This week at a glance- 9/16-9/20.
Good morning families~
Here is whatś happening this upcoming week.
ELA/Writing~ Students will continue to be assessed in reading. Our focus in ELA will be narratives, narrowing the focus of characters actions and feelings. We will do this through whole group and small groups.
Math~ Lessons 4-7 this week. Topics will be-Division as an Unknown Factor Problem & Analyze Arrays to Multiply Using Units of 2 and 3.
Please remember if your child does not complete their Sprint in class, it will be sent home. I want these returned the next day. These Sprints are excellent practice for computation.
Social Studies~ Unit 1- Geography of Michigan.
Science~ Unit 1- Forces & Interactions: Focus on motion and types of interactions. We will use Mystery Science this year as a resource and learning tool.
Leader in Me~ Habit 1- Being Proactive.
Our class will be discussing producing quality work. Ask your child,
“How do you know when you have produced quality work?”
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
9/20- 1/2 Day- 11:45 Dismissal.
9/26- Picture Day!
10/4- Fire Safety House Field Trip. Look out for a note this week coming home.
Have a great Sunday!
Best,
Mrs. Currie
Weekend Update! 9/13/19
Good afternoon families~
It was great meeting all of you at last night’s Open House! Thank you very much for attending.
Here are a few reminders for the weekend.
Math~ Lesson 3: # 1-4 Must Do! #5 Can Do! Video link attached. https://embarc.online/mod/page/view.php?id=571
Students must also finish their Sprint. I allow for this to be completed in class too. If they do not bring one home, that means they finished in class. These are VERY important to finish! It is excellent practice.
A note will be coming home, describing the NWEA table that is taped to the inside back cover of their planner. Please email me or write a note in your child’s planner if you have any questions.
If you haven’t signed up for my class REMIND, please do. Here are the instructions on how to do it from your cell phone.
Tell people to text @gfb26k to the number 81010.
They’ll receive a welcome text from Remind.
If anyone has trouble with 81010, they can try texting @gfb26k to (248) 327-3977.
Below is a note from the PTA VP:
Our tentative Homeroom Parent Mtg that was planned for Friday the 13th, will be postponed until next week to allow for our staff to obtain their parent volunteers and for the tentative homeroom parents to plan for the meeting. I will send out an email directly to each parent as well as the staff about the date for next week. We want everyone to be able to attend the meeting and allow our staff to fill their spots. Thank you so much for your understanding. Danielle Lewis, Mother V.P.
Have a beautiful weekend!!
Mrs. Currie
TONIGHT IS OPEN HOUSE!! 9/12/19!!!
Good afternoon families,
Tonight is Open House from 6-7:30 p.m.! Looking forward to meeting everyone. Please note: CONFERENCE SIGN UP WILL BE IN THE CAFETERIA THIS YEAR!!! DO NOT FORGET TO STOP THERE! LOOK FOR MY NAME ON THE SIGN -UP, MARK THE DATE IN YOUR CALENDAR! I WILL BE SURE TO SEND A REMINDER A WEEK OR SO BEFORE. HERE ARE THE DATES: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH AND THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH. CONFERENCES THIS YEAR WILL BE STUDENT LED. THEY ARE 15 MINUTE TIME SLOTS, FROM 4:30-7:30.
The students will be taking home the ELA Pilot newsletter. Please read through this and let me know if you have any questions.
See ya tonight!!
Mrs. Currie
Monday 9/9/19-Update
Good evening~ I hope everyoneś week is off to a great start!
Tonightś homework is for your child to complete their Math sprint. This does not have to be timed. Students who do not finish the sprint in class, will have to complete it for homework. This a great way for them to practice their computation. Let me know if you have any questions regarding this.
FOLDERS- The students wrote in their planners to bring a pocket folders for Math, Social Studies, ELA and Science. This is NOT urgent and I have plenty, so please do not feel as if you have to run to the store to purchase any. Many students mentioned they have folders at home too.
We visited the Book Fair today, and the students created their wish lists. The Book Fair will be tomorrow through Thursday 12-4, then Thursday from 6-730 during Open House.
I look forward to meeting you all at Open House!
Tomorrow the students will be taking NWEA Math, please make sure they eat a healthy breakfast and have a good nightś sleep.
Have a great rest of the evening.
