This week, we will begin our winter NWEA testing for math. We will test on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday morning, beginning with reading. Students can bring sugar-free gum or mints to "wake up their brains." Donations are welcome, so everyone has something. Thanks for your help in making sure your child gets enough sleep and has a healthy breakfast each morning!
On Tuesday morning, January 28th, we will go ice skating! There is a sign-up sheet in the Lincoln blog. It is helpful to have parents tie the skates:) The specific times are below. Thank you for your help!
Music: Remind your child to bring his/her recorder to school on Thursdays for music. Mrs. Richards would like them to practice p.6, Hot Cross Buns, and all of p.7 before next week's class. I promise you will hear improvement with the recorders eventually!!
Important Dates
Late Start: 1/22, 1/29, every Wednesday in February:)
Ice Skating: 1/28:
Depart Lincoln 8:40
Arrive at rink 8:55
Leave ice 9:35
Arrive at school at 10:00
NWEA testing window: 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: We took the Unit 4 math test on Friday! The tests will come home once they are graded and reviewed by the students. 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.
Unit 5: Students interpret, represent, and solve multiplicative comparison problems using an understanding of the relationship between multiplication and division. They use this thinking to convert units of measure within a given system from larger to smaller units. 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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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
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