ABC Summer Countdown

May 24-Rockin to our Favorite Music

May 25-Wear Sunglasses

May 26-Wear something to show your favorite Team

May 27-Uplift compliments to each other

May 28-Video Day

Reminders:

We are finished with both library and leveled library. Please send in any remaining books from home. Thank you!
There is a variety of summer camps offered at ZCS. Please check out a few here:
- from our athletic director …
  As summer starts to fill up I wanted to remind you that I still have openings for boys and girls basketball camp. This is a great camp to learn some basics about basketball for beginners but also to gain skills and knowledge for those more experienced. The activities are geared to the age and skill level of the campers to maximize their learning and fun. They will be doing a variety of drills, games, and activities that help them have fun and grow in their love for the game.
from our Spanish teachers…
Maestra Zondervan will be offering two camps this summer. One option is for 4-6 year olds and the other option is for 6-8 year olds. Registration and additional details can be found here. This camp is open to all children in our community. No Spanish background needed.

If you have any questions please contact Maria Klompmaker at mklompmaker@zcs.org

Click on the Link to Register https://expanded.regfox.com/zcs-expanded-summer-2021
From the office…Parents, as we spend more time outdoors, if you plan to send sunscreen to school with your child, please also send a note of permission to your child’s teacher. Students should not share sunscreen with other students, and the school will not provide sunscreen to students.

What We Are Learning:

In Writing Workshop we are building on our one really good sentence by adding one to two more sentences to add detail. This is a small moment story. I am so impressed by the writing that I am seeing! I continue to ask each child to reread his/her writing to make sure it is written well.

Our Daily 5 time at the beginning of the week was spent working on our PBL (animal) project. The kids have been working so hard creating, writing and learning! I have loved standing back and gently guiding as groups have worked so well together. I am excited for the kids to share what they have learned next week. Here are the zoom times for each group. Zoom links are sent by email (for safety).

Tuesday @ 11am Penguin Group (Addi, Mazy, Lucille, Uriah)

Wednesday @ 11am Tiger Group (Ben D., Ben V., Owen, Ike)

Thursday @ 11am Ant Group (Dawson, Dezmon, Hazael, Judah)

Friday @9:30am Shark Group (Rocky, Carter, Oliver, Luke)

Friday @11 am Rabbit Group (Cora, Ellie, Braden, Elsa)

At the end of the week we were able to have our regular Daily 5 choices and the kids are continuing to read and write all the time! 🙂

In Math we were able to enjoy Math Centers. the kids could choose from putting cards in order by 5’s, matching apples with numbers and counting seeds, matching numbers and ladybugs, garden math addition, adding and subtracting using manipulatives.

In Phonics this week we worked on r blends (dr, fr, gr, tr, br). We have also been working on vowels.

Our word wall has been filled with color words (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, brown, white).

Orange Day