Just a Note
Maestra Rodriguez and I feel so appreciated and loved by all of you this week! Thank you for going above and beyond this teacher appreciation week! We couldn’t ask for a better group of families and are so grateful for each one of you!
Moms, I hope you have a wonderful Mothers Day! May your day be filled with lots of love, hugs, pampering, and relaxation!
Have a great weekend!
Melissa
Happy Mother’s Day! Your 1st graders love you! (Click here for their video for you!)
Important Dates
• May 13: Family Groups (no chapel)
• May 15: 4th Grade Market Day
• May 22: Elementary Worship (2:50-3:10pm)
• May 24: Field Trip to John Ball Zoo (9:00-1:30)
• May 27: No School (Memorial Day) / Memorial Day Parade (K-2)
• May 28: Family Group Games
• June 3: 8th Grade Graduation
• June 5: Last Day of School; Half Day
Reminders & Announcements:
- Market Day: 4th grade entrepreneurs have invented, designed, and will be selling products on Wednesday, May 15. The prices range from $1.50-$3. 1st graders will have a chance to shop at the market and make purchases. Please send $5-$10 with your student on Wednesday. Kids may want to bring a bag to put their purchases in.
- Memorial Day Parade: It’s that time of year again! Y5- 2nd grade classes will represent ZCS by walking in the Memorial Day parade on Monday, 27th. 1st graders will wear red, white, and blue and carry a small flag or pinwheel that we’ll provide. We will line up on Centennial and end at the cemetery because of the construction. To make this event a success, we are seeking parent volunteers to walk alongside our students during the parade. If you’re available and willing to participate, please let me know at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm.
- ZCS Summer Expanded-Ed: There are a variety of summer camps and educational opportunities available for students in our grade! See the link to find the options and sign up!Expanded: https://expanded.regfox.com/zcs-expanded-summer-2024
- Note from our Librarian, Mrs. Joustra: The last week for classes to come to the Library is May 13-17 which is next week. Starting the week of May 20 the library will be closed for the year and all library books need to be turned in by May 24th. If you have any questions please let me know.
- Field Trip to John Ball Zoo: May 24 we are heading as a grade to John Ball Zoo! We have plenty of parents to join us- thank you! All first graders will need a home lunch on this day please!
- Lunch Helper Tuesday, May 21: Maestra Rodriguez and I have one more immersion teacher meeting on Tuesday, May 21 and we’re looking for a parent (with younger siblings if necessary) to help 1st graders get their hot lunches and eat lunch with our class please. The time frame would be 12:15-12:50. Please let us know if you are available to help. Thank you!
What We’re Learning Right Now
Math: Finish unit 6- Measurement
Bible: Unit 16- El Exilio (Daniel 2:20-23)
Science: “Oh Say Can You See!” (sound and light waves)
Social Studies: Unit 3- How do we learn about places?
Writing: Nonfiction writing- elements of non-fiction text
Mentor Text: Cachorrito es el mejor
Grammar Feature: Verbs whose infinitive form ends in “ir”
Ex: escribir, decir, salir, vivir, etc.
Difference between “saber” (when you know something or about something) and “conocer” (when you know someone or a place)
Word Feature: Write directions using command + los/las
Ex: tráelo, búscala
New High Frequency Words: grande, taxi, vivía, fresa, hoya
Sylables of the week: fl_, fr_, gl_, gr_
Just a Note
Dear parents,
It’s hard to wrap my head around the fact that it is May already! We’ve got time for lots of great learning, but it is starting to feel like summer is around the corner. School is bustling with activities and I understand many of you have commitments after school too. Expect our newsletters to be jam-packed with updates and information, and we’ll be sending out plenty of emails as well. If you ever feel unsure or overwhelmed, don’t hesitate to reach out.
Hope you had a great weekend!
