Information and Reminders:
If you have not already done so, please hand in your enrollment form/packet to the school office! Thank you!
Second Grade Field Trip:
1.Providence Nursing Home: Thursday, May 4 9:00-10:00am Thank you to Jen Brower, Joanna Haveman, Kim Douma and Jill Delcalzo for driving the field trip! Parents, please come at 9:40 in the morning.
2.Meijer Garden Friday, May 19 We will leave right in the morning and come back early afternoon. Each student will need to bring a packed lunch for the field trip. Thank you to Kristi Van Dyk and and the Doumas for driving the field trip! Please bring all the boosters you have. Thanks!
May Birthday Celebrations:
Penny Sprick Monday, May 15
Ben Van Dyk Wednesday, May 17
First Grade Field Trip: Friday, June 2 John Ball Zoo Thank you to Lynette Heinz, Cara Larsen, Shanda Sprick, Erin Harris and Abby Allen for driving the field trip! Please bring all the boosters you have.
Zoo Schedule
9:00 Leave School
9:45 Zoo/Snack at your leisure
12:15 Meet at the statue of John Ball/class pictures
12:30 Head back to Timber Town for lunch and play
1:30 Head back to school
May 10 Half day of school for Tulip Time
May 11&12 No hot lunch or PM busing
From the Immersion Coordinator
Do you use a foreign language in your day-to-day life? Perhaps you know of someone else who uses their bilingualism in the work place or elsewhere. We are always looking for individuals who can demonstrate to our students the advantages of knowing and using a second language. If you or someone you know might be willing to visit a classroom or connect with a class online, please touch base with me (Jodi Pierce, jpierce@zcs.org) or your child’s teacher.
Curriculum
Language Arts
-Reading
We will read a new book called Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo.
-Writers’ Workshop: We will start a new non-fiction unit: All about books. We will read a couple all about books and brainstorm ideas.
Math
-First Grade: We will compose 2-dimensional shapes. We will also learn about 3-dimensional shapes.
-Second Grade: We will be reviewing concepts and skills that we have learned from the current 3-digit addition and subtraction unit and take the unit assessment this week.
Social Studies
We finished our social studies curriculum.
Science
-First Grade: We will observe monarch larva and record its life cycle.
-Second Grade:We will wrap up the experiment and discussions of Newton’s first law of motion. We will also apply knowledge of force and motion that we have learned to the use of simple machines in lifting and moving objects.
Bible
We will continue talking bout Solomon’s stories: a visit from a queen; Solomon’s sin and punishment. We will also start learning about Psalms and Proverbs: Psalm of adoration; Psalm of confession and Psalm of Thanksgiving.