Government Study Guide

Test on Thursday, February 25^th

*The six purposes of government are:  to keep people safe, to make and enforce laws, to help solve problems, to protect individual rights, to look out for the common good, and to provide services.

*Building and fixing roads is an example of providing services.

*The common good means people work together for the benefit of everyone.

*The state government keeps citizens safe by providing a state police force.

*People in a representative government elect leaders to make laws and decisions for them.

*The people hold the power in a republic.

*Our state representatives and senators represent the citizens of Michigan in our state government.

*Each local government makes its own laws for each county or city.

*If you want to build a fence in your own yard, your local government will tell you where/how to build it.

*The state government takes care of our state parks.

*Michigan’s three branches of government are:  legislative, executive, and judicial

*The judicial branch interprets laws and decides if they have been broken.

*The leader of the state executive branch is the governor.

*The courts interpret the laws, which mean they decide what the laws mean.

*The state courts help to end conflicts between citizens by deciding when laws have been broken.

*One important job that ALL citizens have is to serve on a jury.

*The state of Michigan has a constitution to list rules for making state laws.

*Al list of rights for the people of Michigan can be found in Michigan’s constitution.

*Limited government means the government can only do what the people give it the power to do.

Spelling words (homophones):  aunt, ant, blew, blue, eight, ate, waste, waist, past, passed

No academic words

Congratulations to Hussein and Noor for completing all of their 3 minute tests for multiplication and division and joining the “Math Wizards Club”.

Snow School Science Fair Night is this Thursday, February 25th from 5:30-6:30 p.m.  Come see all of the students’ amazing projects and join us for cookies and cocoa.

This coming Friday, February 26th is our third grade field trip to Cranbrook.  Please make sure to send a packed lunch to school with your child.

There will be a Unit 6 Math Test this Tuesday and a Government S.S. Test this Thursday.  Study Guides for both tests were sent home last Friday.

Calling all Bakers!

We need baked goods for our Family Science Night. If you are able to donate a baked good, please drop it off on the cart located outside of the office on Thursday, February 25th. PTA will be selling sweet treats, hot cocoa and coffee for families to enjoy as they explore the great science happenings at Snow Elementary!

Thank you for your cooperation!
Snow PTA

Spelling words (/nk/, /sk/, and /mp/):  pink, desk, camper, ankle, jump

Academic words:  fraction, root, stem, leaves, state

Thank you to all of the students who brought in Valentine’s cards and/or candy to pass out last Thursday. Thank you to the families who gave me Valentine’s gifts as well:)

Thank you to the following families who donated items for our Valentine’s Day Party:  the Kerr family, the Eddy family, the Jordan family, the Hnatiuk family, the Miller family, the Nayeb family.  The students enjoyed all of the delicious treats.

Congratulations to Ben and Luke J. for completing all of the 3 minute tests for multiplication and division.  They are the first members of our “Math Wizards Club”.

Due to the shortened week, there will NOT be a Reading Bag sent home this week.  Students should continue to read at least 15-20 minutes each day.

Dear Families,

3rd grade experiments are due Tuesday, February 16th.  Students will be presenting their experiments to their classmates during the week.

Please let me know if you need another copy of the guidelines or if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Mrs. Grizzell

grizzed@dearbornschools.org

*Copies can be found on Ms. Shene’s blog page.

Spelling words (/wr/ and /kn/ patterns):  write, wrist, wreck, knife, know

Holiday words:  Valentine, love, heart, candy, friend

Thank you to those families that have already signed up to donate items for our Valentine’s party.  We still have a few items left that need to be brought in.  Please stop by and sign up on the sheet outside of our classroom if you can bring in something for the party.  Students may bring in Valentine’s cards and/or candy to pass out to friends on Thursday.

Reminder that this Wednesday, February 10th is a Late Start day.

All Science Fair Projects are due on Tuesday, February 16th.  Students will share their projects to the class during Science in Mrs. Grizzell’s room.  Projects will be graded based on the rubric sent home in the packet.  Science Fair Night is scheduled for February 25th.  More information will be coming home soon.

Report cards for the 2nd card marking were sent home last Friday along with your child’s scores on the most recent NWEA.  Please review the information with your child.  Families are encouraged to visit the Dearborn Schools website to find links to websites that relate to your child’s NWEA RIT score to help them study at home.

There is no school Friday, February 12th and Monday, February 15th due to the district’s Mid-Winter Break.  Therefore, all Reading Bags will be due on Tuesday, February 16th.

Thursday, February 4th is the PBIS party for December and January.  Students had to have 4 or fewer card flips in the months of December and January total to be invited to the PBIS party.  Those who earned the party will be doing yoga in the gym from 10:30-11:00 a.m.  Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a towel or mat to stand on.  Those who had more than 4 card flips will be going to the “re-think” room to discuss how to improve their behavior.

Our class finally filled the Marble Jar!!!  Therefore, they have earned a Marble Jar Party.  I will be providing pizza and pop to the class this Friday afternoon and we will watch a movie to celebrate filling the Marble Jar.  The students have done a great job so far this year!  Keep up the good work!

Friday, February 5th is Book Bingo.  Doors to the cafeteria will open at 6:15 p.m. and bingo will start at 6:30 p.m.  The cost is $3.00 for 4 bingo cards.  It is a Valentine’s themed bingo, so feel free to wear red or pink.  Pizza and baked goods will be sold during bingo.  The PTA has asked that any baked good donations be dropped off on the rack that will be set up outside the office from morning until 6:00 p.m.

Spelling words (/scr/, /thr/, /shr/, /spr/):  scroll, throw, shrank, spring, sprain

Academic words:  hundreds, thousands, millions, government, eardrum

Reminder that the permission slip and money ($15.00) for our Field Trip to Cranbrook is due this coming Friday, February 5th.  Due to limited space in the science classrooms, chaperones will not be needed on this field trip.

Breakfast will no longer be served in the classroom starting February 1st.  Students may go to the cafeteria for breakfast between 8:15-8:30 in the morning.

There is a PTA meeting this coming Thursday, February 4th.

There will be a sign up sheet for our classroom Valentine’s day party outside our classroom.  The party will be Thursday, February 11th around 2:15 p.m.  Students may send in Valentine cards and/or candy to pass out to classmates.  A list of students’ names will be sent home this week.

Please make sure your child is completing their Reading Bag and turning it in on time every Monday.