Hello Lincoln Families,
I hope everyone had an enjoyable break! There are some important dates below. This month we are focusing on reading and math NWEA as well as assessing spelling, reading, writing, and math in the classroom. As a result, students will be adjusting their learning goals. This will be great data since we have about two months before conferences and the next report card. In addition, it is beneficial to have students in school during this period. Please consider making appointments after 3:00 on school days and having your child in school when they are not sick. Students are missing critical instruction each day when they are not in school. It's difficult to make that up except at recess which many students don't like having to do. Thank you for your consideration and support.
Mark your calendars! Our annual ice skating field trip at Howard Ice Arena is on January 18th. We will leave Lincoln at 9:40 and walk over. We skate from 10-10:35. You are more than welcome to join us during this time! You can walk over with us or meet us at the arena. It's very helpful to have adults helping tie the skates:)
Important Dates
Late Start: 1/10, 1/24, 1/31
SCHOOL RESUMES: 1/8
No School Teacher In-Sevice: 1/15
NWEA: 1/17 & 1/23
4TH GRADE ICE SKATING: 1/18
In the classroom: I encourage you to ask your child what's going on in the classroom. For example, What EBLI strategy are you learning? How do you add fractions?
Reading: Our reading strategy focus will be looking for the main idea of non-fiction and fiction passages and books using EBLI strategies. I am working on what reading strategies and goals each student needs. These strategies are intended to be added to their "reading tool kit". These mini-lessons are used as a focus for many reading strategies. It's possible to use more than one reading strategy at a time. These strategies cover comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expanding vocabulary. What is EBLI?
We are currently reading aloud and in small groups, Harriet Tubman, Conductor on the Underground Railroad. This is a true story explaining her bravery and overcoming every obstacle. We focus on vocabulary, spelling, writing main idea summaries, and comprehension questions. We are also reading Towers Falling. This a historical fiction story based on the character Deja who learns about who she is and what happened on September 11, 2001. We focus on vocabulary, spelling, writing summaries, and comprehension questions. Students continue to do their at-home reading. When they are finished with the bookmark, they need to write a main idea summary as well as a theme if the book is non-fiction.
Math: Unit 4
Unit Goals
- Students read, write and compare numbers in decimal notation. They also extend place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers and add and subtract within 1,000,000.
Section A Goals
- Represent, compare, and order decimals to the hundredths by reasoning about their size.
- Write tenths and hundredths in decimal notation.
Section B Goals
- Read, represent, and describe the relative magnitude of multi-digit whole numbers up to 1 million.
- Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, the value of a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right.
Section C Goals
- Compare, order, and round multi-digit whole numbers within 1,000,000.
Section D Goals
- Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.
Math Units below
- Factors and Multiples
- Fraction Equivalence and Comparison
- Extending Operations to Fractions
- From Hundredths to Hundred-thousands
- Multiplicative Comparison and Measurement
- Multiplying and Dividing Multi-digit Numbers
- Angles and Angle Measurement
Science: Our next science unit is Waves of Sound. This will begin sometime in January.
Social Studies: Unit 2
In this unit, students explore the United States through the social studies discipline of geography. In exploring the United States in spatial terms, students first consider the location of the United States. They learn about and use a variety of geographic tools such as maps, globes, and satellite images to answer the question “Where is the United States?” Next, students examine the concept of place relative to the United States. They use songs, stories, photographs, and aerial images to investigate the question, “What is it like there?” and to describe significant physical and human characteristics. Students also use the concept of regions to compare sections of the United States. They build on their understanding that regions are defined by common characteristics and explore ways in which the United States can be divided into regions. Students then compare a region to which Michigan belongs with other regions in the United States using special purpose maps.
The Positivity Project focus this week is Love of Learning.
Be sure to add it to your calendar the party dates!
Winter Party--December 22
Kindness Party--February 14
Party Dates:
Fall Party--October 31
Winter Party--December 22
Kindness Party--February 14
Weekly Specials Schedule
Lunch: 1:10-1:35 Lunch Recess: 1:35-2:00
A.M. Recess: 10:05-10:20 every day
P.M. Recess: 3:15-3:30 every day
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