Chess Club
Please remember that there is no Chess Club this week due to conferences. Chess Club will resume December 6th and 8th.
Holiday Drive
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!
3rd Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Csorba
This week we will begin working on the author's viewpoint. We will do this while we read a story from our reading book called "The Keeping Quilt." We will also be working on vocabulary from the story.
4th Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Beseth
We will be reviewing the skills that we have gone over since the beginning of the year. The students will also work on summarizing and making generalizations. In writing summaries, the students will learn to pick out the main points or events of a story or passage and concisely put them in their own words. In making generalizations the students will learn that generalizations are broad statements that are true most of the time, and are based on fact or good reasons, and may include words like always or most.
5th Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Bucklin
We will be working on a final project for our novel The Kid in the Red Jacket. We will also be responding to the text by answering some extended response questions.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
For the Week of November 22nd
Chess Club
Reminder: Chess Club is taking a two week break. There will be no Chess Club next Monday nor the following Monday or Wednesday. We will begin again on Dec. 6th and 8th. A game of chess might be something fun for you to do with your child over the holidays.
Holiday Drive
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
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!
3rd Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Csorba
We will be doing some reading activities with a Thanksgiving theme. These activities review the different skills and strategies we've been working on this year.
4th Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Beseth
Over the next couple of weeks we will be reviewing the skills that we have gone over since the beginning of the year. The students will also work on summarizing and making generalizations. In writing summaries, the students will learn to pick out the main points or events of a story or passage and concisely put them in their own words. In making generalizations the students will learn that generalizations are broad statements that are true most of the time, and are based on fact or good reasons, and may include words like always or most.
5th Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Bucklin
We will continue to review summarizing, drawing conclusions, inferencing, identifying author generalizations, visualizing, and word work with vocabulary words using our realistic fiction novels until December 2nd. Next week, we will review main ideas and details using our skills workbook. Our work with extended response will continue as well.
Reminder: Chess Club is taking a two week break. There will be no Chess Club next Monday nor the following Monday or Wednesday. We will begin again on Dec. 6th and 8th. A game of chess might be something fun for you to do with your child over the holidays.
Holiday Drive
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
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!
3rd Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Csorba
We will be doing some reading activities with a Thanksgiving theme. These activities review the different skills and strategies we've been working on this year.
4th Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Beseth
Over the next couple of weeks we will be reviewing the skills that we have gone over since the beginning of the year. The students will also work on summarizing and making generalizations. In writing summaries, the students will learn to pick out the main points or events of a story or passage and concisely put them in their own words. In making generalizations the students will learn that generalizations are broad statements that are true most of the time, and are based on fact or good reasons, and may include words like always or most.
5th Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Bucklin
We will continue to review summarizing, drawing conclusions, inferencing, identifying author generalizations, visualizing, and word work with vocabulary words using our realistic fiction novels until December 2nd. Next week, we will review main ideas and details using our skills workbook. Our work with extended response will continue as well.
Friday, November 12, 2010
For the Week of November 15th
Chess Club
We studied attacks and defenses last week. I was pleased as different students showed the class how they would defend a piece. We have a wide variety of ability levels but everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.
3rd Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Csorba
We will continue to read The Chalk Box Kid. We will be doing vocabulary work and focusing on character traits, problem/resolution, and setting as well as predicting, summarizing, and making inferences as we read!
4th Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Beseth
We will continue reading the novel Charlotte's Web. We will be working on the skills of predicting, inferring, and sequencing events. We will also be reading a leveled reader to strengthen these skills.
5th Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Bucklin
We will continue writing extended responses this week, using questions from our realistic fiction novels. Furthermore, we will continue to review all the skills we have studied so far this school year, specifically, summarizing, drawing conclusions, inferencing, identifying author generalizations, and visualizing. We are also continuing our word work with vocabulary words.
New vocabulary words for the The Kid in the Red Jacket will be reviewed on Tuesday. Friday's vocabulary quiz will be sent home on Monday. Please ask your child about this.
We studied attacks and defenses last week. I was pleased as different students showed the class how they would defend a piece. We have a wide variety of ability levels but everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.
3rd Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Csorba
We will continue to read The Chalk Box Kid. We will be doing vocabulary work and focusing on character traits, problem/resolution, and setting as well as predicting, summarizing, and making inferences as we read!
4th Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Beseth
We will continue reading the novel Charlotte's Web. We will be working on the skills of predicting, inferring, and sequencing events. We will also be reading a leveled reader to strengthen these skills.
5th Grade Skills Reading with Mrs. Bucklin
We will continue writing extended responses this week, using questions from our realistic fiction novels. Furthermore, we will continue to review all the skills we have studied so far this school year, specifically, summarizing, drawing conclusions, inferencing, identifying author generalizations, and visualizing. We are also continuing our word work with vocabulary words.
New vocabulary words for the The Kid in the Red Jacket will be reviewed on Tuesday. Friday's vocabulary quiz will be sent home on Monday. Please ask your child about this.
Friday, November 5, 2010
For the Week of November 8th
Picture Retakes
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 will be picture retake day. Any student that did not have their picture taken prior to this date may do so. They will be required to have a picture envelope with money to have a picture taken. Any student wishing to have a picture retaken will have to return the original picture packet for a retake.
Chess Club
Chess Club will meet both Monday and Wednesday.
3rd Grade Reading Skills Class with Mrs. Csorba
We will continue with our novel study while focusing on character traits, problem/resolution, and setting as well as predicting, summarizing, and making inferences as we read!
4th Grade Reading Skills Class with Mrs. Beseth
We will begin reading the novel Charlotte's Web. We will be working on the skills of predicting, inferring, and sequencing events.
5th Grade Reading Skills Class with Mrs. Bucklin
We will continue to review all the skills we have studied so far this school year, specifically, summarizing, drawing conclusions, inferencing, identifying author generalizations, and visualizing while reading a realistic fiction novel, The Kid in the Red Jacket. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday, Nov. 12th. Students should be reviewing the definitions which were given to them on Friday.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 will be picture retake day. Any student that did not have their picture taken prior to this date may do so. They will be required to have a picture envelope with money to have a picture taken. Any student wishing to have a picture retaken will have to return the original picture packet for a retake.
Chess Club
Chess Club will meet both Monday and Wednesday.
3rd Grade Reading Skills Class with Mrs. Csorba
We will continue with our novel study while focusing on character traits, problem/resolution, and setting as well as predicting, summarizing, and making inferences as we read!
4th Grade Reading Skills Class with Mrs. Beseth
We will begin reading the novel Charlotte's Web. We will be working on the skills of predicting, inferring, and sequencing events.
5th Grade Reading Skills Class with Mrs. Bucklin
We will continue to review all the skills we have studied so far this school year, specifically, summarizing, drawing conclusions, inferencing, identifying author generalizations, and visualizing while reading a realistic fiction novel, The Kid in the Red Jacket. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday, Nov. 12th. Students should be reviewing the definitions which were given to them on Friday.
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