February 23-27th Newsletter

^{Parent Teacher Conferences}

^{Parent Teacher Conferences will be coming up next week.  They are scheduled for the week of March 2nd-6th.  I will be sending an appointment slip home in today’s homework packet so that we can schedule you and your child for next week.  5th graders will be signing up for classes for next year’s middle school.  I would advise you to contemplate if you would like to have your child take band, orchestra, or the arts rotation.  Those are the only electives that are offered for 6th graders.  We will have applications for both middle schools available. Please return the appointment slip as early as possible this week if you cannot make the appointed time. Indicate several times and days so that we can try and work you in at those times.  Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to attend these conferences.}

^{Grade Reports}

^{I will be sending home grade reports today in the homework packets.  Please look for them and review your child’s progress.}

^{Spelling Words}

^{wrestle, wrong, answer, dough, unknown, knapsack, honor, listen, climb, half, island, talking, design, scratch, tonight, limb, knot, whistle, wreckage, wrinkle}

^{Alternate List}

^{wrong, answer, honor, listen, climb, half, talking, tonight, limb, knot}

^{Challenge Words}

^{suspicious, tranquility, languish, extracurricular, compassionate, vertebrate, vehement, maintenance, immediately, hazardous}

^{Learning the States}

^Capitals:

^{Ohio- Columbus}

^{Michigan- Lansing}

^{Indiana- Indianapolis}

^{Illinois- Springfield}

^{Wisconsin- Madison}

^Nicknames:

^{Ohio- “The Buckeye State”}

^{Michigan- “The Wolverine State”}

^{Indiana- “The Hoosier State”}

^{Illinois- “The Land of Lincoln”}

^{Wisconsin- “The Badger State”}

^{Math Tutoring}

^{Tutoring this week will be on Tuesday at 3:30 and Thursday at 3:30 p.m.  We will be reviewing decimals for those that struggled with that concept.}

^{Science Rotation}

^{We began our new science rotation last week.  Our kids are now receiving science instruction from Mr. Coates on electricity.}

^{Contact Information:}

^{steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

^{Home Phone:  586-3095}

^{School Phone: 686-2840}

^{Have a Great Week!}

February 17th-20th Newsletter

^{Spelling Bee}

^{The school-wide Spelling Bee will be this Thursday at 2:15.  Our competitors will be Kate Allen, Ezra Stein, and last year’s defending champion, Kealie Sorteberg.  I apologize for the misinformation that was in last week’s newsletter.  I had a “senior moment” and indicated that it was last week.  I apologize for any inconvenience that it may have caused.}

^{SAGE Testing}

^{We have finished the SAGE end of level writing test for the year.  I was very impressed with the effort that our students put forth to do well.  We have some very talented writers in our class.  We should receive their scores back from the state sometime this spring.  As soon as I receive them, we will send a copy home for your records.} 

^{Parent Teacher Conferences}

^{Parent Teacher Conferences will be coming up in two weeks.  They are scheduled for the week of March 2nd-6th.  I will be sending an appointment slip home in next week’s homework packet so that we can schedule you and your child for that week.  5th graders will be signing up for classes for next year’s middle school.  I would advise you to contemplate if you would like to have your child take band, orchestra, or the arts rotation.  Those are the only electives that are offered for 6th graders.  We will have applications for both middle schools available.}

^{Grade Reports}

^{I will be sending home grade reports next Monday in the homework packets.  Please look for them and review your child’s progress.}

^{Spelling Words}

 

^{shoes, sure, sugar, musician, mission, occasion, physician, tension, conclusion, constitution, constellation, addition, fiction, position, official, glacier, technician, junction, estimation, illumination}

^{Alternate List}

^{shoes, sure, sugar, mission, occasion, addition, position, official, physician, fiction}

^{Learning the States}

^{The test will be on Friday.}

^Capitals:

^{Alabama- Montgomery}

^{Mississippi- Jackson}

^{Louisiana- Baton Rouge}

^{Arkansas- Little Rock}

^{Tennessee- Nashville}

^{Kentucky- Frankfort}

^Nicknames:

^{Alabama- “The Yellowhammer State”}

^{Mississippi- “The Magnolia State”}

^{Louisiana- “The Pelican State”}

^{Arkansas- “The Wonder State”}

^{Kentucky- “The Blue Grass State”}

^{Tennessee- “The Volunteer State”}

^{Math Tutoring}

^{Tutoring this week will be on Tuesday at 3:30 and Thursday at 3:30 p.m.  We will be focusing on fractions and reviewing for the Chapter 6 test.}

^Homework

^{There will not be a homework packet this week because of the short week.}

^{Contact Information:}

^{steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

^{Home Phone:  586-3095}

^{School Phone: 686-2840}

^{Have a Great Week!}

February 9th-13th Newsletter

^{Congratulations to our class Spelling Bee winners, Kealie, Ezra, and Kate.  They will be representing our class in this Thursday’s school wide Spelling Bee.  We wish them luck as they compete against the other 4th and 5th grade winners in our school.}

^{Valentine’s Day Party}

^{We will be having a Valentine’s Day Party on Friday afternoon.  We will have a sign up sheet in class if students want to bring treats.  Here is a list of the students in our class if you want to address Valentines.}

^{Kelsey            Kate                        Makayla}

^{Zoe                        McKye            Kaili}

^{Aidan                        Crey                        Kevin G.}

^{Sayzhia            Lexie                        Peyton}

^{Mason            Jenna                        Joselene}

^{Odin                        Koy                        Braxton}

^{Hayden            Colin                        Perla}

^{Kevin S.            Skylar                        Danielle}

^{Kealie                        Ezra                        David}

^Bradon

^{A Million Minutes of Reading}

^{Our school reached our first goal of reading a million minutes.  On Wednesday, Mr. Moyle will be arrested and will read to us at 11:00.  We encourage our students and families to continue reading.  Our second million minutes will result in an ice cream party for each class.}

^{SAGE TESTING}

^{We begin the SAGE Writing tests this week.  We will be testing on Tuesday and Thursday.  We encourage all students to get a good night’s rest and make sure you have a filling breakfast so that you can do your best.  The writing portion of this test is given early in the year.  The remainder of the final end of level tests will be given in April and May.}

^{President’s Day, February 16th}

^{This is just to remind you that school will not be in session next Monday in honor of President’s Day.}

^{Spelling Words}

^{thoughtful, successful, wasteful, wonderful, skillful, plentiful, government, amusement, predicament, excitement, punishment, arrangement, fearless, careless, worthless, thoughtless, useless, reckless, environment, complement}

^{Alternate List}

^{thoughtful, skillful, fearless, careless, useless, reckless, wonderful, wasteful, successful, helpful}

^{Challenge Words}

^{Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, weird, Wednesday, container, certificate}

^{Learning the States}

^Capitals:

^{Alabama- Montgomery}

^{Mississippi- Jackson}

^{Louisiana- Baton Rouge}

^{Arkansas- Little Rock}

^{Tennessee- Nashville}

^{Kentucky- Frankfort}

^Nicknames:

^{Alabama- “The Yellowhammer State”}

^{Mississippi- “The Magnolia State”}

^{Louisiana- “The Pelican State”}

^{Arkansas- “The Wonder State”}

^{Kentucky- “The Blue Grass State”}

^{Tennessee- “The Volunteer State”}

^{Math Tutoring}

^{Tutoring this week will be on Tuesday at 3:30 and Thursday at 3:30 p.m.  The focus will be on adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.}

^{Have a great week.}

^{Contact Information:}

^{steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

^{Home Phone:  586-3095}

^{School Phone: 686-2840}

^{Have a Great Week!}

Newsletter Feb. 2nd-6th

^{Dads and Donuts}

^{We will be having the annual Dads and Donuts activity this Friday morning before school starts.  Any father, uncle, grandpa, brother, etc. is invited to attend with a student on this day.  The activity will be held in the gym.}

^{Congratulations to Kate and Peyton from our class.  They both were involved in the Lego Legends Robotics Team that competed in Salt Lake City over the weekend.  They, along with a handful of others from our school spent hours in preparation for this event.  We appreciate their dedication and hard work.  They represented East Elementary very well in this competition.}

^{Hayden Quarnberg won our Super Bowl contest by predicting the winner and final score.  He wins a free bathroom pass and tickets to next Super Bowl that the Cleveland Browns will participate in the future.}

^{Spelling Words}

 

