December 16th-20th Newsletter

^{Spelling Lists for the Week}

^{Words with /r/ controlled vowel sounds} 

^{square, dairy, January, daring, argument, partner, article, ordinary, force, torque, stare,  area, dictionary, beware, large, guarding, orchestra, important, before, explore, torque}

^{Alternate List}

^{area, dairy, January, force, stare, beware, large, before, explore, article}

^{Challenge List}

^{Christmas, holiday, yuletide, celebration, sleigh bells, icicles, Poinsettia, garland, greetings, reindeer}

^{Curriculum This Week}

^{Math- Multiplication of decimals and story problems}

^{Science- Matter}

^{Social Studies-  The American Revolution}

^{Writing-  Persuasive writing, metaphors and similies}

^{No Homework Packet this week.}

^{Christmas Party White Elephant Gift}

^{On Friday, December 20th (this Friday) we will have a Christmas Party in our classroom.  We will be having an activity in which “White Elephant” gifts are shared.  We ask that each student bring a wrapped gift that is not worth more than $2 to the party.  Old household items can be wrapped in case you choose not to purchase an item.  We ask that all students keep their gift a secret in order to  make the game more enjoyable.}

^{Christmas Break}

^{School will be out for the Christmas Break from December 21st- January 5th.  School will resume on Monday, January 6th.}

^{Christmas Wishes}

^{I would like to take the time to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Unbelievably, almost ½ of the school year is over and I have thoroughly enjoyed your children and your support.  We have a class of great kids who work hard and have wonderful personalities.  It has been a pleasure to have each of them in my class and to have the opportunity to get to know them.  I hope that you all have a joyous Christmas and that you are able to spend quality time with your families.  Merry Christmas to all of you and have a safe and memorable holiday season.}

^{Steve Greenhalgh  steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

^{home: 586-3095  school- 586-2840}

December 9th-13th Newsletter

^{Spelling Lists for the Week}

^{Words with /er/ sounds and multiple syllables}

^{thirsty, earth, dollar, color, early, doctor, person, mayor, wonder, certain, urgent, Thursday, purpose, camera, smuggler, remember, surprise, collar, severe, messenger}

^{Alternate List}

^{thirsty, earth, dollar, color, early, doctor, person, mayor, wonder, certain}

^{Challenge List}

^{shudder, peacemaker, lop-eared, loudspeaker, irreversible, posture, suffering, vertical, versatility, brother}

^{Curriculum This Week}

^{Math- decimal patterns, money,  chapter test 3, multiplication of decimals}

^{Science- Matter}

^{Social Studies-  The American Revolution}

^{Writing-  Persuasive writing}

^{Angel Flight on Tuesday}

^{Tuesday we will be going to the airport to see Santa Claus arrive with the other planes sponsored by the Eagle Scouts and Angel Flight.  It is a rare privilege that our school was selected from all of the schools in the state of Utah.  I strongly encourage every student to wear a heavy coat, hat, gloves, and shoes that will keep your feet warm.  The temperatures are forecasted to be in the single digits again on Tuesday.  After Santa arrives, he will ride on the fire engine back to the school and present a short assembly.  There are 15 other aircraft that will be bringing gifts to share with the students at our school.  We appreciate the pilots, volunteers, and Eagle Scouts who have all made this possible for the students at East Elementary.}

^{Christmas Party White Elephant Gift}

^{On Friday, December 20th we will have a Christmas Party in our classroom.  We will be having an activity in which “White Elephant” gifts are shared.  We ask that each student bring a wrapped gift that is not worth more than $2 to the party.  Old household items can be wrapped in case you choose not to purchase an item.  We ask that all students keep their gift a secret in order to  make the game more enjoyable.}

^{Big Honkin’ Math Test}

^{On Wednesday we will give our final chapter 3 test on decimals to the students.  To help prepare for this test I would suggest that the students do the math homework in their packets before Wednesday to help review some of the concepts.  If your child is struggling, I would be happy to give them some extra help after school or during the lunch hour.  Please let me know if you would like them to receive extra help.}

^{Have a great week and try to stay warm!}

^{Contact:  586-3095 home: 586-2840 School}

^{steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

 

