1/6/25 - 1/10/25

 

Reading:  Module 2 features two different stories from the fantasy genre, The Secret Garden and The Miracle of Spring.  After we wrap up The Miracle of Spring, we will work with The Poem That Will Not End: Fun with Poetic Forms and Voices.  As always our ELA time provides us with opportunities to respond to texts in complete sentences and full paragraphs, practice vocabulary, and work on our reading skills.  Amira and IXL are essential in helping us build our skills.

Science:  We'll be using Mystery Science to help us think like scientists.  "Project Earth" is our current topic.

Social Studies:  Chapter 5 of the textbook is called "The Struggle to Found Colonies."

Math:  Module 3 is our final module of Unit 2, which means we are working our way towards our Unit 2 test.  The test should be sometime during the week of January 13th.

12/16/24 - 12/20/24

 

Reading:  You can support our ELA series at home by reinforcing the words prose, dialogue, climax, and foreword in conversation.  Use prompts like these:  What was the climax of your weekend?  Describe what dialogue looks like in print.  Quiz your learner on our growing list of Critical Vocabulary words that can be found in the reading notebook.  Look for words with the prefixes re- and fore- and the suffixes -ful and -ness in books, magazines, and online. 

Science:  We'll be using Mystery Science to help us think like scientists.  "Project Earth" is our current topic.

Social Studies:  Chapter 5 of the textbook is called "The Struggle to Found Colonies."

Math:  Unit 2 Module 2 and Module 3 are all about common denominators.  We will not be able to fit in our Unit 2 test before winter break.

12/9/24 - 12/13/24

 

MAP Testing: Our ELA winter MAP test will be in the morning of 12/10, and our math MAP test will be in the afternoon of 12/12.

Reading:  You can support our ELA series at home by reinforcing the words prose, dialogue, climax, and foreword in conversation.  Use prompts like these:  What was the climax of your weekend?  Describe what dialogue looks like in print.  Quiz your learner on our growing list of Critical Vocabulary words that can be found in the reading notebook.  Look for words with the prefixes re- and fore- and the suffixes -ful and -ness in books, magazines, and online. 

Science:  Last week, the students did a wonderful job collaboratively creating mini parade floats.  Next, Mrs. Csorba will help us use coding to design a parade route.  The goal is for students to use an Ozobot to move their float along a route.  Additionally, we'll be using Mystery Science to help us think like scientists.  "Natural Disasters" is our current topic.

Social Studies:  Chapter 5 of the textbook is called "The Struggle to Found Colonies."

Math:  Unit 2 Module 4 is about least common multiples (LCMs) and greatest common factors (GCFs) which can be difficult for some students.  Then we will go back to Module 2 to use what we learned in Module 4 to help us find common denominators.

12/2/24 - 12/6/24

 

A note from PTO:

Prairieview students will be able to Holiday Shop on Tuesday 12/3 from 3:30pm to 6:00pm in IDE’s GYM.  (Please note: PV students will need to be signed up for a "shopping time slot". See the link below.) More details will be sent home soon.

TEAM66 is looking for volunteers to help with Prairieview’s Holiday Shop this year. If you are available to volunteer we need all the help we can get.  Please review the available slots below and sign up. Feel free to share this message with other parents and or local grandparents! 

Volunteer link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E45A5A62AA7FEC16-52659697-ideholiday

PV student shopping sign up link:

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0E45A5A62AA7FEC16-52660708-prairieview

Too Good For Drugs:  Our TGFD graduation ceremony will be on December 6th at 1:30pm

Reading:  We will move forward into Reading Module 2 entitled "What a Story."  It focuses on subgenres of fiction.  You can support our ELA series at home by reinforcing the words prose, dialogue, climax, and foreword in conversation.  Use prompts like these:  What was the climax of your weekend?  Describe what dialogue looks like in print.  Quiz your learner on our growing list of Critical Vocabulary words that can be found in the reading notebook.  Look for words with the prefixes re- and fore- and the suffixes -ful and -ness in books, magazines, and online. 

Science:  Mrs. Gemmell will help us through our next STEM challenge called "Balloons Over Broadway."  In this challenge, students will engage with engineering, design, and coding to create a mini-parade inspired by the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Additionally, we'll be using Mystery Science to help us think like scientists.  "Natural Disasters" is our next topic.

Social Studies:  Chapter 4 of the textbook is called "Spain Builds an Empire."  We are using the textbook to learn how to read, take notes, and summarize nonfiction texts.  At the conclusion of Chapter 4, we are going to move right into Chapter 5 "The Struggle to Found Colonies."

