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}