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Weekly Events:
*Parent Teacher Conferences (Homeroom Only) on Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday.
*BEARS Spirit Day on Monday.
*Spelling pretest on Monday.
*Unit 2 English Test on Monday.
*"Memory Book Bag" due Tuesday.
*"Eye of the Storm" Vocabulary test on Wednesday.
*Spelling test on Thursday.
*No School on Friday.
Coming Attractions:
*No school on Monday, November 11 - Veterans' Day.
Homeroom Happenings:
Spelling - We will take a spelling pretest on Monday. Children who miss one or none will become challenge spellers. They will have a practice sheet and 2 activities to complete this week. Children who miss two or more will work with our weekly spelling list. They will have a practice sheet and workbook pages to complete. Since we do not have school on Friday, our weekly and challenge tests will be on Thursday. All spelling practice work will be due on Thursday.
English - The children have been reviewing for the Unit 2 test on Nouns. They will take the Unit 2 test on Monday. This test will assess their knowledge of nouns, common & proper nouns, plural nouns, and singular & plural possessive nouns.
Reading - We will finish our unit on Informational Text this week. The children will take a quiz on the "Eye of the Storm" vocabulary on Wednesday. Review your vocabulary words at: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/ewordgame/index.html?grade=5&theme=1&selection=2.
We will begin a novel study during the week of November 12.
Science - We will begin chapter 6, lesson 2. This lesson will focus on succession and extinction. The children should review their vocabulary and notes nightly.
Social Studies - Our study of European colonization will continue. This week, we will explore how the search for the Northwest Passage led to the founding of French and Dutch colonies in North America.
Mrs. Sulima's Math Class:
Monday - Multiplication and Division Expressions.
Tuesday - Rounding Quotients to the nearest 10th, 100th/cent, and 1000th.
Wednesday - Review for test on Tuesday, November 12.
Thursday - Review for test on Tuesday, November 12.
Friday - No School.
Monday, Nov. 11 - No School - Veterans' Day.
Tuesday, Nov. 12 - Division Test.
Weekly Events:
*Spelling pretest on Monday.
*PTO coupon books or money due on Tuesday.
*Last Jr. Achievement Session on Wednesday.
*Chapter 6, lesson 1 science quiz on Wednesday.
*Halloween Parade at 1:15 on Thursday.
*Halloween Party at 1:30 on Thursday.
*Spelling test on Friday.
Coming Attractions:
*Unit 2 English test on Monday, November 4.
*Memory Book Bag Project due on Tuesday, November 5.
Halloween Parade & Party:
Please have your child bring their costume in a bag with their name. The children will only have about 10 minutes to change into costumes. They will not be allowed to change in the washrooms. We will have a room designated for boys and a room for girls to change into their costumes. There will not be a lot of time to put on make-up either. Keep it simple!!!!! The parade begins around 1:15.
Homeroom Happenings:
Spelling - The children will take a spelling pretest on Monday. If they have -1 or none, they will become a challenge speller. Students who miss 2 or more will work with the regular weekly list. All assignments are due on Friday. (With Halloween on Thursday, please have your child work ahead of schedule to make sure they complete their work for Friday.) The challenge and regular weekly tests will be on Friday.
English - We will finish our unit on Nouns this week. The children will learn about plural possessive nouns. We will also review for our Unit 2 test which will be on Monday, November 4.
Reading - We will continue our study of Informational (Non-fiction) text. The children will be reading about storms this week. We will also do some "close" reading of our Time For Kids magazine. Please make sure your child brings their magazine to class each day.
Science - We will continue to answer the question - "How do organisms compete and survive in an ecosystem?" Your children should review their vocabulary words and notes each evening. This will help prepare them for the test - one lesson at a time. Our focus at the beginning of the week will be on the predator-prey relationship. The children will take a quiz on Chapter 6, lesson 1 on Wednesday.
Social Studies - The students will read about the Battle of the Spanish Armada, which turned England's attention away from founding colonies for a while. Then we will learn about the first successful English colony, Jamestown. The children will be taking notes in class. They should review these notes each evening.
Mrs. Sulima's Math Class:
Monday - Students will list concepts that will be on the quiz. Lesson on dividing decimals by 10, 100, and 1,000.
Tuesday - Quiz on the following concepts: Bar diagrams using distributive property, partial quotients, short division with a 1-digit divisor, patterns in division, estimating quotients using compatible numbers, & long division with 1-, 2-, and 3-digit numbers.
Wednesday - Dividing decimals by whole numbers.
Thursday - Halloween Math Activities. No Homework!
Friday - Dividing decimals by decimals.
Weekly Events:
*Mrs. Sulima will be at a conference on Monday.
*Spelling pretest on Monday.
*Informational Text structure quiz on Tuesday.
*Jr. Achievement on Wednesday.
*English Quiz on Thursday: Unit 2, lessons 1-4.
*Early Dismissal on Thursday, 11:00.
*Spelling test on Friday.
*TFK quiz on Friday.
Coming Attractions:
*Our last session of Jr. Achievement will be on Wednesday, October 30.
*Halloween Parade ~1:00 on Thursday, October 31.
*Halloween Party ~1:30 on Thursday, October 31.
"Get Science" Assembly on Friday, November 1.
Coupon Books:
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!!!!
Homeroom Happenings:
Spelling - The children will take a pretest on Monday. If your child misses one of less, they will be a challenge speller for the week. They will need to complete a practice sheet and 3 activities. If your child misses more than two words, they will be a regular speller. They will complete a practice sheet and workbook pages. The tests will be on Friday.
English - We will continue our unit on nouns. The children will take a unit 2, lesson 1-4 quiz on Thursday. This quiz will cover: What is a noun?, Common and Proper Nouns, and Singular and Plural Nouns.
