February 10, 2020

Dear Parents,

We had an amazing field trip to The Outdoor Discovery Center on Friday. Thank you to Abby Allen, Kami Palmer, Emilee Lubbers and Ann Hemmeke for coming along and making this trip possible for us. We had a great day of learning about animal and nature adaptations through different seasons. Please check out the pictures below.

Announcement:

3rd Grade STAMP test

This week, 3rd graders will begin Mandarin proficiency testing through Avant Stamp 4SE.

STAMP 4Se is a web-based test that checks to see how well your kids are learning a second language. The Avant STAMP (STAndards-based Measurement of Proficiency) assesses Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, with scores provided from Novice through Advanced. The assessment is computer-adaptive and based on the internationally recognized ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. You can find detailed information on this website. https://avantassessment.com/stamp4se/frequently-asked-questions

This test is made up of four parts (Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking). Each week, we spend some time practicing one of the four areas and have that area tested on Thursday. On this coming Thursday, 3rd graders will take the listening test.

Bringing in Valentines?

If your child would like to bring in valentines to pass out to their classmates, students will have time during snack time on Thursday, February 13th to pass them out. Please be sure they bring enough to pass out to the whole class (19 students total). Also, peanut-free please.

March 3: Optional Parent-teacher Conferences

March 3: Optional parent-teacher Conferences *School in Session* Open Sign-Up begins on February 19, at 9:00 a.m. and closes on February 26 at 10:00 p.m. Use this link for information and instructions.

NO SCHOOL this Friday and next Monday

There will be NO SCHOOL this Friday and next Monday, February 14 and 17.

Tuesday Lunch Helper for February 11: Melanie Zoerhof

Tuesday Lunch Helper for February 18: Abby Allen

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 February 10: Soren Traver

Week of February 17: Kennin Zee-Cheng

Field Trip Driver Sign-up

Field Trip sign ups for the 2nd/3rd grade will be on a combined sign up genius this year so we can keep better track of drivers. Please see below for the sign-up link.

Thank you for your help! We could not do this without you!!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f45acaf2aa1fd0-2nd3rd

TerraCycle

Here is a detailed list of everything we accept to TerraCycle at ZCS. Please look it over carefully, as the program changes a bit each year and even during the year.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HGFofovT_xYoLFC0LgxxffbdIG4jDZLW/view?ts=5dd85401

Calendar:

February 11: All School Chapel 9AM

February 13: NO PM Busing

February 14 & 17: NO School *Winter Break*

February 26: ZCS Middle School Unified Basketball Game

March 3: Optional K-8 Parent-Teacher Conferences

March 6 &7: 8th Grade Play: Charlotte’s Web

Curriculum Corner

2nd Grade Math:

Unit 5 Time, graph and word problems

1. Hours and AM or PM

2. Hours and minutes

3. Discuss picture graphs

3rd Grade Math:Unit 3 Measurement, Time, and Graphs

Read and Create Pictographs and Bar Graphs

Your kids should be practicing math facts at home during the week. They can do https://es.xtramath.org/#/home/index or https://www.timestables.com/ Also, there are numerous fun computer games for practicing. I’ve put some on my blog under “Resources”.

Mandarin High Frequency Words to Produce and to recognize:

Students will learn a new set of words this week. I will send out homework sheets on Monday. There will be a test on Thursday for words to produce and to recognize.

Below is this week’s quizlet for flashcard words.

https://quizlet.com/_7zkzp2?x=1qqt&i=2eu679

If possible, please help your kids practice flashcard words (using the quizlet website) at home. It does help your kids a lot in the long run. Thank you very much!

Pinyin:

Able to recognize “m”, “n”, “p”.

Bible:

Unit 6: Isaac and Jacob

Jacob and Esau: The Blessing

During our devotion time, we are learning a new song called Thank You For Choosing Me 谢谢你拣选我. Here is a link to this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4FDL1eMI_8

Bible Memory

Due date: Friday, February 21.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 1:3

我们主耶稣基督的父　神是应当称颂的。他照着自己的大怜悯，藉着耶稣基督从死人中复活，重生了我们，使我们有永活的盼望，

彼得前书 1:3

Reading:

I will read aloud Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail.

Science:

Students are going to learn about balanced and unbalanced forces. We will explore the playground to document where balanced and unbalanced forces can be found.