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1. Read the notebook aloud once a week Magazine fun Encourage your child s interest in reading by introducing her to magazines Here are ways to help her enjoy and learn from them Visit the library or a newsstand and encourage your youngster to browse through the magazines If she loves animals she might like National Geographic Little Kids or Your Big Backyard A child who likes stories and poems could try Turtle or Humpty Dumpty Magazines teach your youngster to read a variety of formats For example an issue of Highlights High Five or chickaDEE might include a comic strip a nursery rhyme a story and a recipe Talk about how each one is different the comic strip is funny the recipe helps you cook Tip Explain to your child that unlike books maga zines contain many short items that can be read in any order and still make sense Reading Connection Beginning Edition Read and retell After your youngster finishes a story her teacher might ask her to summarize it This is a way for her to show that she under stands the story and to build her read ing comprehension skills You can try this at home with these ideas Use props Small toys can keep your child on track when she summarizes a story Let her look through her toys to find characters or objects that appeared in a book She can dictionary Help your child practice spelling and build his vocabulary by making his very own pict2. that word starts with h and it makes sense in the sentence Can you think of another h word that would make sense here Also call attention to your own mistakes when you read aloud to your daughter If you skip a word or read one incorrectly you might smile and say Oops Then go back and read the sentence with the right word You ll show her that it s okay to make mistakes and she can just try again O Learning something new like reading usually means taking risks The way you react to your daughter s mistakes can help her feel more confident If she tries to read a word and guesses wrong try to find something that she did right For instance if she says house instead of home you might say Working Together for Learning Success E Bad News for Outlaws Bass Reeves was born a Texas slave who grew up to become one of the first African American deputy U S marshals This true story by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson follows Reeves life and career as he arrested more than 3 000 outlaws in the Old West E Half Minute Horrors terson and dozens of Ma other popular authors A teamed up to create short stories Each tale takes about 30 seconds to read and many are less than a page long A T R L Stine James Pat LS LF RCA this collection of scary good choice for children who think they don t like to read E The Color of My Words In this story by Lynn Joseph 12 y
3. and climbing on the inflatables It s fami hes like yours that help make Lincoln such a special place to learn Mrs Rose Heintz October Events Picture Retake Day 8 PTA Board 13 Meeting 7 p m Fvening 14 Conferences NO SCHOOL 15 Marco s Pizza 19 Night Red Ribbon Week 25 29 Early Release Day 29 Halloween Parties and Parade Market Day Nov Pick Up 5 6 p m 3 THE LINCOLN LOG OCTOBER 2010 Conferences are Coming Soon Our first conferences are being held the eve ning of October 14 These are for parents whose teachers have requested early confer ences Another round of Parent Teacher confer ences will be held dur ing the day on Novem ber 12 If you are not scheduled to attend the October 14 conference you will receive a letter later in the grading pe riod for the November conferences If you feel a more pressing need to talk to a teacher please don t wait until Novem ber Just send a note or call your child s teacher at 330 926 3803 Early Release Day on Halloween Since October 29 is an early release day for students our traditional Halloween parade will begin about 12 00 noon at the front door and will wind around the building weather per mitting Parties will be gin in the classrooms immediately after the parade and children will be released at 1 20 p m You will receive a flyer later in the month Picture Retakes Picture Retake
4. 3 sincerely Deena Doshak and Brenda Zimmerman THE LINCOLN LOG OCTOBER 2010 PTA MESSAGES From the President I can t believe September is over It s been a busy month for PTA Thank you to all our new PTA members It s never too late join PTA A huge thank you to everyone that has signed up to volunteer We can always use more volun teers If you would liked to volunteer and are not sure where you can help feel free to call or email me Our family cook out was a great success Thank you to Sandy Nowak for a great job Watch for information on our next family night in November I d like to thank everyone for a smooth start to the school year Our PTA is successful because of all the great parents and teachers at Lincoln Tina Boorman bailey neo rr com 330 945 6821 From the Vice President We had a great turnout for our annual PTA Family Cook Out About 500 people came this year and a great time was had by all Thank you to Kevin Stone Tina Boorman Kristen Stanley and Lori Carleton for helping to set up Also to Karen Hummel Katie Mayes and Alex Mayes thank you so much for serving the food and drinks Our cake walk was a HUGE success this year Lori Carleton and KarriAnn Webb did a great job helping the kids win a sweet treat We had 26 cakes this year thanks to all the families who sent in bakery A huge thank you to the parents who helped us monitor the inflatable s this year as well Steve Belltronda De
5. and maps in the library s local history section Discover other options Your youngster might borrow computer software or check out audiobooks for instance Reading Connection INTERMEDIATE EDITION Reading for clues Good news your youngster doesn t have to recognize every word to under stand a challenging book Instead he can use clues in the text to figure out words he doesn t know These tips will help build his vocabulary and turn him into a more confident reader Definitions Sometimes a sentence will define a word Suggest that your child look for hints that a definition is com that is and in other words Example Some dinosaurs were bipeds or they walked on two feet 29 66 ing such as or Reading and writing in the workplace What does your child want to do when he grows up Whether he becomes a restaurant manager or a lawyer he s sure to read and write on the job Show him the importance of reading and writ ing with these ideas When you f gt talk to your youngster MK w TAN about your R e 7 eo day mention BS y f i what you A read or wrote Examples I had 15 e mails waiting for me this morning or I filled out orders for new furniture at the store today While you re out with your child point out workers who are reading or writing The nurse is reading your chart or That waitress wrote down our order When your
