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!

• 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