Mrs. Monochello and Ms.Cruz's grade 3 remote and in-person class is learning about Hanukkah. After they discussed elements of the holiday they made dreidels and played a traditional game. … [Read more...] about Hanukkah
Teaching About the Holidays
In order to teach students about different cultures and traditions, we do recognize holidays celebrated in December like Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa. We also discuss other holidays like Diwali and the Chinese New Year throughout the year. Our first grade students participate in a thematic unit about geography and holidays celebrated around the world and students learn about giving to others through our Giving Tree. Students also learn about the Festival of Lights and play dreidel. The units of study and school activities will expose children to secular experiences in order to develop an … [Read more...] about Teaching About the Holidays
Discussing Honesty
This month Lincoln School is focusing on the hard character trait- Honesty. Honesty is the ability to be truthful about information, your talents/challenges and even the ability to be true to your values when no one is present. We will focus on discussions on how characters in stories sometimes are not honest and how this can lead to more discomfort. We also mentioned how it is important to be honest even though there may be a consequence. We are trying to teach children that being honest about our actions/feelings will be better in the long term. We also want to model for our children … [Read more...] about Discussing Honesty
Property Hats
Second grade students in Ms. Smith's class are studying properties of different materials for a science unit. Students made protective hats with these properties in mind during their experiment. … [Read more...] about Property Hats
Signs of Thanksgiving at Lincoln
Some Thanksgiving traditions continue like Dr. Velechko and the preschoolers donning turkey costumes. Ms. Kochan's class took a group photo by the PTA Thanksgiving decorations and first graders made cornucopia graphs with fruit candies. First graders also experimented with various shapes and materials to recreate the Mayflower ship. Students had to test their ships for seaworthiness and ability to carry passengers. Happy Thanksgiving from Lincoln School! … [Read more...] about Signs of Thanksgiving at Lincoln