6. of age ask your pediatrician if he should receive it now Influenza vaccine flu shot protects children against influenza an infection that can be very serious three to seven days of high fever bad cough headaches muscle pain and other complications to healthy children and fatal to both healthy children and children with some medical conditions Children also can bring influenza home and give it to their younger siblings parents and or older relatives in whom the illness also can be life threatening People lose sight of the seriousness of influenza because many reter to colds and stomach viruses as the flu Influenza vaccine is recommended for all children 6 months to 18 years and all household contacts of children birth to 5 years Household contacts and child care providers for children of any age with certain chronic conditions such as asthma diabetes or heart problems especially need to get the flu vaccine to protect these children hath s C a i ience Building excitement and success for young children OOLS amp WTF Tyoeirs fe your young ster to come up wit many ways to represent a number For 9 for instance she might write the word nine the cardinal number 9 and the ordinal number 9th Or she could lay out 9 toy cars draw 9 hearts or make 9 tally marks CJHf Ill A ripe banana Have your child put one green banana in a paper bag and leave another one on the counte
7. sure that you do not send children to school before 8 20 when the doors open There is no adult supervision before that time 3rd Grade State Achievement Testing On Tuesday October 5 our 3rd graders took the reading portion of the Ohio Achievement Test We hope to get the re sults back by the end of October These early scores will be very help ful in guiding our in struction for the remain der of the year The fol lowing tests will be given in May Third grade Reading and Math Fourth grade Reading and Math Fifth grade Reading Math Science THE LINCOLN LOG OCTOBER 2010 Magazine Sale Completed Our annual Magazine sale has just been com pleted Thank you SO much for your help We had the most successful sale ever and the money earned will pro vide us with many ex tras which we would not otherwise have We are continuing to work on purchasing Smart Boards for the class rooms Also if you would like to order magazines after the sale for yourself or as a gift or renew at any time Peacemaker News Congratulations to the Peacemakers of the Month for September They are the morning kindergarten crew of Kaitlyn Burtrand Katie Larkins Kevin Werner and Tristan Wright safety Patrol Congratulations to the Gold Badge Patrol Per sons for the month of september Bryanna Lowe AM and Bronson Luksa PM Both of these students are very responsible and en
8. your youngster tape one strip of foil to the positive end of the battery and the other strip to the negative end Next she should touch the foil coming from the positive end to the metal side of the bulb Gust below the glass Finally she can touch the foil coming from the negative end to the sil ver tip at the bottom of the bulb What happens The bulb will light up Why For electricity to work it must travel through a circuit leaving one end of a power source and returning to the opposite end in a circle In this case elec tricity leaves the negative end of the bat tery and returns to the positive end O U R PURPOSE To provide busy parents with practical ways to promote their children s math and science skills Resources for Educators a division of Aspen Publishers Inc 128 N Royal Avenue Front Royal VA 22630 540 636 4280 rfecustomer wolterskluwer com www rfeonline com 2010 Resources for Educators a division of Aspen Publishers Inc top Let him slowly push the crackers into each other He will observe the sides scraping together crumbs coming off and cream cheese piling up along the edges In an earthquake e i pressure edges form along fault lines amp TUIA TONT Family graph time PAR Last year both of my children struggled with math So this year I wanted to think of ways to practice at home I asked my son s teacher and he suggested that we do a weekly fa
9. Day is Friday October 8 Ripcho Photography will return for picture retakes of those students whose pictures were unsatisfactory and for those who were absent on the original day pictures were taken You may use the original order form or request a new one from the office with specifics Once again we ask for your cooperation and good judgment when choos ing the costumes Due to overcrowding in the classrooms only Room Parents will be permit ted to go to the class rooms after the parade Please cooperate to help make this an enjoyable time for the children AM and PM Kindergar ten will also have short ened days on October 29 Morning kindergar ten will go from 8 45 to 11 00 a m Afternoon kindergarten will begin at 11 45 and end at 1 20 Buses and daycare facilities will be notified but parents should confirm with the centers Kindergarten children should come dressed in their costumes on that day Extra Candy Needed And speaking of Hallow een if you find yourself with extra candy left over after trick or treat consider donating it to our Roaring Lions Pro gram We go through lots of it each week as we pull lucky winners who have received Roar ing Lion awards Please only send wrapped candy that YOU have purchased yourself Breakfast Program We are glad that so many families are taking advantage of our morning breakfast program However PLEASE make
