Thursday, April 23, 2009

Spakausky's Scoop April 27-May 1


Egypt Test on Wed. 4/29
Study Guide DUE Monday, 4/27
Study the guide!

“Imagination Theater” assembly on Tuesday, April 28th in the A.M.

Prince of Egypt permission slip due by Tuesday, April 28th!

Early dismissal on Friday, 4/24-11:00AM

Being Good Citizens by Helping Our Environment

Prairieview School is participating in SCARE’S (School & Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education) Annual Gym Shoe Rescue for Nike’s Go Places Program.

We will be collecting old tennis shoes. Those that are still in good condition with be reused. Those that are worn out will be sent to Nike to be recycled into running track material and other athletic equipment such as footballs and tossing saucers.
Only gym shoes will be accepted. Please, no spikes, cleats, dress shoes, slippers, sandals or anything that is not a gym shoe. Please tie the shoes together.

Collection dates are April 20 through May 8. Thanks for all of your help.
At Prairieview School – “Character Counts!”

Food drive-send items in by April 27th!
3rd grade is in the lead!!!

Book Orders:
Next set of book
orders are due Thurs., 4/30
Enjoy shopping!

Class User Name: spakausky
Password: Books

Spelling
Cursive, Please!
Lesson 32 is due on Friday, May 1st!
The test is on Thursday, April 30th!

Writing
Poetry
We have written:
-List Poems
-Riddle Poems
-Diamond Poems
What FUN!

Independent Reading Program
Monday, May 4th-April reading folders are due.
Tuesday, May 5th-reading party

Reading
Biographies -
We have read about Jane Goodall, Babe Didrikson, Bill Melendez, Bessie Coleman, Hank Greenberg, John Scieszka, Rita Moreno, Billy Mills and Mark Twain.
Person of the week: Harry Houdini
Why was Harry Houdini famous?

The students should be finishing their biographies soon.
They have started their biography posters in class.
They can work on them at home also.
ALL POSTERS are DUE on Monday, May 4th!
The students should see the rubric for what is expected of them. We went over them in class and we saw two “good” examples.
The presentation:
*dress like the character (optional)
*bring in come type of prop
*bring in the book of that person
*write a 10 or more sentence summary, on note cards, to explain your person and what they were famous for.

*video clips or other extra items to enhance your presentation, are acceptable

Science
We will be learning about chapter 9, “The Water Cycle.”
In this chapter we will cover:
Lesson 1-”Where is Water Found on Earth?”
Lesson 2-”What is the Water Cycle?”
Lesson 3-”What is Weather?”
There will be a quiz after each lesson.
Social Studies.
If all goes well, Ch. 11 social studies test has changed to Monday, April 27, 2009.

Math
Ch. 7-Probability
What is probability?
What are outcomes?
What are experiments?

Study guide due Monday!
Test on Tuesday, 4/28!

Mad Minutes Schedule:
4/27-Division 5 Mad Minutes

Have a GREAT WARM weekend!!
Mrs. T. Spakausky