Mrs. Currie
PTA Weekly Update:
| This week: –Scholastic Book Fair, Monday-Thursday, September 9th-12th (see hours below) –Open House, Thursday, September 12th, 6-7:30 PM A peek to next week: –Half-day, Friday, September 20th, 11:45 AM dismissal |
| Our first Scholastic book fair of the 2019-20 school year is this week! Preview day will be held all day on the 9th, sale days will be on the 10th-12th from noon until 4:00 PM. We will also be open during Open House, the evening of the 12th! We still need a few volunteers! Any volunteer who is signed up through Sign Up Genius will receive five Scholastic dollars for each shift they work! Look forward to seeing you there! Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e4caaa72da4fd0-fall1 If you have any questions, please contact Nicole Bazzi at queennix29@gmail.com.Something new for our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair! Do you hate sending your child into school with cash only to find out they lost the money or spent it all on stuff they don’t need? Now you can load money onto a digital wallet for your child using your credit card! You only load as much money as you want your child to spend and any unused funds will go right back to your card. The best part??? You can write a note attached to your eWallet account that tells the cashier how you want the money spent. It’s a WIN-WIN!! Click here to see how it works and get started: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/b…/parent-how-it-works.htmlMark your calendars! Open House is this week, Thursday, September 12th, 6-7:30 PM Haunted School is Friday, October 19th! As always, we need *many* volunteers to make this special event a success. You can sign up here for the various roles and needs for the event: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e4caaa72da4fd0-20191 Any questions, please contact Kelly Panackia at kellypanackia@gmail.com or Gwynn Bondy at gwynn.bondy@gmail.com. Saturday, October 26th, 7 PM While not an official PTA or Lindbergh event, the annual Road Rally has become a much-anticipated yearly tradition for Lindbergh parents, staff, and friends–adults only! This year’s theme is “A Nightmare on Waverly Street”! Teams will participate in tasks or activities at each stop in order to receive clues to the next location. Start planning your scary movie team costumes now! Also, follow the event page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2995788987312387/ Please label an envelope with Road Rally and put your team name, members, and $15 per member or $25 per couple inside. Place the envelope in the mailbox at 208 Tannahill, the PTA mailbox, or you can hand it to Danielle Lewis. Teams can include as many members as legally allowed for your vehicle. Please have all envelopes turned in by Monday, October 14th! Feel free to share the event with others! Thank you!Please sign up to help out during this much loved event for our students! Dates are available throughout the year. **Watch this space for a sign-up coming soon!**Amazon Smile is a simple way to earn money for our school while shopping through Amazon.com. Sign up using the link below, and choose Charles A. Lindbergh PTA as your charity. We earn 0.5% of the amount you spend each time you go to amazonsmile.com to make your regular Amazon purchases. Sign up here and encourage your friends and family to do the same: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/38-2231538Make sure your Kroger Rewards information is up to date! Go to Krogercommunityrewards.com and follow the directions using our organization name and/or NPO number: Charles A. Lindbergh Elementary PTA #84204. A percentage of your Kroger purchases comes back to the school. |
| Cafeteria volunteers are always needed during the lunch periods! Please consider helping out when you can. 11:30 AM –1 PM daily The kids would love to have you there! Stay in touch with the PTA through text messages. Don’t miss out! Text “@flyers500” to 81010. |
This week at a glance-9/9-9/13
Good evening families~
Here is what we are up to this upcoming week.
ELA~ I will continue to assess students in reading. We will also begin the new ELA pilot. It is called Ready Gen. I will send a note home this week about the program and setting the students up for the online component. Look out for this info coming home and/or on the blog!
Please make sure your child is reading every night for at least 20-30 minutes. I will be sending home the ¨At home” reading letter this week as well. Students will be responsible to keep track of their reading every night.
Math~Lesson 2-5 this week. Daily homework will be sent home and the students will begin working on Zearn.
NWEA~ Students will be logging their RIT scores in their planners. Look for this on the inside front cover.
Leader in Me~We all enjoyed learning about each other these last couple weeks through the brown bag activity. Ask your child, what they learned about the other students in the class. This week we will be learning about Paradigms and how they part of our daily life.
Important dates:
9/8- Scholastic Book Fair preview. day.
9/9-9/12- Scholastic Book Fair- Noon- 4:00 p.m.
9/9- NWEA Math
9/10-NWEA LANGUAGE
9/12- Open House 6:00-7:30
9/20- 1/2 day- 11:45 a.m. dismissal
9/25- Late Start!
9/26- Picture Day!
Have a great rest of the evening!
