Class Update 4/28/18

Important Reminders:

If your child is participating in Long's Talent Show, here are some important reminders:

Monday, April 30th: Tryouts are being held from 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. 

Please arrange for your child to be picked up at 4:30 p.m. 

Wednesday, May 16th: Quick rehearsal from 3:30-4:30

This will simply be to practice the order and go through any last minute adjustments. Students will not be expected to do their act this day. Please arrange for your child to be picked up at 4:30 p.m. 

Monday, May 21st: Talent Show 

Time is TBD (will be during school hours)

If you have any questions please direct them toward: 

Mrs. Mach (allisonmach@lindberghschools.ws) 

Mrs. Welch (laurenwelch@lindberghschools.ws).

Class Updates:

We are continuing to learn about measurement in math. We have been exploring metric measurement of length in centimeters and meters. It is important that students know there are 100 centimeters in a meter. Students are finding the difference between two measurements to compare the length of objects as well. We will finish the remaining lessons in Chapter 11 this week and have a test on Thursday. Review pages will come home on Wednesday. Our last math chapter will be on geometry.

All students are participating in a book club to end the year in reading. The children are reading chapter books and using post-it notes to make connections, ask questions, and mark important or surprising parts. They discuss what they read and help each other clarify tricky words.

In writing, students have continued to publish poems. They learned how to write acrostic poems about spring that contained alliteration. The children are also making concrete poems that are shaped like they topic of the poem.

The students had two more Junior Achievement lessons on community this week. They worked in teams to "make donuts" for our donut factory and learned that both quantity of donuts and quality of donuts are important when producing goods to sell. Each student also was assigned a job within our community and learned about reasons we pay taxes from our paychecks.

In science, we had a busy week growing radish seeds. We compared old seeds with new seeds to see which would grow better. The children were excited to see the roots sprout from the seeds! They learned that roots take in water and minerals from the soil in order to grow. Students recorded the observations of their seeds all week. I am impressed by their work!

Class Update 4/21/18

Important Reminders:

Long's Got Talent! -  Long will have a talent show the last week of school. Students interested in performing must fill out an application form. Forms are due by Monday, April 23rd. Please note that try-outs for the talent show will be after school on Monday, April 30th.

Spring Picture proofs with order forms were sent home in the students' green folders. If you would like to order pictures, please send back the order form and payment with your child.

We are at the mid-quarter point of 4th quarter. Mid-quarter reports will come home with students at the beginning of the week in their green folders. Please sign and return the report. Also, please note, if I do not have any concerns at this time, your child will not receive a report.

Long/Crestwood Grant's Farm Night will be held on Friday, April 27th from 5:45 - 9:00 pm. The cost is $15 per automobile. You can register for a parking pass by clicking this link or returning the flier that came home. The deadline for pre-registering is this Monday, April 23rd.


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Class Updates:

The students had fun exploring cultural displays created by students in the building. They were able to learn about countries from all over the world!

We have been learning about customary measurement for length in math. Students have been busy estimating and measuring a variety of objects with rulers, yard sticks, and measuring tapes. We will continue to explore measurement this week, focusing on lessons 5 - 9 in Chapter 11. It is important that your child knows the basic measurement conversions below:

• 12 inches = 1 foot
• 36 inches = 1 yard
• 3 feet = 1 yard

Staff from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis came to teach a lesson to the class on the importance of saving money. The children learned how to make a line graph to track spending and received pencils made from recycled paper money!

We are wrapping up our series book unit in reading. Next week, we will begin book clubs. This is a fun way to end the school year where students will get to choose a chapter book to read closely and discuss together.

In writing, the students have been working hard on using precise language, repetition, and comparisons in their poems. They also learned about similes and wrote simile poems that described themselves.

Junior Achievement lessons have started. Thank you to Mrs. McRae for volunteering to teach the students about communities. The children will do hands-on activities to find out more about how a business manufactures goods to sell.

