Silly Gilly, a caring clown, came to Mrs. Monochello's third grade reading class for Read Across America Day. Students read Dr. Seuss books to Silly Gilly while she entertained the children with tricks and jokes. … [Read more...] about Special Visitor
Learning About Invisible Forces
Third grade students in Ms. Mayfield's class created Hopper Poppers to test invisible forces. Students all started with the same hopper popper to collect baseline data. Then teams modified their hoppers to get more height in flight. … [Read more...] about Learning About Invisible Forces
Peer Editing
Second grade students in Ms. Smith's community assisted the first grade students in Ms. Campo's class in editing their how-to reports. The second graders provided specific feedback on the writing process, punctuation and spelling. They also provided encouragement as the first graders improved their skills. … [Read more...] about Peer Editing
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Lincoln School celebrated the anniversary of Read Across America Day/Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 1, 2019. Students from RHS and community members visited Lincoln School to read to students. Read Across America Day is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading. Lincoln students really enjoyed all the special visitors! … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Hope
This month Lincoln School is focusing on the hard character trait- Hope. The difference between hope and optimism is that hope isn’t based in reality. Hope is in your imagination. Hope is believing that your dreams will come true. Hope is usually described with such metaphors as: a ray, a beam, a glimmer of hope, the light at the end of the tunnel. It is often discovered in unexpected places and in unexpected ways. Life is full of a series of challenges that we must face. Although these challenges may seem impossible at times, they are probably there for a reason. No matter what sort of … [Read more...] about Hope