Nov.25-29, 2013

Owl Pellet Dissection TODAY!!!

Prairieview School-Community Service Project

Animal Assisted Therapy Program-Edward Hospital

Prairieview School, in Downers Grove, (3^rd, 4^th and 5^th Graders) is proud to have an opportunity to sponsor an Edward Hospital therapy dog.  The students are looking forward to sponsoring, Kodi.

$532 worth of donations have been collected!
Deadline for donating is Tuesday, 11/26!

Think Enegy-
 Thanks for participating in this!!!

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   Coming up next:

   Dates:

   
   

   Tues. Nov. 26-Service Project Money due!!!

   Nov. 27-29-NO SCHOOL-Happy Thanksgiving!

   Tues., Dec. 27-Early Dismissal

   
   

   Spelling: Lesson :

   NO SPELLING NEXT WEEK :)
   
   

   
   
   English: Chapter 2-"Nouns"

   We will:

   *What is a Nouns?

   *Common and Proper Nouns

   *Singular and Plural Nouns

   *Singular Possessive Nouns

   *Plural Possessive Nouns

   *Writing with Nouns

   
   

   TEST on Nouns-Monday, November 25th!

   (start studying now-Social Studies test is on that day too)

   
   

   
   

   
   

   Reading: Novel Study

   
   

   We will practice our reading skills while reading a novel.  Some students will be reading The Kid in the Red Jacket and some will be reading a book called, Crash.
   
   Have your child summarize what they've read so far in their new novels!!!
   
   
   
   

   
   

   Social Studies: Chapter 5-"The Struggle to Found Colonies"

   In chapter 5 we have finished Lesson 1 and will be starting Lesson 2 next week.
   
   Lesson 1-*1607-Jamestown-
   Key terms---Hard Times in Virginia, The Spanish Armada, John Smith, Self-Government in Virginia
   
   Lesson 2-*1609-Hudson River
   Key terms---New European Colonies, French and Dutch Settlements, New Amsterdam Grows
   
   Lesson 3-*1620-Plymouth
   Key terms---The First Colonies, The Pilgrims, The Mayflower, Thanksgiving, The Puritans Arrive, The Puritan Way of Life
   
   Lesson 4-*1682-Philadelphia

   Key terms---The 13 Colonies, New England Colonies, The Middle Colonies, The Southern Colonies, How the Colonies Grew

   
   

   TEST on Ch. 5-Monday, November 25th!

   (start studying now-English-Nouns test is on that day too)

   
   

   
   

   
   Science: Unit on Barn Owls

   We dissected owl pellets today!  Ask your child to see their bag of bones!!!
   
   

   
   

   Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: 

   
   

   Chapter 3-:Divide by a One-Digit Divisor

   
   Common Core State Standards:

   5.NBT.6-Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

   
   Chapter 2:

   *Relate Division to Multiplication

   *Two-Digit Dividends

   *Division Patterns

   *Estimate Quotients

   *Division of Greater Numbers

   *Distributive Property and Partial Quotients

   *Divide Three-and -Four Digit Dividends

   *Place the first Digit

   *Quotients with Zeros

   *Interpreting the Remainder

   *Problem Solving

   TEST on Ch. 3-Monday, November 25th!