Dear Parents,
We had a good week last week. I was greatly moved by your kids’ heart to pray for people in China and effective medicine to fight against coronavirus. Thank God! The news report says that a patient has got greatly recovered by having Remdesivir. They are going to apply this medicine to patients in Beijing and test out the results further. Please continue to keep China in prayer as we fight with this coronavirus. Also, as I have shared with the kids, what frightened us most is not bodily death but forever death in the eternity. Please pray for Chinese people’s salvation in Jesus Christ. Thank you!
Announcement:
PBIS
On Monday morning we’ll be meeting again in our Family Groups and will walk through the building to learn about the types of behaviors that are expected in different parts of our building. These really aren’t new expectations, just reminders as we kick off the Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support, (PBIL) expectations.
Snow Shoeing Field Trip @ Outdoor Discovery Center
We have a field trip scheduled for this coming Friday to the Outdoor Discovery Center near Holland. We expect to leave school at 10:10 to arrive and check in on location at 10:30. We plan to leave the Outdoor Discovery Center at 2:30 and be back at school by 2:50. Your child will need a packed lunch from home for the day as we’ll be at the Outdoor Discovery Center during lunch time.
Thank you to Abby Allen, Kami Palmer, Erin Elenbaas, Betsy Shafer, and Ann Hemmeke for driving. Please be at school by 10 so that we can go over a few things and be ready to leave by 10:10.
Tuesday Lunch Helper for February 4:Joanna Haveman
Tuesday Lunch Helper for February 11: TBD
We are still in need of a lunch helper on February 11. If you are willing and able, please help us out. Thank you!
Featured Friend:
If your kid is the featured friend for that week, please have him/her bring in pictures on Mondays. They may bring in up to 6 pictures, but please bring in one picture of him/her in the past, one recent picture and one picture of his/her family.
Week of February 3: Reese Palmer
Week of February 10: Soren Traver
Field Trip Driver Sign-up
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f45acaf2aa1fd0-2nd3rd
TerraCycle
Here is a detailed list of everything we accept to TerraCycle at ZCS. Please look it over carefully, as the program changes a bit each year and even during the year.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HGFofovT_xYoLFC0LgxxffbdIG4jDZLW/view?ts=5dd85401
Calendar:
February 7: Snow Shoeing Field Trip @ Outdoor Discovery Center –> NO Hot Lunch! Please provide your child with a sack lunch.
February 13: NO PM Busing
February 14 & 17: NO School *Winter Break*
March 6 &7: 8th Grade Play
March 28: Basket Breakers 3-on-3 tournament
Curriculum Corner
2nd Grade Math:
Unit 4 Subtract 2-Digit numbers
3rd Grade Math:Unit 3 Measurement, Time, and Graphs
- Add and Subtract Time
- Solve Word Problems Involving Time
- Read and Create Pictographs and Bar Graphs
Your kids should be practicing math facts at home during the week. They can do https://es.xtramath.org/#/home/index or https://www.timestables.com/ Also, there are numerous fun computer games for practicing. I’ve put some on my blog under “Resources”.
Mandarin High Frequency Words to Produce and to recognize:
Students will learn a new set of words this week. I will send out homework sheets on Monday. There will be a test on Friday for words to produce and to recognize.
Here is this week’s quizlet for flashcard words. The last two words are only for 3rd graders. If 2nd graders are interested, go ahead and give it a try. https://quizlet.com/_7xxi0t?x=1qqt&i=2eu679
If possible, please help your kids practice flashcard words (using the quizlet website) at home. It does help your kids a lot in the long run. Thank you very much!
Pinyin:
Able to recognize “p”, “q”, “r”
Bible:
Unit 6: Isaac and Jacob
- Isaac and Abimelech
- Jacob and Esau: The Blessing
During our devotion time, we are learning a new song called Thank You For Choosing Me 谢谢你拣选我. Here is a link to this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4FDL1eMI_8
Bible Memory
Due date: Friday, February 7.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:3
我们主耶稣基督的父 神是应当称颂的。他照着自己的大怜悯，藉着耶稣基督从死人中复活，重生了我们，使我们有永活的盼望，
彼得前书 1:3
Reading:
I will read aloud Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail.
Science:
Students are going to complete a series of “mini” explorations designed to get them thinking about balanced and unbalanced forces, including gravity. Afterwards, we are going to discuss about what we observed when forces were balanced and unbalanced.
2nd Grade Social Studies:
Unit 4: How do people work together in a community?
Lesson #2: Opportunity Cost
Lesson #3: Using Natural Resources to Produce Goods and Services
Pictures:
