An October Welcome!

Welcome to our Lincoln Leader blog!  I'm going to try  to keep you updated on  important events and happenings in our class and here at Lincoln!

Our big news to kick off October is our first community service project!  Students are collecting supplies for the Center for Animal Health and Welfare (formerly the Northampton County SPCA). The center came to  talk to us last week and introduced us to Ginger, one of the dogs who lives at the center.  Students are making posters and writing announcements to make the rest of the school aware of our project and are hoping for both Lincoln and community support!

This is the first of several community service projects we will be doing this year as part of our Leader in Me program. Students are taking a proactive look at our community and identifying areas of need. From there, they will create a project designed to help these organizations. We are very excited to become effective leaders, not only here at Lincoln, but in our community as well!

A big thank you to everyone who has donated supplies for our classroom!  We are always in need of tissues and Clorox wipes, so please feel free to send those in at any time! 

Several times a month, we will be doing Fun Fridays.  We have Therapy dogs visit us every Friday and students will all have a chance to read with our new friends!  Some of the handlers are retired reading specialists, so we are very fortunate to have these helping hands (and paws!) in our classroom! We will also be doing several 'Coffee House Fridays', where the students will share poetry, skits, or songs, and we  get to sit back, enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and celebrate learning something new!  We are always in need of supplies for our hot chocolate treats. Many thanks to those of you who have already donated cups, cocoa, and marshmallows!  We welcome any donations you'd still  like to send in!

We are hard at work on our 100 book challenge!  Students are completing 2 steps each day at school and are asked to complete 2 steps at home with a home reading coach.  We are working on  Character, Setting and Plot, so  please ask your child to share information on these topics with books they are reading at home!

In science we are working on solar energy and temperature. Students are completing many hands on activities to fully understand these topics and are asked to keep an organized notebook. The notebooks will be checked and graded several times during the quarter, so please remind your child to keep his or her notebook organized and up to date!

Several 'at home' Study Island activities have been assigned.  Please have your child sign into the home page at www.studyisland.com  to see any new assignments or news.

It has been a wonderful first month of school!  Thank you for sharing your children with me this year! I'm looking forward to seeing them become lifelong learners and leaders this year!