Due to the reading assembly at the end of the day, I completely forgot to send home your child’s math module review for their test. Our test is tentatively scheduled for this upcoming Wednesday. . Please feel free to print it or have your child write the answers on paper and send it in on Tuesday!
Also, I have reminded that the videos are on line and they can watch them from home. If your child has nothing to do have them watch the videos or go on zearn.org!
Here is a link to the mid module 3 task grading. I am no longer putting percentages on the assessment. I am putting the number your child will receive on their report card. Your child’s assessment went home today. Please go over it with your child, similar questions will be on the end of unit Test.
It’s time for students to nominate their favorite Dearborn Public Schools teacher for the 2019 Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year Students’ Choice Award, sponsored by the Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce, and presented by LaFontaine Automotive Group. The deadline for submitting applications is Friday, March 8, 2019 at 5 pm. An online nomination form is available at https://bit.ly/DbnTeacher2019 or the paper version of the form can be printed and submitted.
Printed nomination forms also may be picked up at any Dearborn public school and the District’s Administrative Service Center, 18700 Audette. They can be dropped off or mailed to the Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce, 22100 Michigan Ave., Dearborn, MI 48124 or faxed to (313) 584-9818. Adults may assist students in completing nominations when necessary, but no more than two teachers can be nominated per student.
The annual Mini Martian Race is coming upon us. Please see the below links for the sign-up details!
Students at Lindbergh Elementary practice the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. We are calling on our Fantastic Flyers to submit ways they are leaders outside of school. If you are involved in a sport, scouts, music, dance, theater, or showcase your leadership skills in another way, please participate. Send in a photograph a and a short description of how you use the 7 Habits in the activity pictured. Use the form below to accompany your photo. The photograph will appear in the lobby showcase.
Thank you for sharing your leadership with our school!
Our friends at the Michigan League for Public Policy have announced that its Kids Count project is holding a youth art contest. The contest is open to children from preschool through 12th grade and the theme revolves around the question, “What’s it like to be a kid in Michigan?”
The Kids Count in Michigan project, which is part of the national KIDS COUNT project at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, seeks to improve and strengthen our state so that Michigan’s kids can thrive in a world where they are supported. The youth art contest is a chance for kids to be part of the 2019 Kids Count in Michigan Data Book. The annual data book covers a variety of issues facing children and teens in our state, and though it is not required, artwork can relate to topics such as: friends, family, health, nutrition, childcare, school, career goals, teen issues, home life, culture, emotions, food, sports, money or jobs.
Artwork can be done in crayon, ink, acrylics, oil paint, pastels, watercolor, colored pencils, scratchboard, color marker, chalk, pastels, charcoal, or paper collage. They cannot accept artwork done using plain black pencil or weak colored pencil.
Please visit https://mlpp.org/kids-
To start off our weekly update, I just want to take a moment to thank all of the parents who came out to help chaperone our Lansing Trip. We had such a wonderful time and we truly could not have done it without you!
This week we have quite a few big rocks we will be working on. As a class one of our big rocks that we have been working on has been reflecting using our data. This week we will be starting our “Talk About it Tuesday” where we discuss our data with our accountability groups. As a group we will discuss what are some goals we are planning on accomplishing for math and reading. We then will be coming up with lead measures (action steps) that we can take to help us reach our goal. Every Tuesday they then will meet with their accountability group to see how they are doing on reaching their goal. Make sure to discuss with your child some of the action steps and what they are going to do to help reach their goal this week.
Please also be on the look out for their NWEA student goal sheets coming home following our “Talk About it Tuesday.”
Listed below are some of our other areas we will be working on:
Reading- Sequencing within a story, drama, or poem, reader’s theater, and how illustrations help readers understand the text further. This week we will also be covering irregular verbs within our word work. Please make sure that your child is continuing to read within their reading log.
Writing- Narrative Writing Topics.
Math- Analyzing patterns and problem solving for units of 0 and 1, practicing interpreting the unknown in multiplication and division to model and solve problems, and introducing the term “area” (space inside of a shape) within morning work.
Please continue logging into Zearn to complete extra lessons when you have the time. Students should be completing about 4 lessons a week for Zearn.
Social Studies- The impact of mining, farming, and lumber within Michigan’s growth and economy.
Science- This week in science we continued with the topic of dinosaurs. We asked the question, “Can you outrun a dinosaur?” Your child saw pictures showing how dinosaurs didn’t just leave behind bones, they also left footprints, some of which fossilized. By examining our own footprints and those of living animals, we were able to deduce how quickly some dinosaurs were able to run.
You can reinforce your child’s learning at home by pointing out footprints while on a walk. (Getting a shoe slightly wet in a puddle leaves behind visible tracks.) Ask your child, “Is it possible to tell the difference between walking and running just from footprints? How are they different?”
Spelling- content words: drama, scene, habitat, area, and mining
spelling pattern /scr/ /shr/ /spr/ and /thr/: scroll, throw, shrank, spring, and sprain
Leader in Me- Emotional Bank Accounts (EBA): This is a metaphor for the amount of trust that exists between two people. “Deposits” build and repair trust. “Withdrawls” break down trust. Small kindnesses are a meaningful way of making deposits. Make sure to ask your child, “What is an Emotional Bank Account?”
Upcoming Events
Wednesday- ELG Tutoring
Thursday- ELG Tutoring and last day for Feb. PBIS
Friday- March is Reading Month Kick-Off!
