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. 

Early Dismissal Day Tomorrow: 4/23

Students can wear their favorite Rock-n-Roll clothes. Students will be dismissed at 1:40pm. 

How To Authors

The students shared their How To books with our class. The students did very well at teaching us how to do something. We added tips and warnings to help our readers. 

Partner How To Editing

We are working with partners to edit our how to books. We learned that we can help our partners to become stronger writers. We can help our partners stretch words to help them spell tricky words. We can give some suggestions to our partner to help them revise and edit their books.