Melissa
Important Dates
• Apr. 29-May 10: MAP Growth Window – Spring (see below)
• May 3: Connect to Kinder Day / Connect to Young Fives Day
• May 3: Fun Night
• May 6: All School Chapel and Family Groups
• May 9: Half Day of School (Tulip Time)
• May 14: 4th Grade Market Day
• May 22: Elementary Worship (2:50-3:10pm)
• May 24: Field Trip to John Ball Zoo (9:00-1:30)
• May 27: No School (Memorial Day) / Memorial Day Parade (K-2)
• May 28: Family Group Games
• June 3: 8th Grade Graduation
• June 5: Last Day of School; Half Day
Reminders & Announcements:
- Miles of Smiles: A Miles of Smiles (MOS) mobile dental unit is scheduled to be in Ottawa County Schools during the 2023-2024 school year. Our mobile dental unit provides no cost, preventive and restorative dental services for financially-qualifying children. Unfortunately, MOS will not be visiting our school this year. However, we want you to know that you may schedule your child to be seen on our mobile unit when we locate at another Ottawa County School.
- Memorial Day Parade: It’s that time of year again! Y5- 2nd grade classes will represent ZCS by walking in the Memorial Day parade on Monday, 27th. More information will come soon. To make this event a success, we are seeking parent volunteers to walk alongside our students during the parade. If you’re available and willing to participate, please let me know at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm.
- Field Trip to John Ball Zoo: May 24 we are heading as a grade to John Ball Zoo! We have plenty of parents to join us- thank you! All first graders will need a home lunch on this day please!
- Lunch Helper Tuesday, May 21: Maestra Rodriguez and I have one more immersion teacher meeting on Tuesday, May 21 and we’re looking for a parent (with younger siblings if necessary) to help 1st graders get their hot lunches and eat lunch with our class please. The time frame would be 12:15-12:50. Please let us know if you are available to help. Thank you!
What We’re Learning Right Now
Math: Unit 6- Measurement
Bible: Unit 5- El Reino Dividido
Bible Verse: Salmo 8:1-2
Science: “Oh Say Can You See!” (sound and light waves)
Social Studies: Unit 7- How do we adapt to the different places and seasons of the year?
Writing: Nonfiction writing- elements of non-fiction text
Mentor Text: Cachorrito es el mejor
Grammar Feature: Verbs whose infinitive form ends in “er”
Ex: comer, toser, barrer, tener, etc.
Word Feature: The pronouns “lo” and “la” are used at the end of some verbs to express an affirmative action.Ex: quiero comerlo, voy a limpiarla, etc.
New High Frequency Words: creer, claro, olivo, hacía, payaso
Sylables of the week: cr, cl, br, bl
Just a Note
It’s been a fun week to be a 1st grader! MAP Practice, aalpa project, science projects and springtime fun have made for a busy week! We love spending our days with your kids! The end of the year can feel so busy, so please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need anything! Let’s finish strong!
Have a great weekend!
Melissa
Important Dates
• Apr. 29-30: Maestra Rodriguez out of the building for add.a.lingua conference and son’s college graduation. Maestra Izenbaard will sub Monday.
• Apr. 29-May 10: MAP Growth Window – Spring
• May 3: Connect to Kinder Day / Connect to Young Fives Day
• Apr. 29-May 10: MAP Growth Window – Spring (see below)
• May 3: Connect to Kinder Day / Connect to Young Fives Day
• May 3: Fun Night
• May 6: All School Chapel and Family Groups
• May 9: Half Day of School (Tulip Time)
• May 14: 4th Grade Market Day
• May 22: Elementary Worship (2:50-3:10pm)
• May 24: Field Trip to John Ball Zoo (9:00-1:30)
• May 27: No School (Memorial Day) / Memorial Day Parade (K-2)
• May 28: Family Group Games
• June 3: 8th Grade Graduation
• June 5: Last Day of School; Half Day
Reminders & Announcements:
- Field Trip to John Ball Zoo: May 24 we are heading as a grade to John Ball Zoo! We would really appreciate some parents to walk with groups of kids through the zoo. The more parents, the smaller the groups… and that’s really nice! 🙂 We are not able to find busses. Turns out that’s a very popular field trip day! Please use this SignUp Genius if you’re able to help that day! We’d like to keep this a special thing for 1st graders and ask that younger siblings do not come along this time. We’ll leave school shortly after 9:00 and be at the zoo until 11:30ish. Then head to Timber Town/Huizenga Park. We plan to get back to school about 1:30ish. There is a small fee for parents to enter the zoo, but we won’t know how much until we have a final count of chaperones and know how many of the parents helping have a membership and can get in free. Thank you!