December 2nd-6th Newsletter

^{Spelling Lists for the Week}

^{Words with  plural forms of endings}

^{countries, women, people, friends, calves, flies, cherries, guesses, leaves, communities, addresses, lessons, skis, roofs, fences, lives, businesses, families, pictures, attachments}

^{Alternate List}

^{women, people, calves, flies, skis, roofs, fences, lives,  leaves, friends}

^{Challenge List}

^{architects, consequences, schedules, meteors, gymnasiums}

^{Curriculum This Week}

^{Math- Decimals- add, subtract, and estimate}

^{Science- Matter}

^{Social Studies-  The American Revolution}

^{Writing-  Persuasive writing}

^{I hope that all of you had a great Thanksgiving holiday.  We have 3 full weeks of school before we break for the Christmas holidays.  In between that time we will be working at a pretty rapid pace to catch up on a few things that have slowed us down in math.  Please check with your child daily to see if they have any daily math homework besides the regular homework packet.  Thank you, your support is well appreciated.}

^{Grade Check Up}

^{There is a grade check up in this week’s homework packet.  Please take time to review your child’s progress on our major assignments and tests.  This is not their final grade, but just a progress monitoring report so that your child can self-evaluate how they are doing so far this quarter.  After you review their progress, please sign the orange colored paper and return it with the homework packet on Friday.  You may keep the actual grade report.  Thank you.}

^{Contact:  586-3095 home: 586-2840 School}

^{steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

November 18th-22nd Newsletter

^{Spelling Lists for the Week}

^{Words with  ed, ing, er, est endings}

^{surrounded, swimming, studied, carried, bragged, beginning, finished, quickest, tiniest, painting, skiing, loving, traveling, trading, worried, exciting, laughed, weaker, lonelier, frontier}

^{Alternate List}

^{swimming, studied, beginning, painting, loving, traveling, exciting, trading, laughed, weaker}

^{Challenge List}

^{wackiest, penetrating, magnifying, farthest, supplied, oversimplified, investigated, improving, fascinating, complainer}

^{Curriculum This Week}

^{Math- Decimals, compare, order, perform operations}

^{Science- Matter}

^{Social Studies-  Colonization of America}

^{Writing- Realistic fiction.}

^{Zion Field Trip, November 26th.} 

^{If you would like to attend our field trip and help chaperon on Tuesday, November 26th, please let me know by emailing me or sending me a note this week.  An adult lunch is $3.50.  Please inform me this week so that I can make lunch arrangements and make sure that we have ample room for those that would like to go with us.  Right now I have Mr. Coombs and Mrs. Shugart that are planning on attending with us.  Field trip permission slips will be due this Friday with the homework packet.}

^{AR Assemby will be on Friday at 10:45.  Mr. Tyner will be here with a golden eagle as our special guest. We are also reading the book that he has written, Healer of Angels.}

^{Root Beer Float Party / Thank You}

^{Our class collected the most Box Tops for the past month and the P.T.A. provided us with a Root Beer Float Party last Friday.  We thank them for providing the Root Beer and Ice Cream.  Also, thank you for sending the Box Tops to school with your kids.}

^{Thanksgiving Break  November 27th-December 1st.  There will be no school next week beginning on Wednesday for the holiday.} 

^{New Student}

^{We would like to welcome a new student to our class.  His name is Clinton Meagher and he is a triplet.  His sisters are in the other two 5th grade classes.}

^{Contact:  586-3095 home: 586-2840 School}

^{steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

November 11th- 15th Newsletter

^{Spelling Lists for the Week}

^{Words with the /aw/ sound}

^{stalk, off, because, brought, called, drawn, awful, awkward, lawyer, daughter, fault, author, always, although, belong, office, haul, already, alternate, dawn}

^{Alternate List}

^{off, awful, called, author, fault, belong, already, office, always, daughter}

^{Challenge List}

^{acquisition, belligerent, catastrophe, colleague, arrangement, colonel, adolescence, chandelier, cylinder, undernourished, unsanitary, vigilant, venom, vocalize, vulnerable}

