Long Holiday Extravaganza is on Saturday, December 6th.

The Long Holiday Extravaganza is on Saturday, December 6th.  

There are LOTS of ways you can help. Read below for ways to help us celebrate the different cultures at Long School. 

1. Could we, please borrow some cultural items (flags, clothing, jewelry, pottery, baskets, blankets, artwork, and photographs), or anything native to your country/countries? (I will return items, after December 6th) You can send in cultural items at anytime.

2. Could you please bake or buy some yummy, authentic cookies for December, 6th? ( I will need a complete recipe because of food allergies.) 

3.  Could you come to Long on Saturday, December 6th to help out with this FUN, FUN day? You could volunteer an hour or two? Or you could come to Long Elementary to celebrate this day and learn about other cultures! 

We appreciate all of your help! Please contact me if you can help with ANY of these things. 

Blue Ribbon School Celebration

We are a Blue Ribbon School. That means our students very work hard. It is time to celebrate!!

Next week we will have some fun activities to help us celebrate. Your child may join us in the celebration!

It's Blue Ribbon Theme Week!

Monday: We are FLYERS! Wear green and gold. 

Tuesday:  We are CRAZY about Long School! Wear crazy socks and/or crazy hair.

Wednesday:Show your BLUE ribbon pride! Wear blue to celebrate! 

Thursday: Begin with the end in mind: Wear your best "Dress for Success" outfit! (Students can dress up in what they want to be when they grow up.) 

Friday: Everyone will get their Blue Ribbon t-shirt to wear today. YAY! 

Parent Teacher Conferences

Monday, October 27th from 4:00 pm-7:30 pm 

Wednesday October 29th from 4:00 pm-7:30 PM 

Parent Teacher Conference Tips:

-Come a few minutes early (Conferences are only 15 minutes, so if you arrive late it could go into another conference.)

-Think about some questions you would like to ask your child's teacher 

  Examples: What is my child's Reading Level? Do you have concerns about my 

  child's Math?  What can I do at home to help? (Your child's teacher can give you   some things your child can practice at home.) 

-If you cannot make it to the conference send your child's teacher an email, so the conference can be rescheduled. 

Long Red Ribbon Week: October 27th-30th

This week Long Elementary celebrates being "Drug Free"! Celebrate with us! Each day the students get to wear something fun to show we are proud to be DRUG FREE!!

Monday, October 27th: Red Day 

-Students wear RED 

Tuesday, October 28th: Put a Cap on Drugs 

-Students wear hats 

Wednesday, October 29th: Turn Your Back on Drugs 

-Students wear their shirts backwards 

Thursday, October 30th: Sock It To Drugs 

-Students wear unmatching socks

Half Day Tomorrow

-Dismissal at 11:50am 

-Students wear comfortable clothes 

-Bring $1 for Ice Cream 

Half Day Dismissal, Friday, October 17th

Students will be getting out of school at 11:50 AM on Friday, October 17th (this Friday). 

Students can wear comfortable clothes. Students can also bring in $1.00 so they can buy an Ice Cream. 

Students WILL NOT be eating lunch at school. 

NO SCHOOL: Friday, September 26th.

NO School on Friday, September 26th. The teachers have meetings all day. 

Hooray for A!!

We practiced letter A today with.....shaving cream!!! It was so much fun! We practiced using straight lines and crossing our A. We also drew pictures of things that started with A. 

Curriculum Nights Are Tonight

6:00-6:30- 1st and 2nd Grade 

6:30-6:00- 4th Grade 

Tonight's 3rd and 5th Curriculum Night

Come to Long to learn about your child's 2014-2015 school year! 

6:00pm-6:30pm: 3rd Grade 

6:30pm -7:00pm: 5th Grade

Meet the Teacher

I can't wait to see all the smiling faces, tonight at Meet the Teacher! Come from 6:00pm-7:00pm to meet your teachers.

See you soon! 

Kindergarten Orientation: TONIGHT

Bring your Kindergartners! 

5:30-6:30: Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Powell 

7:00-8:00: Mrs. Kaisers 

July ELL Play date

What a great July ELL Play date! I loved seeing all the smiling faces! I am the luckiest teacher in the world!!! 

There is still one more chance to join our Long ELL play date! Join us on Thursday, August 7th from 6:00pm-7:00pm. 

ELL Play date is CANCELED!

Too much rain. See you soon! 

Long Play dates This Week

Don't forget to join us at Long Playground this week. The play dates are organized by the grades the students will be in, in August. 

The 1st-2nd grade Play date is Today (7-29),  from 9:30 am to 10:30 am. 