- MAP Growth: Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning our students will participate in the final round of MAP Growth this school year. We’re eager to see how much they’ve grown! Please be sure to pack a water bottle and a healthy snack and lunch that day!
- Lunch Helper Tuesday, May 21: Maestra Rodriguez and I have one more immersion teacher meeting on Tuesday, May 21 and we’re looking for a parent (with younger siblings if necessary) to help 1st graders get their hot lunches and eat lunch with our class please. The time frame would be 12:15-12:50. Please let us know if you are available to help. Thank you!
- Car Line: If your family uses Door I/Preschool Parking Lot/Yellow door, please follow the link for information about routines and expectations during pick up/drop off. Car Line – Email For Parents – April 16, 2024
What We’re Learning Right Now
Math: Unit 5- Adding up to 100 (Students use place value understanding and properties of operations to add within 100.)
Bible: Unit 14: Salmos y Proverbios
Bible Verse: Salmo 8:1-2
Science: “Oh Say Can You See!” (sound and light waves)
Social Studies: Unit 3- How do we learn about places?
Writing: Realistic Fiction- incorporating the elements of character, setting, problem, and solution
Mentor Text: None
Grammar Feature: Some verbs in Spanish are reflexive. They are actions one does to oneself. When we use them in the first person singular we use the pronoun me and when we use them in the second person singular we use the pronoun te.
Word Feature: _m (vowel m) and _n (vowel n)
New High Frequency Words: invierno, importa, quitan, hace, ven
Sylables of the week: _m (vowel m) and _n (vowel n) (see our sight words for examples- invierno, importa)
Just a Note
Much of our literacy time this week was focused on aalpa, the language proficiency assessment we take twice/year in 1st grade. It is going really well! While it’s not an easy project, I’m so proud of the kids for their resiliency! I can see how much they’ve learned and how much they’re growing even as they work through the project. We finished part 1 and are working through the 2nd part- a conversation with a friend about why the sun and moon are important, where they go when we can’t see them, and what children in China are doing while we are sleeping. I hope to post these conversations on SeeSaw so you can be on the lookout for that! Please let me know if you have any questions about it!
Enjoy the sunshine this weekend!
Melissa
Important Dates
• Apr. 22: Maestra Rodriguez subbing for Maestra Izenbaard during preschool field trip
• Apr. 23 & 24: Muffins with Moms/Ma’ams
• Apr. 26 & 29: Maestra Rodriguez out of the building for add.a.lingua conference and son’s college graduation
• Apr. 29-May 10: MAP Growth Window – Spring
• May 3: Connect to Kinder Day / Connect to Young Fives Day
• Apr. 29-May 10: MAP Growth Window – Spring
• May 3: Connect to Kinder Day / Connect to Young Fives Day
• May 3: Fun Night
• May 6: All School Chapel and Family Groups
• May 9: Half Day of School (Tulip Time)
• May 14: 4th Grade Market Day
• May 22: Elementary Worship (2:50-3:10pm)
• May 24: Field Trip to John Ball Zoo (9:00-1:30)
• May 27: No School (Memorial Day) / Memorial Day Parade (K-2)
• May 28: Family Group Games
• June 3: 8th Grade Graduation
• June 5: Last Day of School; Half Day
Reminders & Announcements:
- Field Trip to John Ball Zoo: May 24 we are heading as a grade to John Ball Zoo! We would really appreciate some parents to walk with groups of kids through the zoo. The more parents, the smaller the groups… and that’s really nice! 🙂 We think we’ll be able to get large buses and have enough room for parents to drive the bus as well. We’d like to keep this a special thing for 1st graders and ask that younger siblings do not come along this time. If you’re willing to walk with a group and/or drive, please watch for a Google Doc soon. We’ll leave school shortly after 9:00 and be at the zoo until 11:30ish. Then head to Timber Town/Huizenga Park. We plan to get back to school about 1:30ish. There is a small fee for parents to enter the zoo, but we won’t know how much until we have a final count of chaperones and know how many of the parents helping have a membership and can get in free. Thank you!
