Week of March 23rd

Pleasantview Elementary Student Council is hosting a food drive for the month of March.   This is a time of year where the local food shelves are very much in need of replenishing. Please send any items you wish to donate to school with your child.  All donations are greatly appreciated.  

THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY THE 3RD! SCHOOL IS IN SESSION ON MONDAY THE 6TH

There are a couple menu changes for upcoming days:

On March 25th the Menu will be as Follows:

Hamburger on a whole grain bun

Chicken Caesar Salad

GreenBeens  

Jicama Sticks/with Dressing

Orange wedges

On March 31st Then Menu will be as follows.  

Max Cheese Stick with Marinara Sauce

Turkey Sandwich on Whole Grain Bread

Chef  Salad with Cheese and Egg

Green Beans

Baby Carrots

Applesauce

Spring pictures are on March 27th.  If you want to order a class picture or request a background for spring pictures the form (and money for a class picture) MUST be here on/by the day of pictures!

HERE IS WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Language arts Lesson 24 will include:

• Why do authors put events in a certain order? We will read "A Butterfly Grows".
• Sequence of Events
• The sounds oo, ou, ew, ue, u, u_e
• Multiple meaning words
• Pronouns and verbs

Math will include:

• Time to the Half-Hour
• Working with a calendar
• Review for the test
• Unit 7 Test

Week of March 16th

Report cards are coming home on Monday the 16th. Please take it out of the envelope, sign the envelope and send the envelope back to school empty.  We will use this to send you the third trimester report card at the end of the school year.

Pleasantview Elementary Student Council is hosting a food drive for the month of March.   This is a time of year where the local food shelves are very much in need of replenishing. Please send any items you wish to donate to school with your child.  All donations are greatly appreciated.  

Reading Tip of the Week:

Read, read, read!  Read the same passage over and over until you can read it smoothly without stopping.  

Math mini-lessons have been going really well for the past 2 days.  We are already used to the routine and doing a great job keeping our voices low.  I think the students really like working on their own while I am working with small groups.

Spring pictures are on March 27th.  If you want to order a class picture or request a background for spring pictures the form (and money for a class picture) MUST be here on/by the day of pictures!

HERE IS WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Language arts Lesson 23 will include:

• What causes events in a story to happen? We will read "Whistle for Willie".
• Cause and Effect
• oo as in cook
• Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, etc.)

Math will include:

• Symmetry
• Half of a dollar and quarters
• Time

Week of March 9th

As part of the PBIS team (positive behavioral interventions and supports) I will be gone at a training on March 10-11.  I will not have the sub use Dojo for those two days.  I will have limited access to email and no access to tell the sub any after school transportation plans.

There are many students coming to school with no winter clothes because they "left them at home".  We go outside on some of these cold days.  Please make sure your child is prepared so they are warm. They do not stay inside if they forget snowpants and boots.

Pleasantview will be hosting a food drive during the month of March. Please consider donating to those in need. Look for more details soon.

Reading Tip of the Week:
Write, write, write!  Ask your child to help you write out the grocery list, a note to Grandma, or to keep a journal of special things that happen at home. When writing encourage your child to use the letter sound patterns that they are learning at school.

Math class will be looking a little different than it has in the past.  We will be doing mini lessons with small groups of students and expecting the other students to work independently on other planned activities when they are not working directly with the teacher.  This will allow the teacher to tailor mini lessons to the needs of the students.  We are really excited to try this out!

HERE IS WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Language arts Lesson 22 will include:

• What clues tell you why animals look as they do? We will read "Amazing Animals".
• Drawing conclusions
• r Controlled vowels (ir, er, ur)
• Pronoun I

Math will include:

• Growing patterns
• Investigating doubles (2+2=4)
• Problem solving with doubles
• The meaning of half

Week of March 2nd

I apologize!  I forgot to hit "publish" when I was done with this one.  Sorry for the short notice but...

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH

The end of our trimester is on March 5th.  Report cards will be coming home in a couple weeks.

There are many students coming to school with no winter clothes because they "left them at home".  We go outside on some of these cold days.  Please make sure your child is prepared so they are warm. They do not stay inside if they forget snowpants and boots.

