Hello Lincoln Families,

Tomorrow is Field Day! Field Day will begin at 12:30 for the 4th grade and ends at 2:50. It is supposed to be a little cooler tomorrow. I encourage you to make sure your child has a water bottle and wears comfortable clothing for all physical activities. If your child could bring a beach towel or small blanket because we are eating outside. Lunch will be hot dogs, chips, and fruit which is provided by PTO. I was not called for jury duty tomorrow and am so glad I get to go!

As we are wrapping up our school year, I would to take a moment to thank all of you for the support you have given to our classroom and me. It has been an outstanding year of growth in academic learning and social-emotional goals. Thank you for the many class donations, and volunteering! I couldn't feel more proud and privileged to have been a part of your child's 4th-grade journey. I hope all of you have a terrific summer!

Important Dates:

Lincoln Field Day: 6/5

Last Day of School: 6/9

Academic Agenda

Reading:  The new learning focus will be text structures, including time order, compare and contrast, & cause and effect in a text.  We have also been analyzing poetry. Ask your child what new poems we have read! 

* (Continuous) 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 have been working on their historical events and essay! This is an integration of the  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:  We took the unit 7 test last week, and will begin unit 8. This section prompts students to consider different ways of looking at two-dimensional shapes: by the number of sides, length of sides, size of angles, presence of parallel or perpendicular lines, and symmetry. Students examine these attributes in shapes, classify the shapes by the attributes, and explain their classifications. For example, they identify quadrilaterals as parallelograms if they have two pairs of parallel sides, as squares if they have four equal sides and four right angles, and so on. 

Unit 8: In studying symmetry, students characterize shapes based on whether they can be folded into two equal halves that match up exactly, draw lines of symmetry, and complete drawings of figures that are halved by a line of symmetry.

Unit 7 Launch Video

Unit 7 Family Support

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:   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:  Social Studies and writing curriculum will be integrated. This research and essay writing will take several weeks to conclude. 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 will help prepare students for vocabulary and background knowledge before our Lansing trip!

Our Federal Government

Human Geography

The United States in Spatial Terms

       

Getting to Know You Google Form

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Safety Patrol Parent Permission Form

Back-to-School Night Presentation

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