their goal.

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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 11 Lesson 1 "Washington as President" and Lesson 2 "Thomas Jefferson Looks West"

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SCIENCE: We will be learning about mixtures and solutions and more about phsysical changes.

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MATH: Chapter 22 measurement continued.....

Lesson 5 Metric capacity and weight

Lesson 7 Elapsed time

Lesson 8 Temperature

We will be testing the following week.

The Week of April 12, 2010

Dear Parents:

Some reminders......

~Open House/Book Fair = Thursday, April 15 6:30-8:00 pm

~GEOSPACE with the DuPage Children's Museum here at PV on Weds. April 14th!

Parent helpers = Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Kling, and Mrs. Stanuch. Please be here at 8:15! Thanks!

~Early Dismissal = Thursday, April 22nd @ 11:00

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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:

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SPELLING: lesson 30 and word of the week

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ENGLISH: Persuasive writing......we will be typing our final copies on Monday. Students

should have all their editing and proofreading done for Monday.

A Persuasive Prompt that will be written in class will be given this week.

Next, we go back to our English books and begin our unit on Pronouns.

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READING: We are reinforcing all the reading strategies covered during the year while reading

Toliver's Secret. Vocabulary words and picking the correct definition based on the word's context is also being reinforced while reading this literature book.

SCOOPer READING: We will be halfway through the trimester this week which means your child should be at least halfway towards meeting their 3rd trimester goal!

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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 10 test = Wednesday, April 14th

As a culminating activity for Chapters 9 and 10 we will be watching National Treasure!

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SCIENCE: We will be learning about physical changes.

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MATH: We are not having math until Thursday this week due to our GeoSpace programs in our homerooms.

We will be reviewing Chapter 22 Lessons 1-3 and doing Lesson 4 "customary capacity/weight"