Christmas Photos

Gift Exchange!

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone enjoys their Christmas break and finds some time for family and relaxing. Thank you to everyone that provided our delicious breakfast this morning: breakfast pizza, fruit and yogurt parfaits, and chocolate milk. We also did a neat snowman craft after our gift exchange. Thank you for all the nice gifts I also received - I am blessed to have this great group of kids this year!

I'll see the kids back on Monday, January 4th!

Fabulous Feats Feast

Congratulations to the following for earning personal awards for great work 

in math, science, and writing!

Info until Break

*4th grade won the Box Tops grade level competition and we will get hot chocolate and cookies on December 18th!  Our school earned over $1,000 from this competition. Our class came in 2nd place overall. Way to go!

*Don't forget to bring Hy-Vee receipts to school - more free money for our schools!

*Book Order is due Monday, December 14th.

*My homeroom will be going to the Halcyon House on the 15th from 12:45-1:15 and the UP Home on the 17th from 8:35-9:15 to read stories to the residents. This is a great experience for both the students and residents. 

*Early out on Dec. 16th at 1:10 for Professional Development. 

*The 23rd is our Christmas party. Make sure a $3-5 gift for the exchange is brought in by Monday the 21st. Our party will be from 8:30-9:30 and then other activities to follow! We get out at 1:10 that day. 

*School resumes on January 4th. 

Fun at the STAR party!

Students had fun watching Peanuts and earned this STAR Party by having 6 or less late assignments the first trimester. Thanks for being responsible!

Information

GUM DAY - Friday, Dec. 4th for $1.

Last day to collect Box Tops is tomorrow, Dec. 4th. Final totals will be announced on Monday.

STAR Party tomorrow for students that earned it! We will watch Peanuts at the theater in the afternoon.

Next week looks pretty uneventful and normal!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a relaxing Thanksgiving and I will see the kids on Tuesday.

Make sure to check out what we are doing in each class next week. In LARS we are starting Literature Circles - more information in on the LARS tab.

Keep collecting Box Tops  - final count will be on Friday, Dec. 4th.

Dec. 4th will also be GUM DAY for $1. 

STAR Party will be on Friday, Dec. 4th. A note will be coming home on Tuesday if your child earned the party by having 6 or less late assignments first trimester. 

Early out on Dec. 2nd for Professional Development at 1:10.

BUSY FIRST WEEK BACK!

Things to Know

I can't believe our year is already 1/3 over! Report cards will be going home on Friday.

We are currently in 1st place in our Box Tops competition! Thank you to everyone sending them in! The contest ends December 4th so keep clipping and sending so we can keep our lead and win $3 each to the book fair! Once the contests is over, keep clipping for the next competition!

Wednesday, Nov.25 is an early out at 2:20 for Thanksgiving. We come back to school on December 1st. Monday, Nov. 30 is our conference comp day so no school.

Fabulous Feats Feast

Congratulations to Aaron, Cornelio, and Reagan for working hard during their reading intervention times each week. Keep up the great work!

Items

Box Tops Competition - Nov. 9th - Dec. 4
     *Winning homeroom - each student gets $3 to spend at the Book Fair on VIP Day.
     *Winning grade - hot cocoa and cookies!
It looks like we have quite a few this first week but keep bringing them in! We will find out Monday how many each homeroom has.

Book Orders due on Tuesday Nov. 17.

End of Trimester is Nov. 13th. Report cards will go home on Nov. 20th.

Fabulous Feats Feast - October

Congratulations to Noah, Julianna, Mikaila and Makynna for earning an award for all 3s on all 4 spelling tests so far this year! (Maci also has earned all 3s, but got an award last month). 

Keep up the great work!

Lots of Infomation

* Live Healthy Iowa Day - we will walk for 20 minutes tomorrow, Oct 16th so make sure kids wear tennis shoes.

* I will see you at conferences on Oct. 15th or 19th as scheduled. Please be on time as I have back to back conferences all night!

*Bike a Thon prizes come home tonight! Thank you for helping our school earn over $11,000. Amazing job from all the kids!

Hero Day

Fire Prevention Poster Winner!

Congratulations Makynna on 3rd place in the 4th grade Fire Prevention Poster contest! Nice work!

Fire Safety Day

Kids were able to go through fire safety stations today. They are encouraged to practice a fire plan at home for Operation EDITH tonight!

Blue Team!

Updates

We had an outstanding day for the bike a thon and raised a lot of money! We will share the amount when we have it finalized. Prizes will be awarded in the next few weeks, as soon as we have received all of them! Thank you for your support! Photos are on the Photos tab on the blog.

GUM DAY tomorrow - Oct. 2nd. $1 to chew gum all day.

Homecoming week next week:
Monday: mustache day
Tuesday: class color day - Our class has voted on BLUE
Wednesday: Dress as hero day (firefighter, police, military)
Thursday: PJ Day
Friday: Demon Spirit Day

We have a 1:10 dismissal for Homecoming on Oct. 9th. 

BOOK ORDERS are due Friday, Oct. 9th.

Please send the green note about a conference time if you haven't. Thank you to those of you that have signed up or returned the form already! You will be getting a note today to verify that the time work - please return the bottom half. Thanks!

