Happy Snow Day Everyone!

I hope everyone was able to make it home in that snowy weather from yesterday. Today would be the perfect day to curl up with a good book and spend some quality family time!

This week we will be continuing our student-led parent-teacher conferences. Since we had a snow day today, we will be rescheduling the conferences for this evening. I will let you know once we get a date confirmed.

Listed below is what we are going to be covering this week regarding content:

Reading – Recounting key details and determining the main idea and using text evidence to draw inferences. We also will be practicing comparing two texts on the same topic.

Writing- Introducing performance tasks. Performance tasks are what M-STEP prompts look like. Students will practice reading and analyzing texts, answering two-part selected response questions, and answering multiple response questions

Spelling- We will be practicing our spelling words for two weeks this time due to the snow day. The spelling test will be on Friday 11/22.

Spelling Pattern- long u and long o sounds: arrows, broken, contribution, new, obeyed, told, united, and used

Math- Time measurement and problem solving. Using number lines to solve word problems involving time.

Social Studies- Discussing natural resources of Michigan, movement of people, goods, and services within Michigan, and how people adapt to the environment.

Science- This week’s lesson on forces will be about the force of friction. Specifically we will consider friction in the context of solving the mystery, “How can you slide faster down a slide?”

One fun thing you can do with your child to help support this week’s learning is to watch a video of this new invention, called “liquiglide.” This is a situation where removing friction would make your life easier. The grape jelly video is impressive: https://vimeo.com/89936192

Leader in Me- Creating a cadence of accountability for our academic W.I.Gs. As a class we will discover how having a partner will help encourage us to work towards our W.I.G.s. Students will then practice having a “huddle up” moment with partners.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday- Snow Day

Thursday- Ukulele Club and Student-Led Conferences 4:00-7:30 pm

Dear Parents,This year we will be holding Student Led conference during your scheduled parent teacher conference.  Please make sure your child attends the conference with you as they have worked really hard on their presentation.  There will be allotted time during the conference for the parent and teacher to speak if needed.  

As a result of this change, we will be sending home report cards on Thursday, November 7th with your child.  Please sign the envelope and return the envelope to school.  Sending the report cards home will provide you an opportunity to look over their grades and come to the conference ready with feedback/questions.  Although you are receiving the report card ahead of time, we are still requiring parents to attend their scheduled conference time.  

Listed below are the times that I have so far for our students. I am still missing two parents. If you haven’t yet signed up for a parent-teacher conference please do so ASAP.

We appreciate your continued support and look forward to seeing you soon.

Happy Election Day!

Sorry for the delay in this week’s weekly update. Thank you to all of those parents who contributed an item for Holiday Boutique. Our basket is coming along nicely. If your child has not turned in their Made in Michigan Project, please have it turned in as soon as you can.

Over the next three weeks, student’s will be practicing showcasing their leadership binders for their student-led conference. When it is your time to have your parent-teacher conference, please bring your student. They have been working extremely hard to be ready to present to you all of their learning.

Along with getting ready for student-led conferences, we will be covering the following content below:

Reading- Reviewing our essential question; Why do people participate in government? Recounting the main idea within a text, using text evidence to draw inferences, and describing cause/effect connections

Writing- Performance Task Practice: modeling reading and analyzing a text, and answering two-part questions with performance tasks

Spelling- word pattern (long a VCe, ai, ay, a)- became, explained, favored, plain, raised, separate, swayed, and vain

Math- Beginning Module 2 Topic A: Time measurement and problem solving

Social Studies- Discussing Michigan’s natural characteristics and how we can use them, as well as how do humans interact with the environment and how we adapt to our environment.

Science- This week’s lesson on forces we will discuss the force of friction. Specifically we will consider the friction in the context of solving the mystery, “How can you slide faster down a slide?”

One fun thing you can do with your child to help support this week’s learning is to watch a video of this new invention, called “liquiglide.” This is a situation where removing friction would make your life easier. The grape jelly video is impressive: https://vimeo.com/89936192

Leader in Me- Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind. This week we are working on developing our own personal mission statement. Our personal mission statement helps remind ourselves what type of person we want to be everyday. I highly recommend discussing this with your child and even creating your own!

