WEEK OF VALENTINES AND PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

MONDAY-HaPpY VALENTINES DAY!! We will have a Valentines Day Tea at 1:00. At 1:30 we will present our Valentine Poetry. After, we will pass out our Valentines to the class.

WEDNESDAY-Conferences begin at 2:40. I'll see you there.

THURSDAY-1/2 Day-Mr. Briggs from Mt. Logan Middle School will come at 10:00 to visit with the students regarding band at MLMS.
Parent Teacher Conferences from 12:30-7:30.

FRIDAY-NO SCHOOL

Please sign up for conferences!

Conferences are February 16th & 17th
Please remember to sign up for your child's conference time on the Bridger Blog.

Click the Bridger Tab
When you get to the Bridger site -click ON LINE CONFERENCE SCHEDULER
You will see Bridger Elementary- Click GO
Enter the school Password- BEARS then click login
Enter Students ID- Lunch Number (If you do not know their lunch number you can look it up.)

If you have a problem scheduling you can call the school or call me and I will be glad to add you on the schedule.
Thanks,

Mrs. Farmer
435-770-5853

January 31-February 5th

Congratulations to Sara, Aurora, and Adrian our spelling bee Winners!! Good Luck during the school spelling bee!

Conference Scheduling-Notes and instructions will be sent home on Monday. You will be able to choose your times from January 31-February 9th. The earlier you choose, the more choices you will have. If you need to e-mail me about a time please do! jlovetoteach@gmail.com. or Jan.Farmer@loganschools.org

Math-We just tested on our fractions unit and will continue adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions with unlike denominators in March. This week we will be learning about integers (negative numbers) graphing coordinate numbers, and graphs.

Math Club-I have seen a lot of improvement with those students who attend our math club consistently. They are getting an extra dose of everything we are learning in class. We also work on number sense activities and games.

Homework-Parents, you are the key to your child's success. Please continue to ask your child about their homework and reading. Please make sure they are getting it finished every night.

Friday-Friday is a half day of school. We will dismiss at 12:00.

Week of January 24-31

Parent Teacher Conferences-On Friday you will be able to plan and schedule your children's conferences on the internet. I will post the information and send a note home as soon as it is available.

Science-This week we will start studying magnets. Then we will move on to electricity.

Objective 1 Investigate and compare the behavior of magnetism using magnets.
Objective 2 Describe how the magnetic field of Earth and a magnet are similar.


Spelling Bee-Our Bridger spelling bee will begin this week. Please practice the words. All the words are listed under the spelling bee tab. Three students from each class will move on to the district spelling bee.

Our book project went very well! We had a great time making our books this week! Thank you Marie Eccles Caine Foundation for providing this free service.


Monday-New reading groups begin.

Thursday-Field Trip (Scrap Arts Music) Ellen Eccles Theater. We will leave Bridger at 9:15 and return at 11:15 a.m.

WEEK OF JANUARY 17-21

CONGRATULATIONS! Every one of you graduated from NOVA!!

Monday-No School (Martin Luther King Day)
Tuesday-Start Tall Tales Unit
Wednesday-Dibels Testing
Thursday-Book Lady will teach how to make books 12:30-2:30
Friday-Book Lady 12:30-2:30
Social Studies and Science will be taught during Guided Reading this week.

Don't Forget to READ!!!

WEEK OF JANUARY 10-14TH

Congratulations to those students who are meeting their reading goal of 300 pages per month. Students who read 2400 pages by May will participate in a 5th grade celebration! Last year we took the students to the Logan Aquatic Center! The only way to become a stronger reader is to READ, READ, READ!

Monday-We will continue working on Fractions this week. We will also edit our Haikus.
Physical/Chemical Reaction Experiments due during Science. (Mrs. Farmer's Class)

Tuesday- Physical/Chemical Reaction Experiments due during Science. (Mrs. Stewart's Class)

Friday-Nova Graduation-1:00 in the Gym
Parents please come watch your child graduate from N.O.V.A.

Wow!! I can't believe Winter break is almost over!! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

This week we will be getting our division tests back and begin understanding and learning about fractions.

Friday-Maturation Program (I sent a paper home today with information)
Parent Workshop 12:00-1:00
Boys 1:00-2:00
Girls 1:00-2:30
Please remember to sign the consent form and return to school.


Science-Start thinking about your Science experiment. Remember you can choose a Physical or Chemical Reaction to demonstrate.

Physical Reaction-No new substance is formed. Example-ripping paper, freezing water, breaking pencil, etc.
Chemical Reaction-A New substance is formed. New solid, liquid, or gas. Change in energy (temperature), or unexpected color change. Example-baking soda and vinegar to make gas, rusting chain, baking food (changes from a solid to a liquid and temperature change).
more info: http://schools.bcsd.com/fremont/5th_sci_matter_physical_changes.htm

The internet is a great resource for ideas:
http://www.kids-science-experiments.com/cat_reaction.html
http://www.ehow.com/way_5438423_elementary-science-projects-chemical-change.html



See you all Monday ready to learn!!

Have a Wonderful Winter Vacation!!

Have a Merry Christmas!!
Mr. Farmer also wishes you a Merry Christmas!!

Congratulations to those students who attended honor day by having all their assignments turned in!!

Please don't forget to read every night over the break!! If you record your reading, minutes read, and write 1 strategy you used each day....you will receive 100 dollars in classroom dollars and a free $4.00 book from Scholastic!! Please have your parent sign.
I hope you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Love,
Mrs. Farmer

This week will be very busy!! Here is our schedule for the week:

Monday-Bio Poems due for Social Studies
1:45 Christmas performance for grades K-1st and 2nd grades in gym.

Tuesday- 1:45 Christmas performance for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades in gym. Please come!!

Wednesday-1:45 Orchestra Christmas Concert in the gym

Thursday-9:00 Reaction Time-A scientist from Discovery Center in SLC will present exciting experiments showing physical and chemical changes. Then the students will participate in hands on experiments.

Friday-Unit 3 Math Test-Extra Practice? Go to Math Tab on blog- IA site-Division
Christmas Poetry Presentations-(We will practice all week to improve our fluency.)
Honor Day-All students who have zero missing assignments.
Class store/gift exchange (the class will vote Monday if they want this exchange)
The students usually buy a $1-$2 gift to exchange.
Caroling in gym end of day.