The 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Play date will be tomorrow (7-30), from 9:30 am-10:30 am. 

Join us today for the Long ELL Play date

Join us at the Long Playground to meet other wonderful ELL families!! Join us from 6:00 PM-7:00 PM. I will bring the Popscicles. See you there! 

Kindergartners to Be Play date

Come to Long Playground for some play and fun from 10:00-11:00. 

See you there! 

Kindergartners to BE: This Play date is for you!

Join Dr. Parker, our Awesome Principal, for a fun play date to meet other new Kindergartners.   Come to Long Playground on Thursday, June 19th from 10:00am-11:00am. 

Questions About Your Child's ACCESS Scores???

I would love to answer any and all questions about your child's scores on the ACCESS Test! Email me at mwigger@linberghschools.ws with questions or concerns. We can even set up a meeting to discuss your child's scores. 

Summer ELL Playdates

Join your ELL friends at the Long Playground for some fun play.

Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:00pm-7:00pm. 

Thursday, August 7th at 6:00pm-7:00pm

See you there!!! 

Summer Reading Club Information

Ready for some summer readings? 

Check out St. Louis Public Libraries for a great summer program! 

http://slplsr.evanced.info/

St. Louis Public Library Summer Reading Clubs

Kinder ELL Kiddos

What a sweet crew! My how they have grown. I feel so lucky that I got to teach these friends in ELL! 

ELL Kickball Game

K-5 Long ELL students got together to play kickball. Everyone got to kick and play. What fun! 

It was so hot, so we had Popsicles! Yummy! 

It has been a wonderful year! I am so lucky I get to teach this bunch! 

Magical Wish Bubble Time

We read a book about two kiddos who love to have fun.....sometimes too much. These twins blew some magical wish bubbles We went outside to blow our own magical wish bubbles. 

Watermelon Fun

First, we tried watermelon. We used adjectives to describe the watermelon. Adjectives help to make our sentences exciting. Some students thought it was tasty, but others thought is was sour. We made a list of adjectives. 

We took some Watermelon Selfies! Fun! 

Then we interviewed friends to see if they liked watermelons. We practiced using polite words to ask our questions. "May I ask you a question?" 

We talked about our results. We used the words more and less to compare our answers. We then, wrote a sentence to explain why we liked or didn't like watermelon. We remembered to use our adjectives to help make our sentence exciting.

It was a yummy and fun day!! 

Cool Cats Scavenger Hunt

Today, we went on an outside, scavenger hunt. We put some shades on because it's so bright outside. 

These cool cats are looking for some items.

Emma found something that is smaller than an inch.....an inch worm! 

What a fun scavenger hunt! We found some really cool things. The spider and the inch worm were our favorites!

What a bunch of silly monkeys! 

Kindergarten Zoo Field Trip

All students need a lunch that fits in a paper bag. Everything inside the lunch should be able to be thrown away. 

Don't forget to wear your Class Shirts! 

Long Updates

Friday, May 9th: Earth Science Day

This is Long's Earth Science Day. Students will be watching, doing, and learning about different science lessons. This is a fun day! Students should wear tennis shoes and socks. The students will do activities  outside and inside, so students should wear sunscreen. 

Monday, May 12th: Kindergarten Field Trip to the Zoo

Kindergartners need to be at school by 8:50. Students need a sack lunch for this field trip. Long Cafeteria can make a school sack lunch, if needed. Students should wear comfortable shoes and clothes. Students will also need some sunscreen. 

Tuesday, May 13th: Fifth Grade Orientation at Truman Middle School

5th graders will go to Truman Middle School to learn all about Middle School. 

Friday, May 16th: No School 

Teachers have a full day of teacher meetings. 

Sharing our Advice and Opinions

In writing, we are working on finding problems around our school and thinking of ways we can solve these problems. These students noticed that sometimes the students' violins and cellos were all over the floor, in one area of the school. The students worried that some people may trip over these instruments. These students created signs to give some good opinions on how to make our school a safer place. 

Great job, Friends!!! 

2013-2014 ELL Parent Survey

Can you please fill out the ELL survey? Please return the form to school. Thank you! 

Cinco de Mayo Celebration

Today, we celebrated Cinco de Mayo. We talked about Mexico. We danced to some authentic Mexican music. The students loved dancing to Mariachi music. 

We read Skippy Jon Jones and learned about Skippy Jon's adventures. We even learned about piñatas. The students loved this book! 

We wrote about what we would put in our pinatas. 

We made colorful flowers from tissue paper to match the beautiful flowers we see outside.