- Book Bags: Today I heard a teacher describe this week after break as a “re-entry period.” Such a good description as we all get used to school routines again- me included! Just a reminder book bags need to come to school on Friday mornings. We’ll put new books that we’ve practiced already at school in the bag and send them home to practice over the weekend and the following week.
What We’re Learning Right Now
Math: Unit 5- Adding up to 100 (Students use place value understanding and properties of operations to add within 100.)
Bible: Unit 14: Salmos y Proverbios
Bible Verse: Salmo 8:1-2
Science: “Oh Say Can You See!” (sound and light waves)
Social Studies: Unit 3- How do we learn about places?
Writing: Realistic Fiction- incorporating the elements of character, setting, problem, and solution
Mentor Text: None
Grammar Feature: Some verbs in Spanish are reflexive. They are actions one does to oneself. When we use them in the first person singular we use the pronoun me and when we use them in the second person singular we use the pronoun te.
Word Feature: _m (vowel m) and _n (vowel n)
New High Frequency Words: invierno, importa, quitan, hace, ven
Sylables of the week: _m (vowel m) and _n (vowel n) (see our sight words for examples- invierno, importa)
Just a Note
It was so good to be back with your children this week! It was fun to hear their stories and share about our different adventures over spring break. I think they were happy to see their school friends! 🙂
This coming week we have another round of aalpa- a language proficiency assessment/project with 3 parts- interpretive (listening to a song and answering questions about it) interpersonal, (talking with a friend about the sun and moon,) and presentational (creating and sharing a poster about the sun and moon.) There is nothing extra you need to do at home except help your child rest well at night and bring healthy snacks and a water bottle like always, so they can think clearly and do their best. We will not be covering any new grammar or word feature content the next couple of weeks as we’ll focus this time on the aalpa. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Have a great weekend!
Melissa
Important Dates
• Apr. 15-19: Delta Screener window
• Apr. 16: Elementary Worship (2:50-3:10)
• Apr. 17: Chapel (9:10) and Family Groups (9:40)
• Apr. 19: ZCS Auction
• Apr. 19: Young Author Visited (rescheduled from 3/22)
• Apr. 23 & 24: Muffins with Moms/Ma’ams
Reminders & Announcements:
- Lice: A case of lice has been confirmed in our class. Please see the letter that went home today (Friday, April 12) with instructions about what to do at home. Checking your child’s hair periodically and placing jackets and backpacks in the freezer or dryer on hot for 30 minutes is a good precaution.
- Book Bags: Today I heard a teacher describe this week after break as a “re-entry period.” Such a good description as we all get used to school routines again- me included! Just a reminder book bags need to come to school on Friday mornings. We’ll put new books that we’ve practiced already at school in the bag and send them home to practice over the weekend and the following week.
- Science Materials: We have plenty of shoe boxes, but could use some more toilet paper or paper towel tubes please. Thank you!
What We’re Learning Right Now
Math: Unit 5- Adding up to 100 (Students use place value understanding and properties of operations to add within 100.)
Bible: Solomon
Bible Verse: Proverbios 3:3-6
Science: “Oh Say Can You See!” (sound and light waves)
Social Studies: Unit 3- How do we learn about places?
Writing: Realistic Fiction- incorporating the elements of character, setting, problem, and solution
Mentor Text:
Grammar Feature:
Word Feature:
New High Frequency Words:
Sylables of the week:
Just a Note
This week I spent a lot of time reading several books 1:1 with each student to try to identify their instructional level (the level they can’t read super easily, but easily enough to learn from.) I am blown away by how much every child has grown since I last did these assessments in January! Thank you for all the ways you support your learners at home!