Fabulous Feats Feast

Here are our first students to receive a Fabulous Feats Feast award for earning the most Outstanding days so far this year! Thanks for being Responsible, Respectful, and Safe!

Weekly Happenings

Bike a Thon - September 25 - Send in fundraiser packets! Please make sure that kids either ride bikes home or that they are picked up from Lincoln before 5:30 on Friday. We don't have room to store them in the school. We are excited for this event!

Early Out Sept. 30th at 1:10.

Gum Day Oct. 2 - pay $1 to chew gum. Money goes to our PTG for Lincoln events.

Get ready for Homecoming Week!
Monday: mustache day
Tuesday: class color day (we will vote on a color)
Wednesday: Dress as hero day (firefighter, police, military)
Thursday: PJ Day
Friday: Demon Spirit Day

We have a 1:10 dismissal for Homecoming on Oct. 9th. 

Grading

This year, we are transitioning to standards based report cards. We feel this will give teachers, parents, and students a better idea of where students are academically. Instead of letter grades, students will receive a 1, 2, or 3 (as they have at Stewart and 3rd grade). A 3 means showing proficiency in what we scored. We have certain standards chosen and will score tests and work under those standards. Because I want to be able to show you how I scored your child, I will be keeping the tests and work that are scored under one of the standards. Each student in my room will have a file of this work. I will show the work to students and will then collect it and share it with you at conferences. Please be patient with me as this is a learning process for us! I believe if you check grades in PowerSchool, you should be able to see the scores that I have entered. There should be a few in there already! Please ask me if you have questions - I would be glad to find out answers if I don't know!

Weekly Information

I can't believe we are beginning our 5th week of school! This week we will begin small reading groups and also will be having a 30 minute intervention time each day. Students will be going to a variety of teachers during these 2 times to work on skills in reading and math with others that need the same practice. We are very fortunate at our school to have this time built into our schedule this year!

Tuesday, Sept. 22: Lincoln PTG meeting at 7:00 in the Lincoln Media Center - feel free to come and be a part of helping out our school!

Thursday, Sept. 24: Drop off bikes for Bike A Thon between 3:30-4:30 or 6:00-7:00 at Lincoln.

Friday, Sept. 25: Make sure kids have their bike at school, if they plan to ride! Please return fundraising packets on this day.

BIKE A THON FROM 1:00-3:00 AROUND LINCOLN! I hope the weather is better than last week!

Social Media

Lincoln Elementary's Facebook page is up and running! Make sure to "like" the page to get updated information on the happenings at Lincoln Elementary School! Like us at:  Lincoln Elementary School!

We also have a Twitter Page. Follow us at:  @LincolnElemWash!  Of course you can always hash tag #WashPride to get updates on the district!

Info to Know

* Please make sure students are trying to get some donations for our upcoming Bike-a-Thon. If we raise enough, this will be our only fundraiser! The Bike-a-Thon is on Friday, Sept. 18th from 1-3. Please read the note carefully about getting bikes to school.

* If you are able to donate snacks or drinks for this event, please click on the link below to sign up:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OLi-iNLc1UyYE3Z9eEq3Jf0dvk2gDmu0AuKG-CiDSyE/edit?usp=sharing

* I will be gone Sept 11th and Sept 15th so please call the office on these days if you are needing to get information to your child.

* Early Dismissal for Professional Development on Wed. Sept. 16th at 1:10.

Tell your kids to keep up the awesome work!

Information

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

***Gum Day - $1 to chew gum - money goes to the PTG for field trips and school items.

***Book Orders Due - they went home on Meet the Teacher Night. If you do not have it and still want to order the website is www.scholastic.com/bookclubs  and my online code is GZRDQ.

***Assembly for the Bike-a-Thon and fundraiser. Packets will go home Friday the 4th so please read through it carefully - lots of changes this year! We will bike from 1-3 on Friday, Sept 18. Let's raise lots of money so this can be our only fund raiser!

I am so proud of how the students are following procedures and trying their hardest on testing and work. I look forward to a great year!
 

First Week

We have had a great first week! We will continue to work on procedures as needed and will be getting into a more normal routine next week.

The first book order is due Friday, Sept. 4th.

Friday, Sept. 4th will be our first gum day. Students can pay $1 to chew gum. They can bring their own gum or buy gum at school for 25 cents a piece. The money raised goes to our PTG to help provide for Lincoln.

We will have a Bike a Thon assembly on Sept 4. Fundraising packets will also go home this day. Detailed information about the Bike a Thon will come home in the fundraising packet. We will be having this event on Friday, September 18th in the afternoon this year.

Our Day

We have spent lots of time organizing and getting to know each other. What a great group I have! I am excited to have your child in my homeroom this year.

                                                  Here is a before and after of our day!

Meet the Teacher Night

Hello! I am glad you took a minute to check out my blog! I will post weekly for you to keep up with what is happening in 4th grade!

 I just wanted to remind you all of our Meet the Teacher Night at Lincoln on Monday, August 24, from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.  You and your child are welcome to come anytime during those two hours.  Feel free to bring in all school supplies!  Students will get to see their lockers too!

I am looking forward to meeting all of you!