Prairie View Elementary Newsletter
October 19, 2018
Contact Us:
(262) 392-6310
Stephanie Blue, Principal bluest@masd.k12.wi.us, ext. 26500
Attendance - ext. 26900
Follow us on Facebook or Twitter: @PrViewSchool
Principal's Note
Please check out the Lost and Found tables when you are in the building for conferences. This will be located in the front lobby. There are already many nice items that have been found in the building this year. Please also label your child's items so so they can be easily returned to the owner in the future.
Just a reminder that we do not have school on Thursday and Friday, October 25 and 26. There will not be a newsletter next week due to the three-day week and conferences.
The hallway Halloween parade and classroom parties will be on Halloween, October 31. Please remember that there should be no blood, gore, or "weapons" as part of costumes at school. We look forward to celebrating with our students!
Red Ribbon Week at PVES - October 23-25
PVES will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week next week. Our students will be playing a daily trivia game relating to healthy living, pledging to stay drug-free, signing a banner stating such and showing that we will be “hand in hand” standing up against drugs. We will be offering a variety of dress-up days focused on the message of being, “Drug Free!” to spread the word.
- Monday, October 22th – Places You Visited - Drugfree – Wear your favorite t-shirt from a place you have vacationed and enjoyed yourself, drug free.
- Tuesday, October 23th – Red Day - Show that we support having a “Drug Free America” by wearing red and by taking our drug free pledge!
- Wednesday, October 24th – Fancy Day – We don’t fancy drugs! Wear your fanciest outfits to show it!
Thank you to parent volunteers in October
Title I Information
Additionally, the Mukwonago Area School District hosts an annual Title 1 Parent Night to promote successful learning strategies at home and a partnership between families and schools. Specific School Board Policy can be found at http://bit.ly/2ushtCJ.
Specials Report - Library - Mrs. Fischer
October has been an eventful month in the library. We had grandparents lunch week/book fair at PVES last week. It was so exciting to see the positive energy from both grandparents and students. I observed many thank yous and hugs given from students to adults who attended lunch and/or purchased books. A special thank you to the grandparents who were able to buy books for classrooms. Also, thank you to parents who volunteered at the book fair. It is a great event and would have not been a success without the volunteers.
Students grades 3-6 have learned how to use Destiny to look up books independently. Destiny is available for them to use at home on the district website. This is very fun way to discover books that are available in the library. This year we have learned how to check out books independently using a scanner. The students seem to be enjoying these new tasks.
Books that have been read to the primary grades:
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Cow By Lucille Colandro
The Three Little Superpigs By Claire Evans
Parts By Tedd Arnold
The Stray Dog By Marc Simon
Decoding Strategies
Here are some helpful hints for you and your child to use as you decode.
Ask yourself if what you read makes sense. If it doesn’t, try reading the word again.
Use picture clues to help you figure out an unknown word.
Look for sounds within the the word that you already know.
Reread the word.
Skip the word and read on for context clues.
A Note from the Counselor - Ms. Crouse - National Bullying Prevention Month
To continue our discussion on bullying, students at Prairie View will learn the difference between “tattling” and “telling.” Using the ACT Now! Anti-bullying curriculum, students will be taught the following definitions:
Tattling usually deals with something trivial or not important, such as, “Mom, Joey’s always looking at me.” It is designed to get the other person in trouble. It usually deals with a harmless behavior.
Example: LaToya is always critical of other people. She will tell her teacher if anyone is talking too loud, if anyone stares at her, or if anyone says something she thinks is wrong.
Telling could deal with something that is dangerous, like a bullying situation or a friend communicating with someone they don’t know online. It could be about something destructive or illegal, like vandalism or stealing. An adult needs to be told if someone could get hurt.
Example: After school you overhear Sam in the hallway, threatening to ‘get’ your classmate Jackson. You know that Jackson is scared and that he is planning to run home after school to avoid Sam. You talk to Jackson and convince him to go with you to tell Ms. Jones what Sam said.
It’s important to teach children that there is a difference between ‘telling’ an adult to get help and ‘tattling’ to try to get someone else in trouble.
Children learn that they should get help from an adult in any serious situation. Bullying and unfriendly behaviors that hurt others are considered serious.
3rd Grade
Important Upcoming Dates
- 10/22 - Best Buddies Meeting
- 10/22 - 10/24 - Red Ribbon Week
- 10/24 - Parent-Teacher Conferences (4:00-8:00)
- 10/25 - NO SCHOOL - Parent-Teacher Conferences (10:00-6:00)
- 10/26 - NO SCHOOL - Teacher Inservice Day
- 10/31 - Classroom Halloween Parties and hallway parade in the afternoon (K-4)
- 10/31 - Grade 5 and 6 Field Trip to Camp Edwards
- 11/5-16 - Coins for Kids Drive (Look for more information to follow)
- 11/5 - PTO Meeting in library (7:00 PM)
- 11/15 - 4th-6th Grade Music Concert at MHS PAC (7:00 PM)