Miss Pellin's Post
December 3rd - December 7th

I enjoyed meeting and talking with each of your during the parent/teacher conferences last week. I am looking forward to a great second trimester. There will be some grading changes for the second trimester. The homework will be 5 points instead of 10 points. Each late slip will receive a 1 point deduction from the subject area's grade.

Monday, December 3rd is the last day to place your yearbook orders! Please make your $9.00 checks payable to Lifetouch. The yearbook order forms were sent home with your child last week. If you lose yours just send an envelope with the student’s name, grade level, and my name on the outside (and the check on the inside). In any case, it is important to have my name on the outside of your envelope since Lifetouch cannot match you child with their teacher.

Gifts for our adopted family are due on Wednesday, December 5th. We only have two gifts so far. Many more are needed! There will be no winter holiday party. Instead of having winter holiday parties this year, Prairieview School will be going on a field trip to the Tivoli Theater to see the movie The Polar Express on Friday, December 21st. Thank you to those parents who volunteered to help with the winter holiday party, but this will not be necessary. We will also go on a gym field trip (bowling) on Thursday, December 20th. Please return signed field trip permission slips as soon as possible. Also please return your signed report card envelopes.

This Week at School:

English: We will be working on narrative writing. We will be learning about lead sentences, main ideas, supporting sentences and closing sentences – the main parts of a paragraph and a narrative paper.

Spelling: This week we will be studying spelling “List 14.” We will have a pretest on Monday, December 3rd. The final test will be on Friday, December 7th.

Reading: We will continue to read about Egypt this week. Mummies, pyramids, pharaohs, Cleopatra, and more will be part of our studies!

Math: Miss Pellin’s math class will continue to work on 2 and 3 digit addition, subtraction, and rounding. At the end of the week we will begin multiplication!

Social Studies: This week, we will finish our study of Chapter 2 with a look at our nearby urban community of Chicago! There will be a chapter test on Thursday, December 6th.

Science: We will begin the study of “matter” next week.

Things to Remember:
Monday 12/3: This is the last day to order yearbooks.
Wednesday 12/5: Adopted family gifts are due.
Thursday 12/6: There will be a test in Social Studies on Chapter 2.
Friday 12/7: We will have our reading party at lunch. If you choose to bring a sack

lunch, please do not have peanuts in it!

Thursday 12/20: The non-fiction book report project is due.

This change was due to the field trip on the December 21st.
Friday 12/21: We will be going on a field trip to see the Polar Express!

December Spirit Days:

Dec. 7 - Character Counts Day

Dec. 14 - School Spirit Day

Dec. 21 - Holiday Wear

Contact Information:

Email address: mpellin@ccsd66.org

Voice mail: (630)783-5065