Late Starts:  12/14, 12/21

Dress-up days: 12/9 (Elf day) 12/16 (Grinch day)

Ice Skating at Howard Ice Arena: 12/16 (9:55 a.m.) Parents can meet us at the rink. We will need lots of help tying skates! Thanks!

Winter Class Party: 12/22 *Special note: Committee is sending in party items no parents needed to come in thank you:)

Party Dates:

Winter Party--December 22

Kindness Party--February 14

Party Volunteers who have signed up! Click Here

Reading:   Our reading strategy focus will be looking for the main idea of non-fiction passages including "text features" . Using the data from the Fountas & Pinnell reading assessments, NWEA, and conferring conferences, we are 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.

Writing:  We will begin lessons on persuasive writing.

Math: Unit 4: 23 lessons. 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.

Learning Narrative Video Unit 4

Home Connection: Family Support Video for Unit 4

Family Support Material

      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: We concluded our science unit on the Birth of Rocks. The test was on Friday.

Birth of Rocks (click here)

Social Studies: We will begin the United States in Spatial terms.

The United States in Spatial Terms

Positivity Project focus this week is "Prudence"

                                                                Fall Volunteer Form

                                Winter Volunteer Form

           Kindness Party Volunteer Form

Be sure to add to your calendar the party dates!

Fall Party--October 31

Winter Party--December 22

Kindness Party--February 14

Getting to Know You Google Form

(click on the link)

Safety Patrol Parent Permission Form

Back-to-School Night Presentation

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 everyday snacks. This avoids spilling on our school devices, furniture, etc. These snacks work better in the lunchroom. Thank you for your understanding. 

Birthdays

We love to celebrate birthdays! For students who would like to celebrate their 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! 

Weekly Specials Schedule

Lunch: 1-1:25 Lunch Recess: 1:25-1:50

A.M. Recess: 11:20-11:40 every day

P.M. Recess: 3:00-3:15 every day

Monday P.E.

Tuesday Music

Wednesday  No Specials

Thursday Media Center

Friday    Art

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

Late start days are just one hour later for all morning procedures.

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.

Renee Abbott

Fourth Grade Teacher

Lincoln Elementary School

1102 Orchard Ave.

St. Joseph, MI 49085