10. Explain that exercising muscles until they re tired makes them grow stronger Web picks What does math have to do with airplanes At www planemath com your youngster will calculate how much fuel a plane needs find the shortest route between two cities and more Relive the walk on the moon learn about giant squid and explore cli mate change from prehistoric times at this Smithsonian site Includes science games and activities www smithsonianeducation org students explore_by_topic science_nature html Worth quoting One s mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original shape Oliver Wendell Holmes Q How is the moon like a dollar A They both have four quarters 2010 Resources for Educators a division of Aspen Publishers Inc ermediate Edition Maths cien e Connection October 2010 Lincoln Elementary Mrs R Heintz Principal Solving word problems Sasha had 6 math prob lems to do for homework last night They took her 18 min utes What is the average time she spent per problem When your child has word problems for home work does she know how to tackle them Here are tips that will help Read thoroughly Word problems combine math with reading comprehension So the first step is for your youngster to read the sentences carefully Suggest that she jot down the facts and numbers being sure to attach units of measure 6 math problems 18 minutes Rewri
11. From the Principal As I write this mes sage the leaves are just beginning to dis play their new colors and we are certainly appreciative of the onset of fall weather at Lincoln It has been a very hot September and although it didn t deter our great start there were days we certainly felt like we were cooked to medium rare by dismissal time We are off to a great start with our build ing wide theme Fill It to the Brim We chose this to expand on our Bucket Fill ing initiative that we began last spring For those who didn t get the message it is based on the premise that a bucket repre sents a person s emo tional wellbeing and everyday we either fill another s bucket with positive words and support and in the process fill our own or we dip into someone s bucket with disrespect and cruelty This supports our Code of Conduct and our on going mission to promote coopera tion kindness and good character at Lin coln We had a very enthusiastic kick off assembly in Septem ber where the chil dren got to see the Code acted out by their teachers We may not win any Os cars but the kids got the point and had some fun filling a gi gantic bucket in the process Ask your child what kinds of things Felicia Filler and Diane Dipper would tell you to do or not do Along with improv ing their acting skills our teachers have been very busy work ing on our n
12. e Youre giving your child protection from diseases that otherwise might bring pain permanent damage or even death CHANGES IN THE IMMUN SCHEDULE The vaccine schedule is changing yearly as new vaccines ZATI are available to protect children from a variety of serious illnesses The best places to get an up to date schedule are from your pediarrician or from the Web sites listed below e The Immunization Action Coalition at WWW PA Aini7e ore e The a nerican Academv of Pediatrics at wrowaap oreimmunizations e The C ent Ta Disease Control s National ER Program at www cde gov vaccines By phone in E aug and Spanish at 1 800 CDC INFO 800 2 32 4636 Here is a short description of the newer vaccines The most current vaccine information statements VIS are available on the sites mentioned above and from your pediatrician s office They tell you about the vaccines the diseases they help prevent schedules and side effects e The new HPV Human Papilloma Virus vaccine helps protect adolescents and women from cervical cancer HPV is a three dose series and is routinely recommended for girls 1 1 12 years of age however doctors may give it to girls as young as 9 years old HPV also is recommended for girls and women 13 26 vears of age who did not receive it at 1 1 12 years old Recently one of the two HPV vaccines was approved for the prevention of genital warts in males e Rotavirus is a virus that causes severe d
13. e lightest to the heaviest He can check the order by weighing each pumpkin on a bathroom scale ence Connection Beginning faitio October 2010 e Page 2 iS North Star Go outside on a clear night z OZ a and spot Polaris the North Star it s the Wine X ail brightest star in the sky Look for a con LP stellation a group of stars such as the Big Dipper Tell your child that while she s sleeping constellations appear to move through the sky but Polaris doesn t Then demonstrate with this activity Open a black umbrella and place a star sticker in the center of its inside to represent Polaris Have your youngster use star stickers to add a constellation Hold the open umbrella over her as she slowly turns around counterclockwise She ll see that Polaris appears to stay still while the other stars circle around it Explain that the Earth turns rotates just like she s doing Con stellations appear to move as the Earth turns but since Polaris is over the North Pole and the Earth s axis it seems to stay still Disappearing colors What is white light Your youngster will find out as he conducts this colorful experiment You ll need white paper plate ruler pencil crayons or markers purple blue green yellow orange red string Here s how Help your child use the ruler and pencil to divide the plate into six equal pie shaped wedges Have him color each section a diffe
14. ear old Ana wants to be a writer But her family can t afford paper and in her Caribbean nation only the president writes books So she shares her poems just with her mother Then one day she learns a lesson about the power of words Also available in Spanish E The Storm in the Barn During the drought of the 1930s 11 year old Jack discovers a secret The Storm King has been hiding in a barn keeping the rain away from Kansas It s up to Jack to defeat the Storm King and a bring back the ANN rain A graphic mens novel by Matt Phelan 2010 Resources for Educators a division of Aspen Publishers Inc teat INTERMEDIATE EDITIO Reextinej Connection October 2010 Lincoln Elementary Mrs R Heintz Principal Four steps to writing success How does a writer turn an idea into a polished final draft A writing plan can make it easier The next time your child has a written assignment suggest that she try these four steps I Pre write Before your youngster begins a report or a story she can jot down information or ideas she wants to include She might make a list or use a graphic orga nizer For a report on explorers she could write headings Spanish French Portuguese English and add details under each one If she s writing a story she might draw a circle divide it into four sections characters setting problem solution and fill in her ideas 2 Draft Encou