We also had a lot of fun reading by flashlight today. We covered some tables with large sheets to make a quick fort and read by flashlight inside our forts.
We’re looking forward to a good 4-day week next week and a break the following week! We pray you have a safe and fun spring vacation! I will not be writing a blog post next week, but, as always, reach out if you have questions!
Have a great weekend!
Melissa
Important Dates
• Mar. 28: Elementary Worship; 2:50-3:10
• Mar. 28: Dress Like a Book Character Day
• Mar. 29-April 5: No School – Spring Break
• Apr. 8: School resumes
• Apr. 11: Society Meeting (not required, just FYI)
• Apr. 15-19: Delta Screener window
• Apr. 16: Elementary Worship (2:50-3:10)
• Apr. 17: Chapel (9:10) and Family Groups (9:40)
• Apr. 19: ZCS Auction
• Apr. 19: Young Author Visited (rescheduled from 3/22)
• Apr. 23 & 24: Muffins with Moms/Ma’ams
Reminders & Announcements:
What We’re Learning Right Now
Math: Unit 4- add and subtract multiples of 10, compare and represent two-digit numbers, represent the base 10 structure of numbers
Bible: Pascua (Easter)
Bible Verse: Mateo 28:1-8
Science: “Oh Say Can You See!” (sound and light waves)
Social Studies: Unit 3- How do we learn about places?
Writing: Realistic Fiction- incorporating the elements of character, setting, problem, and solution
Mentor Text: Siete Ratones Ciegos
Grammar Feature: Irregular verbs in the past have an irregular root. Special endings are used for these verbs. Ex: poner, pongo, puse
Word Feature: In Spanish words that have the accent in the last syllable are called “palabras agudas” Ex: can-ción, pa-pel
New High Frequency Words: el niño, el año, íbamos, el papá, sola
Sylables of the week: ña, ñe, ñi, ño, ñu
Just a Note
Happy Friday! March is reading month! This month we’ll be doing a few fun things to celebrate! One book our class has really been enjoying lately is El Pingüino Taky. 🙂 We are going to write clues to help another class discover which book we are studying. We’re also going to learn a bit more about the author. This book is also available in English if you’re interested in finding it at the library!
Please see the dates below and add them to your calendar to help us celebrate!
- Wednesday, March 13- Pajama/Comfy Day- Get comfy and read
- Friday, March 22- Flashlight Day- bring a flashlight to read by
- Thursday, March 28- Dress like a book character- Dress like Taky (wear crazy clothes) or another book character of your choosing
Have a great weekend!
Melissa
Important Dates
• Mar. 12: Spring Elementary Performance – 1st, 2nd, 5th grades; 6:30pm
• Mar. 15: End of Marking Period; School in Session
• Mar. 21: All School Chapel (9:10)- NO Family Groups
• Mar. 22: Author Visit – 9:00-9:30 for Y5-2nd, 9:45-10:15 for 3rd-5th
• Mar. 22: Half Day of School, Teacher Grading PM (No PD)
• Mar. 28: Elementary Worship; 2:50-3:10
• Mar. 29-April 5: No School – Spring Break
Reminders & Announcements:
What We’re Learning Right Now
Math: Unit 4- add and subtract multiples of 10, compare and represent two-digit numbers, represent the base 10 structure of numbers
Bible: Pascua (Easter)
Bible Verse: Mateo 28:1-8
Science: “Oh Say Can You See!” (sound and light waves)
Social Studies: Unit 3- How do we learn about places?
Writing: We had a great start to our new unit- realistic fiction! The kids had fun developing their characters, including thinking about their likes and dislikes. Next we’ll talk more about setting and brainstorm a problem and solution for our characters. Right now we are outlining our stories, but we’ll be writing them in books soon!
Mentor Text: Bienvenida, Lupe
Grammar Feature: Some verbs in the present tense are regular and some follow an irregular pattern.