Math:  Unit 2 Module 4 is about least common multiples (LCMs) and greatest common factors (GCFs) which can be difficult for some students.  Then we will go back to Module 2 to use what we learned in Module 4 to help us find common denominators.

11/18/24 - 11/22/24

 

Reading:  The students are working on their own explanatory essays, a type of writing that explains a topic to an audience by sharing knowledge and ideas.  We will use this writing to work through the steps in the writing process.  

Science:  Mrs. Gemmell will help us wrap up our "Let's Make a Lava Lamp" unit before we begin our next STEM challenge.  Additionally, we'll be using Mystery Science to help us think like scientists.  "Inventors at Work" is our current topic.

Social Studies:  Chapter 4 of the textbook is called "Spain Builds an Empire."  We are using the textbook to learn how to read, take notes, and summarize nonfiction texts.  At the conclusion of Chapter 4, we are going to move right into Chapter 5 "The Struggle to Found Colonies."

Math:  Unit 2 Module 4 is about least common multiples (LCMs) and greatest common factors (GCFs) which can be difficult for some students.  Then we will go back to Module 2 to use what we learned in Module 4 to help us find common denominators.

11/11/24 - 11/15/24

 

Reading:  The students are working on their own explanatory essays, a type of writing that explains a topic to an audience by sharing knowledge and ideas.  We will use this writing to work through the steps in the writing process.  

Science:  Mrs. Gemmell will continue to work with us in our "Let's Make a Lava Lamp" unit.  Additionally, we'll be using Mystery Science to help us think like scientists.  "Inventors at Work" is our current topic.

Social Studies:  Chapter 4 of the textbook is called "Spain Builds an Empire."  We are using the textbook to learn how to read, take notes, and summarize nonfiction texts.

Math:  Unit 2 Module 1 is all about adding and subtracting fractions, and Module 4 is about least common multiples (LCMs) and greatest common factors (GCFs) which can be difficult for some students.  We will go back to Module 2 after Module 4.

11/4/24 - 11/8/24

 

Reading:  We have just scratched the surface of our explanatory writing unit.  The students will be working on their own five-paragraph explanatory essays, a type of writing that explains a topic to an audience by sharing knowledge and ideas.  We will use this writing to work through the steps in the writing process.  

Science:  Mrs. Gemmell will continue to work with us in our "Let's Make a Lava Lamp" unit.  Additionally, we'll be using Mystery Science to help us think like scientists.  "Inventors at Work" is our current topic.

Social Studies:  Chapter 4 of the textbook is called "Spain Builds an Empire."  We are using the textbook to learn how to read, take notes, and summarize nonfiction texts.

Math:  Unit 2 Module 1 is all about adding and subtracting fractions.

10/28/24 - 11/1/24

 

Reading:  After we wrap up our work with the Captain Arsenio story, the students will create their own five-paragraph explanatory essays, a type of writing that explains a topic to an audience by sharing knowledge and ideas.  

Science:  Mrs. Gemmell will continue to work with us in our "Let's Make a Lava Lamp" unit.  In our October STEM challenge, we will design and build a small prototype of a literacy station that can be placed in a public area to encourage book-sharing and reading.

Social Studies:  Chapter 4 of the textbook is called "Spain Builds an Empire."  We are using the textbook to learn how to read, take notes, and summarize nonfiction texts.

Math:  We will spend most of the week working on our haunted volume village project.  All of the information including sample work and a rubric is posted in Google Classroom.

10/21/24 - 10/25/24

 

Reading:  We are wrapping up our first module.  Next, we will tackle explanatory writing, which is a type of writing that explains a topic to an audience by sharing knowledge and ideas.  

Science:  Mrs. Gemmell will continue to work with us in our "Let's Make a Lava Lamp" unit.  In our October STEM activity, we will design and build a small prototype of a literacy station that can be placed in a public area to encourage book-sharing and reading.

Social Studies:  Chapter 4 of the textbook is called "Spain Builds an Empire."

Math:  After Unit 1, Module 4 we will spend a few days reviewing for our first unit test.  The study guide is the best item for students to use to prepare for the test.  After the test...

Students will be creating a “Haunted Volume Village” as an end-of-unit project in math class. We have been learning how to calculate the volume of rectangular prisms, and we hope this project is an engaging and fun way for students to showcase their learning!  Students will showcase and expand their knowledge by creating spooky buildings/objects of their choice with a partner.  The Haunted Volume Village will be created with boxes, and we need your help to make this project happen! 