15. ew inter vention initiative This involves the creation of a 30 40 minute pe riod each day tar geted to meeting indi vidual student needs This may provide ex tra help in reading or math additional prac tice in basic skills or enrichment for those students who are working above grade level Since we have no additional staff to accomplish this we are working on some very creative ways to utilize our personnel and meet the chal lenge We will share more as this develops over the year The other big chal lenge this year is the adoption of our new Language Arts pro gram for grades K 2 There are many new materials programs and assessments and this will certainly be a year of exploration for students and teachers alike Along with these new programs our oth grades have be gun their instrumental music lessons and our 4th grades are once again participating in the Reach Out and Dance Program pro vided through a grant from the Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet We also continue to work on our Service Learning initiatives and our wellness ac tion plan which in cludes our daily walk ing club And lastly a big thank you to our par ents and families who supported a success ful magazine fundrais ing campaign We broke our school re cord and raised enough money to pur chase another Smart Board for our class rooms The children were rewarded with a great day of fun and exercise bouncing
16. got the answer 4 She kept pressing the button which kept adding 2 to her answer This helped her learn to skip count by 2 Resources for Educators a division of Aspen Publishers Inc 128 N Royal Avenue Front Royal VA 22630 540 636 4280 rfecustomer wolterskluwer com www tfeonline com ISSN 1942 910X 2010 Resources for Educators a division of Aspen Publishers Inc Another time I asked her to start with a two digit number and subtract the same number repeatedly again by press ing the button She picked 48 and subtracted by 3 over and over Mrs Gordon also mentioned a game called broken calculator I told Jasmine the 7 key was broken and asked how else she could make 7 She pressed 4 3 and 9 2 Then she asked me to pretend the 8 key was broken How could we make 8 Building Understanding and Excitement for Children Re BITS Counting practice Have your youngster prac tice counting by 10s but start at a number that doesn t end in zero For instance begin at 787 and count by 10s 787 797 807 Try other num bers too Examples Count by 3s starting at 52 52 55 58 or by 5s starting at 92 92 97 102 Stronger muscles Use six sheets of newspaper for a les son in how muscles work Ask your child to crumple a sheet into a small ball with one hand How does his hand feel Then have him crumple five more sheets one at a time How does his hand feel now
17. iarrhea Many infants and voung children are admitted to the hospital each year with this illness Rotavirus vaccine is 98 percent effective in preventing severe diarrhea P 02 10 DP901 01 caused by rotavirus There are other viruses that also cause diarrhea so you should still be careful about diaper and hand hygiene The vaccine is given by mouth as drops anc consists of two or three doses The first cose must be given between 6 and 14 weeks of age A meningococcal conjugate vaccine MCV A is recommended at the 12 year old well visit The MC V4 helps protect adolescents from a deadly form of meningitis Tf vour adolescent has not received MCYV4 it is recommended that he receive it now A diphtheria tetanus and pertussis Tdap booster is recommended at the 11 12 year olc well visit The Tdap booster replaces the traditional tetanus diphtheria Td booster since eae can catch and pass whooping cough pertussis to voung infants who are not yet protected by immunization Pertussis can be very serious and even deadly for infants Hepatitis A vaccine Hep A is recommended between I2 and 18 months and a second dose six months later Children with Hepatitis A often have no symptoms but are very contagious They catch the virus from other children and can pass it to adults in their home and child care center who then can become seriously ill If your child dil not receive Hep Aat to 2 years
18. incipal Family writing center Writing is a big part of every A day life Show your child that rail your family is a writing family by Ali creating a spot where everyone can find writing supplies and reasons to write You might use a table in your living room or a corner of the kitchen Then try these suggestions Earr N 4 Write notes Hang a bulletin board near your writing center where family members can post notes lists and reminders You might ask your youngster to write notes for you Can you write bank on a sticky note so I ll remember to deposit this check Or you might start a gro cery list and let your child add items he wants Air can add colorful pens stickers wrapping paper scraps and glitter glue for extra fun Suggest that your child write a message and design a card When he s finished let him put it in the mailbox Send mail Encourage your youngster to send mail and he ll see how writing helps people stay in touch Together put mailing supplies envelopes stamps labels in a shoe box or basket In another box place index cards and construction paper for making postcards and greeting cards You Report news Explain that we use writ ing to record and share information Have your youngster label a notebook Family News and put it in the writing center Then ask everyone to write short notes about household events Dani elle s dance team won on Saturday