Word Feature: In Spanish the syllable that is stressed and does not have a “tilde” is called “acento prosódico.”
New High Frequency Words: alguien, había, puedo, la vez, ninguna
Sylables of the week: gue, gui, güe, güi
Just a Note
It felt really good to have a 5-day week of school! One of the highlights for me this week was helping your kids publish their small moments stories and celebrating with Maestra Gonzalez´s class. Each child in both classes got to share their writing with several friends. The room was full of amazing authors! Another highlight was watching the middle school and elementary Unified basketball games! I think I caught a glimpse of how I picture Heaven might be and of course, go Rams!
Have a great weekend!
Melissa
Important Dates
• Mar. 12: Spring Elementary Performance – 1st, 2nd, 5th grades; 6:30pm
• Mar. 15: End of Marking Period; School in Session
• Mar. 21: All School Chapel (9:10)- NO Family Groups
• Mar. 22: Author Visit – 9:00-9:30 for Y5-2nd, 9:45-10:15 for 3rd-5th
• Mar. 22: Half Day of School, Teacher Grading PM (No PD)
• Mar. 28: Elementary Worship; 2:50-3:10
• Mar. 29-April 5: No School – Spring Break
Reminders & Announcements:
What We’re Learning Right Now
Math: Unit 3- Working with 10s groups and story problems for numbers 11-19.
Bible: Unit 10- David
Bible Verse: Salmo 24:1-2, 7
Science: Special Project- Wrapping up and presenting invention projects
Social Studies: Unit 3- How do we learn about places?
Writing: We wrapped up our unit on small moments and are excited for our next unit on realistic fiction! We’ll start by talking about what these kinds of stories are- stories that could be true, but are not. Then we’ll work on developing our characters.
Mentor Text: Calvin no sabe volar
Grammar Feature: Verbs change depending on who does the action and when it happens. Ex: él salta, nosotros saltamos, tú saltas, ellos saltan, ustedes saltan
Word Feature: The “sílaba tónica” is the one that is said with more stress. Ex: ca-sa, he-la-do, ma-má
New High Frequency Words: cinco, dice, también, hacer, la distancia
Sylables of the week: ce, ci, za, zo, zu
Just a Note
We had another great week of learning together! It was fun to hear stories from winter break when we got back to school on Tuesday. I’m proud of the way your kids are pushing through during this long stretch of school between Christmas break and spring break. They continue to bring their best attitudes and do their best work. I even hear them gently correcting each other and encouraging each other to use good Spanish.
Have a great weekend!
Melissa
Important Dates
• Feb. 29: Optional Parent/Guardian Teacher Conferences; School in Session
• Feb. 29: Leap Day!
• Mar. 1: Half Day of School; no PD; Destination Imagination preview day for 3rd-5th (10:25-11:35); Unified basketball K-5 at ZCS (time TBD)
• Mar. 12: Spring Elementary Performance – 1st, 2nd, 5th grades; 6:30pm
• Mar. 15: End of Marking Period; School in Session
• Mar. 21: All School Chapel (9:10)- NO Family Groups
• Mar. 22: Author Visit – 9:00-9:30 for Y5-2nd, 9:45-10:15 for 3rd-5th
• Mar. 22: Half Day of School, Teacher Grading PM (No PD)
• Mar. 28: Elementary Worship; 2:50-3:10
• Mar. 29-April 5: No School – Spring Break
Reminders & Announcements
- Leap Day: Please send your student to school with 1 disposable water bottle that is emptied. We will use that as a time capsule. If you have a few extra laying around, please send those in too! Thank you!
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Please Help Keep Our Students Safe! Parents, please take a few minutes to remind yourselves of our arrival and dismissal procedures. We ask you to follow these steps for the safety of all of our students. If you have specific questions, please feel free to email zcsinfo@zcs.org. This document reminds you of the where, the when, and the how. The why is easy…SAFETY! Thank you for taking time to refresh your memory.
