Week of 4/6/09 - 4/10/09

Are you looking for a good book to read? Is your child looking for a way to stay busy over Spring Break? Join us for Family Book Club Night on Wednesday, April 29th @ 6:30 p.m. Simply go to the Center Cass 66 District website, click on "Prairieview", and read more about this great school event! You can then print a registration form and send it in. Please note that registration has been extended. If you have any questions, email me! I just so happen to be on the committee!!

We had a wonderful time making our geospaces on Wednesday. Thank you to Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Barton for being our helpers. It was delightful, also, going to the historic Tivoli for Nanny McPhee. What a treasure that theater is; I'm so glad we got the opportunity to visit.

Enjoy the week off everyone; let's recharge our batteries and be ready to start up again in April.

Coming up this week:

Mrs. Klacza's Reading Class:

Spelling: Lesson 25: silent letters. Test on Thursday.

Reading: We will conlude our study of China by watching The Amazing Panda Adventure. A lot of oohing and aahing will be going on as we watch a boy and girl try to rescue a baby panda from poachers in the Himalayan highlands of China. We will be starting a new novel The Night of the Twisters soon after. We will use many of the reading skills learned throughout the year with this novel.

Language Arts: We continue our "Me Front Page" activity with visits to the computer lab to type using the Publisher program. This activity utilizes many of the writing skills we've been using throughout the year: expository, narrative, poetry, quotations, using the third person, etc., etc.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:

Chapter 14 will be started this week. We will learn to add and subtract mixed numbers with renaming.

Mrs. Klacza's Homeroom:

Social Studies: We continue Chapter 10 this week. After reading The Important Book, the students will create their own Important Books using some very important parts of Lesson 3. I'm looking at a tentative test date of Tuesday, 4/14.

Science: We continue our study of weather by learning about the water cycle.

Important Notes:
3/27 – Spring break begins at end of day
4/7 – Teacher's Institute (day off for students)
4/10 – Day off (Good Friday)

4/13 - TOO GOOD FOR DRUGS GRADUATION = 8:45am
4/16 - Open House/Book Fair

Enjoy spring break! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 3/23/09 - 3/27/09

Spring has sprung! What a glorious time of year it is; let's stay focused and work hard!! We have one more full week before Spring Break. Our homeroom will be having the in-school, GeoSpace field trip on Wednesday. The visit to the Tivoli to see Nanny McPhee will be on Friday.

Coming up this week:

Mrs. Klacza's Reading Class:

Spelling: Lesson 24: words ending with -ar. Test on Friday.

Reading: Thank you to all the parents who brought in the treats for our reading celebration on Tuesday. We continue our study of China by completing our China travel brochures.

Language Arts: The study of adjectives will end on Tuesday with our Chapter test. We will then start our “Me Front Page” activity. The students have been busily sketching their 8x10 pictures, getting ready for this assignment.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:

We will study parts of Chapter 13 this week, specifically, adding and subtracting “like” fractions and using common denominators. There will be a very short “quest” on Thursday, directly from the book. I will choose specific problems that pertain to what we've learned.

Mrs. Klacza's Homeroom:

Social Studies: We continue Chapter 10 this week, specifically Lesson 3, "Ratifying the Constitution." The students will work in teams to illustrate a section of the Preamble. Ask your child if they can sing the Preamble song yet!

Science: We continue our study of weather with the uneven heating of the earth and local and prevailing winds. There will be an open book assessment on Friday.

Important Notes:
3/25 - Geospace for Klacza
3/27 – Trip to the Tivoli to see Nanny McPhee
3/27 – Spring break begins at end of day
4/7 – Teacher's Institute (day off for students)
4/10 – Day off (Good Friday)

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 3/16/09-3/20/09

Our second trimester is already over and I'd like to thank those parents I conferenced with person to person or by telephone. Please remember if any of you have questions or concerns, the best way to reach me is via email. The third (and final) trimester has begun and I'm hopeful it will be a good one. Let's all stay focused and work our hardest!! Please remember our TGFD graduation. The date has been set for Monday, April 13, at 8:45 a.m. and invitations will be coming out soon.

Coming up this week:

Mrs. Klacza's Reading Class:

Spelling: Lesson 23: the prefix ad-. Test on Friday.

Reading: Congratulations to all my readers! Everyone met their goals this trimester and earned themselves a reading party which will take place on Tuesday. Please ask your child if they signed you up for a food item... We will also be continuing our study of China with reading and research. The pandas are due Monday. We will be making our dragons Friday.

Language Arts: The study of adjectives continues. This is a very short chapter; therefore, our test is planned for Tuesday, 3/24.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:

Chapter 19: Geometry continues with the study of solid figures. There will be a “quest” on Thursday.

Mrs. Klacza's Homeroom:

Social Studies: We continue Chapter 10 this week, specifically Lesson 1 “A Weak Government.” This is the chapter where the students will learn the preamble to the Constitution. Another Schoolhouse Rock song will be memorized and this one is very useful! There won't be a test until after spring break.

Science: We will start a new unit this week on weather, specifically, the uneven heating of the Earth.

Important Notes:

3/17 - St. Patty's Day - wear green
3/25 - Geospace for Klacza
3/27 – Trip to the Tivoli to see Nanny McPhee
3/27 – Spring break begins at end of day
4/7 – Teacher's Institute (day off for students)
4/10 – Day off (Good Friday)

4/13 - TGFD Graduation

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 3/9/09 - 3/13/09

As we prepare to “spring forward” this weekend, I'd like to tell you and remind you all of a few things. First of all, conferences are this week! Please remember your appointment time and if anything comes up, please email me. Also, because of conferences, we will have no school on Friday the 13th. Thursday is an early dismissal day (11:00.) Lastly, I'd like to invite you all to our TGFD graduation. The date has been set for Monday, April 13, at 8:45 a.m. Invitations will be coming out soon.

Coming up this week:

Mrs. Klacza's Reading Class:

Spelling: No spelling lesson due to the shortened week.

Reading: We begin our study of China. This is a very exciting unit which involves reading, discussion, and research. The children will eventually create their very own travel brochures, along with a number of other cool products!

Language Arts: Back to the textbook for the study of adjectives. Our Schoolhouse Rock song reminds us to "Unpack our Adjectives."

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:

Chapter 19: This week we continue our study of geometry with planes and solid figures. This will get us all ready for our in-school field trip, GeoSpace.

Mrs. Klacza's Homeroom:

Social Studies: Our circle books are due on Tuesday and I've planned the Chapter 9 test for the same day. I have given the students ample time to work on their books in class, so no excuses!! We won't start Chapter 10 until the following week.

Science: Did your child tell you about the owl pellets and what they found inside? Wow, they did a great job using their science kits and tearing those pellets apart. We will have an open book/open note quiz on Thursday.

Important Notes:

Week of 3/9 – Conferences
3/12 – Early dismissal (11:00)
3/13 – Conferences/Day off
3/25 - Geospace for Klacza

3/27 - Trip to the Tivoli to see Nanny McPhee
3/27 – Spring break begins at end of day

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza