February 4th – February 8th
Good luck to Nick and Darrell in the third grade Spelling Bee on Monday, February 4th. The district spelling bee will be held on Friday, February 8th.
Remember to wear a shirt with your favorite pro football team on Friday, February 1st in honor of the Super Bowl. On Friday, February 8th join me in wearing Prairieview School spirit wear.
Students do NOT need to bring their lunch on Monday, February 4th due to Jack's mom treating the class with pizza for Culture Day! Thank you to all the parents for helping make Culture Day special!
The Fifth Week of 2008 at School:
English: We are finishing work on our first letter. Students should bring the address of their letter recipient and two stamps. One stamp will be for this letter; the second will be for our next letter writing project. We will work on proofreading letters. We will begin writing a letter to a celebrity.
Spelling: The Review Spelling Test has been moved to Monday, February 4th. Spelling List #18 will be the subject of a pretest on Monday, February 4th and a final test on Friday, February 8th.
Reading: We will continue to summarize different chapters from True Animal Stories. Then we will start Lesson 5 in our Illinois Reading Workbook.
Math: The mad minute quiz on 8’s will be moved to next Friday, February 15th. Please help your child practice these multiplication facts throughout the week. Try using flash cards (make sure you mix them up to vary the order). We will continue to study the mathematics of measurement in Chapter 4. This week we will concentrate on temperature in Fahrenheit and capacity in gallons, quarts, pints, cups etc.
Social Studies: The Chapter 3 Test has been moved to Wednesday, February 6th. Also, Culture Day has been moved to Monday, February 4th. Thank-you to all the parents who are making Culture Day special! 
Science: We will continue our unit on the study of animals. This week we will study mammals focusing on birds.
Things to Remember:
Tuesday 2/5: There will be an Institute Day and no school!
Wednesday 2/6: There will be a Chapter 3 Social Studies Test.
Thursday 2/7: There is a 1/2 day Institute Day. Students will be dismissed at 11 a.m.
Friday 2/8: There will be a final “List #18”
Spelling Test. The district will have a Spelling Bee! Thursday 2/14: There will be a Valentine's Day Party in the afternoon.
Friday 2/15: There will be a Mad Minute Multiplication Test.
January Spirit Days:
2/1 = Favorite pro football team (in honor of the Super Bowl) -- even Bear's shirts
2/8 = PV School Spirit wear
2/15 = Red Day
2/22 = Clash Day
2/29 = Backward's Shirt Day
Contact Information:
Email address: mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065
