There is a change in the lunch menu for Friday, February 28.   First choice will be nachos and cheese, not macaroni and cheese.   Second choice is the same, peanut butter and jelly.

care
stare
fare
dare
bare
degree
opinion
informational
government
laws

pink
ankle
ask
camper
jumper
line segment
symmetry
angle
parallel
intersecting

scroll
throw
shrank
spring
sprain
thousands
millions
decimal
ordinance
speed

drum
frying
price
train
track
factor

hundreds

immigrant

weight

friction

I am sending home January and February book orders today.  If you want to order, they are due on Tuesday.  If you choose to order online, you may go to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs   the class code for ordering online is H3FPF.

Monday’s lunch will be first choice- macaroni and cheese, second choice – cheese pocket.

The spelling words for this week are:

product
estimate
gravity
distance
pioneer
grapes
broom
cried
grow
braid

Dear Parents,
In writing, we are beginning a unit on informational writing. Students will write a report on a state. Each student was given a state to find information on. Students need to find information on their state. They will be bringing home a packet that they need to fill out about their state. Along with filling out this packet, they can also bring in information that they printed from the internet. Today they are also bringing home a library book about their state to help them with research.
Some things the students need to find out about their state:

Where their state is located- What other states border their state? Do any countries border this state? Do any oceans or Great Lakes border their state?

Nature- What landforms does this state have? What are some of this state’s natural resources? What types of animals live in your state?

Businesses- Does this state have any important businesses? What products does this state produce?

Other Facts- State bird, state flower, population of your state, tourist attractions in your state, the year it became a state, state capital.

Fun Facts– Anything you find interesting about your state. This could be things like special foods from your state, famous people from the state, and universities in this state.

Students can use the library books they brought home, books from the public library, or information they found on the internet.

Here are a few sites about states that may be useful:

https://kids.usa.gov/learn-about-the-states/

https://www.census.gov/schools/facts/

https://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/

https://www.factmonster.com/states.html

Students need to return this information on Monday, January 6.
The more information they find about their state now, the easier it will be for them to write their reports when we return in January!

Thank you for your help!