Dear parents,
Because of snow day on Friday, we are going to celebrate day 100 on Wednesday, Feb.14—-the actual 100th day of school. If your child likes to dress like a super hero or a princess on that day, they are welcome to. However, it is totally optional! There is also an optional snack challenge. That day is also Valentines Day. Please bring a valentine for each classmate.
Information and Reminders:
February Birthday Celebration:
Maddie Van Dyk Friday, Feb. 16
Matt Moeller Tuesday, Feb. 21
Chinese New Year Celebration at Devos: We are excited for the opportunity to be part of the celebration of Chinese New Year. If you have T-shirt order, please send the money in ($6.00 per T-shirt) as soon as possible. Thank you!
Chinese New Year Field Trip: NorthPointe Christian School Thursday, Feb.15 9:00am-2:00pm.
Valentines Day Celebration: We will exchange Valentines to celebrate Valentines’ Day on Wednesday, Feb.14. Here is the class list if you like to put name on each valentine.
Evie Allen 安昭仪
Greta Geurink 高欣玥
Olivia Haveman 何巧明
Elliana Lamer 蓝昱聆
Harper Lubbers陆珮瑢
Matthew Moeller莫天礼
Chelsea Pyle彭思愉
Ethan Shafer 施毅岩
Madeleine Van Dyk范凯玫
Alina Wickstra韦少伶
From the immersion director
What are your immersion stories?
As immersion parents, we understand that our children are on a unique path in the education; certain concepts are taught and/or realized at unexpected ages, language is used or manipulated in comical ways, and our children have opportunities to use their language in exciting situations. I would love to hear your stories! Please consider sharing the encouraging, meaningful, confusing, and comical stories of immersion with me in person or via email (jpierce@zcs.org). While I will definitely respect everyone’s privacy, these anecdotes are encouraging for teachers as well as for current and prospective parents.
Curriculum
Language Arts
Reading Strategies: Read the tones correctly for each character. We use visual and gestures to help us say the tones correctly.
Writers’ Workshop:
We will continue writing our own pattern books this week.
Math
We will continue learning about strategies of addition and subtraction by using our figures, use manipulatives, draw a picture or use a number line.
Science
We will observe different kinds of rocks.
Bible
We will learn about Jesus’ ministry：Jesus’ baptism; Jesus and his disciples; Jesus blesses children; Jesus teaches about prayer.
We will learn about the fruits of the sprit throughout the year. For the month of February, we will learn about the fruit of patience.
Social Studies
We will focus on science for the next couple months.