Reading - The children will take a quiz on Text Structures on Tuesday. We will then move onto reading some informational passages. The children have a few study sheets in their reading pocket on the following structures: chronological/sequence, problem and solution, cause and effect, description, and compare and contrast.
Here is a game to practice text structure: http://www.quia.com/ba/99066.html
TFK - I will not be sending the TFK magazine home until Wednesday night. We will be doing some "close" reading activities with some of the articles on Tuesday and Wednesday. The children will still have a quiz on Friday.
Science - Children will print out their brochures on Tuesday. I have a special brochure paper that I would like to print these on. We will also begin the next science unit. This unit will answer the question: "How do Organisms Compete and Survive in an ecosystems?"
Social Studies - We will finish our detective work with Roanoke Island. What happened to the colonists? The children will choose a theory this week and back it up with evidence from the text.
Mrs. Sulima's Math Class:
Monday - Mrs. Sulima will be at a conference today. Quiz on Divisibility Rules. Students will not be able to use their notes or book during this quiz. Lesson on Patterns in Division.
Tuesday - Estimating Quotients using Compatible Numbers.
Wednesday - Dividing by a 2-digit Divisor.
Thursday - Dividing by a 3-digit Divisor.
Friday - Problem Solving with Division.
Weekly Events:
*No School on Monday - Columbus Day.
*Spelling pretest on Tuesday.
*Jr. Achievement on Wednesday with Mr. Blocker.
*Magazine Drive - Mario Kart Assembly on Wednesday.
*Spelling test on Friday.
*TFK quiz on Friday.
Coming Attractions:
*Early Dismissal on Thursday, October 24.
*Halloween Party on Thursday, October 31.
*Realistic Fiction Memory Book Bag due Tuesday, November 5.
Coupon Books:
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!!!!
Book Fair:
Homeroom Happenings:
Spelling - The children will take a spelling pretest on Tuesday. If they miss 1 or none, they will become a challenge speller. Since this is only a 4 day week, challenge spellers will only need to do 2 activities and the practice sheet. All spelling activities are due Friday. Regular and Challenge spelling tests will be given on Friday.
English - We will begin a new unit this week on Nouns. This week will review: What is a Noun?, Common & Proper Nouns, and Singular & Plural Nouns.
Reading - We have started our unit on Informational Text (Non-fiction). Last week, we reviewed informational text features like a table of contents, headings, subheadings, index, glossary, illustrations, captions, and much more. The children also were introduced to text structures which include sequence/chronological order, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and description. We will continue learning about text structures this week. The children will be reading many short passages and deciding which type of text structure it represents.
Science - The children will finish their Snow Leopard brochures this week. For our first "tech project," they have done a wonderful job. We will begin our next science unit during the week of October 21. Don't forget...you can check their progress on this project on their Google Apps account. The username is: 17lastname@ccsd66.org. The password is their school network password twice with no space in between.
Social Studies - How could an entire colony disappear? This week we will discuss "The Lost Colony - Roanoke Island." We will become CSI detectives as we analyze different scenarios that could have happened.
Mrs. Sulima's Math Class:
Monday - No school.
Tuesday - Test & Vocabulary Introduction
Wednesday - Pretest on our next unit.
Thursday - Determined based on pretests.
Friday - Determined based on pretests.
Weekly Events:
*Spelling pretest on Monday.
*Chapter 5 science test on Monday.
*Unit 1 English test on Tuesday.
*Wear orange on Wednesday for Unity Day - Stand up against bullying.
*Jr. Achievement on Wednesday.
*Chapter 4 social studies test on Thursday.
*Spelling test on Friday.
*Movie Night on Friday, 6:30-8:45.
Coming Events:
*No School on Monday, October 14 - Columbus Day.
Homeroom Happenings:
Spelling - The children will take a spelling pretest on Monday. All spelling workbook pages or challenge activities will be due on Friday. The challenge and regular tests will be on Friday. Your child may choose to do the test in print or cursive.
English - On Tuesday, the children will take the Unit 1 Sentence Test. There are many resources your child may use to prepare for this test. They may use the items in their English pocket, the lesson pages in the textbook, the lesson review in the textbook, and the extra practice pages in the textbook.
Each child will need to bring a photograph, picture from Internet, or picture from the Internet on Wednesday. It should be a picture that they would like to write about.
Reading - We will work on building or reading stamina this week. Each day, we will set a goal to increase the amount of time we can read independently. We will also begin working with non-fiction/informational text this week. The children will not receive a TFK magazine this week.
Science - On Monday, the children will take the chapter 5 test. There are many resources your child can use to prepare for this test. They may use the lessons in the textbook, items in their science pocket, the chapter 5 review in the textbook, and their bingo board. The bingo board has a list of words/phrases that would be beneficial to review.
We will also continue working on our Snow Leopard brochures. You can watch your child's progress on their Google Apps account. Your child's username is 17lastname@ccsd66.org. Their password is their school network password twice with no space.
Social Studies - On Monday, we will fill out a "how to study" sheet for our first social studies test which will be on Thursday. At least 5 ways to study for the test will be listed on the "how to study" sheet. If your child writes at least 2 ways they studied and have a parent sign their sheet, they will receive a bonus point on their test. We will use Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to review the 3 lessons in chapter 4.
Mrs. Sulima's Math Class:
Monday - Estimating Products
Tuesday - Multiplying by 1 & 2 digit number (Whole and Decimal)
Wednesday - Multiplying by larger numbers (Whole and Decimal)
Thursday - Order of Operations Activities.
Friday - We will finish our activities from Thursday & review for the chapter 2 test on Tuesday, October 15.
