Lincoln Family Newsletter

October 9- FTP meeting at 6:15 pm

October 11- Road Rally at Lincoln (see flyer below)

October 14- Road Rally rain date

October 18- Panda Assembly and Buddy Class Day

October 24 & 25- No school for students

October 28- School Board Meeting

November 6 & 7- Parent Teacher Conferences

November 7- 12:00 pm dismissal for students

November 8- No school for students

District School Year Calendar

Hispanic Heritage Month: students read about important Latin figures with a special guest, Ms. Rosalinda Martinez. The students connected the reading to our literacy question of the week “How do our experiences shape our identity?”.

4th graders participated in grade level team building activities that help start the year off right and build class community!

3rd through 5th grade had been working on cooperation and conflict resolution through team building activities at the beginning of the year. Now they have started their recess activities unit where they are learning four square, tetherball, gaga ball, and kickball. Younger students are working on basic spatial awareness skills and movement patterns through a variety of different chasing and fleeing activities.

Our goal at Lincoln is for every student to attend school at minimum 90% of school days!

You can also download a hard copy form and turn those into the Lincoln main office or to the district office. Please click here to download the hard copy form.
https://www.wwusd.org/documents/family-%26-community-forms/parent-handbooks-%26-forms/277178

The Everything Is Possible Mindset teaches that we are all capable of living extraordinary lives. Students learn that everything which exists today was once just an idea until someone believed it was possible and took the actions to make it into reality. This is true with our lives as well – they become, in many ways, whatever we expect them to be. Throughout the lessons for this mindset, we work with students to help them understand the incredible promise of their lives, and to envision extraordinary happiness, meaning and success on their own terms. We seek to instill the belief that their goals are possible, and to foster the courage, discipline and persistence to act on achieving their dreams.

To ensure that students receive support in areas where they may be struggling, either in math or in literacy, WUSD utilizes short assessments to identify students’ unique needs and strengths. For literacy, we utilize the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) screener with all learners K-5. DIBELS includes short subtests to measure learners’ proficiency in literacy skills according to their grade level. For math, we are excited to share that this school year, our district is utilizing a math screener and practice tool called Happy Numbers for students in Grades K-5.

Happy Numbers includes a short diagnostic screener to identify student needs and strengths, and provides individualized learning pathways, tracking student progress throughout the year. Happy Numbers will be used as an instructional tool to supplement our existing Bridges Mathematics curriculum, primarily during small group time. The data from Happy Numbers, alongside Bridges Mathematics assessments, will help us target areas where students need more practice and support so that we may provide learners with what they need to achieve math proficiency. With the data from Happy Numbers and Bridges Mathematics assessments equipping teachers with identified areas for growth and strengths of learners, the NWEA MAP will not be administered this school year. If you would like more information about Happy Numbers, please click here to find resources online.

In addition to utilizing math and literacy screeners to identify needs, we have built math intervention time and literacy intervention time into every schedule to ensure we are meeting the needs of our learners. With these structures and resources in place, we aim to improve math and literacy proficiency through data-driven decisions at all levels of instruction.

Thank you for your continued support!

October 7- October 30, Monday and Wednesday from 3:30-5:00 at Lincoln Elementary. Skills based practices with instruction from high school GBB coach Mike Dowden and other district staff.

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Location: 242 South Prince Street, Whitewater, WI, USA
Phone: 262-472-8500