Warmly,
Mrs. Currie
Weekend update 9/6/19
Dear Families-
Happy Friday! Here is an update for the weekend.
Homework:
Math-Lesson 1- #1 a-d, 2, and 4. 3-is a “Can do” https://embarc.online/mod/page/view.php?id=569
ELA- Please make sure your child is reading every night for at least 30 minutes. Also, please make sure they are bringing library books back to school, they need more than one book and/or one that will last for a longer period of time.
Please continue to check and sign your child’s planner every night! Thanks to those for being on top of this! Have a great weekend.
Mrs. Currie
Below is a message from the PTA-in regards to the Haunted School event.
| Haunted School is Friday, October 19th! As always, we need *many* volunteers to make this special event a success. You can sign up here for the various roles and needs for the event: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e4caaa72da4fd0-20191 Any questions, please contact Kelly Panackia at kellypanackia@gmail.com or Gwynn Bondy at gwynn.bondy@gmail.com. |
Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019.
Good evening families~
The students started sharing their paper bag activities! I love listening and getting to know each of them! Itś been so fun! Thank you for sending in pictures too!!
Today, we had our first library check out. Students may bring their books to and from school. I would like the books with them in class for the next couple weeks. This is for Independent Reading time.
Change of date for NWEA: We will begin Reading Thursday, the 5th at 9:00 a.m. instead of tomorrow.
Here is a note about the Scholastic Book Fair:
Our first Scholastic book fair of the year is here starting Monday, September 9! Monday will be our preview day. Purchase dates are NOON UNTIL 4:00 Tuesday through Thursday. We will also be open at the Thursday open house! We are still looking for parent volunteers. Sign up through the link below if you are available. Thank you so much! Any questions, email Nicole Bazzi at queennix29@gmail.com.
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/4090e4caaa72da4fd0-fall1
Thank you teachers! Don’t forget we will have a wish basket out for all classroom teachers!
Just let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you all for being supportive. We are going to continue to have a great school year!!
Best,
Mrs. Currie
This week at a glance 9/3-9/6.
Good morning families~ Happy Labor Day! I hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful long weekend. Here is the upcoming week at a glance.
I will begin DRA reading assessments this week. This is when I test each student individually on reading comprehension and fluency. This assessment guides me as a teacher to better understand your child as a reader.
NWEA- This week, I will be administering the NWEA assessment as well. Students take this assessment three times a year: fall, winter and spring. They will be taking the assessment on Chromebooks in the classroom. Please make sure they arrive to school on time, and eat a hearty breakfast! Here is the schedule below:
Reading: 9/4/19- 9:00 a.m.
Math: 9/5/19- 9:00 a.m.
Language: 9/11/19- 9:00 a.m.
Math~ We will begin math this week and the students will start working on Zearn.org. More information will be coming home in regards to this. Also, look out for daily math homework.
Leader in Me- Seven Habits: We will continue building our classroom environment by practicing expectations and procedures. Ask your child how they demonstrating putting “First things First” this week!
Updated Special Schedule- click on the link. Please note our Library checkout day is Monday!!! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cO36sZnBPZMimI19WTGbIj9wLf4PmkMIw4ruMIKVQZM/edit?usp=sharing
Reminders: Please make sure all necessary paperwork is turned in to myself or the office. Make sure to continue to sign your child’s planner every night. Thank you!
Important Dates:
9/10-9/12- Scholastic Book Fair: Noon-4:00 p.m.
9/12- Open House: 6-7:30 p.m.
9/23- Mobile Dentist permission slips due.
9/26- Picture Day!
10/4- Fire Safety Field Trip-12:30-2:30 p.m. More information coming home soon.
Have a great Labor Day!!!
Best,
Mrs. Currie
Mid-Week Update 8/28/19.
Good evening families- We have been reviewing the 7 Habits this week. We are creating our classroom environment, which involves expectations and procedures. The students are using their proactive language and we discussed our personal circle of control. Ask your child how we made Smores today! They loved it.
The students have a brown paper bag activity, that is due on Tuesday, Sept 3rd. I sent home the bag and directions tonight. This is a fun activity for all of us to get to know each other.
Please complete any of the notes, I sent home this week. Also, a friendly reminder to check your childś planner and sign it every night.
Tomorrow the students have music.
Reminder no school Friday and Monday. Happy Labor Day!
Have a great rest of the evening.
Best,
Mrs. Currie