We also will be discussing how to track your WIGS and how to hold yourself accountable on your lead measures.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday- No school, Election Day

Wednesday- First Class/Assembly

Thursday- Holiday Boutique Basket Wrapping 9-11am, Parent Teacher Conferences 4:30-7:30pm

Friday- Holiday Boutique Prep 4-9pm

Saturday- Holiday Boutique

Good Evening Parents,

Due to the additional class being added, we have moved specials around. Please be aware of the changes for gym especially! Listed below you will find our special schedule now:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CO6F5ngVhG3Fqnh7-bFrlKbgPVnqJuUsWknkrS8XJLc/edit?usp=sharing

Conference Dinner Sign Up

Hello Lindbergh Families, parent/teacher/student conferences are November 7th,12th, and 14th.  These are very long days for our staff and we are hoping to provide dinners for them with your help.  Below is a link to sign up for items.  Please be sure to read the details on the items as well as the dates (since we have three nights).  Thank you so much for your support.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e4caaa72da4fd0-20192
Attention Lindbergh Homeroom Parents!!!!!!!!!!!!!Please be sure to check your email and the remind app for updates.ALL SPONSORS WERE DUE NOVEMBER 1stNovember 7th – 9 am basket wrapping in the cafeteriaIf you have your basket already wrapped that is fine but it must be turned in Thursday.  November 8th- Classes will take photos with each basket.November 9th- Holiday Boutique 9:30 am- 4pm !!!!!We always need lots of volunteers for this event so check the sign up genius to see where you can support your Flyers!!!!https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e4caaa72da4fd0-20182

Holiday Boutique is this Saturday! In order to make this event a successful one, the PTA is looking for some volunteers to help out with the event. I know I will be there helping on Saturday!

If you could please sign up for a volunteer shift we would greatly appreciate it. Please see the Sign Up Genius Below for details:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e4caaa72da4fd0-20182

Ooops!! Did you forget to turn in your raffle money and tickets! No worries you can still turn them in! We will accept them until Friday, but please turn in ASAP!!!
If you chose not to participate, please turn in those unsold tickets. The state requires us to collect those as well!! Thank you to everyone for participating this year!  🙂 

Good Morning Parents/Guardians,

I hope that you are all enjoying your Daylight Savings Time extra hour! I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all of those amazing parents who helped make our Halloween Celebration a successful event. The students had a ton of fun last week and I couldn’t have done it without you.

On Friday we had the opportunity to finish out our party by decorating our pumpkins. I will be posting pictures of that later this afternoon so that way you can see the creative side our students have!

Lastly, I wanted to give you a friendly reminder that our Made in Michigan project is due tomorrow. Please see the blog post at the top of the page for information about the project. I have also included below the worksheet that was supposed to be completed for this project.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a-QFpGEzgNytoGPkI02uC3IPdeLsiA-l/view?usp=sharing

In addition, if you are able to, we would like it if every student could bring in the product or item that they researched tomorrow. All items that are brought in by the students would be placed into our Made in Michigan Holiday Boutique basket. This basket helps fundraise for our entire school and the donation would be greatly appreciated!

Dear Parents,
Exciting news!  This year as part of our monthly assemblies we will be choosing 1 to 2 students from each class and designate them as Leader of the Month.  These students are students that earned a boarding passes for the specific habit of the month.  Once a student earns the boarding pass, they are placed in a class bin and at the end of the month one or two students are chosen randomly.  These students are then given a certificate and acknowledged for being a leader in the specific habit being taught.  Next month the habit will be Put First Things First.  Please discuss and continue to encourage the 7 habits with your child at home.  A strong home-school partnership ensures a positive culture.  

Zainah Tiba

Principal

Charles A. Lindbergh Elementary School

I just wanted to take a moment and thank everyone who made our Halloween party magical today! From the bingo prizes to the snacks, I’m beyond amazed at the generosity of our families. While we didn’t get to every task on our party agenda, we will be completing our other activities tomorrow.

I hope you have a wonderful Halloween night. Please remember to be safe and have fun!