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.