19. ions off the bottom of a regular carton and 10 small objects beads Take turns rolling a die and placing that number of beads in your carton one item per cup Each time say how many cups are filled and how many are left I rolled a 4 I have 4 cups filled Diagram a tree Here s a hands on way for your youngster to dis cover the different parts of a tree Let her find a tree she likes outside your house or at a park Ask her to point to the different parts and help her name them trunk branches leaves Then have her pick up items that have fallen to the ground a piece of bark a twig leaves Next she can use her treasures to make her own tree On poster board have her draw a big outline of a tree and ois we Edition Connection October 2010 Lincoln Elementary Mrs R Heintz Principal Vr and 6 cups left I rolled a 1 Now 5 cups are filled and 5 cups are left The first person to fill all 10 cups exactly wins that round Add number cards Play this game to find all the combina tions that make 10 First make two sets of number cards write a number to 10 on 20 separate index cards and 10 addi tion cards To play deal five number cards and five addition cards to each player Then players use their cards to make 10 as many ways as they can Exam ple If you have the cards 2 3 5 6 and 7 you could make combinations such as 3 7 2 3 5 and7 3 List them and see who
20. justice www ICIVICS Org Time to read O As my daughter gets older she has less free time to read for fun How can I help her fit it in O With a little creativity you can work reading into even the busiest of schedules Suggest that your daughter get into bed 15 minutes early to read at night Or if she s a morning person she might wake up 10 min utes early to read before school Also remind her to tuck a book into her G G VA J October 2010 Page 2 Series A series of familiar words in a sentence can help your youngster figure out a new word Have him compare an unfamiliar word to the rest of the list to see if he can guess its meaning Example His non stop pranks gags and other she nanigans kept everyone laughing VEV A Tip Keep a dictionary handy so your child can look up a word if he can t figure out the meaning z GAMES Sa E Play on Words pa Shake the cube filled le with dice and start the A timer Players race to make the most words using only the eight letters shown The more words you write and the more letters you use the higher your score Winning Moves E Now What This storytelling game will improve your child s creativity and problem solving skills Players take turns making up stories about using common objects sled cheese to solve strange dilem mas Solutions can be silly or serious the goal is to be original Patch P
21. made the most s tape the items where they go For example she can put pieces of bark on the tree trunk add twigs for the branches and place leaves on the branches Help her title her poster My Tree and label each part Wer North Pole A A lost camel 2010 Resources for Educators a division of Aspen Publishers Inc Maths Star bright Looking at stars in the night sky can be magical for your child Help her discover the science behind the magic with these ideas Twinkling stars Cut a large panel from a cereal box Have your young ster shape small pieces of aluminum foil into stars and put them on the cardboard Fill a glass bowl two thirds full with water put the bowl on the card board and turn off the lights While she shines a flashlight on the bowl tap the bowl so the water moves As the light shines through the air and mov ing water she ll see the foil stars twinkle In the sky stars seem to twinkle as their light passes through the atmosphere tue Pumpkin math Take advantage of the season and use pumpkins to help your youngster work on math Bring a few home from the pumpkin patch or grocery store and try these activities CORNER Have your child pick up each pump kin one at a time to feel how heavy it is Encourage him to make comparisons The second pumpkin is heavier than the first one Then ask him to put them in order from th
22. mily graph He said graphs are a good way to bring in different math skills and they re also fun for a family Now we decide each week on something to graph and a way to display the information One week we counted our mail and made a line graph showing how many pieces of mail we got each day Another week we kept track of the fruits we ate and created a bar graph showing the number of apples pears strawberries and bananas Part of the fun of graphing is discussing our results The kids like to compare the data and they re learning to ask and answer questions using our graphs Q TLI How much popcorn Build your child s math and problem solving skills with this challenge She ll learn about esti mating measuring and volume Pop a batch of microwave popcorn and give her an empty container like an oatmeal canister or a shoe box Ask her how many pieces of popcorn she thinks will fit inside Then help her brainstorm ways of figuring out the answer For example she could put a layer of popcorn on the bottom of the container CORNER and count the pieces say 20 She can estimate how many layers would fit 14 and multiply the two numbers together Q20 x 14 280 Have her fill the container with pop corn counting as she goes to see how close her estimate came to the answer Then let her try the same thing with other materials marbles Legos and different containers empty tissue box or cereal bo
23. ok back through her book and pick out the major events She can draw a picture of each one on a separate index card Then have her glue the cards in order on a large sheet of paper or poster board As she retells the story she can point to each drawing Tip Once your youngster is comfortable using props and pictures to summarize a story have her try doing it off the top a of her head Helping out I volunteered in my older kids classrooms when they were young but since going back to work I haven t helped out in my youngest son s class mentioned to his teacher that I d like to be more involved and she suggested that I start with the upcoming book fair She said the librarian needed evening helpers to set up the books and also to place book orders from home She needed daytime volun teers too to help children choose books to buy Since I couldn t take time off that week I offered to set up The librarian also invited me to visit another week when I could take off to help my son s class choose library books I m going to start doing that once a month and I m also going to order books from home I know my son will be happy to see me during his library time and I m really looking forward to volunteering in his school Building confidence My daughter won t try to read a word unless she s sure she knows it How can I help her become a more confi dent reader You re right