^{Curriculum This Week}

^{Math- Decimals, compare, order, perform operations}

^{Science- Ice wedging, formations}

^{Social Studies-  Colonization of America}

^{Writing- Realistic fiction.}

^{Happy Veterans’ Day}

^{To those of you that have served our country, we honor and thank you for your sacrifices and service. We will be visiting the memorials across the street on Tuesday to pay tribute and avoid the crowds that will be there today.}

^{Zion Field Trip, November 26th.}  

^{If you would like to attend our field trip and help chaperon on Tuesday, November 26th, please let me know by emailing me or sending me a note this week.  An adult lunch is $3.50.  Please inform me this week so that I can make lunch arrangements and make sure that we have ample room for those that would like to go with us. Thank you for your support.  We will leave at 9:10 on that day and return at 3:15.}

^{Fall Picture Re-takes}

^{Fall picture re-takes will be on Friday, November 15th for those of you that missed out or would like to have your pictures re-taken.  Please bring with you the pictures that you are not satisfied with to turn in to the photographer.}

^{Contact:  586-3095 home: 586-2840 School}

^{steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

November 4th-8th Newsletter

^{Spelling Lists for the Week}

^{Regular List  Compound or hyphenated words.}

^{baby-sit, first aid, flashlight, high school, goal keeper, all right, airmail, one-way, bodyguard, something, good-bye, birthday, outside, everybody, everyone, anything, themselves, himself, mouthpiece, farsighted}

^{Alternate List}

^{all right, one-way, airmail, something, good-bye, birthday, outside, everybody, himself, high school}

^{Challenge List}

^{playwright, safety belt, runner-up, roundabout, push button, policeman, pocketknife, make-believe, lighthearted, horsepower, helter-skelter, helpless, cumbersome, classmate, wristwatch}

^{Field Trips on Thursday and Friday}

^{Please sign the permission slips and have them returned by Thursday.}

^{Thursday- We will be going to the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery on the SUU campus to see the Jim Jones Collection and go through the Natural History Museum.}

^{Friday- We will be walking over to the Heritage Center to see the violinist, Jenny Oaks.}

^{Curriculum This Week}

^{Math- Chapter 2 Test, Decimals}

^{Science- Erosion, weathering, and the changing earth.}

^{Social Studies-  Early settlements, expansion, Pilgrim settlements.}

^{Writing- Realistic fiction.}

^{Math Tutoring}

^{This Tuesday, November 5th I will be glad to tutor anyone that would like to have extra help with double digit division.  We are having the final test on Chapter 2 on Thursday.}

^{Book Reports are due on Friday.}

^{The book reports are due on Friday.  These are the books  that you received at the book fair.  The report should be one page long and include a summary of the story, characters, and settings of the book.}

^{Contact:  586-3095 home: 586-2840 School}

^{steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

October 28th-November 1st Newsletter

^{News-  Killian, Karen, Baylor, Lluvia, Sami}

^{Newsletter Online}

^{The newsletter is now online if you lose your printed copy.  You can access it by going to the East Elementary website and click on Mr. Greenhalgh in the faculty section.}

^{Report Cards}

^{Report cards are in today’s homework packet.  Please take time to look it over and return the slip that asks for you to sign stating that you saw the report card.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.}

^{Congratulations}

^{Amaranta won the drawing “Pizza with the Principal” for having 100% attendance and No tardies for the month.}

^{Kylee, Saydee, and Camrynn won the essay contest for Red Ribbon Week.}

^{Baylor, Nuria, and James each earned at least one AR Eagle at our last assembly.} 

^{Mya won our “Catch The Vision” award for outstanding citizenship in our class for the past month.  Congratulations to all of these students for their accomplishments.}

^{Spelling Lists for the Week}

^{Regular List}

^{spoil, avoid, oyster, employ, ground, sprout, allow, somehow, amount, foil,  choice, moisture, royal, annoy, house, mountain, ourselves, ounce, boundary, turmoil.}

^{Alternate List}

^{spoil, ground, allow, amount, royal, mountain, choice, house, annoy, ounce, avoid, foil}

