Dear parents,
Thank you so much for the birthday celebration. I appreciate your treat and gift. It was so great to celebrate my birthday with your kids.
I pray that you all have a relaxing and safe spring break!
Happy Easter!
Information and Reminders
Critter Barn: Wednesday, April 18 9:00am-3:15pm Please pack a sack lunch, drink and snack for your child. We will go to the Critter Barn right in the morning, have lunch there, and stay a little longer after lunch. Then we will go to Lawrence Park to play and eat snack to end the day. We will be back to school at 3:15 for bus and pick up. Thanks to Paul Pyle, Kristi Van Dyk and Abby Allen for driving the field trip. Drivers, please bring a cooler to put the kids’ lunch in(each of you will take about 3-4 kids’ lunch) and bring all the boosters you have. Thanks!
April Birthday Celebration:
Ethan Shafer Tuesday, April 10
Farmer’s Market and Kollen Park: Wednesday, May 30 9:00am-12:45pm This is our last field trip. Each kid needs to bring their own sack lunch and drink. We will begin the day following a map of Holland Farmer’s Market and helping the children decide what to buy. We will go to Kollen Park to have lunch and play after the market. We will be back to school around 12:45. Thank you to Meredith Geurink, Cara Wickstra, Dana Moeller and Abby Allen for driving the field trip. Drivers, please bring a cooler to put the kids’ lunch in and bring all the boosters you have. Thanks!
Curriculum
Language Arts
Reading Strategies: If you do not know a word, skip it and read to the end. Come back and reread the sentence again.
Writers’ Workshop:
We will talk about how to think more details to add to our small moments stories.
Math
We will practice with teen numbers and partners.
Science
We will plant the seeds after spring break and observe their growth for the next couple of weeks.
Bible
We will continue learning about Easter and Ascension: The resurrection and Jesus’ ascension
We will learn about the fruits of the sprit throughout the year. For the month of April, we will learn about the fruit of gentleness.
Social Studies
We will focus on science for the next couple months.