Dear Parents,
We hope you all have been enjoying this long weekend. I look forward to seeing your kids tomorrow.
Second graders have a field trip to the fire department and city hall this Thursday (Feb. 20) afternoon from 12:45pm – 3:00pm. We are still in need of drivers to drive 9 second graders. Thank you for helping out to make our field trip possible.
I will be gone this Thursday afternoon due to a family member’s doctor appointment. We are hoping to have Apple and Eva sub for me.
Please send in wrapping paper tubes, Pringles cans, hoses, funnels, paper towel tubes, or anything you think will be good for making a marble track for science class. I’m hoping to have students make marble tracks next week. Thank you!
Announcement:
3rd Grade STAMP test
March 3: Optional Parent-teacher Conferences
March 3: Optional parent-teacher Conferences *School in Session* Open Sign-Up begins on February 19, at 9:00 a.m. and closes on February 26 at 10:00 p.m. Use this link for information and instructions.
Tuesday Lunch Helper for February 18: Abby Allen
Tuesday Lunch Helper for February 25: Cara Wickstra
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 17: Kennin Zee-Cheng
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:
March 5: Optional Parent/Teacher Conferences
March 6 &7: 8th Grade Play
March 17: 6:15 PM (K-2) and 7:15 PM (3-5) Elementary Spring Programs at Community Reformed Church
March 20: End of 3rd Marking Period
March 23 & 24: No Preschool. Preschool Conferences
March 28: Basket Breakers 3-on-3 tournament Registration is OPEN! Register HERE
April 3-10: Spring Break
April 17: Auction
Curriculum Corner
2nd Grade Math:
Unit 5 Time, graph and word problems
3rd Grade Math:Unit 3 Measurement, Time, and Graphs
- Read and Create Bar Graphs with Multi-digit Numbers
- Represent and Organize Data
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 Tuesday. There will be a test on Friday for words to produce and to recognize.
Below is this week’s quizlet for flashcard words.
https://quizlet.com/_7zkzp2?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 q, r, s.
Bible:
Unit 6: Isaac and Jacob
- Jacob at the Well
- Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
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 21.
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 I Agree.
Science:
Students are going to do a toy bus experiment which requires them to change one variable to explore the forces of gravity, push, pull or friction.
2nd Grade Social Studies:
Unit 4: How do people work together in a community?
Lesson #4: Resources: Natural, Human and Capital