^{Challenge List}

^{annoyance, continuous, counsel, acoustics, conscious, voucher, meticulous, glamorous, suspicious, plus the words missed on the pre-test.}

^{Curriculum This Week}

^{Math- Division and finding averages}

^{Science- Erosion, weathering, and the changing earth.}

^{Social Studies-  Early settlements, expansion.}

^{Writing- Organization of thoughts, sequencing, and time lines.}

^{Halloween is Thursday.  Please remember that costumes are not allowed at school.}

^{Contact:  586-3095 home: 586-2840 School}

^{steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

Newsletter October 22nd-25th

^{Spelling List}

^Contractions

^{I’ll, they’ve, don’t, we’re, didn’t, isn’t, couldn’t, haven’t, o’clock, you’re, who’s, whose, aren’t, it’s, doesn’t, there’s, won’t I’ve, shouldn’t, weren’t}

^{News- Mya, Kloie, Kyler, Rachel, Zach}

^{Reflections Contest :Entries are due this Friday.}

^{Red Ribbon Week}

^{This week is the annual Red Ribbon Week Drug Awareness Program sponsored by our P.T.A.  Here is a list of events that are occurring.}

^{Wednesday- Pajama Day. Bring a good book for an hour readathon and wear some modest pajamas if you would like.}

^{Thursday- Hero Day.  Dress up as someone you admire or whom is a good role model for you. The essay/art contest entries are due. The theme is “A Healthy Me is Drug Free”.}

^{Friday- Wear Red Day. AR Assembly will be at 2:00 (K-2) and 2:45 (3-5)sponsored by the 5th grade classes.}

^{Newsletter Online}

^{The newsletter is now online if you lose your printed copy.  You can access it by going to the East Elementary website and click on Mr. Greenhalgh in the faculty section.}

^{Report Cards}

^{Report cards will be distributed next Monday in the student homework folder.  Please be looking for them.}

^{Homework This Week}

^{This week’s homework will consist of a few activities, but the major emphasis is for the students to write an essay 500 words or less on the Red Ribbon Week theme, “A Healthy Me is Drug Free.”  All students are required to complete the essay and have it handed in on Thursday. We are working on the outline in class and it should be in the homework folder. The rest of the homework and reading slips are due on Friday as usual.}

^{Contact:  Home: 586-3095 : School:586-2840}

^{Email:  steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

October 7th-11th Newsletter

^{Spelling List}

^{Unstressed Endings /en/ and /er/}

^{American, button, tractor, taken, father, ancestor, hamburger, weather, cannon, elder, frozen, chapter, golden, hrbor, color, hidden, theater, beckon, comparison, turban}

^{Alternate List}

^{frozen, button, color, father, chapter, taken, weather, hidden, American, harbor}

^{Challenge Words}

^{accommodate, considerable, unacceptable, vivacious, awkward}

^{News-  Camrynn, Thomas, Zech, Montana, Nuria}

^{Veteran’s Day Poster Contest}

^{The Veteran’s Day Poster Contest will be taking place this month.  Entries are due on October 29th.  Please include your name, age, and school on the back of the poster.  The winning posters will be invited to S.U.U. for their Veteran’s Day Program on November 11th.}

^{Thank you very much for attending SEP conference.  I appreciate the opportunity to get to know you better and the time spent discussing your child.}

^{Division Homework}

^{This week I am teaching the students a few different ways to come up with the quotient in division.  Students can elect which way they would like to solve the problems.  One of the key concepts this year with our new math program is to give the students an opportunity to learn several different ways to come to the conclusion and solve math problems.  This approach is not totally new, however, much more emphasis has been placed in giving students a variety of methods to complete their math.  If you need further demonstrations, you can access the Go Math website and view their demonstrations.}

^{thinkcentral .com}  

^{user: steve greenhalgh}

^{password: gomath  (Once you go into resources, find the double digit division concept and click on it.  It will give you a tutorial if needed.}

^{Reflections Contest :Entries are due October 25th.}

^{October 17th- 21st   Fall Recess, No School}

^{Contact:  586-3095 home: 586-2840 School}

^{steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}