^{Words with suffixes (ness, ist, ant, ly, er, or, ar)}

^{kindness, darkness, happiness, loneliness, sadness, weakness, exactly, honestly, speedily, angrily, happily friendly, especially, teacher, actor, liar, biologist, assistant, especially, merely}

^{Alternate List}

^{kindness, happiness, exactly, happily, friendly, teacher, actor, liar, especially, angrily}

^{Challenge Words}

^{tentatively, successor, preposterous, nonchalant, fascinate, vacuum, description, believable, villain, bureau}

^{Thank you for attending our Curriculum Night.  Our students are always very excited and proud when their parents come and see what they are doing in school.  Thanks for taking the time and visiting us.}

^{Learning the States}

^{This week we will be learning more of the  Southeastern States}

^Capitals:

^{Alabama- Montgomery}

^{Mississippi- Jackson}

^{Louisiana- Baton Rouge}

^{Arkansas- Little Rock}

^{Tennessee- Nashville}

^{Kentucky- Frankfort}

^Nicknames:

^{Alabama- “The Yellowhammer State”}

^{Mississippi- “The Magnolia State”}

^{Louisiana- “The Pelican State”}

^{Arkansas- “The Wonder State”}

^{Kentucky- “The Blue Grass State”}

^{Tennessee- “The Volunteer State”}

^{Math Tutoring}

^{Tutoring this week will be on Tuesday at 3:30 and Thursday at 3:30 p.m.  We will be focusing on the division of decimals.  The tutoring this week is designed for those that want to improve their understanding and test results for Chapter 5.}

^Homework

^{The homework this week will be completion of their daily math assignments and studying for the Spelling Bee.}

^{Contact Information:}

^{steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

^{Home Phone:  586-3095}

^{School Phone: 686-2840}

^{Have a Great Week!}

January 26-30th Newsletter

^{Spelling Words}

^{Words with ie and ei}

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

^{Alternate List}

^{tried, weigh, piece, their, neither, field, trying, writing, tired, friend}

^{Challenge Words}

^{mispronounce, transient, previous, obstinate, oblige, gouge, fatigue, vigorously, triumphant}

^{Learning the States}

^{This week we will be learning the}

^{Southeastern States}

^Capitals:

^{West Virginia- Charleston}

^{Virginia- Richmond}

^{North Carolina- Raleigh}

^{South Carolina- Columbia}

^{Georgia- Atlanta}

^{Florida- Tallahassee}

^Nicknames:

^{West Virginia- The Mountain State}

^{Virginia- The Old Dominion State}

^{North Carolina- The Tar Heel State}

^{South Carolina- The Palmetto State}

^{Florida- The Sunshine State}

^{Georgia- The Peach State}

 ^{(The test will be on Friday)}

^{Math Tutoring}

^{Tutoring this week will be on Tuesday at 3:30 and Thursday at 3:30 p.m.  We will be focusing on the division of decimals.  The tutoring this week is designed for those that want to improve their understanding and test results for Chapter 5.}

^{Curriculum this week.}

^{Math- Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.}

^{Language/Writing/Reading}

^{Utah Compose Writing, Language Mechanics, and Paragraph Development.}

^{Science- Heredity/Review Matter, SAGE Interim Test}

^{Social Studies- The American Revolution, South Eastern States Geography}

^{Multicultural Night  Thursday Night 6-7}

^{Multicultural Night / Curriculum Night will be held on January 29th.  It is an evening that you can learn about new cultures and countries from people who have either lived or been there.  We are also inviting you to come to the classrooms to see what things your child has been learning in school.}

^{Spelling Bee}

^{The District Spelling Bee will be held on February 26th at East Elementary.  We will hold a classroom competition on on February 6th and the school  competition on February 12th to determine who will qualify to compete in the district competition.  The spelling list and rules are on our East Elementary website.  There is a link on the left side of the page.  We encourage everyone to participate.}

^{Contact Information:}

^{steve.greenhalgh@ironmail.org}

^{Home Phone:  586-3095}

^{School Phone: 686-2840}

^{Grade Reports}

^{Thank you for signing the slip that acknowledged that you had an opportunity to view your child’s grades.  If you have any questions or concerns feel free to call or email me.}

^{Have a Great Week!}