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Hello Lincoln Families,

Please click this link for the Lansing field trip information!

Sarett Field Trip: We will be going to Sarett Nature Center on Thursday, April 27th from 10:30-12:00. We will have a snack at school before we go and will be back in time for lunch. Students will explore the 4 different ecosystems that we have in Michigan. Everybody needs to dress for the weather and hiking. Parents are welcome to meet us there and join our hike!

Also, our class earned an "extra recess"! We had 100% participation in the Student-Led Conferences!  The students want to bring in bikes, skateboards, or sporting equipment. I am waiting for the spring weather to be more consistent before I set the date. 

Have a great week!

Late Starts: 4/19, 4/26, Every Wednesday in May!

No Late Start: 4/12

Sarett Nature Center: 4/27

Lansing Trip: May 4th

Track Meet: 5/12 (rain date 5/19)

Academic Agenda

Reading:  The new learning focus will be text structures, including time order, compare and contrast, & cause and effect in a text.  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: Students are practicing revising strategies including using "million dollar" words, & "FANBOYS"  in their creative writing. Also,  we have begun research on a historical event that reflects our Social Studies and writing curriculum. The events include Underground Railroad, The Great Migration, Ellis Island (Immigration) Dust Bowl, and the Orphan Train. Ask your child what event they picked! After students collect the research they will write an informational essay. 

Math:  Unit 6:  Multiplying and Dividing Multi-digit Numbers

Unit 6 Launch Video

Unit 6 Family Support Video

Unit 6 Family Support Materials


Family Support Video Unit 5

Family Support Material

Family Support Material (PDF)


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:  I have decided to wait on the last Science unit. We will begin after we have finished our government unit. In this unit, students explore energy! Students investigate how energy is stored, how it can make objects move, and how collisions transfer energy between objects. Students also construct devices that convert energy from one form into another, such as heat into motion and electricity into light.

Social Studies: We have begun researching a historical event that reflects our Social Studies and writing curriculum.  This includes writing an informational essay from the research. The events include Underground Railroad, The Great Migration, Ellis Island (Immigration) Dust Bowl, and the Orphan Train. We have also begun the "Our Federal Government" unit this week. This will help prepare students for vocabulary and background knowledge before our Lansing trip!

Our Federal Government

Human Geography

The United States in Spatial Terms


The Positivity Project focus this week is "Cheering Others' Successes".







       

(click on the link)





Snacks in the Classroom

Please ensure 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. 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







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