Information and Reminders:
Each student will need 6 toilet paper tubes and a big shoe box for the nativity scene. Please send them in as soon as possible. If you have extra toilet paper tubes or shoe boxes, we would love to have them. Thanks! A big thank you to Jen Timmer, Brooke Oldenbroek and Kristi Van Dyk for helping us with preparing the materials!
Up in Lights: Elliott Joliat Dec.3-7 Charlotte Joliat Dec.10-14
Please finish and send your child’s package the week before your child’s special week. During your child’s special week, it is a wonderful opportunity to have lunch with your child, bring in pets, and or share special talents your family members may have been blessed with. Just inform me ahead of time what is your plan.
December Birthday Celebrations:
Selah Wire Friday, December 14
Louis Oldenbroek Friday, December 21
Libby Grant Friday, December 21
From the immersion director
We have an excellent opportunity to host Betsy Sneller at Zeeland Christian on Dec. 11 at 7:00 for a presentation titled Learning about Learning Languages. Betsy is a graduate of Zeeland Christian (Mr. Sneller’s daughter!) who is also a postdoctoral research fellow at Georgetown University. She conducts research and speaks broadly on language acquisition. Please consider joining us in the media center for a time of interactive learning about how our children are actively acquiring their new language while also growing in their English proficiency. More detailed information will be sent as it is available.
Curriculum
Language Arts
Reading Strategies: using the pictures to help us decode. When we encounter a new word, we check the picture to see if it gives us clues.
Writers’ Workshop:
We will start drawing our stories on papers and try to tell the story out loud by point to each picture.
Math
Identify Hexagons; more numbers 1 through 10
Science
We will try to move a object without touching the object. We will also learn about strong force is used to move a heavier object.
Bible
We will learn about Christmas stories: Zechariah’s surprise; Surprises for Mary and Joseph.
We will learn about the fruits of the sprit throughout the year. For the month of December, we will learn about the fruit of patience.
Social Studies
We will focus on science for the next couple months.