Our first 3rd grade field trip of the year is this coming Friday.  We will eat lunch EARLY and BEFORE we leave, so please send a sack lunch that day!  We will be visiting the Kent County Landfill and Recycling Center.  This ties in well with the TerraCycle responsibilities of our 3rd graders.

A few more important announcements to pass on…

• Parent meetings this coming Thursday:  We look forward to seeing you! The same information will be given at 6:00 and 6:45.
• Does your child play a stringed instrument? On Tuesday, September 3 at 12:05, ZCS will host an information meeting about a new string ensemble that will be meeting once a week this year. All students who are already playing a string orchestra instrument are invited to attend and hear about plans and dreams for this new group. Elementary students can bring their lunch to the meeting. The meeting will take place in the band room. If you have questions, please contact Kevin Schonewill.
• Summer reading bookmarks are due this Friday: If you’ve lost it, just write a note and sign it please.

Tuesday Lunch Helper:  Cara Wickstra

Thank you for helping out in the classroom!

Featured Friend:

If your kid is the featured friend for that week, please have him/her bring in pictures on Mondays. They may bring in up to 6 pictures, but please bring in one picture of him/her in the past, one recent picture and one picture of his/her family.

Week of September 9: Evie Allen

Week of September 16: Greta Geurink

Upcoming events:

September 5 Elementary Parent Meetings 6:00 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.

September 7 ZCS Golf Outing

September 23 Family Groups – 10:35-11:15 a.m

September 27 Staff Professional Development – No School

September 30-October 3 School Pictures – Prek-8

Curriculum Corner

If it doesn’t mention what grade it belongs to, it means that it applies to both 2nd and 3rd grade.

2nd Grade Math: Unit 1 Addition and Subtraction within 20

• Last week, we learned Lesson #1 Represent Addition and Subtraction.
• This week, we are going to learn Lesson #2 Relate Addition and Subtraction, Lesson #3 Make-a-Ten Strategies, Lesson #4 Relate Unknown Addends and Subtraction, Lesson #5 Odd and Even numbers.

3rd Grade Math: Unit 1 Multiplication & Division with 0-5, 9 and 10

• Last week, we learned Lesson #1 Multiply with 5 and Lesson #2 Multiplication as Equal Groups.
• This week, we are going to learn Lesson #3 Multiplication and Arrays, Lesson #4: The Meaning of Division, Lesson #5: Multiply and Divide with 2, Lesson #6: Multiply and Divide with 2. 

Writing

We are learning to write personal narratives. Last week, students have come up with a list of possible stories they could write about. This week, we are going to choose one idea from the list and write about it.

Mandarin High Frequency Words to Produce and to recognize:

Students are going to get their first set of new words. There will be a test on Friday for words to produce and to recognize.

Grammar:

• 是、在、有all come before nouns and give us important information. Word order: subject+是、在、有+noun (person, place, things)
• Verbs are words/phrases that show action or a state of being (existence, location and ownership)。

• To ask questions that require a “yes or no” answer, we add 不 between single‐syllable verbs.

Bible: Building on the Rock

• Rock #1: God Created People in His Image
• Rock #2: God Placed a Crown of Glory and Honor on each of His Image Bearers

Bible Memory: 

due Friday Sept. 13

You May use the audio here to help your kids practice at home.

School Theme Verse

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”   (Isaiah 6:8)

我又听见主的声音说：“我可以差遣谁呢？谁肯为我们去呢？”我说：“我在这里，请差遣我。”  （以赛亚书6:8）

Reading:

This week we will continue to practice our reading rotations to get the transitions and routines solidified.

Science:

Last week we already began our first unit: Wild, Wacky Weather.  This week, we will continue to learn about how weather conditions and events are measured, recorded, and communicated to others.

2nd Grade Social Studies:

Last week we began our first unit: What is a community? We learned lesson #1 What is a Family?

This week we are going to learn Lesson #2 What is a Community?