The Week of June 1st-5th

IMPORTANT NEWS:
June 1st – Movie Monday afternoon – bring stuffed animals/pillow
June 2nd – Board Game Tuesday
June 3rd- Beach Party Assembly for 4th grade – Wear your Hawaiian Gear
June 4th – Field Day and PTO Sponsored Picnic – a hot dog lunch will be provided to your child
June 5th – Report cards issued – dismissal at 9:30

Our class brought in the most box tops this year! Thank you so much! In doing this, the class won a pizza party for Wednesday. Pizza and bottled water will be provided by the PTO. If your child wants to bring in anything else to eat with their lunch, they may do so.

Students will spend some time this week working on their memory books. If your child wants to bring in stamps or stickers to help decorate their book, this is fine. Please look for this book to come home later in the week. It will be a nice book to share with the family.

YEARBOOKS will be handed out to students on June 5th. Any student who did not purchase a yearbook may do so on a first-come-first-serve basis on June 5th. They will go on sale after morning announcements. The cost will be $10.00. Children wishing to purchase should have the exact amount. Checks can be made out to Prairieview. There is a limited supply. Prairieview yearbook orders were not paid for at registration. A flier was sent out in November, and orders were due by Monday, December 1st.

OVER THE SUMMER:Your child should continue to read this summer! Check out one of the great library programs in your area! In addition, if you are looking for some help in a certain subject area for your child, go on to the district website, look at the left hand side margin under “Students”, click on “Educational Websites.” Here you will find a long list of websites under each subject heading that you can check out. I hope you find this useful!
As always, please have your child practice their multiplication and division facts. Your child is expected to know their facts!

As your child’s fourth grade year comes to a close, I am so pleased with the progress and growth that I have witnessed in each and every student. I am very confident that every child will succeed and do well in fifth grade.
I hope everyone has a restful and relaxing summer vacation! Keep in touch! tcushing@ccsd66.org

Science – Students will be making a game using the concepts that they learned in chapter 8. Other students will then play their game.

Social Studies - We will wrap our study of the West (ch. 12) this week.

Language Arts - Chris Van Allsburg writes stories that have mysterious endings. They really make you think. Students are writing this type of story. Please ask your child to share their story with you later in the week.

Math – We will finish the year by continuing our study of fractions.

The Week of May 25th-29th

IMPORTANT NEWS:
May 29th – Fourth Graders bowl in the afternoon
June 1st – Movie Theater Monday – bring your pillow!
June 3rd – Beach Party Wednesday

The class has earned a marble party which entitles them to a Movie Theater afternoon. The class will be watching, Mall Cop (which was voted upon), on Monday, June 1st. Since this is a PG rated movie, please either email me or send a note stating that your child can watch the movie on this day.
Also, if anyone is willing to send in a bag of popcorn, juice boxes, or water for this afternoon. Please let me know.

Science – The students will learn about fossils (Ch. 8, L. 3) this week. There will be no formal test over this chapter. Students will have the opportunity to make a game using the concepts that they learned in this chapter. Other students will then play their game.

Social Studies - The class will finish the year looking at the West (ch. 12).

Spelling – We will work on lesson 34 this week. The last spelling test for the year will be on Thursday (since we bowl on Friday). The list already went home. Have you seen it yet? If not, please ask your child about it.

Language Arts – Chris Van Allsburg's stories usually have a mysterious ending . They really make you think. Students will have a chance to write this type of story with a partner.

Reading – We will finish the year with an author study of Chris Van Allsburg. We will be reading Two Bad Ants, Widow's Broom, and Jumanji this week. The class will have a chance to view the movie, Jumanji. Since it is rated PG, I do need your permission for your child to watch the movie. Please email me or send me a note that states your child can watch Jumanji. Thanks!

Math -The class has finished their study of fractions (ch. 15). The fractions test will be on Thursday. This can be a challenging area for some students. Please help your child review for their test. This will be the last math grade for the year.

The Week of May 18th - 22nd

IMPORTANT NEWS:
May 21st – All School Concert
May 25th – Memorial Day
May 29th – Fourth Graders Bowl in the afternoon

Students receive pictures at the end of the year for their memory book. If any parent is willing to develop a roll of film for this cause, please let me know. Thanks!

Science – We began our study of landforms (chapter 8). The class will learn about nine different ones. Can your child describe them?

Social Studies - The chapter 11 test will be on Friday. This will be the last formal test in social studies for the year. Please help your child review for this test.

Spelling – We will work on lesson 33 this week. The spelling test will be on Friday. The list will go home on Monday. Next week will be the last spelling test. The list for next week will go home Friday. Please look for it.

Language Arts – The last English test for the year will be on Tuesday. Adverbs (chapter 7) can be a challenging area for some students. Please help your child review for the test.

Reading – We will finish the year with an author study of Chris Van Allsburg. The first story will will read is The Stranger. We will be reviewing different strategies as we work with this story.

Math -The class will continue to work on fractions (chapter 15). This can be a challenging area for some students. Please review the information daily if possible. The last test for math will be May 28th. Please help your child review for this test.

The Week of May 11th-15th

IMPORTANT NEWS:
May 11th – Robert Crown Center field trip – bring a sack lunch!
May 12th – Staley the Bear Assembly (please ask your child about it)
May 15th – Jr. Achievement (please ask your child about it)

Science – The chapter 7 test will be on Wednesday. There is a lot of information to know. Please help your child review for the test. In addition, the class will begin their final chapter (8). We will begin by looking at landforms.

Social Studies - The class will finish their study of the Southwest (chapter 11). The chapter 11 test will be Friday, May 22nd. Please begin to study now.

Spelling – We will work on lesson 32 this week. Due to our Robert Crown trip on Monday, there will be “no” pretest. The spelling test will be on Friday. The list went home on Friday. Have you seen it yet? If not, please ask your child about it.

Language Arts – Students will finish their study of adverbs this week. The last English test will be over adverbs (ch. 7). This will be Tuesday, May 19th. This can be a challenging area for some students. Please help your child review for the test.

Reading – We will finish our poetry unit this week. We see poetry and messages in songs. Students have the opportunity to bring in a CD with a school appropriate song on Friday. Students will listen to the song, and the class will try to figure out the message in the song. In addition, the last book club assignment will be handed out on Monday. The final chapters need to be read and the discussion sheet completed by Monday, May 18th.

Math -The class will begin to look at fractions (chapter 15). This can be a challenging area for some students. Please review the information daily if possible. In addition, basic multiplication and division facts are used in this chapter. A review of facts can be helpful.