Week Seven

It's October! Wow! Fall is definitely settling upon us at Sassafras House! Our forest playscape is littered with colorful leaves! The trees around us are becoming quite colorful and it's becoming easier to see the sky through the canopy of trees! What a blessing it is to witness the changing of seasons and the beauty God creates!

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.  

*Friday folders are coming home today - please take a look at these papers with your child this weekend and send the empty folder back on Monday.

*Homework bags are due on Monday - please help your child remember to return their bag with a completed reading log and math page inside. Thanks for your support!

*Please read the email regarding 2nd Grade Bus Behavior and check-in with your 2nd grader to see how the bus ride is going for them. Your child is more than welcome to bring a book or doodle pad on the bus ride to help them follow bus expectations. We will be starting "travel totes" next week to support this as well!

*From the Office:

Night Hike

Our Forest Fall Night Hike is on the calendar. We hope to see you and your family there on Friday, October 17 anytime between 6:00-7:30! 

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Bible:  We've spent time illustrating our September Bible memory verse as well as focusing on what we, 2nd graders at Forest School, can do to be Creation Keepers. This school year we will work our way through the Discipleship Practices that Holland Christian has identified to help our students grow in their love for Jesus. September we focused on Creation Keeping. For the month of October we're moving into Grace Breathing.

We shared our finished books with a partner today and students were asked to share their book with a parent or sibling this weekend!  

We have been having a lot of fun preparing for chapel for next Wednesday!  

ELA:  Look at this focused reading! We're focusing in on characters in our stories!

Reading today during pillow & blanket day was super cozy and relaxing!  

We're busy writing our seed stories!  

Math:  We've moved into story problems (word problems) where we have to read the story and figure out what equation to write and then solve the problem! This is some big math work!

Outdoor Learning:  We continued our study of seeds, plants, and trees this week!

After finishing the different parts of our tree - we published a copy of our tree to show the different parts of it.  These are hanging up in our classroom!  

Whenever we get the chance to take two to three minutes to be calm in nature - we enjoy it! Just look at their sweet, peaceful faces!  

On Wednesday we visited the Holland Farmer's Market to learn more about seeds, plants, and farmers in our community! It was a beautiful morning! Each group purchased some flower bulbs that we will plant in our garden beds at our schoolhouse and wait until spring to watch them bloom! Students had a fantastic time making their own purchases as well!

Star Student: Martin was our Star Student this week! We had fun looking at Martin's pictures and poster. We learned that his favorite sport is baseball and he wants to be a baseball player when he grows up. Martin, you are a special child of God and we are so thankful you're a part of our classroom family!

Important Dates:  

*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 (P/T conference sign-up)

*Monday, October 20 - Parent/Teacher conferences (P/T Conference sign-up)

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

*Tuesday, October 28: K-2 Forest Celebration (Bella Vista Farm)

*Wednesday, October 29: Picture retakes at PR (please return your picture packet)

Have a GREAT Weekend!