Hello Lincoln Families,

Lansing Parent Note:

Please click this link for the Lansing trip and chaperone information. There is a lot of information. Please read carefully:) Here is the snack sign-up sheet for the Lansing trip as well. Snacks must be the exact brand name and flavor as the signup. They also need to be individually wrapped. Please have the chaperone form completed by March 29th and the snacks turned in by April 11th. Thank you for your help!

Please sign and return the blue permission slip for the Health Program on March 28th. 

Make sure to scroll down below the "important dates". I have added all the testing dates for the M-Step and NWEA that begin in April. 

Important Dates

 Late Start:  All Wednesdays in March

Field Trip to Planetarium: 3/19 from 9:30-10:30 (No chaperones needed)

Calling All Colors: March 26th

Health Presentation: March 28th (Turn in blue permission slip:)

Spring Break: March 29th

School Resumes: April 8th

Lansing Trip - April 15 (Parent Chaperones needed news letter link above)

4th Grade Music Performance - April 24th at the high school: at 5:00

Sarett - May 3 -12:30-2:00 (Parent Chaperones needed)

Testing Information 

(All testing will be in the morning)

M-Step Test Prep: Week April 8th-12th

M-Step ELA: April 17th & 18th 

M-Step Math: April 22nd & 23rd

NWEA Reading: May 7th & 8th

NWEA Math: May 14th & 16th

Relationship Skills Lesson 1 from Mrs. V

Social Awareness Idea #4 from Ms. Von Behren

Social Awareness Link from Ms. Von Behren

Social Awareness

Self-Management Link from Ms. Von Behren

In the classroom: students will research and write an informational essay on a historical event. I encourage you to ask your child which historical event they are learning about.

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?

Math:  Unit 6: Students multiply and divide multi-digit whole numbers using partial products and partial quotients strategies, and apply this understanding to solve multi-step problems using the four operations.

Unit 6: Home Support Video Link

Math materials

Math Units below

1. Factors and Multiples
2. Fraction Equivalence and Comparison
3. Extending Operations to Fractions
4. From Hundredths to Hundred-thousands
5. Multiplicative Comparison and Measurement
6. Multiplying and Dividing Multi-digit Numbers
7. Angles and Angle Measurement

Science: Energizing Everything will be our last science unit. We will begin after spring break.

Social Studies: Our Federal Government will be our next unit. This will begin after spring break. Currently, we are integrating social studies, research, and informational 5-paragraph (with thesis) essay writing and reading (EBLI too:) This is a long process for nine and ten-year-olds. I encourage you to ask your child what historical event they are researching and any interesting information they have found so far!

Unit 3 Human Geography in the United States. In this unit, students explore the United States through the lens of human geography, focusing on the themes of movement and human/environment interaction. Using literature and primary sources, they study the push and pull factors of migration and the influence of migration on culture within the United States. Through historical and current examples, students explore ways people have used, adapted to, and modified various environments in the U.S. They deepen their understanding of human-environment interactions by assessing the positive and negative effects of human activities on the physical environment. Returning to historical examples, students explore ways in which geography can be used to interpret history. Finally, students will research and write an informational essay on a historical event. 

The Positivity Project focus this week is Social Intelligence.

Snacks in the Classroom

Please make sure that everyday snacks are quick and easy for your child to handle. For example please no yogurt, pudding, uncut fruit, or messy items for daily snacks, including sandwiches. This avoids spilling on school devices, furniture, new carpet, etc. These food items work better in the lunchroom. Because the 4th grade has a fast-paced curriculum, snack time is a quick break, not a meal. Thank you for your understanding. 

Birthdays

We love to celebrate birthdays! For students who would like to celebrate birthdays in our class please bring in non-food items, for example instead of cupcakes maybe pencils. Sometimes parents put together little gift bags. These are just ideas. There is no obligation to send anything! 

Welcome to 4th Grade Letter

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

Monday Art

Tuesday Music

Wednesday  No Specials

Thursday P.E.

Friday    Media Center

ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL

8:10 Drop-Off Begins: Students can go to the playground or enter the building for breakfast

Supervision will be available on the playground.

8:23 Bell Rings for students to begin to enter the building.

8:25 Bell Rings: Teachers should be outside their

doors to monitor the hallway and greet students as they enter the room

8:30 Tardy Bell Rings

3:50 Dismissal

*Students who will be eating breakfast may enter the gymnasium door anytime after 8:10 to enjoy breakfast in the cafeteria.

*Late Start Wednesdays:

Supervision for Late Starts will begin at 8:10 at Lincoln Elementary School.

Arrival time and tardy bell delayed one hour 9:25/9:30

*Half-day dismissal is at 12:09 p.m.

*Shuttle riders should head outside at 3:30 on full days and 11:55 on half days.

Pick up & Drop off Procedures

Renee Abbott

Fourth Grade Teacher

Lincoln Elementary School

1102 Orchard Ave.

St. Joseph, MI 49085