Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Mark your calendars - Field Day

Grades 4 and 5
Wednesday, May 12th

Grade 4 from 7:50-10:50 Lunch at normal time

Beach Day

Get you spring things out of storage, we will be having Beach day on Thurs. April 1st.
The menu will be:
Hot dog on a bun
carrots
apple
giant gold fish

Bring a beach towel to sit on the floor and come dressed in beach dress
Enjoy this and have fun
Please let all know about this.
Thanks and we will see you at the beach party at PV.
Sue M

Friday, March 26, 2010

Congratulations and Thank You!!!

Congratulations to all of the students that put in the time, effort, energy, and finances to make our AAA program such a wonderful event for the audience. I heard many positive comments from parents that expressed a heart felt and sincere appreciation, for being given the opportunity to have their child be recognized for pursuing their interests. I also heard many comments about how talented our students have become through their desire to practice and improve. It's so good for our kids to pursue and develop their skills in not only the academic areas, but also the Arts. I'm so proud of all of you for getting involved and sharing. You not only have inspired yourself, but you may have inspired someone else! Thank you!



Reminder: Spring Picture Day is March 31th. Smile!!!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

AAA

AAA will begin in the gym at 9:45 and continue until 10:30. The second act will begin at 1:15 and continue until 2:00. This is also Beach Day! Enjoy!


Don't forget about the two hour late start on Friday, March 26th.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Good questions to ask your child...

What is the radius of a circle? What is the diameter? What is the circumference?

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Good questions to ask your child...

Draw a
sphere,
hemisphere,
cone,
cylinder,
cube,
triangular pyramid,
rectangular prism,
hexagonal prism,
triangular prism,
and a
square pyramid

Notes from the Office

Just a few of items for your attention.

First of all if your student participated in the PTAC Chip Shoppe Fundraiser, the items will be available for pick up on Thursday, March 25th from 2 - 6 pm in the gym.

We are also in need of a few parents to volunteer to help with this fundraiser distribution on Thursday Night. If you are able to help please contact Cathy Valek at valeks@charter.net.


The second item of information is the following:

Pleasantview Elementary School is working with the Sauk Rapids High School Student Council and the United Way to collect items for the local food shelves. Each grade level is collecting certain items. Kindergarten - Toothbrushes, Grade 1 - Toothpaste, Grade 2 - Toilet Paper, Grade 3 - Shampoo/Conditioner, Grade 4 - Soap/Body Wash and Grade 5 is collecting Deoderant. Even though we have designated items per grade level, all donations of food and personal care items will be gladly accepted. We will be collecting until the end of March. Thanks for your help with this effort to stock our local food shelves.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Good questions to ask your child...

Draw a triangular pyramid,

rectangular prism,

cylinder,

sphere,

and a

cone.

AR Minutes

The third trimester AR goal, 11 points, is due on May 14th. Due to this early deadline our nightly AR minutes will need to be slightly increased so that each student can meet their goal. This month's Reading Contract reflects this increase, as will each consecutive month. If you need to alter your child's AR minutes, please indicate this change on the contract. Thanks and good luck meeting your goal.

News and Updates

Hi everyone, we are still in need of about 100 bottles by Friday for the walk for life, The bottles need to have a opening large enough for coins, such as gatorade, life water, some juice bottles etc.


A Special Note for Parents of
Fourth Grade Students!


We are looking forward to the Pleasantview PTA sponsored Spring Carnival to be held on April 30th. Every year each grade puts together one or more special theme gift baskets. This year our theme is ‘The Great Outdoors’! One dollar raffle tickets will be sold at the carnival as chances to win the basket. We are asking students in the fourth grade to bring in $2.00 to be used for the purchase of items that will be put in our basket, or they may chose to donate items to put in the basket. These items could purchased for any age group in a family and should be related to our theme. Please send your donations to your child’s classroom teacher by April 13th.



Please help us fill our basket!

Fourth Grade Staff

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Math Tasks and Treats

Please practice these type of problems with your child. Thanks!

-20 + (-20) =

-20 + (+30) =

-20 + (+70) =

-20 + (-60) =


Purple sheets (Spelling Parent Letter ) is due on Wednesday.


Reading Contract is due on Thursday (so I may copy it and give it right back)

Yes, students may bring a green purchased (not homemade) treat for the class on Wednesday, March 17th. The only stipulation that I have is that the green color of the item already be present and not added in any manner. For example: M & M's , mint ice cream, cupcakes or cookies with sprinkles of multi-colors that include green. Enjoy the Spring-like weather!

Sunday, March 14, 2010

BRING BACK YOUR SIGNED SKATING PERMISSION SLIP ON MONDAY!!

Don't forget!

NEW READING CONTRACT WILL BE GIVEN OUT ON MONDAY, MARCH 15TH

NEW PARENT LETTER FOR SPELLING WILL ALSO BE GIVEN OUT ON MONDAY

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Good questions to ask your child...

are you going to bed at an appropriate time? I've noticed a lot of tired children this week. Also, a few sniffles and sneezes. Maybe the warm weather is giving everyone a restless evening with thoughts of Spring. Please check to see that you're getting to bed at a decent hour. No fun being sickly or out of sorts. Thanks!

Monday, March 8, 2010

Formulas to Memorize

Area of a parallelogram = base * height


Area of a triangle = 1/2 (base * height)





Reading Contract is due on Thursday.

Permission slips for the W.E.S. will be sent home on Tuesday.

Persuasion essay is due on Tuesday... about half of the essays were turned in today.

Juice Order is due on Thursday

Thursday, March 4, 2010

See You at the Concert Tonight!!!

Spelling Test on Friday
Essay due Tuesday
Snack order due March 5th
Juice orders due March 11th

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

You've been working hard... take a break and enjoy some of the logic problems posted under my "Favorite Websites" listing

Good Questions to ask your child...

When is your concert? What time should you arrive? Where should you go before the concert? Where should you go after the concert? How long does the concert last?

A. 5:30 PM
B. 5:20 PM
C. Classroom
D. Locker
E. About half and hour

Today, we passed out the AR totals.
How are you coming along with your AR points and Reading Contract?

Monday, March 1, 2010

Good questions to ask your child...

What is your topic for your persuasive essay? How many paragraph do you need to have to complete the assignment? (5)