Miss Pellin's Post
December 13th to December 17th

Winter break begins on Monday, December 17th! Have a great holiday.

Our class will go on a bowling field trip on Wednesday, December 15th. You can send your child with money if they would like to buy a snack at the bowling alley. We will still have lunch when we return.


On Friday, December 17th, the students will go to the Tivoli movie theater to see the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas. This trip will be in place of a holiday party.

Don't forget about our Holiday Service Drive. We are looking for donations such as new toys, new games, toiletries, and food for the needy families in the Darien area. All donations are due on Monday, December 13. Thank you for opening up your hearts to help make the holidays a happy one for those who are less fortunate.

The Sixteenth Week of 2010 at School:

Science: We will finish the study of space. A study guide was sent home on Friday, December 10th.  There will be a chapter 10 test on Thursday, December 16th.

Social Studies: We will begin the study of chapter 3 titled People Move From Place to Place.  Students will learn about different customs. 

Math: This week we will begin chapter 6 on graphing.  This week students will study multiplying by 5. There will be a test on "*5" on Thursday, December 16th. Students will receive two and a half minutes to complete 26 multiplication by 5 questions. Practice sheets will be coming home throughout the week. 

Spelling: We are on list 11: words with the vowel sounds in "clown" and "lawn". A pretest will be on Monday. Homework will be given Monday and due Friday. The final test will be on Friday.

Reading: We will continue to learn about evaluating text and visualizing as we read. We will continue to use the story Dogzilla as well as other novels and text as we apply these skills. We will also work on strategies from previous weeks. Students will have a vocabulary quiz on The Chocolate Touch on Thursday, December 16th.

English: We will continue the study of narratives. Students will write their own narrative about their favorite vacation or their favorite place to visit.

 

Things to Remember:

Tuesday 12/14: There will be a D.O.L. quiz.

Wednesday 12/15:  We will go bowling.

Thursday 12/16: There will be a multiplication by 4 test and a vocabulary quiz.  There will also be a chapter 10 science test.

Friday 12/17: We will have a spelling test. Students will go to the Tivoli theater.

Contact Information:

E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org

Voice mail: (630)783-5065

Miss Pellin's Post
December 6th to December 10th

Thank you so much for coming to conferences!  I enjoyed meeting with all of you!

Please send an empty Lay's or Pringles cylinder can with your child by Thursday, December 9th.  We will be making a constellation viewer.  Thank you for your help!

The students of Project Challenge grades 3-5 are participating in a Lion's Club Holiday Drive. We are looking for donations such as new toys, new games, toiletries, and food for the needy families in the Darien area. If you wish to participate you will need to bring the donations in by December 13. Remember that some of these families live right here in Darien. So let's help these families have a happy holiday season.
PLEASE DONATE!

Paper Recycling Fundraiser Comes to Prairieview: We are happy to announce we can now raise money for our district by recycling paper! You can help us out, too! Please collect any paper you are going to throw away or recycle (office and school paper, newspaper, magazines and catalogs, and construction paper---no cardboard!) and send it in with your child to school or drop it off at the green and yellow Paper Retriever bin in the Lakeview parking lot (near the fence by the Prairieview playground). The bin is available for drop offs 24/7. The more paper we recycle, the more money we can make! Do something good for our schools AND the environment! Thank you!

The Fifteenth Week of 2010 at School:

Science: We will continue the study of space. Students will continue to learn about the planets and make a planet book.

Social Studies: We begin studying local government in chapter 12 of the social studies textbook.

Math: This week we will continue chapter 5. Students will learn about time.  Students will study a.m. and p.m.  They will also learn about elapsed time.  In addition, they will study calendars.  Look for a study guide to come home.  Students will be tested on chapter 5 on Friday, December 10th.  This week students will study multiplying by 4. There will be a test on "*4" on Friday, December 10th. Students will receive two and a half minutes to complete 26 multiplication by 4 questions. Practice sheets will be coming home throughout the week.

Spelling: We are on list 10: words with the vowel sound in "join". A pretest will be on Monday. Homework will be given Monday and due Friday. The final test will be on Friday.

Reading: We will have a vocabulary quiz on The Keeping Quilt word list on Tuesday, December 7th.  We will also begin a new strategy focus as we learn about evaluating text and visualizing as we read. We will use the story Dogzilla as well as other novels and text as we apply these skills. We will also work on strategies from previous weeks.

English: We will continue the study of narratives. Students will write their own narrative about their favorite vacation or their favorite place to visit.

Things to Remember:

Tuesday 12/7: There will be a vocabulary quiz.

Friday 12/10: There will be a chapter 5 math test and a multiplication by 4 test.

Contact Information:

E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org

Voice mail: (630)783-5065