Highlights from our week…
Thank you so much for taking the time to come for our conference earlier this week! I truly enjoy the time I get to spend with you… praying with you, celebrating your child and working together as a team.
We had a great week in Kindergarten! Thursday morning Amanda Barton, a REAL author, came to share her story with us. Friday morning we went to Garden Crossings and learned more about living things. (Your kids had some very cute conversations about how to say green house in Spanish- “casa verde?”) We also used many of our senses as we explored new parts of God’s beautiful creation! THANK YOU to the parents who gave their time and energy Friday morning so that we could go on this trip! Please see the photos tab for some pictures of your cute kids! 🙂
Important Dates:
- March 29: Wacky Wednesday (to celebrate Dr. Seuss & March is reading month)
- March 31: No School- Happy Spring Break!
- April 21: Critter Barn field trip (all day)
- April 21: ZCS Auction (save the date for an evening of FUN!)
- June 7: Holland Farmers Market (AM)
Important Announcements:
- A letter went home this afternoon regarding a special gift your child planted at our field trip this morning. If you missed it and would like to view it again, please click below. The dates to pick up the flowers are Thursday, May 11, Friday, May 12, or Saturday, May 13.
- Field trips sign up: There are still a few open spots for our field trips! Our farmers market field trip is best done in smaller groups so if you’re available this day and willing to help please, I’d really appreciate it! Please follow this link to sign up.
- New Attendance/Absentee Email: I see that lots of you have been using this! Thank you! As a reminder, please e-mail attendance@zcs.org and copy ME to report an absence. Please include the student name, teacher, and reason for absence in the body of the e-mail. Thanks!
Check out how much we’re learning and growing in Christ!
Bible: We have just 1 more parable to learn about before we finish that unit- the Parable of the Wedding Banquet. I love how hands-on this unit is and I think the kids have really enjoyed it. On Monday your children will bring home their parable bags. I hope this opens an opportunity for a beautiful conversation with your child! Thank you for letting me be a part of what you are already doing as you support your child and pray for him/her to grow in their faith. After we learn about the last parable, we will begin our unit on Easter and the events of Holy Week.
Literacy: This week we spent some time reviewing letters, words, and grammar concepts that we have been covering in this last unit. The way your kids constantly attend to language and get excited about seeing words or letters they know in different contexts is so cute! They are so eager to show what they are learning!
Math: We’ve been talking a lot about addition and trying to see bigger numbers in parts. This week I challenged the kids to find the missing part when I gave them the sum and one of the parts. We continue to talk a lot about teen numbers. On Thursday we also started some new math centers! They include even more opportunities for practicing teen numbers and addition using candy fish, dice, base 10 blocks, and a card game.
Exploring God’s World: Our science unit took us to the greenhouse this week! It was an awesome morning of seeing REAL living things! We also had a great review of our senses as we smelled and touched lots of different kinds of plants. Our God is creative! The greenhouse workers gave me a lemon balm plant to grow in our classroom. Please join me in praying that I can keep it alive! I have a bit of a brown thumb. 😉
Writing Workshop: The kids continue to work hard on writing true stories from the past in order. We are practicing visualizing in our minds first, then telling a story across our fingers, and finally writing our stories.
From the immersion coordinator: Check out the latest blog post by add.a.lingua at https://addalinguablog.com. Gina Vander Zwaag, one of our 6th grade students, wrote about her experience as an immersion student. While there, you could also go back and check previous posts by other Zeeland Christian parents. Thanks to everyone for advocating for our immersion program at ZCS!