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From The Teachers
Fun-Run materials were sent home last
week. This is the largest fundraiser that our PTO
puts on. Funds raised are used to help provide
materials for kids at our school. You can make a
donation at: http://paypal.me/glencairnpto.
We continue to administer the district-wide
AIMSweb screeners for both reading and math this
week. These are given to all students in the district
3 times per year (fall, winter and spring). They are
used to identify students who might need additional
support and help to track student growth throughout
the year. Running records are another assessment
tool we continue to administer. We are looking
forward to completing these and starting our small
group and individualized reading instruction.
Book orders are due this Wednesday.
Please enter your orders online or return the order
slips by the due date. Thank you!
You will be receiving information on how to
sign up for parent/teacher conferences this week.
We use signupgenius.com to schedule conferences
and find that electronically signing up is generally
easiest. Paper copies will also be sent home. We
look forward to meeting with you soon!
School phone: (517) 333-7930.
E-mail: marc.finger@elps.us, (602) 689-8256.
lauren.schefke@elps.us, (517) 755-7466
ELPS MISSION STATEMENT:
Nurturing each child
Educating all students
Building World Citizens
ELPS Vision Statement:
East Lansing Public Schools provide an exemplary education for
all students through a cohesive, comprehensive curriculum in an
inclusive, supportive environment.
Special News
• 9/16 – Playground Build Day 4-7 pm
• 9/18 – Book orders due
• 9/25 – Late Start Day (1st bell @ 10:40; 10:45
start)
• 10/4 – Fun Run!
• 10/15,10/17 & 10/22– ½ days for
Parent/Teacher Conferences (school dismissed
@ 12:10)
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September 16th, 2019
Social Studies/Science
We continue to identify variables that effect
the distance our paper airplanes travel in science.
Changing one variable at a time and examining the
results is a fun activity you can also do at home.
Social studies instruction will focus on
continuing to introduce geography with a specific
emphasis on landforms and climate. Looking at
physical maps and noting different landforms is a
skill that we will be learning about.
Math
Identifying and applying useful strategies
for solving computation problems and making
reasonable estimates will be covered this week.
Subtracting across zeros is another
concept we will be working on. This can be a tricky
concept for some kids to master and takes patience
and practice for everyone involved in the process.
Please let us know if homework is too hard
or too easy for your child.
Reading
Spelling groups will begin this week.
Spelling words will vary from student to student and
can be found inside the weekly planner that comes
home each night with homework assignments and
a place for your signature.
We will begin Unit 1, week 2 of our
Reading Street Reading program this week.
Students will read about the expedition of Lewis
and Clark from the point of view of a dog that made
the journey. Our focal comprehension strategy this
week is using the author’s purpose to interpret the
text.
Writing
Storytelling has been an important means
of communicating ideas and stories throughout
history. Having students share stories orally helps
them to identify and communicate personal stories
in a format that is less intimidating for many kids.
Telling family stories and jotting down a few notes
to capture important details is a fun and educational
activity you can do to help your child’s writing.
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