Week Overview
It’s been quite the week! We started with a firetruck (Thank you, Mr. Schrotenboer!) went to the nature center in the middle, (Thank you parent drivers and snack donators!) and made applesauce together at the end! While the kids made applesauce they searched for the letter M and articles, el, la, los, and las in a book called The Applesauce Book, El libro del puré de manzanas. I’m grateful for every day I get to spend with your children! I’m looking forward to sharing some highlights with you in our conference this coming week!
Important Dates
- October 22-23: PT conferences in the evening
- October 24-26: CEA convention – No School
- November 2: Grandparents Day
Reminders
- Gifts of Being Grand: Please help me connect with grandparents by passing along these precious keepsakes. I sent home a letter detailing this form and what to expect on Grandparents Day. I’ll add the Gifts of Being Grand to your children’s spiritual journals, a collection of pieces created throughout their years at ZCS. I would love to have these by Grandparents Day please and will have extra copies that day if anyone needs them. Thank you!
- SignUp Genius for Grandparents’ Day: Thank you to the several of you who jumped right on the opportunity to donate items or help on Grandparents’ Day! I am still looking for a few more volunteers to help on that day and for a large picture frame please. If you’re interested please use this link to sign up. Thank you!
- New Student: Kai will start on Monday, October 22! Thanks for your help in welcoming them to our school community!
Curriculum
Bible: This week we continued talking about Abraham. God made a promise to Abraham that he would give him many children and grandchildren and that he would bless Abraham’s family. God’s plan of salvation was already taking place!
Our new Bible verse is below. Check out the Bible verses tab for a video!
Genesis 28:15 Yo estoy contigo. Te protegeré por dondequiera que vayas, y te traeré de vuelta a esta tierra. No te abandonaré hasta cumplir con todo lo que te he prometido.
“I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.
Literacy: Our letter of the week was a consonant for the first time! This meant that we began to combine consonants and vowels to form syllables! We even combined some syllables to form words! We made some exciting and powerful steps toward reading this week!
In grammar this week we learned about a special ending some Spanish words have, -ito or -ita. This ending is used to speak lovingly or to show that something is small. For example, a small dog (perro) or a puppy might be called perrito. A cute kitten (gato) might be called gatito.
- Reading strategy: Making connections
- Word wall word: la mamá (mom) y (and)
- Read aloud: Así Vamos a Escuela
- Vocabulary Words:
- disfrutar (to enjoy)
- techos (roofs)
- las zancadas (steps)
- la campiña (countryside) *Some of our Kindergarten friends made connections between this word and where they live!
- el titubeo (hesitation)
- apurados (rushed, hurried)
- los patines (skates)
- Phrase of the week: Ya terminé. ( I’m finished.)
- Letter of the week: Mm
Book of Friends: We only had time to :meet” 1 friend this week- Makayla! We’ll continue working on this project until everyone gets a turn.
Math: This week we practiced identifying circles, squares, and rectangles. We also practiced finding groups of objects to match a given number. This is great practice for 1:1 correspondence and number recognition.
Writing Workshop: We continue to practice drawing our stories. This week everyone drew about our experience with the fire truck. We’re also beginning to talk about labels. This week we labeled a pumpkin.
Exploring God’s World: Our science lesson took us to DeGraaf Nature Center this week! We used our 5 senses on a nature hike and learned a lot about how God created animals with 5 senses to protect them. We learned usually an animal has a “super sense” that is heightened and that they rely on heavily for finding food or staying safe.
Afternoons: This week we attended K-5 singing on Thursday afternoon, a beautiful opportunity to worship Jesus with our kindegarten-5th grade friends. On Wednesday the class was exhausted so I let them watch a mono silabo video on the letter Mm instead of doing math centers. You can see the video here. On Tuesday we did math centers and on Friday we had art!
Up in Lights: This week Liam Schrotenboer was Up in Lights! Liam was so proud to introduce us to his daddy and show us how his dad volunteers in our community as a fire fighter. Thank you Schrotenboer family for such a memorable morning! Liam, you are a one-of-a-kind, gentle, soft-hearted, and vibrant child of God!
From the Immersion Program Director
Teachers are looking forward to connecting with you during conferences! If any of you have questions about your child’s learning, about the broader immersion program, or about the immersion philosophy here at ZCS, I am happy to meet with you. Please connect with me to schedule a time for us to talk (
jpierce@zcs.org).
