Veteran's Day

Veterans Day at LCEU

Today we learned about Veteran's Day, branches of the United States military, as well as how to describe a military hero.  We enjoyed listening to a panel of speakers who shared firsthand knowledge of the military.

A special thank you goes to Mr. Bailey and Mr. Barnes for sitting on the panel and sharing what you do for a living!

Looking Ahead Week of November 14, 2016

Looking Ahead

 Week of November 14, 2016

ELA-  We will learn about text features that help us organize                       and understand what we read.  Text Features Video

Math-  We will be reviewing Module 2.  We will test on Friday,                  November 18th.  **Skills to know include telling time to                the nearest minute, elapsed time, addition and                                    subtraction of multidigit numbers, rounding and                                estimation.** 

Science:  We will learn about freshwater habitats.

Social Studies:  We will review early explorers connected to South                            Carolina.  We will have a test on explorers on                                 Monday, November 21.

Beef O' Brady's November 14

School Spirit Night for LCEU

November 14, 2016

Consider visiting Beef O'Brady's next Monday, November 14th.  LCEU will receive 20% of the restaurant's proceeds for the night, dine in or carry out.  Just mention that you are supporting our school!

The class with the highest participation will receive a catered lunch from Beef O'Brady's!!

Silly String Celebration

Today our school celebrated meeting our fundraising goal of $35,000 with a popcorn treat.  Top fundraisers from each homeroom had an opportunity to silly string our administrators.   

Congratulations to Mia for being our top fundraiser!  

Thanks to all who supported our Boosterthon fundraiser and to PTO for providing our treats!

Looking Ahead Week of November 7

Looking Ahead

Week of November 7, 2016

ELA:  We will continue to work with analyzing text together. We will also continue to look at historical fiction with Boom Town. The test for this story will be on Thursday, November 10.  Please see link below for a Quizlet related to the story's vocabulary. 

Boom Town Vocabulary Quizlet

Math:  We will work with estimation, word problems, and subtraction.

Social Studies: We will continue to learn more about European explorers and their impact on South Carolina.

Science: We will continue to learn about water habitats.

Spotlight on Learning Week of October 31

Spotlight on Learning 

Week of October 31

ELA:  This week we have worked to analyze nonfiction text.  Specifically, we have learned about main ideas and details as well as how to draw out text dependent vocabulary.  We have been using Tween Tribune Jr. as a resource for articles. They have really enjoyed learning current events through this site.  We have also been working through writing our first personal narrative. We should be ready to publish next week. Lastly, students learned about various writing strokes associated with cursive writing.

We also began a new story in our reading book, Boom Town.  We will have a test on this story next Thursday, November 10.  

Math:  We learned about rounding to the nearest 10 and hundred as well as adding and subtracting larger numbers.  

Social Studies:  We began our explorers unit.  We discussed motives for exploration as well as benefits.  We learned about Hernando DeSoto and Jean Ribault.  Ask your child about these men's motives and results!

Oceans:  We began learning about ocean habitats.

LCE Spirit Night at Beef O'Brady's

Come and join us on Monday, November 14th at Beef O'Brady's and support LCEU!  The school gets 20% of the proceeds from that night and the class with the highest participation gets a catered lunch at school by Beef O'Brady's.  There is a green flyer in your child's folder!