Pleasantview will be hosting a food drive during the month of March. Please consider donating to those in need. Look for more details soon.

Reading Tip of the Week:
Talk, talk, talk!  Talk with your child about school and  things going on around the house. Sprinkle some interesting words into the conversation, and build on words you've talked about in the past.

HERE IS WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Language arts Lesson 21 will include:

• What do characters do when there is a problem?-We will read "The Tree".
• Story structure (character, setting, plot)
• r Controlled vowels (ar, or, ore)
• Pronouns
• Prefix re-

Math will include:

• 3-D shapes
• Combining 3-D Shapes
• Test review
• Unit 6 Test

Week of February 23rd

Four more chapters of The Lemonade War!  I wonder how it will end.  Will Evan and Jessie make up?

IMPORTANT! Please work on today's math homework (6-9) together.  This is a difficult kind of story problem to grasp for many students.  Even if you have a "math whiz" at home, please check to make sure they understand this skill.  We will have a quiz on Monday.

Reading Tip of the Week:
Gently correct your young reader. When your child makes a mistake, gently point out the letters he or she missed or read incorrectly. Many beginning readers will guess at words based on it's first letter.

HERE IS WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Language arts Lesson 20 will include:

• What makes a story funny?-We will read "Little Rabbit's Tale?".
• Cause and Effect
• Compound words
• Short vowel ea (bread)
• Prepositions and prepositional phrases

Math will include:

• Quiz on Lessons 7-9
• Measurement with inches
• Tables
• Quiz on Lessons 10-11
• Comparing and rotating shapes
• Combining shapes to make new shapes

Week of February 17th

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY!

Don't forget to keep reading "The Lemonade War"!  Take advantage of this long weekend to catch up.  You should have chapter 8 read.  The trivia question will be read on Monday.

Thanks to all of you that came to conferences.  It was great to see you again and talk about all the great things that your children are doing!

I have moved Mrs. Wiebe's music blog to the "Useful Links" section on the right side of the screen.  You can find her trivia question of the week there.

Reading Tip of the Week:
I read to you, you read to me!  Take turns reading aloud at bedtime.  Children enjoy that special time with their parents.

HERE IS WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Language arts Lesson 19 will include:

• What clues help you figure out how characters feel?-We will read "Thomas Rivera?".
• Making conclusions in reading
• Long o patterns (oa, ow)
• Contractions with 've and 're
• Future tense
• Synonyms

Math will include:

• Making graphs into tables
• Methods for solving comparison story problems
• Solving story problems with comparisons
• Quiz on Lessons 7-9

Week of February 9th

Don't forget to keep reading "The Lemonade War"!

Conferences are coming Feb 10, 12, and 13 (no school on Friday)! The book fair will be open during conferences.  NOTE: It will only be open until 10:00 on Friday.  Be sure to check it out!

Make sure you check out the music question of the week on Mrs. Wiebe's website!  There is also information about the music program here at PV. 
Follow this link:  Music at Pleasantview and Rice - Home

Yearbook orders went out.  Order on line at ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter the code 4964615 OR fill out the form that went home and pay by check. Checks payable to Pleasantview. Orders are due: February 13, 2015!

On Thursday the 12th we will have a Valentine's celebration in class.  Students will make bags here at school and they can bring valentines to share with friends.  We have 23 students in our class.  Please have your child sign their name, but don't address them to anyone.  That way they can just hand one to each student.

Reading Tip of the Week:
Play word games!  Have your child sound out words as you change them from mat to fat to sat; from sat to sag to sap; from sit to sip.

HERE IS WHAT WE WILL WORK ON THIS WEEK:

Language arts Lesson 18 will include:

• Why do authors write nonfiction?-We will read "Where does Food Come From?".
• Author's purpose
• Long a patterns (ai, ay)
• Contractions with 'll and 'd
• Names of months, days and holidays (proper nouns)

Math will include:

• Graphs and comparisons
• Graphs with multiple rows
• Data collection and graphing
• Making our own graphs
• A quiz on lessons 1-6