24. om or 1 800 474 4777 for Giant Eagle Apples for the Students Lin coln receives points towards equipment Lunch Room Reminder Please remind your child how important it is to remember his her lunch or lunch money Whether it s left at home or in the classroom it is stilla forget The children will not be allowed to borrow from the cafeteria If they forget they will receive a sandwich and milk Lincoln Log in Your In Box Would you like the Lin coln Log sent directly to your email Go to the dis trict web page www cfalls org and click on e Communication on the left side of the page Choose Lincoln and check the appropriate box We will notify you by email when the latest version of our newsletter is published Giant Eagle Program Update Your Advantage Card for Lincoln every time you use your Advantage card Our School ID is 0610 Even if you have registered in the past you must update your registration this year Red Ribbon Week October 25 29 Help us to promote posi Tuesday Oct 26 tive healthy lifestyles by Spot me being drug free staying drug free Chil wear polka dots an P epa Wednesday Oct 27 attire this week based on Team up against drugs the theme of the day wear sports team attire Monday Oct 25 no hats Sock it to drugs wear goofy socks Market Da Thank you to everyone who supported our school by purchasing food fr
25. om Market Day in September s THE LINCOLN LOG OCTOBER 2010 Thursday Oct 28 Go green don t let drugs pollute your life wear green Friday Oct 29 Say BOO to drugs Halloween attire for parade and parties and October s sales We re off to a great start with your help We d like to congratulate Kimberly Bentley who was the winner of our New Customer contest in September Kimberly won a 3 lb bag of Italian Style Meatballs and a 2 lb bag of Harvest Blend Vegeta bles Keep your eyes open for further contests and chances to win in the future Looking ahead November is Dessert Bonus Days We earn extra profit on an assortment of 14 different pies and cheesecakes so it s a great time to stock up for the upcoming holidays Market Day offers many kinds of desserts that are perfect for holiday meals at prices that are comparable to what you would pay in a store or restaurant In fact these are the same products that are supplied to many upscale restau rants and you can have them in your home too Deep Dish Apple Pie Turtle Cheesecake Our November sale will be on November 3 from 5 6 p m in the school gym Order sheets will be due in to the school by the end of the day on October 29 2010 and all internet orders must be entered no later than 11 p m that night Thanks again for your continuing support of our monthly fundraiser through Mar ket Day We look forward to seeing you November
26. p is on air pressure can t push down on the water and gravity keeps the water inside But when the cap is unscrewed air pressure and gravity force the water out amp Math Sciente Connection Intermediate Edition Explaining earthquakes What causes earthquakes These hands on geology activities will help your youngster understand Fault line Let him flatten three pieces of different colored clay into rectangles and stack them to represent the earth s crust Then he can cut through the layers from top to bottom with a dull knife Have him put the two sections back together but not matched up exactly The cut shows a fault line or break October 2010 Page 2 If he pushes in on the two sec tions the clay will bulge or slide on that line That s what happens when there is pres sure along a fault line in the earth Shifting plates Pressure along fault lines often comes from movement in the earth s plates Here s a way your child can see this phenomenon and eat the results On wax paper have him spread whipped cream cheese in a thick layer and place two graham cracker squares side by side on electric This experiment will show your child how electric circuits work a basic princi ple of electricity Watch her face light up along with the lightbulb You ll need 1 D battery 2 strips of aluminum foil 6 inches x 1 4 inch each 1 flashlight bulb tape Here s how Have
27. r Let him observe them daily noticing the color of the peel how soft or hard they are and what they smell like After four days he can taste each banana Which one is more ripe softer has a stronger banana flavor Web picks Get access to math tools just like those your youngster uses in school She can sort or make patterns with blocks take shapes apart to learn about fractions use a spinner to find out about probability and more at http nlvm usu edu en nav library html Watch Bill Nye the Science Guy demonstrate experiments and then try them together Your child might play with gravity investigate sound waves or make music with ideas from www billnye com Worth quoting It s kind of fun to do the impossible Walt Disney o o Q What animal with two humps is found at the Equals 10 What numbers add up to 10 As your child finds out he ll practice basic math skills and reasoning Use these activities to explore 10 together Use your antlers Put your hands on top of your head with your fingers spread out to make antlers Curl down some of your fingers and M ask your youngster how many fingers you need to put up to make 10 He ll have to count the fingers he sees say 7 and figure out how many more would make 10 answer 3 Then let him put up his antlers and make a 10 problem for you Roll to 10 Each player needs an egg carton with 10 cups cut two sect
28. rage your child to use her pre writing to prepare a rough draft For a report she might write a paragraph about each item on her list For a story she can develop a plot by following her graphic organizer Her goal is to get her thoughts on paper at this stage the writing does not have to be perfect Library time A library card gives your child access to all kinds of free reading material Share these ideas to help him get the most from the library Explore a different section during each visit On one trip your youngster might look for ani mal stories Another time he could check out biographies about his favorite athletes 3 Revise Have your youngster read her draft aloud Does the paper flow logi cally or would it make more sense if certain parts were rearranged She can also listen for places where more details are needed or where words or ideas are repeated Now is the time to polish her writing and prepare a final draft 4 Proofread When she has finished she should check her work for mistakes Suggest that she read it sentence by sen tence looking for proper spelling gram mar and punctuation Tip If your child is writing on a computer be sure she proofreads in addition to running spell check the computer will not catch every error Learn about local history How was your town founded What did your city look like in 1920 Your child can browse old newspaper articles photographs
