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}