Newsletter April 29-May 3

Information and Reminders
No English homework. Students finished the Handwriting Without Tears curriculum. Students will only receive Mandarin homework from this Monday.

Critter Barn: Friday May 3 We will leave school at 9:10 in the morning. There is a $8.00 fee for each attending parent.
LUNCH— Each child will need a lunch, snack and drink from home. To make lunch the easiest we can, it would be helpful if you sent your child’s lunch and snack in a sack that can be thrown away. Keeping track of lunch boxes could be tricky. We will have a large cooler or bag to keep the lunches in so please label your child’s lunch. Please pack a juice box or plastic water bottle for a drink.
CLOTHING—The Critter Barn does not cancel for rain so please dress your child appropriately. I would suggest either boots or old shoes and clothes that could get a little dirty. We will spend time both indoors and outdoors.
HUIZENGA PARK—Weather permitting, we will spend some time at Huizenga park right in Zeeland. We will be back to school by 3:15 in time for the bus and pick up.

Thanks to Paul Pyle, Melissa Wire and Kristi Van Dyk for driving the field trip. Drivers, please bring a cooler to put the kids’ lunch and snack in(each of you will take about 4-5 kids’ lunch and snack) and bring all the boosters you have. Thanks!

May Birthday Celebrations:
Wesley Elenbaas Thursday, May 2

Farmer’s Market and Kollen Park: Wednesday, May 29 Rain date: Wednesday, June 5 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. I am looking for more drivers for this field trip. Please sign up at https://docs.google.com/document/d/11N2ysK2h3OIJDNf15RIGihGLSXfauwVq4a3vCbyUyEY/edit Drivers, please bring a cooler to put the kids’ lunch in and bring all the boosters you have. Thanks!

From the Immersion Director
Are you looking for summer Spanish or Mandarin activities? Here are four options for your students this summer.
Mandarin: 
–Joecy Fan, our Mandarin FLES teacher will be offering two camps focusing on Chinese language and culture. One will be for immersion students and one will be for non-immersion students. Check out the description in the ZCS ExpandEd book at https://expanded.regfox.com/zcs-expanded-summer-camps  
Spanish: 
–Laura Zondervan will be offering two camps this summer as well. One option is for 4-6 year olds and the other option is for 6-8 year olds. This is also advertised in the ExpandEd Booklet at https://expanded.regfox.com/zcs-expanded-summer-camps
–Brianne Roux, an immersion teacher at the Holland Language Academy, in cooperation with Christ Memorial Church is offering three weeks of Spanish Day camps for immersion students who are entering 2nd-5th grade. See the attached flyer for more information.
–Camp Geneva is offering a Spanish Day Camp for students entering 2nd-4th grade. This is a typical Day Camp experience but offered as fully in Spanish as they are able. Find more information on their website at https://campgeneva.org/summer-camp/day-camp/

Curriculum

Language Arts
Reading Strategies—Practice to read fluently

Writers’ Workshop:
We will choose one small moment story to revise and edit with our partner. We will make sure that each sentence is end with a period; our pictures match with the words.

Math
We will break-apart numbers for 10 by using math mountains.

Science
We will observe the seeds growth for the next couple of weeks.

Bible
We will learn about Jesus’s parables: Pharisee and tax collector; sower and wise and foolish builders

We will learn about the fruits of the sprit throughout the year. For the month of May, we will learn about the fruit of self-control.

Social Studies
We will focus on science for the next couple months.

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