Reminders:

• Please continue to send in snow gear and extra socks. This is an interesting time of year that we experience new snow, melting and mud and then possibly ice.
• Please send in clean towels in a re-use bag on Mondays
• Library books are due Wednesdays
• Optional Parent Teacher Conferences Information
  -Optional Conferences will take place on Thursday, March 10.
  -sign up information was included in email
• March 4: no PM bussing
• March is Reading Month! The Young 5s-5th grade will be participating in this fun month long event. The theme is We Are Reading Up a Storm!
  • Friday, March 4: Rain storm: Wear a hat or bring an umbrella to school
  • Thursday, March 10: Snow Storm: Wear comfy and cozy clothes
  • Friday, March 18: Ice Storm: we will get a popsicle treat
  • Friday, March 25: Thunder & Lightning Storm: Kids can bring a flashlight as we read in the dark

What We are Learning

We began the week with TWOsday! We had a fun day doing all things with 2 and 22. It was so fun to hear the kids saying the date and enjoying a little different day than our regular routine.

Bible: We are wrapping up our unit on miracles. It is important for us to read about the miracles that Jesus performed while he was on earth in human form, but also to see the power and miracles that God still performs today. Our God is so big, so strong and so mighty!

Bible Memory: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. Luke 7:22

Math: We played with shapes and discovered that we can combine two shapes and make a new one. For example, two triangles can make a square. We continue to work on number writing this week.

Daily 5: We introduced a new word work choice. Students pick up a picture card and use letters to spell the word. After spelling it, students can flip the card over and check their work. All of the words are CVC (consonant vowel consonant).

Phonics: This week we met the an family. After brainstorming what words are part of the family, we reviewed with a popcorn bucket including the an words. It was good to practice writing and reading the _an words.

Word Wall: we added in to the wall (a, at, and, am, come, go, here, I, is, it, look, like, me, my, on, see, the, this, to, up, we)

Writing Workshop: We wrote two how to instructions. We wrote out how to bake cookies and had picture clues to help us form sentences. Then we had a challenge of drawing the pictures and writing instructions for how to make a sandwich. Sounding out words continues to be a lot of work, but with some assistance, your children are doing an amazing job! Writing one sentence is something you can practice at home or in the car with a notebook or clipboard. Keep up the writing! 🙂

Reminders:

• Please continue to send in snow gear
• Please send in clean towels in a re-use bag on Mondays
• Library books are due Wednesdays
• February 18-21 No School-Winter Break
• Tuesday, February 22, 2022 is Twos-day 🙂 We will celebrate all things 2 through different learning activities and wearing 2 crazy socks. 
• Optional Parent Teacher Conferences Information
  -Optional Conferences will take place on Thursday, March 10.
  -They will be in person with parents and teachers only (Students typically do not attend these conferences.)
  –If we, the teachers, would like a conference with you, we will email you that request and give you the link to sign up for a slot.
  -Only parents who are interested in the Optional Conference should fill out the Interest Form.
  -Please fill out the Interest Form by Tuesday, February 22.

What We are Learning:

Bible: We continue to learn about miracles. Jesus’s power is amazing! We read about Jesus calming the storm and catching so many fish with Peter the nets started to break! Through each miracle we see Jesus pointing the glory to his father. We love to sing this song as we learn about miracles.

Phonics: We continue to listen and sound out CVC words.

Work on Writing: Our unit on how to writing continues. We worked together on writing instructions for How to Build a snow man and How to Plant a seed. We are moving away from our pattern sentences towards writing sentences with newer words. This is a lot of work sounding out all of these words and writing them. The kids are working so hard and doing an amazing job.

Math: We are wrapping up our focused study on teen numbers. We will continue to come back to teens as our math units circle back to many concepts so our kids build a solid foundation and understanding. We also played with shapes to see how we can combine shapes to make new ones. We are also adding and subtracting.

Daily 5: As we work on reading groups we continue to work on sounding out words we do not know. The tricky part is sounding out the whole word-not just starting and guessing the rest. This takes practice and patience.

We had so much fun making lanterns and learning a little bit more about the lantern festival on Monday.

The kids were so excited to pass out valentines on Valentine’s Day. We talked about how God’s love is so big, it fills each of us and then we are able to share the love with others through kindness and sharing. We enjoyed a yummy cupcake for snack.

Zero the Hero visited our classroom on Tuesday! He reminded us how important zero is and we even learned that we are growing and enjoy mints sometimes 🙂 We planned out 10 different exercises to make 100 moves! You can ask your child to demonstrate some of them.

Fun Summer Camp Information!

ExploreHope Summer 2022 Science Camp

SON-Life Summer Camp

The registration website for ZCS Expand(ED) is up and running! Here is a link to it- feel free to share it with others!

Reminders:

• Please continue to send in snow gear
• Please send in clean towels in a re-use bag on Mondays
• Library books are due Wednesdays
• Monday, February 14 We will have the kids pass out Valentine’s in the classroom. We have 14 students in our classroom. You may have your child simply address the valentines To: my friend instead of each child’s name. 🙂
• Tuesday, February 15-100th day! We are hoping Zero the Hero will stop by for a visit. We will discover how important zero is.
• No bussing AM or PM Monday and Tuesday February 14 and 15
• February 18-21 No School-Winter Break

What We are Learning:

Bible: We are beginning to learn about the miracles. Jesus’s power is amazing! Through each miracle we see Jesus pointing the glory to his father. We love to sing this song as we learn about miracles.

Phonics: This week we worked on writing CVC words. We looked at a picture and slowly said the word. We wrote the beginning, middle and ending sound.

Math: We have been working on our teens again this week. We are recognizing that they represent 10+. We are representing teens in ten frames, cube sticks and with tally marks. These formats show us quick ways to count by 5, 10 and quickly add from 10.

Word Wall: We added on. I love challenging the class to write sentences using our word wall words. I am so pleased at their writing! Continue to review a, at, and, am, come, go, here, I, is, look, like, my, me, on, see, the, this, to, up & we.

Writing Workshop: We have started a new unit-How To writing. I gave each student a small container of bubbles and we had fun blowing bubbles inside. After a little clean up 🙂 we moved to the carpet and talked about how we blew bubbles. What did we do first? next? last? We wrote out our how to instructions together.

Reminders:

• Please continue to send in snow gear
• Please send in clean towels in a re-use bag on Mondays
• Library books are due Wednesdays
• Monday, February 14 We will have the kids pass out Valentine’s in the classroom. We have 14 students in our classroom. You may have your child simply address the valentines To: my friend instead of each child’s name. 🙂
  • We are also on track to celebrate 100th day on February 14. We are hoping Zero the Hero will stop by for a visit. We will discover how important zero is.
• No PM bussing on Friday February 11
• No bussing AM or PM Monday and Tuesday February 14 and 15
• February 18-21 No School-Winter Break

What We are Learning:

Bible: This week we read about Jesus and the Samaritan women. Once again Jesus provides the example of reaching out and showing kindness to people that others turn away from.

Phonics: We met the at family this week. Word families are sets of words that end the same (like last names). We could hear and see that pattern in sat, rat, cat, hat, mat, fat, bat.

Daily 5: We are working really hard and sounding out unfamiliar words. When sounding out a word, it is important to sound out the entire word. Many students begin sounding out and then guess what the word is. I have been covering up the word and slowly uncovering as we sound out all the way to the end. We are also learning that if a word doesn’t sound right, we should try the other vowel sound.

Word Wall: We added to this week!

Handwriting: We continue to work our way through uppercase letters the school way. This week I am also encouraging students to write on lines-not too far above, below or even between.

Engaging God’s World: This week’s study of movement included inertia. We had fun watching a Sid the Science Kid video to give us a few ideas on how this movement works. In class we used a wagon and each child took a turn riding inside. I pulled the wagon forward and suddenly stopped. The wagon stopped, but their bodies did not. Immediately one of the kindergarteners related this to the importance of wearing seatbelts. Yes! Very good application!

Math: We are taking our time working through teen numbers to understand 10+. We also continue to gain understand of adding and subtracting with in 10.

We had such a fun time during hour Olympic hour Friday! We heard the Olympic theme song, practiced our ice skating, raced frozen lego people down a “luge” and made a torch.