Important Dates

 Late Start: 1/8, 1/22, 1/29

School Resumes: 1/6

Ice Skating: 1/14: 

Depart Lincoln 8:40

Arrive at rink 8:55

Leave ice 9:35

Arrive at school at 10:00

NWEA testing window: ELA 1/15 & 1/16; Math 1/21 & 1/22

In the Classroom:

Please ask your child what they are learning in our classroom.

Reading: In Unit 2, students continue to build expertise about their animal and its defense mechanisms, writing the first part of the final performance task—an informative piece describing their animal’s physical characteristics, habitat, predators, and defense mechanisms. With their new knowledge about animal defenses from Unit 1, students read informational texts closely, using the same research notebook to synthesize information about their animals. In Unit 3, students apply their research from Units 1 and 2 to write a narrative piece about their animal that incorporates their research. This narrative takes the format of a choose-your-own-adventure. For their performance task, students plan, draft, and revise the introduction and one choice ending of the narrative with the support of both peer and teacher feedback. The second choice ending is planned, written, and revised on demand for the end-of-unit assessment. 

Math: Students read, write, and compare numbers in decimal notation. They also extend their understanding of place value for multi-digit whole numbers and add and subtract within 1,000,000. Here is a home connection video.

Social Studies: Students had their assessments on "What do democratic values teach us about who we hope to be?".  Next, we will focus on science, "The Human Machine". Once we finish the science unit, we will go to the next unit in Social Studies. Students will learn about the history of the Underground Railroad in Unit 2, the history of the automobile industry and the labor movement in Unit 3, and the public issue of water in Michigan in Unit 4.

Science: In this unit, "The Human Machine",  students investigate the structures and functions of the human body. Students explore how our bones and muscles are interconnected, how our eyes interact with light and impact our vision, and how our brain responds to environmental stimuli. 

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Snacks in the Classroom

Please ensure that everyday snacks are quick and easy for your child to handle. For example, please do not use yogurt, pudding, uncut fruit, or messy items for daily snacks. This avoids spilling on school devices, furniture, new carpet, etc. These snacks work better in the lunchroom. Thank you for your understanding. 

Birthdays

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

Class Party Information: Complete the Google Forms below to volunteer and organize classroom parties (click on the title/link). Thank you for your consideration! 

Kindness Party Volunteer Form

Be sure to add the party dates to your calendar!

Kindness Party--February 14

Back-to-School Night Slide Presentation 

(To click on the links in the presentation, it can't be in present mode:)

Weekly Specials Schedule

Lunch: 11:30-11:55 Lunch Recess: 11:55-12:20

A.M. Recess: 10:45-10:55 every day

P.M. Recess: 3:15-3:30 every day

Monday Art

Tuesday Music

Wednesday P.E.

Thursday  No Specials

Friday    Media Center

Arrival & Dismissal Video from Mrs. Knuth 

Getting to Know You Google Form

(Click on the link)

Welcome to 4th Grade Letter (Click Link)

Renee Abbott

Fourth Grade Teacher

Lincoln Elementary School

1102 Orchard Ave.

St. Joseph, MI 49085