Miss Pellin's Post

September 1st - September 5th

I enjoyed meeting everyone at Open House!  I am looking forward to seeing each of you at Curriculum Night at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, September 3rd. At Curriculum Night you will be given information about the school year.

A few reminders:  

Please sign your child's planner daily.

Please label all envelopes sent in with your child's name, their grade, what is in the envelope, and my name.

Please review the Prairieview Handbook at http://www.ccsd66.org/schools/prairieview/.  On the left hand side you will find a link to the Student Handbook.  


The Second Week of 2014 at School:

Science: We will begin chapter 4 on ecosystems at the end of the week.  

Math:  I am excited to meet my math class next week!  This week in our homeroom class we will read the Math Curse and begin studying the 8 mathematical practices.

Social Studies: We will study directions. Students will learn about cardinal and intermediate directions.  

Spelling: This week, we will be taking a pretest on Lesson 2 on Tuesday.  Students will receive three spelling assignments.  They will be due on Friday, September 5th.  The final test is on Friday.  

Reading: I will start introducing/reviewing the reading strategies that we will be utilizing throughout the rest of the year using picture books.  Then students will use good fit books to practice using various strategies such as making connections, predicting, and inferring.  We will also work on our reading stamina.

English: We will begin to study sentences. Students will be able to tell the difference between statements, questions, commands, and exclamation sentences. 

Things to Remember:
Monday 9/1: It is Labor Day!  There is no school!
Wednesday 9/3:  It is Curriculum Night!
Friday 9/5: There will be a spelling "list 2" test.  Spelling homework is due.