29. rek Mayes Ron Boorman and Robin Shelton we really appreciate your help Clean up was a breeze this year with the help of the Mayes Family Lori Carleton and Jeff Daugherty And when you see Mrs Ward in the hallway please tell her thank you for staying and making sure everything ran smoothly My last shout out goes to Alex and Kelsey Mayes and Matthew Nowak for cleaning up the ENTIRE playground area WITHOUT BEING ASKED Thank you to all three of them for such an outstanding job Watch for a flyer to come home in a few weeks for our Family BINGO night in November See you around the school sandy Nowak Fundraising Update Thanks to everyone that participated in our September Marcos Pizza Night Mrs Hulten s first grade class had the most orders and won a classroom pizza party Congratulations Our next pizza night is October 19 Please remember to give the teacher s name when ordering Also remember to mention a m or p m kindergarten The PTA fall fundraiser will be coming home with students on October 12 Please consider partici pating All profits will go to PTA family nights and supplies for classrooms and teachers If you have any questions please call Katie Mayes at 830 928 7673 Cuyahoga Falls PTA Council Presents F A 2 Lunch with Santa Saturday December 4 2010 11 00am 1 00pm schnee Learning Center 2222 Issaquah St Bring the whole family 6 00 per child includes lunch picture with Santa game
30. rent color Then cut off the plate s raised edge punch two small holes near the center and lace the string through the holes Hold one end of the string in each hand while your child turns the plate around and around until it s wound up tightly Finally pull your hands away from each other so the plate spins quickly What happens Your youngster will see the colors blur together and eventually dis appear or turn white Why When the spinner is going really fast your child sees light reflected from all the colors but his brain cannot separate them Instead he sees a mixture of all colors or white light TULLA Practicing with calculators Let your youngster count the ribs the lines on the smallest pumpkin Note Suggest that he use a marker to mark the first rib he counts so he ll know when he has counted them all Does he think the bigger pumpkins will have more ribs Have him count the lines on each pumpkin to find out OUR PURPOSE To provide busy parents with practical ways to promote their children s math and science skills At back to school night my daughter s teacher surprised me by suggesting that our children use calculators to play with math at home Mrs Gordon said it was good for them to get comfortable with calculators and she said calculators can help boost their math skills We tried the ideas she suggested and they were a big hit with Jas mine First she pressed 2 2 and
31. roducts backpack so she ll have it for silent read ing time in class or while she s waiting for the bus Another idea is to make reading a fam ily activity For example keep books of short stories on your coffee table Instead of watching TV after dinner family members can each pick out a short story to read Or carry an outdoor themed book on a family hike Each time you stop for a break a different per son can read aloud Cuyahoga Falls PIA rill a bus to benefit Good Neighbors of Cuyahoga Falls Collect canned goods in your school in your church in your neighborhood at your workplace and from friends amp family Bring your canned goods to Good Neighbors 1910 Searl Street Cuyahoga Falls and help FILL A SCHOOL BUS with canned goods on Saturday November 6 2010 9am 2pm Enter to win raffle baskets Tickets 2 for 1 00 Proceeds to Good Neighbors and the Cuyahoga Falls PTA Council Student Assistance Fund Any questions please contact Diana Simms 330 212 3722 or Autumn Tidd 330 920 1429 autumn120 juno com
32. s craft special treat from Santa and more Lunch menu Hot dogs rigatoni chips cookies punch coffee water Come bid on a variety of Silent Auction items at the event Plus everyone who attends will be placed in a drawing for a huge stuffed tiger ie Zu wa lt z a Please return the reservation form to your school no later than November 19 Checks payable to Cuyahoga Falls PTA Council All reservations must be pre paid All children must be accompanied by an adult Adults 5 for lunch Any questions please contact Linda Read 300 923 7248 or cakemom422 aol com 2 Lunch with Santa 2 Child s Name School Adults x 5 00 Children X 6 00 _____ Total amount due with reservation Place check money order cash with order form in sealed envelope and return to your school Diseases such as diphtheria tetanus whooping cough and measles once killed thousands of children and caused countless misery tor millions more At one time the only way to prevent these diseases was luck But now thanks toa strong commitment by parents and medical professionals immunizations can protect your child from most of these diseases Immunization is not only good for the individual child it s good ior all of us H parents didn t nave their children immunized we d be back to fighting epidemics And its a key component of preventive medicin
