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!

Compass Learning

Have you ever heard about Compass Learning? It is a great online program that our students in grades 3-5 have subscriptions for.  It sets practice at your child's level in ELA and math.  Meeting them at their level, as determined by MAP scores in September, students can continue to grow in a fun way.  

We have begun to use this as a supplement to our ELA instruction and will soon begin in math.  Feel free to use this resource at home!


Here's the link:
Compass Learning

Username :  8 digit number (the same log-in students use for everything else

Password:  same letter/number combination students use for everything else

Looking Ahead Week of October 31, 2016

Looking Ahead 

Week of October 31, 2016

ELA:  We will continue the writing process.  We will analyze text for main idea, supporting details, and structure.  We will begin the story, Boomtown.

Math:  We will continue with rounding.  A quiz will be on Wednesday, November 2.

Science:  We will begin learning about water habitats.

Social Studies:  We will begin learning about early explorers.

Spotlight on Learning Week of October 24

Spotlight on Learning

Week of October 24, 2016

ELA:  This week we began planning to write a personal narrative about fall. Students have learned a strategy I call "pick, list, and choose" in which they brainstorm as many words they can about a topic and use sorting to help them determine whether a detail will a be strong or weak component to support the main idea.  They have enjoyed working with this so far. We haven't started the actual writing, and I am already seeing great plans!

We have begun to look at various nonfiction articles to describe text features, main idea, and supporting details.

We also began working with Compass Learning, an online program that helps to meet the needs of each child using videos, practice, and online quizzes.

Math:  We began rounding.  Students will have a quiz on this skill on Wednesday, November 2.

Science:  We ended our rainforest unit.

Social Studies:  We ended our SC Native American unit.

Halloween

Halloween is on Monday.  Students should come to school dressed as they normally would. Please do not send costumes and or props with your child on Monday. Thank you!

Upcoming Tests

Test Schedule

Wednesday, October 26:  SC Native Americans Test

Friday:  October 28:  Rainforest Test

Looking Ahead 

Week of October 24

• ELA:  We will be writing a narrative writing piece, focusing on beginnings, elaborate details, organization, and conclusions.  We will also be working with main idea again through nonfiction.
• Math:  We will be working on rounding.
• Social Studies:  We will wrap up our learning about Native Americans and begin learning about early explorers.
• Science:  We will wrap up our learning about rainforests and begin learning about water habitats.

Spotlight on Learning Week of October 17

Week of October 17

Math:  We continued learning about elapsed time and telling time to the nearest minute.

ELA:  We learned about elements of a story such as characters, setting, and plot. We also learned about transition words and the role they play in giving readers clues as to the sequence of events in a story.  

Science:  We wrapped up our learning about rainforests.

Social Studies:  We wrapped up our learning about SC Native Americans.

Fun Run/Boosterthon

Thank you so much for your support of LCE's fundraiser! We had a great time at our Fun Run and appreciate all who were able to come and cheer us on!

On Thursday, your child was given a collection envelope and a pledge sheet to help with collecting money.  Please turn in money by October 18.  

Looking Ahead Week of October 17

Looking Ahead Week of October 17

ELA:  We will continue learning about story elements through our new story, Wolf. The test on this story will be on Friday.

Math: We will continue to work with time.   Our focus is reading time to the nearest minute and determining elapsed time.  We will have a quiz on Module 2 Lessons 1-5 on Thursday.

Social Studies:  We will learn about the Catawba and Yemassee tribes.

Science:  We will wrap up our learning about rainforests.

Spotlight on Learning Week of October 10

Spotlight on Learning 

Week of October 10

Math: We learned how to tell time to the nearest minute.  We also learned how to determine elapsed time (how much time has or will pass).

ELA:  We continued learning about story elements such as character, settings, and plot.

Social Studies:  We learned about the Cherokee Native Americans.

Science:  We began learning about rainforests.

Crazy Socks on Thursday!

Thank you for your pledges!  We have earned a Crazy Sock Day on Thursday of this week!  

Boosterthon/Fun Run Reminders

• We are still collecting pledges for Boosterthon!  Our class is up to almost $18 per lap!  Thank you so much for your support!

• Tomorrow, your child will receive a Boosterthon tshirt. Please have him or her wear this shirt on Wednesday for our Fun Run.

• You are welcome to join us on Wednesday at 8:30 for our Fun Run. Come on out to cheer on our gators!

• If you haven't done so already, please log into funrun.com to register your child.  Each registrant receives a Super Pocket Band. There are some really cool ways to spread the word about our fundraiser at this site as well!

Quiz Update

Our Wilbur's Boast vocabulary quiz will be on 

Wednesday, October 12.

Amazing Me Projects

Amazing Me Day

Mark your calendars for the

Lake Carolina Upper Campus Amazing Me Day!

We will be celebrating how amazing our students are on

October 13, 2016!

What is Amazing Me Day?

• Students complete a project at home about THEMSELVES!
• The project can be on (almost) ANYTHING...anything that makes the student feel amazing can be presented.
• Some ideas to consider are students’ passions, hobbies, interests, families, cultures, or strengths.  
• The project should be completed in the form of a poster or display board.
• We encourage parents to work with students to create the display, but please allow the student to take ownership.
• Every child will have opportunities to share their display and see the work of other students throughout the school.
• While this project is not graded, the purpose is for students to show pride in their work and display what makes them amazing!
• This is their chance to shine!

Amazing Me Day Display Specifications:

• The topics for Amazing Me Day are endless!  Think about what makes your child feel amazing!
• Displays should be no bigger than a 36” x 48” tri-fold board.
• Due to student allergies, animals and food may not be brought in as part of the display.
• Projects should be brought in the morning of October 13th and taken home that afternoon.
• Parents are welcome and encouraged to assist with drop-off and pick-up of projects.
• Here is a link to a presentation with sample projects:  goo.gl/5sTUYH
• Please have your student share his or her topic with the homeroom teacher.
• Please make sure your child has selected an appropriate topic to display.
• If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Shannan Bright. sbright@richland2.org

• Displays will be shared as a part of a Gallery Walk which is an informal way for students to talk about their projects.
• Parents are welcome to come and take part in the Gallery Walk.
• Amazing Me Day Gallery Walks will be Thursday. October 13, a half-day, between 9:30-11:00 (schedules are forthcoming).