Dear parents,
Thank you so much for the birthday celebration. I appreciate your treat and gift. It was so great to celebrate my birthday with your kids. We had a really fun day!
I pray that you all have a relaxing and safe spring break!

Information and Reminders

Critter Barn: Friday May 3 This is an all day field trip. There is a $8.00 fee for each adult who goes to this field trip. Thanks to Paul Pyle and Kristi Van Dyk for driving the field trip. I would like to have one more driver for this field trip. Please sign up at https://docs.google.com/document/d/11N2ysK2h3OIJDNf15RIGihGLSXfauwVq4a3vCbyUyEY/edit
Please pack a sack lunch, drink and snack for your child. We will go to the Critter Barn right in the morning, have lunch there, and stay a little longer after lunch. Then we will go to Lawrence Park to play and eat snack to end the day. We will be back to school at 3:15 for bus and pick up. Drivers, please bring a cooler to put the kids’ lunch in(each of you will take about 4-5 kids’ lunch) and bring all the boosters you have. Thanks!

April Birthday Celebration:
Silas Huynh Monday, April 8

Farmer’s market field trip: Wednesday, May 29 Rain date: Wednesday, June 5
9:00am-12:45pm This is our last field trip. Each kid needs to bring their own sack lunch and drink. We will begin the day following a map of Holland Farmer’s Market and helping the children decide what to buy. We will go to Kollen Park to have lunch and play after the market. We will be back to school around 12:45. I am looking for more drivers for this field trip. Please sign up at https://docs.google.com/document/d/11N2ysK2h3OIJDNf15RIGihGLSXfauwVq4a3vCbyUyEY/edit Drivers, please bring a cooler to put the kids’ lunch in and bring all the boosters you have. Thanks!

Curriculum

Language Arts
Reading Strategies: If you do not know a word, skip it and read to the end. Come back and reread the sentence again.

Writers’ Workshop:
We will begin to make drafts of our small moments stories.

Math
We will practice with teen numbers and partners.

Science
We will plant the seeds after spring break and observe their growth for the next couple of weeks.

Bible
We will continue learning about Easter and Ascension: preparing for the passover and the last supper

We will learn about the fruits of the sprit throughout the year. For the month of April, we will learn about the fruit of gentleness.

Social Studies
We will focus on science for the next couple months.