Week of 10/21/13 - 10/25/13

We have an early dismissal day coming up on Thursday. Prairieview will be dismissed at 11:00.

The PTO is selling coupon books this year to help fund the purchase of tablets for our students.  If you wish to purchase a book, please send in $25 made payable to the Prairieview PTO.  If you do not wish to buy the book, please send it back with your student.  The deadline is October 29th.  The books have some great local coupons in them and really pay for themselves while the school gets half the money of all books sold!  The grade that sells the most books (15 books minimum) will get a movie and a treat on Tuesday, November 26th and each grade level student who sells the most books (5 book minimum) will get a $100 Target gift card!  Please contact Pam Topp (pam_topp@yahoo.com) or Maureen Gibbons (maureen.gibbons@comcast.net) if you have questions or would like more books to sell.  There are some great holiday shopping discounts available....take a look!!!!

Coming up this week:

Spelling: We will be taking a pretest on LESSON 9 on Monday.  The cursive worksheet is homework on Monday. On Tuesday, depending on what group your child is in (challenge or non-challenge) the homework will either be 2 challenge activities or ABC order of the regular spelling words. The homework assigned on Tuesday will be due on Thursday.  The final test is on Friday. The students will only be tested on the regular spelling words; challenge words will not be tested.

English:  The children are creating haunted houses. They will then use their awesome writing skills to try to sell their houses in a persuasive writing assignment. I expect lots of colorful and sensory words!

Reading: We'll read Cliffhanger this week. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday. Words will be discussed and defined on Monday. Cause and Effect will be our skill this week.

Social Studies:  There will be an open book/open notes graded lesson review on lesson 2 on Monday. We will then start studying the history of Downers Grove.

Science: We'll start the week with students in groups each creating an ecosystem poster. Mid-week we'll start chapter 9 on the Water Cycle. 

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We will continue Unit 3 this week on Subtraction. We'll specifically study subtracting 3 and 4 digit numbers and subtracting across zeroes. Please make sure your child is working with his or her addition and subtraction flashcards whenever there is little homework. I'm looking tentatively at Wednesday, 10/30, as the test date for this unit.

Important Dates:

10/24 – Early dismissal (11:00)

10/31 – Halloween parade and party

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza