We had another great week of learning together! 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.

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Important Dates & Reminders

• The following dates are special dress-up days to celebrate March is reading month! Our theme is Dr. Seuss. 🙂
  • Wednesday, March 4: Wear Silly Socks (Fox in Socks By: Dr. Seuss)
  • Wednesday, March 11: Hat Day (The Cat in the Hat By: Dr. Seuss)
  • Tuesday, March 17: Wear Green (Green Eggs and Ham By: Dr. Seuss)
  • Friday, March 27: PJ Day (The Sleep Book By: Dr. Seuss)
• Tuesday, March 24: Field trip to Visser Farms (I’m still looking for a couple more drivers please. If you’re interested in joining us and willing to drive, please use this link to sign up.)
• April 3-10: Spring Break
• April 17: ZCS Auction

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Curriculum

Bible: We finished our unit on miracles. This week we read about Jesus healing a man with leprosy and a man who was born blind. Our next unit will be on parables.

Miracles Bible Verse: Pidan, y se les dará; busquen, y encontrarán; llamen, y se les abrirá. Mateo 7:7

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7

Literacy: This week we talked about reflexive verbs. This kind of verb is used to express that one does an action to oneself. Often they are used when we talk about routines. For example, I get myself dressed, I brush my teeth, I wash my hands.

• Reading strategy: Inferring
• Read aloud: Corduroy
• Vocabulary words
  • la tienda (store)
  • la gente (people)
  • el botón (button)
  • la muñeca (doll)
  • los pantalones (pants)
• Phrase of the week: Yo fui al ____. I’m went to ____.
• Words on the wall so far: el, él, no, la, si, sí, mamá, y, papá, soy, en, tu, tú, es, de, bien, son, voy, quiero, este, muy

Math: We continue to talk about teen numbers, working to see them as groups of 10 and some more. This week we also started a book on preposition and direction words.

Writing Workshop: We are looking forward to celebrating our unit on pattern books next week! This week we started our unit on how to books by learning the words for first, primero, next, luego, and lastly, al final. These words will be important as we work to write books to tell someone how to do something.

Exploring God’s World: In this unit we are talking about motion. The kindergarteners are conducting an investigation to see how they can use ramps and barriers to make ping pong balls move faster, slower, and stop.

Up in Lights: Ellie was up in lights this week! Elli brought some of her favorite friends from Build-a-Bear. As she presented her project and shared her story with the class it was clear why she would like to be a teacher when she grows up. Ellie, you certainly are a gift from God! We love you!