Monday, January 11, 2010

3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Newsletter

Geography and Spelling Bees
The Geography Bee is Friday! All 4th-8th graders are required to participate in the Geography Bee. There are practice quizzes online at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/

The Spelling Bee is January 29th. All 3rd-8th graders are required to participate in the Spelling Bee. This month, for spelling words, students will have words from the official Spelling Bee list that will be used during our school bee.

Science
We have a field trip to the Crane Flats on Friday morning to collect data! We will be collecting data from one of the ditches that drains the Crane Flats.

PE (Climbing Wall)
This Thursday Van Swanson will teach our class basic climbing skills in the gym on the climbing wall. Please read over the release form in the Red Folder and sign it to give your permission for your child to participate. If you have any questions about this please do not hesitate to ask.

Goldilocks and The Three Bears
The K-5 will be performing Goldilocks and The Three Bears on February 26th at 7pm! In today’s Red Folder there is a CD with all of the songs that we will be learning for the play. There is one CD per family.

Paragraph a Week
The paragraph of the week assignment this week is, “I Have a Dream Too.”

Words of the Week: adamant, forensics, comatose, litigation (These are some words from the songs we are learning for Goldilocks and The Three Bears!)

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