We have started a unit in science on plants. To kick off the unit, we did a Mystery Science lesson that explored the question, "How can a tree travel halfway around the world"? The children learned about seeds and seed dispersal by wind, water, and animals. Each child made their own model of a seed with a structure that helps it fly. We tested the models both indoors and outdoors to see which models traveled the farthest and avoided landing shade.

Class Update 4/14/18

Important Reminders:

Scholastic Book order forms went home last week. If you would like to purchase something please send in your order with payment or order online using the code on the form by Friday, April 20th. Thank you!

Long/Crestwood Grant's Farm Night will be held on Friday, April 27th from 5:45 - 9:00 pm. The cost is $15 per automobile. You can register for a parking pas by clicking this link or returning the flier that came home.

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Class Updates:

Long has been celebrating cultural diversity all year. This week each classroom decorated their doors to display a message about diversity. Take a look at how our door turned out!

We have finished our unit on telling time in math. This week we will begin Chapter 11 on measurement. We will focus on lessons 1-4, which cover customary measurement in inches, feet, and yards.

In reading, we read an interesting Scholastic News article and watched a corresponding video about Amelia Earhart. It was a great review on using text features to learn more information and the kids were intrigued by the mystery. We also continued to learn about what good readers do while reading series books, including notice the author's choice of precise language that helps us see the characters and setting in our minds. 

Poetry continues to be our focus in writing. Students are practicing how to edit their poems carefully for correct spelling and revise them to include the best word choice to convey the meaning of the poem. We learned how to write haiku poems as well. They are a special kind of poem with only three lines. The lines follow a syllable pattern of 5, 7, 5.

We have finished our study of government in social studies. The students learned about the qualities of good leaders both in and out of government. We read a book about Rosa Parks and made a chart of all the leadership qualities she exhibited. We also learned about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our country. The children interviewed family members to find out more about what a good citizen does. It was fun to hear all of the good examples that were shared!

We have been renewing our attention on our class mission statement so that we can remain focused to finish out the school year strong. We even recorded it to be played on Monday's upcoming morning announcements. Check it out!

Class Update 4/8/18

Important Reminders:

This Wednesday, April 11th is an Early Release Day with a 1:40 dismissal time. Please make sure your child knows how they are going home in case it is different from their regular routine.

Long School STEM Night is also on Wednesday, April 11th from 5:30 - 7:30 PM. This is a free event for all Long families and friends. A variety of hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering, and math will be available. Food trucks will be on site for dinner!

Long/Crestwood Grant's Farm Night will be held on Friday, April 27th from 5:45 - 9:00 pm. The cost is $15 per automobile. You can register for a parking pas by clicking this link or returning the flier in your child's mail. I will email out a flier as well.
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Class Updates:

Wow! We have been doing a lot of learning, so brain breaks are key. Check out the students enjoying a dance break.

We are halfway through out unit on time in math. Students have been working on telling time to the nearest whole and half hours. We are now starting to tell time to the nearest quarter hour and five minutes. This week will will explore the difference between am and pm as well. We will finish the remaining lessons in chapter 10 and begin reviewing for a test. The test will be on Friday, April 13th. If the students need more review the test may be pushed to Monday, April 16th.

We are continuing to learn about series books in reading. Students have been reading part of a series book everyday and have recorded their thinking about series characters on Post-Its. They are predicting, looking at character traits, and noticing how when characters do something surprising. We also read a Scholastic News article this week on wind and found out about the various types of wind and the effects wind can have on rocks, trees, and buildings.

In writing, the children are writing poems about topics that are important to them. They have learned how to listen to the sound of a poem and play with line breaks to see how it changes the sound. They are learning how to include both description and feelings into their poems.

In social studies, we are have been learning all about government. This week we studied the three levels of government: local, state, and federal. The students also learned about the three branches of federal government. We have explored who the leaders of government are. Each child made a foldable to help remember the difference between the branches of government.