Spring Testing:

We will be taking the M-Step(MI state test) test on May 10th, 11th, & 12th in the morning. Please try to avoid appointments or absences on those days too. Thank you!

Swimming is this Wednesday, April 27th!: It is a Late-Start, so please make sure to have your child here on time with their swimming materials. We will leave promptly at 9:35. Thanks!

Lansing Field Trip:

 If you turned in the form to chaperone, a new form will need to be filled out for a background check if you haven't filled one out yet. Your child has the form. Please send it in promptly, so we can get the carpooling information to you soon.  Also, if you signed up to send in snacks or juices and you haven't sent them in yet, you can send them in anytime! Thanks!

Snack Information

To help reduce this from happening, we ask that no student brings any products containing peanuts/ may contain peanuts/ or produced on shared equipment that also processes peanuts into the classroom.

In addition, please provide snacks that are unopened with ingredients listed on the back of the package. Many students are bringing clear plastic bags with opened food in them, which leaves room for unsafe snacks to enter the classroom without knowing what is in the food. SNACKS MUST HAVE A LABEL. NO CLEAR BAGGIES.

         If a student does bring unsafe food products into the classroom, they will be asked to place them back into their backpacks to return home.

         Please click on this peanut-sensitive safe foods list link. We appreciate your support with these procedures. 

 

        

Chromebook Reminders

* Charge computer

*Leave charge cord at home

*Bring CB in case

*Pack-up Backpack

*Bring to school every day

Important Dates:

NWEA Testing: 4/19, 4/21, 4/22 in the morning

Late Start Days: 4/20, 4/27

Swimming Days:  4/27 (tentative make-up 6-2)

Lansing Field Trip: 5/5

M-Step Testing: 5/10, 5/11, 5/12

Sarett/Grand Mere Park Dunes Field Trip: 6/3

4th Grade Kiwanis Park: 6/6 (in the morning TBA)

This Week's Academic Focus

Reading: Students all have a new individual reading goal that has been recorded in their "reader's notebooks". We will continue meeting weekly in small groups and individual reading conferences. These strategies are intended to be added to their "reading tool kit". The mini-lessons over the next few weeks will be to focus on text structures. For example, compare/contrast, cause/effect, time/order/sequence, description in certain fiction and non-fiction text. We are also including a study on poetry!

Writing: Our next writing goal will focus on informational writing which will be connected with social studies. Here is a rough draft example of a finished presentation: Historical Event

Math:  We will begin Unit 6 after Spring Break: Multiplication & Division. I encourage extra practice in IXL Diagnostic and IXL IM in UNIT 6 all the lessons.

Link to families for Unit 6 Multiplication & Division

Link to families for Unit 5 Multiplicative Comparison and Measurement

Link to families for Unit 4 Hundredths to Hundredred-Thousands

Link to families for Unit 3 Extending Operations to Fractions

Link to families for Unit 2: Fraction Equivalence and Comparison

Illustrative Mathematics. (Here is the link if you are interested in looking at the program). 

Science: Human Machine will be our next unit. However, our focus this next week will be social studies. 

Link to Mystery Science: Human Machine

Link to Mystery Science Energizing Everything Unit is finished. Our focus will be on Social Studies. This week. Our next science unit will be Human Machine.

Social Studies:  The focus will be Physical Geography: The United States in Spatial Terms as well as Our Government

The Positivity Project focus this week is Purpose.

Classroom Information Below

Important Information for the Classroom:

We have a peanut-sensitive classroom. Below is a list of snacks and foods allowed in our classroom for everyday snacks, and holiday parties. All of these items need to be packaged and bought from a store, unopened with visible food labels. No homemade items. 

Safe Classroom Snacks List #1 (open link)

Safe Snack List #2 provided by Mr. Hubble

Safe Snack List #3 provided by Mr. Hubble

In addition, please make sure that everyday snacks sent in are also 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.  Thank you for your understanding. 

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. 

Back-to-School Night Presentation

If you were unable to attend Back-to-School Night above are the slides. The field trip permission slip went home with your child. Please sign and return as soon as possible if you haven't already. If you would like to make a donation for the field trips, please go to slide six and click on the link. Thank you.

Weekly Specials Schedule

No letter days this year!

Lunch 12:30-1:20: Specials will be the last 45 minutes of the day 3:05-3:50: A.M. Recess will be from 9:40-9:55 and P.M. Recess from 2:25-2:40 every day.

Monday P.E

Tuesday Music

Wednesday   No Specials & Make up days

Thursday Library-Tech

Friday        Art

2021-2022 

Attendance Times 

 8:20 a.m. Students May Exit Cars and Busses

8:23 a.m. First Bell Rings- Report to Entry Door

8:25 a.m. Students Enter Building 

 8:30 a.m. Tardy Bell Rings 

 3:50 p.m. Dismissal 

Students enter at 9:25 a.m. on late start days 

Half Days Dismissal is at 12:04 p.m. 

Renee Abbott

Fourth Grade Teacher

Lincoln Elementary School

1102 Orchard Ave.

St. Joseph, MI 49085