February 18th-21st Newsletter

^{Spelling Lists for the Week}

^{Words with ie and ei}

^{tried, weigh, piece, receive, their, fierce, neither, field, receiving, trying, hurried, siege, weighs, writing, tired, having, planned, worries, friend, height}

^{Alternate List}

^{tried, piece, their, tired, friend, weigh, field, having, height, receive}

^{Challenge List}

^{portion, substances, reactants, physical, chemical, experiment, reversible, dissolved, evaporates, separately}

^{Curriculum This Week}

^{Math-  Fractions (addition  and subtraction with like and unlike denominators,  Estimation)}

^{Science- Electricity}

^{Social Studies-  The Southern States,  The Civil War}

^{Writing-  Utah Writing Assessment}

^{States, Capitals, and Nicknames}

^{Alabama, Montgomery, “The Yellowhammer State”}

^{Louisiana- Baton Rouge, “The Pelican State”}

^{Arkansas- Little Rock, “The Natural State”}

^{Tennessee- Nashville, “The Volunteer State”}

^{Kentucky- Frankfort, “The Blue Grass State”}

^{The Southern States Test will be on Thursday, February 20th.}

^{Homework this Week}

^{There will not be a formal homework packet this week.  Students will likely be bringing home math homework on a daily basis.  We will be focusing heavily on understanding fractions.  Please remember to study for your states test and spelling test.}

^{Spelling Bee Results}

^{Congratulations to our winners of our classroom Spelling Bee. They are Kenna Andreason, Camrynn Clark, and Kloie Humes.  They will be competing against the other winners in our 4th and 5th grade classes on February 27th at 2:30.}

^{Dual Immersion Applications}

^{Dual Immersion applications are due for those future 1st graders that would like to be part of the program.  Please have those applications turned into the office by Friday.}

^{February Events}

^{21st- Dual Immersion Applications Due}

^{24th- CMS Orchestra Assembly}

^{27th- School Spelling Bee, 2:30 p.m.}

^{28th- School AR Assembly, 10:45 a.m.}

^{Science Fair Information}

^{I have sent home a packet of information about the Science Fair which will be held  on March 27th.  The entry form is due on March 7th.  Please look over the information and if you have questions contact me.}

^{I require all students to participate in the Science Fair or submit a 3 page teacher approved science report as part of their grade.} 

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

^{Home Phone- 586-3095} 

^{School Phone- 586-2840}