Please help your child find some empty boxes from home to bring to school ASAP.  Students should try to find boxes that are easy to bring to school and on the bus.  Boxes larger than a backpack will be difficult to wrap! If possible, please also send a roll of scotch tape. The students will be wrapping their own boxes!

Some examples of boxes might be:

• Empty medicine boxes

• Soap boxes

• Pasta boxes

• Amazon boxes

• Food boxes

• Toothpaste boxes

• Jewelry boxes

10/14/24 - 10/18/24

 

Ask your learners to show you their current IXL learning levels in ELA and math and encourage them to work on skills that will specifically benefit them.  These skills can be found under the assessment tab on the Action Plan.  Skills found in the Action Plan are tailored for your learner at their exact level.  We will update these learner levels with short weekly diagnostic sessions, so they will always be current.  Additionally, we have begun to use our AMIRA online reading tutor.  Using AMIRA at home is a great way to provide extra reading practice for those students who need it.

Reading:  We are wrapping up our first module.  Next, we will tackle explanatory writing, which is a type of writing that explains a topic to an audience by sharing knowledge and ideas.  

Science:  Mrs. Gemmell will continue to work with us in our "Let's Make a Lava Lamp" unit.  In our October STEM activity, we will design and build a small prototype of a literacy station that can be placed in a public area to encourage book-sharing and reading.

Social Studies:  Chapter 4 of the textbook is called "Spain Builds an Empire."

Math:  Our first unit will be a combination of Bridges Unit 1 and Unit 6.  Unit 6, Module 3 will help us understand volume.  Then we will jump back into Unit 1, Module 4 which is "From Multiplication to Division."  After Unit 1, Module 4 we will have our first unit test. 

107/24 - 10/11/24

 

Ask your learners to show you their current IXL learning levels in ELA and math and encourage them to work on skills that will specifically benefit them.  These skills can be found under the assessment tab on the Action Plan.  Skills found in the Action Plan are tailored for your learner at their exact level.  We will update these learner levels with short weekly diagnostic sessions, so they will always be current.  Additionally, we have begun to use our AMIRA online reading tutor.  Using AMIRA at home is a great way to provide extra reading practice for those students who need it.

Reading:  Our first module is called Inventor's at Work.  Our essential question is "What kinds of circumstances push people to create new inventions?"  We will use stories in our reading workbook to practice reading strategies, learn vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and practice our RACES paragraph response writings.   There will also be short grammar lessons sprinkled throughout our week.  Don't forget Into Reading has an online component.  Students can reread our stories and practice vocabulary under the "Assignments" tab in Into Reading.  

Science:  We'll be using Mystery Science and Puzzlement to help us think like scientists.  "Inventors at Work" is our first topic.  In our October STEM activity, we will design and build a small prototype of a literacy station that can be placed in a public area to encourage book-sharing and reading.

Social Studies:  Chapter 4 of the textbook is called "Spain Builds an Empire."

Math:  Our first unit will be a combination of Bridges Unit 1 and Unit 6.  Unit 6, Module 3 will help us understand volume.  Then we will jump back into Unit 1, Module 4 which is "From Multiplication to Division."  After Unit 1, Module 4 we will have our first unit test. 

9/30/24 - 10/4/24

 

Ask your learners to show you their current IXL learning levels in ELA and math and encourage them to work on skills that will specifically benefit them.  These skills can be found under the assessment tab on the Action Plan.  Skills found in the Action Plan are tailored for your learner at their exact level.  We will update these learner levels with short weekly diagnostic sessions, so they will always be current.  Additionally, we have begun to use our AMIRA online reading tutor.  Using AMIRA at home is a great way to provide extra reading practice for those students who need it.

Reading:  Our first module is called Inventor's at Work.  Our essential question is "What kinds of circumstances push people to create new inventions?"  We will use stories in our reading workbook to practice reading strategies, learn vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and practice our RACES paragraph response writings.   There will also be short grammar lessons sprinkled throughout our week.  Don't forget Into Reading has an online component.  Students can reread our stories and practice vocabulary under the "Assignments" tab in Into Reading.  

Science:  We'll be using Mystery Science and Puzzlement to help us think like a scientist.  "Inventors at Work" is our first topic.  Mrs. Gemmell is also gearing up for our October STEM activity.  

Social Studies:  Chapter 4 of the textbook is called "Spain Builds an Empire."

Math:  Our first unit will be a combination of Bridges Unit 1 and Unit 6.  Unit 1, Module 3 focuses on multiplication strategies.  Then we will jump to a few lessons in Unit 6, Module 3 that will help us with volume.  