Can you believe we are only a couple of days from our long awaited field trip?! Hopefully the weather holds out! Here are some logistics for the big day this Thursday.
Where: Lansing Capitol Building, Michigan Historical Museum, and Impressions 5 Science Center
When: Thursday, February 21, 2019. We will be travelling by charter bus to our destinations. Please make sure you are here between 6:40-6:45am. We are leaving promptly once we are checked in, so please make sure you arrive on time. If you are a chaperone, we are asking that you ride the bus with our class. Parking is quite challenging at the capitol, so you will be relieved to not have to look for a space.
We are aiming to be back in Dearborn around 4:30-5:00pm. Please pick up or designate a drive to pick up your student in the cafeteria. They are NOT allowed to walk home.
General Information:
– Lunch will be eaten at the Science Center. Student’s will not be able to purchase lunch at our destination, so please make sure to bring a bagged lunch. Make sure to bring a packed lunch in a brown paper bag or plastic bag. This will allow students to not have to worry about their lunch boxes. Make sure to label your child’s lunch with their name on it.
~In addition, we are asking that you please pack 2 nutritious snacks for your child for the ride to and from school. Please pack juice boxes in case of spillage.
~What to Wear: Our Lansing Field Trip Shirt, Lindbergh Shirt, or a red shirt, and comfortable shoes. We also ask that you wear comfortable walking shoes! It will be relatively cold on Thursday, so make sure to bring gloves/hats/coats. We also will be doing plenty of walking. So please wear comfortable gym shoes!
~No extra money is needed. We will not be going to any gift shops.
~ On the bus your child is allowed to bring electronics at their own risk! Students will not be allowed to take electronics into the museums and capitol building, so they will remain on the bus. However, we are not responsible for students items getting damaged/stolen. So if your child brings an item, it is up to them to be responsible for it.
Updated Chaperone List
Due to the schedule change and other items, we have had to update our chaperone list. Please see the updated list of chaperones below. Please let me know if some reason if you can no longer attend that way we can have our backup chaperones allowed to go.
-Amanda Fawaz
-Azaz Khatri
-Adrianna’s Aunt
-Martin Casares
-Amira Mathlif
-Gaby Hughes
-Joshua Elling
-Faten Dabajeh
-Elena Schook
Back-Up Chaperones
-Robert Ramirez
-Melissa Kreger
Welcome Back from Mid Winter Break!
This week is a short but busy week at Lindbergh for our third graders! We will be embarking on our Lansing field trip, updating our WIGs (Wildly Important Goals), and continuing on our curriculum this week. Listed below are some of our Big Rocks this week.
New Permissions slips sent home today. We had to send home new permission slips due to the date change. If you are not allowing your child to attend this field trip please let me know on the bottom of your permission slip. Please let me know if you are sending your child to school so I need to find a classroom for them or if you are keeping them at home. Listed below is the link to the permission slip.
Lansing Field Trip Permission Slip
We had no school on Monday (as you know), Thursday we are on our field trip remember be here at 6:40-6:45 am. Wear your Lansing shirt or Lindbergh shirt!
I will be sending out an additional post about the logistics for Thursday. So be on the look out!
Wildly Important Goals (WIGS)- This week your child will be working on updating their WIG on our first “Freshen it Up Friday.” We will be looking over our NWEA and DRA scores and coming up with a game plan on how to achieve a goal. Make sure to discuss this with your child this Friday! We are getting very excited for it!
Science- This week in science we will continue with the topic of dinosaurs. We asked the question, “Can you outrun a dinosaur?” Your child will see pictures showing how dinosaurs didn’t just leave behind bones, they also left footprints, some of which fossilized. By examining our own footprints and those of living animals, we were able to deduce how quickly some dinosaurs were able to run.
You can reinforce your child’s learning at home by pointing out footprints while on a walk. (Getting a shoe slightly wet in a puddle leaves behind visible tracks.) Ask your child, “Is it possible to tell the difference between walking and running just from footprints? How are they different?”
Social Studies- Discussing how farming and the lumber industry has grown Michigan’s population and economy.
Math- Using the associative property as a strategy to multiply. We will be stepping into Module 3 Topic C: Multiplication and Division with units of 9. We will practice using the distributive property and other strategies to solve multiplication and division problems with units of 9.
We also are continuing on our Multiplication Timed Test Jedi adventure. Please make sure that you are reviewing with your child their multiplication flash cards at home!
Spelling- None due to the shortened week
Writing – We will be developing a clear narrative writing piece using a beginning, middle, and end. Mapping out our stories using a story arch and creating a great lead!
Reading – Discussing the three different text types: drama (play), stories, and poems. Discussing the key differences between each (new terminology/how they are organized), and using dramas to present/discuss morals within folktales.
Please make sure to continue reading with your child 20 mins. a night! This is crucial to their success within their reading!
Leader in Me- We will be discussing win-win solutions this week! Habit 4: Think Win-Win is an attitude toward life—a mental frame of mind that says I can win, and so can you. It’s not me or you, it’s both of us. Think
Win-Win is the foundation for getting along well with others and solving problems.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday- ELG tutoring
Wednesday- Team Sports and Famous Hamburger PTA fundraiser
Thursday- Lansing Field Trip (be here at 6:40-6:45)
Friday- Popcorn Friday