Week of 3/14/11 - 3/18/11

We had a great week; I especially enjoyed the Hawaiian dancers at our PBIS assembly on Thursday. What a nice treat, and the children were treated with a dancing demonstration by their teacher!! Please remember to attend the March 15th Parent Connect meeting to learn more about how to interpret your child's MAPS scores. It will start at 6:30 here in the PV gym.

Don't forget to set your clocks ahead by an hour before you go to bed on Saturday!

Coming up this week:

Mrs. Klacza's Reading Class:
This week we continue our study of China. We are focusing on identifying main idea and supporting details using research materials. The students will be using non-fiction China books and the internet to complete an outline which will eventually lead to the creation of a travel brochure. The students are using clarifing and monitoring skills as they dig into the information!

Spelling: Lesson 23; pretest on Monday/homework due Thursday/Test on Friday.

English: We will be continuing our “Me Front Page” project this week. Students will be tracing and coloring their pictures using an overhead projector. They will also continue typing up their stories.

Social Studies: We will be designing sections of the Preamble in groups this week after our read-aloud book, We the Kids.

Science: Lesson 3 on how heat is transferred begins this week. The quick study will be on Friday. I am looking at Thursday, 3/24 as a test date for chapter 15.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:
We will continue chapter 11 on least common multiples (LCM,) divisibility rules, and greatest common factors (GCF.) Please remind your child to practice those multiplication facts. We found a great race car/multiplication game today (thank you Lauren A.) on-line. Just google multiplication and race cars and you'll see Grand Prix math. A quiz on Lessons 1-4 will take place on Thursday.

Important Dates:
March 15 – Parent Connect

March 17 - St. Patrick's Day - wear your green!!
March 19 – District 66 fundraiser at Cabana Charlie's (I just bought my

ticket!)

March 23 - Field trip to Naper Settlement - bring sack lunches!
March 25 – Spring break begins at the end of the day

Have a wonderful weekend! Mrs. Klacza