9/23/24 - 9/27/24

 

Our classroom party planner needs some volunteers.  Please see her message below...

Hi! 

My name is Tanya (Coco's Mom).  I am Mr. Trinco's Room Parent for this school year. I need two more parents to volunteer and help me out at the Class Halloween Party. 

When: Thursday Oct 31st from1:30pm-2:30pm (Parade starts at 1:15pm)

Please email me if you're able to help: TanyaLe24@gmail.com

Thanks!

Ask your learners to show you their current IXL learning levels in ELA and math and encourage them to work on skills that will specifically benefit them.  These skills can be found under the assessment tab on the Action Plan.  Skills found in the Action Plan are tailored for your learner at their exact level.  We will update these learner levels with short weekly diagnostic sessions, so they will always be current.  Additionally, we have begun to use our AMIRA online reading tutor.  Using AMIRA at home is a great way to provide extra reading practice for those students who need it.

Reading:  Our first module is called Inventor's at Work.  Our essential question is "What kinds of circumstances push people to create new inventions?"  We will use stories in our reading workbook to practice reading strategies, learn vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and practice our RACES paragraph response writings.   There will also be short grammar lessons sprinkled throughout our week.  Don't forget Into Reading has an online component.  Students can reread our stories and practice vocabulary under the "Assignments" tab in Into Reading.  

Science:  We'll be using Mystery Science to help us think like a scientist.  "Inventors at Work" is our first topic.  

Social Studies:  Chapter 4 of the textbook is called "Spain Builds an Empire."

Math:  Our first unit will be a combination of Bridges Unit 1 and Unit 6.  Unit 1, Module 3 focuses on multiplication strategies.  

9/16/24 - 9/20/24

 

Notes:

Thanks to all who came to Teaching and Learning Night 2024.  It was great to see you.  Click here for a link to my presentation slides.

Ask your learners to show you their current IXL learning levels in ELA and math and encourage them to work on skills that will specifically benefit them.  These skills can be found under the assessment tab on the Action Plan.  Skills found in the Action Plan are tailored for your learner at their exact level.  We will update these learner levels with short weekly diagnostic sessions, so they will always be current.  Additionally, we have begun to use our AMIRA online reading tutor.  Using AMIRA at home is a great way to provide extra reading practice for those students who need it.

Reading:  Our first module is called Inventor's at Work.  Our essential question is "What kinds of circumstances push people to create new inventions?"  We will use stories in our reading workbook to practice reading strategies, learn vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and practice our RACES paragraph response writings.   There will also be short grammar lessons sprinkled throughout our week.  Don't forget Into Reading has an online component.  Students can reread our stories and practice vocabulary under the "Assignments" tab in Into Reading.  

Science:  We'll be using Mystery Science to help us start to think like a scientist.  "Inventors at Work" will be our first topic.  Additionally, Mrs. Gemmell, our STEM teacher, will be working with us on some cool STEM activities!  Ask your engineers how they plan to make Rosie fly!

Social Studies:  Before we begin working with the textbook, we will focus on why we study history and primary vs. secondary sources. 

Math:  Our first unit will be a combination of Bridges Unit 1 and Unit 6.  Unit 1, Module 1 is about multiplication and volume.  Unit 1, Module 2 is about factors and multiples.  Students who memorize multiplication facts will have an easier time in math this year.  They can always sharpen those multiplication fact skills with online games.  I have linked a few in math Google Classroom.  

9/9/24 - 9/13/24

 

Notes:  I look forward to seeing you all again at Teaching and Learning Night on September 12th.  Look for communication from our front office on specific grade-level times.

Ask your learners to show you their current IXL learning levels in ELA and math and encourage them to work on skills that will specifically benefit them.  These skills can be found under the assessment tab on the Action Plan.  Skills found in the Action Plan are tailored for your learner at their exact level.  We will update these learner levels with short weekly diagnostic sessions, so they will always be current.  Additionally, we have begun to use our AMIRA online reading tutor.  Using AMIRA at home is a great way to provide extra reading practice for those students who need it.

Reading:  We've had a great start to the year practicing our writing and working collaboratively to accomplish a common goal.  We've also gotten a lot of our beginning of the year "common assessments" out of the way.  Our first module is called Inventor's at Work.  Our essential question is "What kinds of circumstances push people to create new inventions?"  We will use a story called Inventor's Secret - What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford to evaluate details, summarize key information, determine the central idea of a text, and determine the author's purpose and point of view.  

