A few important dates and announcements for your planning:

12.20 - Challenge to Change Yoga 

12.25-1.3 - No school, Winter break!

1.4 - Classes resume for all students

1.4 - 6th Grade Band rehearsals resume

1.5 - 5th Grade Band rehearsals begin at Hansen at 7:30 AM (Wednesdays and Fridays)

1.6 - NEISTA Honors Orchestra at Waverly-Shell Rock

1.9 - PALS (Parents and Lincoln School) meeting at 7 PM in the Media Center

1.15 - No school, MLK, Junior Day!

1.18 - 3rd Grade concert at 7 PM

1.24 - Challenge to Change Yoga 

1.25 - 6th Grade Band Solo Fest at CFHS from 7:30-9:15 AM

New Items:

Parents, we need your help each morning. We ask that students not arrive before 8:30 unless they are preparing for Safety Patrol. Please do not allow students to wait on the playground as there is no adult supervision. In addition, after school, we ask students to head directly home unless they are under the direct supervision of an adult. Please note that these requests are part of our Elementary Handbook as they support student safety, both are noted on page 12. (https://tinyurl.com/59x5b7sv) 

Holiday Dress Up Days (https://tinyurl.com/5n6cdzxy)  - we look forward to celebrating the upcoming holidays with these optional dress up days during the week of December 18th.

A Celebration of Learning! Next Friday, December 22nd, we will treat our students to a movie! Our morning group will include our Preschool, 4th, 5th and 6th grade students and we will enjoy Space Jam: A New Legacy (Rated PG). Our afternoon group will include Kinder, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade and we will enjoy Incredibles 2 (Rated PG). 

Parent Supports:

CKLA/Amplify Supports -  The resource we are using in our district is called CKLA (Core Knowledge Language Arts) from grades Kindergarten through 5th and Amplify for 6th grade. We will send home paper copies of the “Caregiver Letter” each time we begin a new unit and want to share these with our families each week. We encourage you to use the conversation starters!

Kindergarten Unit 4  (https://tinyurl.com/ht3t7yuu) 

1st Grade Unit 5 (https://tinyurl.com/53ky4vdc) 

2nd Grade Unit 5 (https://tinyurl.com/4bhu4vmf) 

3rd Grade Unit 4 (https://tinyurl.com/4tz2jvzm) 

4th Grade Unit 3 (https://tinyurl.com/5n8hej8z) 

5th Grade Unit 4 (https://tinyurl.com/mt72e2kv) 

6th Grade Unit 3 (https://tinyurl.com/3c57wwm6) 

Illustrative Math - We are excited to continue to deliver Illustrative Math to our students this year! This is a problem-based curriculum where students spend most of their time in class working on problems. Teachers help students understand the problems, ask questions to push their thinking and facilitate discussions to help students. Our goal is to help students build understanding of mathematical concepts and procedures as well as to apply this knowledge to new situations. During Math, students will collaborate with their classmates to talk about math, listen to each other’s ideas, justify their thinking and discuss their thinking. They gain experience communicating their ideas both verbally and in writing. This kind of instruction may look different from what you experienced in your own math education. Current research says that students need to be able to think flexibly in order to use mathematical skills in their lives and also on the types of tests they will encounter. Flexible thinking relies on understanding concepts and making connections between them. We plan to share family support materials for each unit as we appreciate your support at home!

Kindergarten Unit 3 (https://tinyurl.com/2p8tj662) 

1st Grade Unit 3 (https://tinyurl.com/46z9wwfh) 

2nd Grade Unit 4 (https://tinyurl.com/2zywt6mf) 

3rd Grade Unit 3 (https://tinyurl.com/ymf4c2sp) 

4th Grade Unit 4 (https://tinyurl.com/bdbfdmh6) 

5th Grade Unit 4 (https://tinyurl.com/3es5tsvs)  

6th Grade Unit 4 (https://tinyurl.com/4u3a8kxa) 

Lincoln PALS

Did you know saving Hy Vee Receipts is a simple way to raise funds to support our school? (https://tinyurl.com/3bayjtb9) You may save and send them to the Lincoln Office, Lincoln PALS will count at the beginning of each month and submit periodically to Hy Vee for funds to support our students, staff and school. 

We also collect Box Tops! (https://tinyurl.com/s98ea7w8) Box Tops is a program allowing schools to raise money. This process is now digital through the Box Tops app. Simply purchase Box Tops products, scan your receipt within 14 days and that’s it! If you purchase groceries digitally, receipts can be emailed to receipts@boxtops4education.com from an email address connected to your account. These funds support our students, staff and school.

Repeat News:

Arrival And Dismissal - we are working to help our students safely enter and leave the building. In the morning, we will ask students to arrive between 8:30 and 8:45. They will report to their classrooms or to the cafeteria for breakfast if needed. At the end of the day, we will dismiss students beginning with Kindergarten and moving through 6th grade. Our staff will walk students to the door. Our Kindergarten and 1st grade students will dismiss at their outside classroom doors, second grade will dismiss onto the east playground, third grade will also dismiss onto the east playground, fourth grade will dismiss using our main entrance doors on 8th street and 5th and 6th grade will dismiss using our 7th street doors. We appreciate families making and following consistent after school plans. We will not have supervision for students prior to 8:30 AM each morning. Thank you for helping us support safe morning arrivals and afternoon dismissals!

Lincoln Recess Guidelines (https://tinyurl.com/24zaadj6)  - we are beginning to enter a time of the year where weather can be unpredictable and would like to share our recess guidelines. Our goal is to be outside as much as possible! Please carefully watch the forecast and send students to school with clothing that will allow them to enjoy recess. We will also ask students to wear coats until the temperature is above 50 degrees (real feel). If your student needs help with cold weather gear, please contact their teacher and we will do our best to help. If a student is not dressed properly, we will lend them a coat for the recess to allow them to be outside.

Wednesday Early Dismissal - we dismiss every Wednesday at 1:50 PM. Please be sure to set a reminder to pick up students promptly. Our staff use this time to collaborate to support learning for our students.

Snacks and Birthday Treats - We are proud to be a Blue Zones school and encourage healthy choices when students bring food for their daily snack. In addition, to support safety this school year when celebrating birthdays, we will ask for families to bring prepackaged items to minimize handling. Thank you!

Thank you for your support! We are looking forward to seeing you next week!

Respectfully,

Ralph Bryant

Lincoln Elementary Principal

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