Week Five

Wow - our days and weeks are just zooming by! We are really getting into the groove of 2nd grade!

On Thursday we met our Young Fives buddies from South Side! We had so much fun in the forest with our new friends!

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The girls have beeing working on this fort and have turned it into a reading fort! :)

Announcements & Reminders:

*Please remember to order lunch by 7am on Monday!  Remember you must order in this time frame for the whole week.  If you click on the three lines in the top left corner of the blog, there is a quick link to the lunch form.  

*Homework bags are due back on Monday with a completed reading log and a completed math page inside as well as a writing brainstorm heart. New homework will come home on Monday. 

*We cleaned out our "Important Papers" folder today - there's lots of papers coming home this weekend.

*From the Office:

Community Opportunities

The below list of organizations are not necessarily affiliated with Holland Christian Schools but have requested the sharing of these community opportunities

• Check out this fun family opportunity thanks to our friends at Velo Kids: 

• Family Math Fun Festival on Sunday, September 28, 2:00-4:00 PM at Hope College. A free event and open to families with children in Grades K-8. Our festival features a wide variety of interactive low-floor, high-ceiling tasks that will engage families in creative problem solving that won't even feel like mathematics! We'll also be giving away goody bags to all participants containing math games for continued practice at home. https://bit.ly/FamilyMathSeptember

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Bible:  On Thursdays we combine both classes and have Thursday Praise. This is a beautiful time of worship!

We used our Prayer Journals today.  Calm and quiet, talking to Jesus - it's a great way to start a Friday morning.  

ELA:  In reading this week we are focusing on figuring out tricky words. We're learning some strategies to use to help us - such as blending the sound, breaking it into syllables, and rereading the sentence to see if it makes sense.

We're practicing our phonics skills:  -ss, -ll, -zz, -ff as well as -nk and -ng words!  

In writing we finished our small moment stories.  So we spent time in nature using our senses.  We described what we could see, hear, feel, "taste", and touch.  We used this as a brainstorm for a fun senses writing.  

We had a couple of minutes to just be still in God's creation!  After a busy day of learning, this is just what we needed.  

Math:  We're working through counting by two's and figuring out odd and even numbers.

Outdoor Learning:  We're having a lot of fun exploring seeds and plants all around Sassafras Ridge! We're noticing a lot of color around us too!

On Tuesday, we had a great off-campus adventure at the ODC.  We found seeds here using a sock on our hand to "sweep" the meadow and see what we could "catch".  We drew pictures of the plants we found!  

We had a little time left for some free play!  

We used the seeds we found at the ODC and did a seed sort with them.  Then we made more seed/mud balls!  

Star Student: Dallas was our Star Student this week. We enjoyed looking at Dallas' pictures and poster. We learned that she enjoys soccer and wants to be a life guard when she grows up. Dallas, you are a special child of God and we are thankful He placed you in our classroom family!

Important Dates:  

*Wednesday, September 24 - Chapel at K-1 FS Cabins (8:30ish-8:55ish)

*Wednesday, September 24 - Walk-a-Thon

*Wednesday, October 1 - Off-Campus trip to Holland Farmer's Market (volunteers needed)

*Wednesday, October 8 - Our class leads chapel at K-1 FS Cabins (8:30ish-8:55ish)

*Friday, October 10 - Scholastic Book Orders due (submit online)

*Thursday, October 16 - Parent/Teacher conferences (more information to come)

*Monday, October 20 - Parent/Teacher conferences (more information to come)

*October 22-24 - No School due to teacher meetings and CEA convention

Have a Wonderful Weekend!