Science:  We'll be using Mystery Science to help us start to think like a scientist.  "Inventors at Work" will be our first topic.  Additionally, Mrs. Gemmell, our STEM teacher, will be working with us on some cool STEM activities!

Social Studies:  Before we begin working with the textbook, we will focus on why we study history and primary vs. secondary sources. 

Math:  Our first unit will be a combination of Bridges Unit 1 and Unit 6.  Unit 1, Module 1 is about multiplication and volume.  Unit 1, Module 2 is about factors and multiples.  Students who memorize multiplication facts will have an easier time in math this year.  They can always sharpen those multiplication fact skills with online games.  I have linked a few in math Google Classroom.  

9/2/24 - 9/6/24

 

Notes:  Ask your learners to show you their current IXL learning levels in ELA and math and encourage them to work on skills that will specifically benefit them.  These skills can be found under the assessment tab on the Action Plan.  Skills found in the Action Plan are tailored for your learner at their exact level.  We will update these learner levels with short weekly diagnostic sessions, so they will always be current.  Additionally, we have begun to use our AMIRA online reading tutor.  Using AMIRA at home is a great way to provide extra reading practice for those students who need it.

Reading:  We are continuing to work on brainstorming a list of ideas from which to write, summarizing, collaborative writing, and building our stamina while reading and writing.  Our first module is called Inventor's at Work.  Our essential question is "What kinds of circumstances push people to create new inventions?"  We will use a story called Inventor's Secret - What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford to evaluate details, summarize key information, determine the central idea of a text, and determine the author's purpose and point of view.  

Science:  We'll be using Mystery Science to help us start to think like a scientist.  "Inventors at Work" will be our first topic.  Additionally, Mrs. Gemmell, our STEM teacher, will be working with us on some cool STEM activities!

Social Studies:  Before we begin working with the textbook, we will focus on why we study history and primary vs. secondary sources.

Math:  After our initial review of place value, order of operations, and estimation, we will start Bridges Module 1 on expressions, equations, and volume.  Ask your math learner to show you their current IXL learning levels and encourage them to work on skills that will specifically benefit them on their Action Plan in the areas of number and operations, algebra and algebraic thinking, fractions, geometry, measurement, and data/statistics/probability.  Skills found on the Action Plan are tailored for your learner at their exact level!  It's truly amazing!

8/26/24 - 8/30/24

 

Notes:  We have nearly made it through our initial IXL diagnostic assessments in ELA and math.  Ask your learners to show you their current learning levels and encourage them to work on skills that will specifically benefit them on their Action Plan.  Skills found in the Action Plan are tailored for your learner at their exact level.  Additionally, we have begun to use our AMIRA online reading tutor.  Using AMIRA at home is a great way to provide extra reading practice for those students who need it.

Reading:  We are continuing to work on brainstorming a list of ideas from which to write, summarizing, collaborative writing, and building our stamina while reading and writing.

Science:  We'll be using Mystery Science to help us start to think like a scientist.  "Inventors at Work" will be our first topic.

Social Studies:  Before we get into the textbook, we will focus on why we study history and primary vs. secondary sources.

Math:  We have begun the year with a review of place value, order of operations, and estimation.  Then we will start Bridges Module 1 on expressions, equations, and volume.  Ask your math learner to show you their current IXL learning levels and encourage them to work on skills that will specifically benefit them on their Action Plan in the areas of number and operations, algebra and algebraic thinking, fractions, geometry, measurement, and data/statistics/probability.  Skills found on the Action Plan are tailored for your learner at their exact level!  It's truly amazing!

8/19/24 - 8/23/24

 

SEL:  In addition to our discussions about norms and procedures, we will talk about calming strategies and being good members of our new classroom community.  Additionally, we will spend time working on a gratitude journal.

Reading:  We will work on building our stamina while reading and writing.  Additionally, we will begin our work with IXL and Amira.  If you are unfamiliar with these two programs, please ask your child about them.  IXL is the best tool we have for personalized learning, and I will use IXL to goal set and build independence in my students.  Amira can be done as much as possible and will help students read more fluently and build comprehension skills.  Both of these programs can be worked on at night for additional practice.  

Math:  Tuesday is our first day of math.  Some students will switch classrooms.  Some students will stay with me.  In my class, we will begin the year with a review of place value, order of operations, and estimation.  Then we will start Bridges Module 1 on expressions, equations, and volume.

8/12/24 - 8/16/24

 

WELCOME BACK!

It’s going to be a great year, and I look forward to meeting you!

Friday, August 16th is our first day of school!