Lindbergh Parents,
Great news! If you were worried about what size to order, we now have sample apparel in the office for you to view. We are also extending the due date for orders till January 17. Keep those orders coming and show your Lindbergh pride!
Lindbergh is proud to have earned both Blue Ribbon and Lighthouse status this year! None of this would have been possible without each and every member of the Lindbergh community flying the spirit of success together. For this reason we thought it would be nice to have new shirts made to show our Lindbergh pride! Please complete the order form if you are interested in any of the items and return it to your child’s classroom teacher with the correct amount in cash by Tuesday, January 14, 2020. All shirts will be in the color royal blue to symbolize our prestigious Blue Ribbons status!
Listed below you will find the order form for our shirts as well as the design.
For tonight’s homework, your child will be practice rounding three digit and four digit numbers to the nearest hundred. For some, this was a challenging subject. Please review the video below with your child.
In addition, students will be expected to complete their Lesson 14 Homework questions 1a-1e, 2a-2c, and 4.
If you have any questions feel free to reach out at anytime!
Today was our first day back from break, and I absolutely LOVED hearing about all of the family adventures that you had over break. The students loved sharing their winter break snapshot (stories). Since we are getting back into the swing of things we are going to ease our way back into school life this week. There will be no spelling test for this upcoming week.
Along with starting a brand new year, we also will be starting out mid-year assessment period for students. During the month of January students will be taking the NWEA assessment. This is the standardized assessment that is taken three times a year. Students will complete their math, reading, and language NWEA. Please remind students of proper test taking strategies and continue working on those lead measures.
We also began our DRA reading assessment today. Students will read independently with me and will showcase their reading growth. Make sure to keep up with the blog for all of the upcoming assessments.
Listed below is the content we will be covering this week.
Reading- DRA testing begins this week. Identifying non literal meanings within fictional text-similes, reviewing our fictional unit on how choices affect characters, and beginning reading informational text to identify a main idea.
Writing- Wrapping our draft for our own fables, practicing revising our writing to provide more detailed words, and editing for spelling mistakes.
Math- Rounding two and three digit numbers, practicing solving addition and subtraction problems, and reviewing measurement.
Social Studies – Comparing the Three Fires Tribes, analyzing Native American legends, discuss how native american tribes modified and adapted to their environment
Leader in Me- Habit 4: Think win-win. Discussing how thinking win-win is a way of life- a mental frame of mind that says I can win, and so can you. It’s not me or you, its both of us. Thinking win-win is a foundation for getting along with others and solving problems.
Upcoming Events
Monday- DRA Testing begins
Tuesday- PTA Meeting at 7
Tonight your child will be taking home their Mid Module Task Assessment for Module 2. Note we are moving away from points with the math assessments. We are following the Eureka Math standards based rubric. Which in order to be within range for each area, there is a criteria. I grade each problem with the following criteria below. The area where the student falls the most is how their grade is finalized.
Exceeding/4- Evidence of solid reasoning with a correct answer.
Meeting/3- Evidence of some reasoning with a correct answer or evidence of solid reasoning with an incorrect answer.
Progressing/2- Evidence of some reasoning with out a correct answer.
Below/1- Little evidence of reasoning without the correct answer.
The rubric that I used to grade your child’s assessment can be found below:
Please sign your child’s test and return it tomorrow. For those students who fell to the 1-2 range I will be working closely with your child to correct their test. If you have any questions feel free to let me know!
It is the school week of December! Can you believe how fast time has flown?!
This week we have several special activities and events.
On Monday we kicked off two very special weeks: Random Acts of Kindness Week and On the Five Days Before Winter Break My Teacher Gave to Me Daily Gifts.
To kick off our Random Acts of Kindness Week, students were greeted with a candy cane and kindness note left on their locker. Afterwards, we talked about how Good Spreads with a little help from Kid President. We then reviewed our act of kindness goals. This week your child is encouraged to complete an act of kindness each day. Listed below are the kindness activities.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Ask your mom or dad, “How can I help you today?” | Give a special area teacher a “Thank You” note. | Leave a happy note for someone to find. | Smile and say “Hello” to someone new. | Help your teacher clean the classroom. |
For the On the Five Days before Winter Break My Teacher Gave to Me, students will receive a gift from Ms. Robey each day. Today’s gift was a week that is homework free! That is right parents no reading logs and no spelling words!
Please make sure to keep an eye out for the upcoming events. We will be working on accomplishing some tasks with this week and some fun too.
Reading- Analyzing how illustrations contribute to a story, how characters’ motivations can affect the story, and comparing characters within a text.
Writing- Focusing on developing our draft for our fable.
Math- Rounding sums to the nearest ten and hundred. Also reviewing time measurement and measuring lengths.
Social Studies- Discovering the differences between primary and secondary sources, learning about the three fires tribes, and reading legends of the Native Americans in Michigan.
Science- Students will learn about why snowflakes are white.
Leader in Me- Habit 4: Think Win-Win- Students will learn about emotional bank accounts and learn how we can use our words and actions to contribute to each other’s bank accounts. Students will practice making “deposits” into other people’s bank accounts by doing our Random Act of Kindness Events.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday- Mid-Module Assessment Test due back signed
Wednesday- Late Start
Thursday- Grinch Day (wear your favorite Who Inspired outfits), Student Lighthouse meeting, and “Who Feast” at 2:30. Please see previous email about Grinch Day for more details.
Friday- PBIS Reward Clubs
WINTER BREAK!!!!
Get ready for GRINCH DAY!
On Thursday, December 19th we will be celebrating Grinch Day in our classroom. We will be having lots of Grinchy fun with literacy and math activities all day surrounding the Grinch.
At 2:30-3:30 we will be wrapping up Grinch Day with our classroom holiday party which will be a “Who Feast” just like the movie. Students will be treated to Grinch inspired snacks, Grinch Punch (7-Up and lime sherbet), and we will be watching the original Grinch movie.
To help us celebrate, Students are encouraged to come up with their most Grinch inspired clothes! Some options could include; creative “Who” clothes and hairdos, wearing green like the Grinch, or even sporting some antlers like Max the dog. The options are endless!
In order to make this Grinch Celebration happen, we are looking for a few donations. If you could donate to make our Who Feast a magical time we would appreciate it. Along with donations, if you would like to attend our Who Feast please RSVP by reaching out to me!
Merry Grinchmas!
Today in class we had an unexpected visitor show up: the Grinch! He for sure gave us some laughs and caused some chaos today! Apparently, he was not having our holiday cheer in our classroom. He told us he was here to stop the cheer. However, he did leave us a great book for our classroom, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
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Battle of the Books will be kicking into gear Monday, December 16 from 3:35-4:30! If your child is interested in joining Battle of the Books this year, please fill out the permission slip that went home on Monday and return it to the office no later than this Friday morning. Please read the letter carefully as Battle of the Books has changed. If you have any questions, email Nicole Bazzi at queennix29@gmail.com or Hiba Osman at hibarida@hotmail.com.
Tonight’s homework is to go on Zearn! Please make sure your child tries to complete at least one lesson tonight! We will be checking in the am!
Tomorrow is also our Santa Shop. This shop is OPTIONAL for students. If your child would like to participate please send in the money with your child inside an envelope with their name on it.
Lastly, don’t forget the money and permission slip for Dog Man is due on Thursday. Let me know if you have any issues with this date. We can always accommodate.
Thank you so much!