33. t ing the problem in her own words will also help her understand it Look for key words Have your child underline or write down words that suggest the math opera tion she needs to do For example words like combined together or increased by indicate addition Difference of or reduced by point to subtraction product of or mul tiplied by signify multiplication and per or out of mean division Magic water bottle Your youngster can dazzle family and friends with this scien tific magic trick Carefully poke a small hole in the side of an empty water bottle Let him fill the bottle with water while covering the J Work the problem Encourage your youngster to try dif ferent strategies for solving word prob lems She might draw the story for example and label each part As she works through the problem she can cross off each item in the drawing Or she can write a number sentence that sets up the equation including the units of measure 18 minutes 6 math prob lems x minutes per problem Then she can do the math and write the solu tion 3 minutes per problem Finally she should ask herself Does this answer make sense O hole with his finger and screw the cap on tightly The water wont o come out But if he unscrews the cap a little the water will squirt out of the hole When he closes the cap back up the flow will stop Explain that air pressure and gravity make this happen When the ca
34. thusiastic about their jobs I know they These Sth graders have been doing a great job with their students from the first day of school and continue to take good care of them every day News will always be on time and will do a great job We also have two new sergeants Collin Ward AM and Nathan Kraudel PM These boys have shown strong leadership by being very responsible and kind to all our students Top Tiger Award The Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education rec ognizes two students from each school who have demonstrated ex of each month This month 5 graders Colin Ward and Abigail Semick were nominated from Lincoln for their cellence in academics citizenship arts service or athletics as the Top Tigers of the district The children will be honored at school board meeting good citizenship extra curricular achievements and academic success Congratulations to these two exceptional students you can now go to our web site and click on the icon for Great American Opportunities Lincoln will receive 40 of the subscription cost throughout the year Code of Conduct Thanks to all the parents who faithfully read over the Lincoln Code of Conduct with your children and signed the pledge to uphold it All of the children who returned the pledge were in cluded in a random prize drawing We had 2 winners from each classroom Please remember to register at www gianteagle c
35. ure dictionary Start by showing him a children s dic tionary and ask him to pick any word and read its entry aloud Point out the definition sentence and picture Then give him a three ring binder with 26 sheets of paper At the top of each page he can write one letter A to Z Encourage him to add a word to his dictionary every day He might use words he hears in conversation or sees In books For each word have him write its definition use it in a sentence and illustrate it Acorn A nut from an oak tree That squirrel ate an acorn Note You can help him look up the word to find what it means or talk about the word and let him write the definition in his own words Idea When your child writes he can keep his dictionary nearby to help him spell and find interesting words to use O U R PURPOSE To provide busy parents with practical ways to promote their children s reading writing and language skills Resources for Educators a division of Aspen Publishers Inc 128 N Royal Avenue Front Royal VA 22630 540 636 4280 rfecustomer wolterskluwercom www rfeonline com ISSN 1540 5648 2010 Resources for Educators a division of Aspen Publishers Inc October 2010 Page 2 have them act out the story as she tells you what it s about Make a storyboard A storyboard can help your youngster tell story events in the right order Ask her to lo
36. x amp A Lincoln Elementary Keading Conn Tips for Reading Success October 2010 _ Book Fil Picks Read aloud favorites E Wilma Unlimited This biography by Kathleen Krull introduces young sters to Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph and a story of perseverance After surviving polio Rudolph grew up to become the world s fastest woman In 1960 she broke an Olym pic record by winning three gold medals Also available in Spanish E The Gruffalo There s no such thing as a gruffalo or is there In Julia Donaldson s book a clever mouse makes up a story about a scary monster a gruffalo to keep the other animals from eating him Find out what happens when the imaginary creature really shows up E Where s Waldo The Great Picture Hunt Martin Handford s latest book about fictional world traveler Waldo begins in a portrait gallery The subjects of the portraits are hidden in illustra tions throughout the book Children can also search for objects and play games that will challenge their obser vation skills E Ladybug Girl A ladybug costume and an imagina tion that s all Lulu needs to enter tain herself Any youngster who likes to pretend will enjoy read ing about the little girl s outdoor adventures First book in the Lady bug Girl series by David Soman and Jacky Davis 2010 Resources for Educators a division of Aspen Publishers Inc Mrs R Heintz Pr
37. youngster reads or writes at home talk about how he might use what he s learning when he s an adult If he s trying to solve a problem with his computer you could say Good idea to pull out the user manual That s the kind of reading you would do as a com puter technician O U R PURPOSE To provide busy parents with practical ways to promote their children s reading writing and language skills Resources for Educators a division of Aspen Publishers Inc 128 N Royal Avenue Front Royal VA 22630 540 636 4280 rfecustomer wolterskluwer com www rfeonline com ISSN 1540 5583 2010 Resources for Educators a division of Aspen Publishers Inc Examples Examples are easy to spot because most use introductory phrases like including such as and for instance Exam ple Fiction comes in many different genres including fan tasy horror and mystery feldiv lam WEB SITES Picks E Grammaropolis Make grammar fun with car toon characters like Noun Adjective and Adverb On this site each part of speech has its own personality and adventures Watch videos read a book play games and learn songs about grammar www grammaropolis com W iCivics Your child can read about the branches of the U S government and find Palle ae TO D Th EDD out how they work together Games let her be president for a day or make decisions as a Supreme Court
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