Week of 6/2/08 - 6/6/08

Highlights for the week of 6/2/08 - 6/6/08

We will be "wrapping up" loose ends this week. Reading comprehension games will be the activity in reading, and math students will be creating a memory book. Students will be writing letters to next year's fifth graders and reflecting upon the amazing year that we have shared.


A note from the PV office...Yearbooks will be handed out to students on June 5th. Any students 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 and children wishing to purchase should have exact amount. Checks can be made out to Prairieview. There is a limited supply. Prairieview yearbook orders were not paid for at registration. A flyer was sent out in November and orders were due by Monday, December 3, 2007.

I always get sentimental as I write my last words of the year. What an extraordinary year it has been! We began the year taking off with Flight & Rocketry in science, traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to new lands in Social Studies and enjoying the escapades of the Kid in the Red Jacket. Yoshi became the center of our lives in October, and continued to entertain our class for the rest of the year! We continued our journey by studying reading strategies through interesting novels, experiencing the “Shot Heard Round the World”, and singing the Preamble at the top of our lungs! This spring, we traveled west with the 49ers, measured wind speed with homemade anemometers, and met a new friend, Rufus Xavier Sasparilla.

Along the way, we have had plenty of laughs, a few tears, and a lot of fun together. I have been so pleased and privileged to witness the growth of your children. They are an amazing group, each talented and special in his/her own way!

I have often heard the expression, “To Teach is to Touch a Life Forever”. I hope that in some small way, I have been able to touch your child’s life, and that he/she will be able to look back on this year with fond memories of Fifth Grade. I would like to amend that familiar phrase to say, “To Teach is to Have Your Life Touched Forever”. My life has been enriched by knowing and working with your wonderful children and each one has a special place in my heart. I wish them all the best in their years at Lakeview and beyond.

HAPPY SUMMER!

MRS. KAREN BELL & YOSHI