Welcome to Lincoln Elementary School. The mission of Lincoln School is to foster self-esteem and academic excellence by maintaining a meaningful, challenging, and supportive educational experience for all students and staff. We believe that the attainment of our goals is predicated on the premise of mutual support and respect. We recognize that parents are the first and most important "teachers" of their children, and thus have a significant role as partners in the formal education of our students. We invite you to join us in our efforts to prepare our students for success now and in the future.
Lincoln Leopards, Purr:
Empowering,
Achieving,
Growing
Learning
Engaging
Striving
For Teachers & Staff
- Book It Reading Incentive Program
- BTSA
- Building Academic Vocabulary
- California Content Standards
- CALSTRS
- CST Blueprints
- CST Released Test Questions
- DataWorks
- EDI Videos
- ERSportal
- Harvest of the Month
- Too Good for Drugs
- Uniform Complaint Procedure
- Write from the Beginning
- Measures
- Power School
- SEMS
- ITDirect - Tech Support
EDTech Profile Survey Site
What is "UNRAAVEL"?
Teach UNRAAVEL using this PowerPoint Presentation.
12 Powerful Words to teach (PowerPoint Presentation)
Ask the Correct Questions using Academic vocabulary! Download here.
"I Can Do This" standards and examples in a kid friendly check-off format!
Backwards Standards Maps (showing reference released questions) for ELA 2-5
Backwards Standards Maps (showing reference released questions) for Math 2-5
Standards on One Page! (from the folks at DataWorks)
Fall 2009 Tech Class offerings at the ERS Technology Lab in Visalia. Download this flyer to see all the class listings for the fall.
What's "Google Docs?" Download a one page summary.
Mr. Sill, Apple Certified Pro Instructor, will again be offering four different 3 hour Google classes. Sign up before they fill up. Mr. Sill is a dynamic instructor who knows his stuff, and he knows how to make a tech class fun and engaging.
CTAP Technology Tutorials
CTAP Technology Tutorials are narrated multimedia tutorials that show you exactly how to perform specific operations with various software tools. You'll increase your personal proficiency as well as learn to use technology in your classroom. For more resources, see the Technology Quick Guides for two-page quick reference to a variety of software applications.
Microsoft Office 2003
Excel 2003 Introduction
Excel 2003 Intermediate
PowerPoint 2003 Introduction
PowerPoint 2003 Intermediate
Word 2003 Introduction
Word 2003 Intermediate
Microsoft Office 2007
Excel 2007 Introduction
PowerPoint 2007 Introduction
Word 2007 Introduction
Other Tutorials
Inspiration Version 7.0
Inspiration Version 8.0
Kidspiration
Photoshop Elements 3
Photoshop Elements 5
"We Are Supporting Your Students to Succeed in School and in Life"
TRUSTWORTHINESS
"Give children encouragement, they will gain confidence,
they will perform better. "
M. K. Soni
"The greatest "shot in the arm".........................Encouragement"
Author Unknown, from The Test
"Listen to the desires of your children.
Encourage them and then give them the autonomy
to make their own decision."
Denis Waitley
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and
you help them to become what they are capable of being."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The following tips will provide suggestions for parents on how to approach test taking with their kids.
Make sure that your child does all their homework and reading assignments which will help make sure your child is prepared for the test.
Encourage your child to space out their studying and homework assignments so that they won't be forced to cram on the night before the test.
If you are anxious about your child's test it's ok, but try to keep cool around your child, you don't want them to get anxious about their tests too.
Encourage your child to do well, but don't pressure him/her, you may stress him/her out, it is important for your child to stay relaxed on the test.
Keep a positive attitude about tests.
Provide a quiet, well lighted area with little distractions to help your child study efficiently.
Mark down test days on your calendar so you and your child are both aware of testing dates.
Make sure that your child gets enough sleep on the night before the test.
Ensure that your child eats a healthy breakfast and avoid heavy foods that may make him/her groggy and avoid high sugar foods that may make him/her hyper.
Make sure that your child gets up early enough so that he/she will be on time to school.
Let your child relax for a few hours before bedtime, it can be stressful for a child to study all night.
Talking about the test with your child can relieve stress about test taking.
If your child is struggling on their tests, talk to them about it and meet with their teacher to find out the best way to help your child.
Praise/reward your child when they do well on a test or for their hard work preparing for a test.
Encourage them to do better if they don't do well.
Review the test with your child after they have taken it and go over any mistakes they have made and make sure that they understand what they did wrong and how they can improve for the next test.
The 5th Grade Marching Kazoo Band performed in the Raisin Day Parade.
Way to go Lincoln Staff, parents, and especially our wonderful students! Visit the STAR Reporting Site for our score results and results for any school or district in California. Super work, Leopards!
If you don't quite understand AYP and API, Ed-Data provides a good explanation. NCLB might come up for a vote this year, so you might want to know more - http://tiny.cc/hQgGx
Start here: Students, teachers, and families can go to the California Treasures Start Page.
Post your standards! Treasures Weekly Standards Posters. Also, Individual Standards Posters.
QAR (Question/Answer Relationships) Posters: Right There; Think and Search; Author and Me; On My Own
A good one page explanation of QAR; Shared by Marlene Galvan.
Treasures has some awesome mp3 music files to help our students learn the California standards. Your kids can rock to such hits as "Everytime I Write (Purpose and Audience" or "The Preposition Expedition." Considering downloading "Grammar Tunes" and importing into itunes for quick playback in the classroom when needed. Have somone in the "ipod crowd" help you download and import if your not familiar with such things.
"How should I teach this lesson? Treasures is so new." In te Professional Development section of their website, Treasures has the "California Treasures Video Library." You can stream the video of your choice (just click "play), or if you click on the "ipod file" button, the file will download to your computer. After it downloads, launch the file and it will automatically load itself into the "Movie" portion of itunes. If you download the videos, you can always play them offline. This is, of course, if you have itunes set as your default media player. Windoze users, it may go somewhere else. check your system defaults.
BQB (Big Question Board): A template to help you design your Treasures Big Question Board. Shared by Marlene Galvan.
Need a spelling list? Check out the online unit Spelling Lists.
Wonders California Content Readers Routines, Lessons, and Quizzes.
Backwards Standards Maps Feb 2008 versions: 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd. These easy-to-use grids point back to the released questions. A quick reference tool!
New! Backwards Standards Maps for 2009! 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd.
STAR Test Scale Score Ranges. Know the cut-off!
Kid, Parent, and Teacher Friendly Standards check-off list! (5th, 4th, 3rd) Consider sharing this wonderful resource with your students and parents.