2023-2024 School Day Arrival & Dismissal Protocols
- TRIP is easy! The ZCS Tuition Reducing Incentive Program is a simple way to earn “free” money on things you are already purchasing to reduce tuition. Order gifts cards & e-gift cards on the RaiseRight app or online (even while you are shopping) or buy gift cards at school on Friday mornings. Just click here and follow the steps to start saving right away! Email Jennifer Schafer at jschafer@zcs.org for more information or with any questions.
- Author Visit- Emilie DeYoung: If you are interested in purchasing a book by Emilie DeYoung, clinical director of Winning at Home and author of Peanut Butter Pie, please see her bio and the flier that were sent to your inbox earlier today. Emilie will be visiting our school on March 8. Her book, Peanut Butter Pie is full of practical steps for challenging worries.
- Request for Materials for Science Project: We have plenty, thank you! The inventions are turning out super cute! Your kids are doing a fantastic job!
- A note from Kendra Walters, music teacher, about worship night: The first graders will be joining the 2nd & 5th graders for a beautiful night of worship on Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30pm at Community Reformed Church (10376 Felch St). Please bring your child directly to the stage at 6:20pm. After their songs, they will come back to sit with you for the remainder of the service. This is their first official musical performance at ZCS so please help us in getting them excited for it and dressing them accordingly. We’re excited to see you there!
What We’re Learning Right Now
Math: Unit 3- Working with 10s groups and story problems for numbers 11-19.
Bible: Unit 10- David
Bible Verse: Salmo 24:1-2, 7
Science: Special Project- Wrapping up and presenting invention projects
Social Studies: Unit 3- How do we learn about places?
Writing: Small Moments- Choosing a favorite small moment story and editing. We will celebrate their hard work and every student will get to share his or her story with a friend from Maestra Gonzalez’s class! (You may have noticed this hasn’t changed for a couple weeks. I wanted to give the kids a little more time in this unit before moving to the next and got a little ahead of myself when I first added this.)
Mentor Text: ¿Tu mamá es una llama? (We didn’t get to this on our 4-day week. Try again next week!)
Grammar Feature: Prepositions “por” and “para”. Para + Infinitive can indicate a purpose. Por + Infinitive can indicate a cause or reason
Word Feature: Suffixes are added at the end of some verbs or to the roots of some words
New High Frequency Words: la noche, te, ahora, altísimo, ese
Sylables of the week: cha, che, chi, cho, chu
Just a Note
The highlight of this week for us was definitely celebrating Valentine’s Day together! What a beautiful day to reflect on God’s love for us, our love for our Heavenly Father, and the love we share for our friends and families! Stay warm this weekend and try to enjoy the snow a little bit!
Have a great weekend!
Melissa
Important Dates
• Feb. 16-19: Winter Break – No school, no pd
• Feb. 23: All School Chapel (9:10) and Family Groups (9:40); Pastor Appreciation Breakfast
• Feb. 29: Optional Parent/Guardian Teacher Conferences; School in Session
• Mar. 1: Half Day of School; no PD
• Mar. 12: Night of Worship (6:30)
Reminders & Announcements
What We’re Learning Right Now
Math: Unit 3- Working with 10s groups and story problems for numbers 11-19.
Bible: Unit 9- Samuel and Saul
Bible Verse: Isaiah 55:6-7
Science: Special Project- Wrapping up and presenting invention projects
Social Studies: Unit 3- How do we learn about places?
Writing: Small Moments- Choosing a favorite small moment story and editing. We will celebrate their hard work and every student will get to share his or her story with a friend!
Mentor Text: ¿Tu mamá es una llama?
Grammar Feature: Prepositions “por” and “para”. They can indicate movement.
Word Feature: The suffixes -ano, -ense, and -eño form “gentilicios” (adjectives that tell us where a person was born or where they’re from) Ex: panameño (from Panama), costarricense (from Costa Rica), etc.
New High Frequency Words: tuyo, oye, cuál, sabe, hay
Sylables of the week: ya, ye, yi, yo, yu
