Long Weekend Ahead! ❄

Ask Your Child About...

1. Identify "how" in various texts

2. Explain how different papers react to water

3. Use different tools to solve addition and subtraction problems

4. Our whole school lunch sing-a-long

5. Who Martin Luther King Jr. is and what he did

🎉Wow! Today has been a fabulous day! The kiddos have worked so hard all week with our various district testing and all of the usual daily activities. In fact, we worked so hard in all areas of our day that we earned extra celebrations today! PAWsome job Lincoln Lions! 🦁

✨ You will find your child's Blue Friday Folder in their backpack with loads of important information. One of the items you will see is the District Roadmap. This pamphlet lays out the major changes coming to our district, what you can expect, and when things will be due. The back provides a quick glace of important dates to remember. This is a good one to keep on the fridge!🙂

🚌 You will also find a blue form explaining an upcoming all school field trip. This field trip will take place on February 5th from 12:30-2:30 pm. We will ride to the Coralville Performing Arts Center to watch the Eulenspiegel Puppets perform the story of Johnny Appleseed. The top portion of this blue sheet is due back by January 28th if you would like your child to attend.

🦁 Lastly, you will find a school spirit wear order form that provides an opportunity to order school spirit clothing through the pamphlet or online if you would like.

           

💗 A friendly reminder that we do not have school on Monday in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. Today we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. with our buddy class by reading about him, discussing some of the important things he did and messages he wanted us to continue spreading about love and peace, as well as a few activity sheets. Next Friday we will meet with our buddies again to complete the natural bird feeders!

 

📄💧 This week in science we explored how various types of paper react to water. Does it absorb? Bead up? Does it cause the paper to fall apart? You can continue this investigation with different types of paper you have at home! We also looked at what happens if we soak paper in water that has been colored on (with markers, crayons, and pencil) or dyed (yellow construction paper). We discovered that some papers keep their color, while others loose it to the water! It was very cool to see the water change color and the effects the water had on each type of paper! Lastly, we created a flag banner to hang outside for a several days to investigate the effects of our daily weather on paper. We can't wait to see it after we get snow this weekend!

😊 Have a great long weekend enjoying the snow and staying warm!

Welcome Back!

Ask Your Child About...

1. Identify the word 'was' in various contexts

2. Retell a story using details

3. Identify different types of paper and their use

4. Explain what makes a paper good for writing or folding

5. Use different tools to solve subtraction problems

UI Women's Basketball Team Members

✨ We have had a wonderful first week back from break! There was lots of sharing about what we did and who we saw as well as tons of excitement for seeing our friends and coming to school again! 😊 We also earned a school-wide celebration for filling the Paw Tank! The University of Iowa Women's Basketball team members came for a chat and some high reaching high-fives! Exciting!!

🍎You will find your child's blue Friday Folder in their backpack with several items inside. One of the items I would like to draw your attention to is the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Recognition sheet. This sheet explains how we will celebrate the great things MLK Jr. did and what you can do to help! Feel free to send any supplies with your child to school throughout the next week or let me know by email that you plan to send something on Friday the 18th. This will help myself and our fourth grade buddy teachers know what we will need to supply for the class. Thank you!

📚 This week in reading we took a look at various tales and stories from around the world! We read and retold the following stories: The Water Princess, The Runaway Wok, Mama, Do You Love Me?, Ganesha's Sweet Tooth, and Anansi The Spider. These were high interest stories that brought diversity, compassion, and curiosity into our classroom this week! You can help your child retell stories by finding high interest books and asking them what happened in the beginning, middle, and end, as well as asking them what some of the main details were. With new stories, there may be questions or connections that you can build their understanding on and desire to read more!

📗 You will find the Scholastic Book order in your child's blue Friday Folder. If you would like to order books for this month, you may do so through the flyer or online. This month's order will be due by Friday, January 25th.

🔢 In math we have continued to work on subtraction problems and understanding the difference between the words "take away" and "___ more". Asking your child how many toys (books, apples, etc.) they have and then asking how many they would have if they took ___ away or ___ more joined is a great way to help them practice this skill at home!

📄 Our science investigations has brought us to our paper study! We started with trees, followed by wood, and now we are taking a close look at paper! This means we are observing different types of paper and how they are made, how they react to various challenges (writing, folding, water, weather) and how we use paper in our daily lives. We have learned about ten different types of paper and where we might see them, as well as how each type reacts with markers, crayons, and pencil and how easy or difficult it is to fold. You can investigate types of paper at home by finding objects that are made of paper or creating something of their very own to test against the elements!

🦁 I hope you all have a fantastic weekend; getting plenty of rest and having fun in the coming snow! ⛄