October 6, 2017

In Chapel Mr. Maddick reminded us that God's Grace is with us.  He listens to us when we call to Him.  He gives us His Word which is the Sword of Truth.  He surrounds us with Christian friends to help us.

A Look Ahead: 

Memory: Psalm 32:11

Religion: Israelites in the Desert, Tent Church, and 12 Spies 

Literacy Stations:

   Reading: Pumpkin Poem

   Word Work: short a and short i review

   Sentence Work: unscramble a sentence
'   Writing: write about Halloween

Grammar: Exclamation Sentences

Spelling: Lesson 8 

Math: we have started our fact homework, we now have 2 homework papers

PARENTS PLEASE GRADE AND SIGN THE FACT HOMEWORK

Science: What is living and non living? Begin unit on plants

Art: Dale Chihuly

Fall Party:  October 27 We will be doing a service project.  We will be make care packages for college students.  PLEASE HELP by going to the link and sign up to bring an item to include in the package.  I want to put together 25 packages.  I need 25 individual packages of the listed items.  Thank you 

LINK:  Sign up for care package item

Calling Drew’s Avengers! 

Our offerings this year are going to Friends of Kids with Cancer.  

On Wednesday, October 25 we will be having a special offering.  

In honor of Drew Albrittons’ 8th birthday, we will be collecting superhero items and all donations will be delivered to Friends of Kids with Cancer.

Drew was a preschooler here at Zion who bravely fought cancer and now is with the biggest superhero of all, Jesus! 

Please bring your superhero items to chapel on Wednesday October 25.

Action figures, costumes, toys, movies, backpacks, Lego sets, video games, shirts, or any items with a super hero theme are all welcome.

Please sign the permission form and return in Friday folder on Monday!

UPCOMING DATES:

We sing in church: October 15 at the 10:30 service, please meet in the upper music room in the balcony of church at 10:20 to warm up.

Field Trip to the Botanical Garden Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Look for the permission slip next week.  The list of chaperones is:  Melissa Halbruegge, Laura Hugo, Bethany Coad, Abbey Wagoner, and Emily Schmidt. We will leave at 8:15 and return at 2:45.  If you are unable to attend please let me know. Thank you!

Apple Day: Tuesday October 17:  Please send an apple with your child.  Helpers will be needed from 8:15-9:45.  My helpers are Christine Kvet, Jenny Eickhorst, Emily Schmidt, Laura Arens, and Megan Lay.  Please let me know if you are unable to help.  Thanks

PARENT CONFERENCES: THURSDAY OCTOBER 19, thank you for signing up for your parent conference!

Red Ribbon Week will be October 23 - 27.  

This is the week that people and communities unite and take a visible stand agains 

substance abuse.  Show your personal commitment to a drug-free and healthy lifestyle through the symbol of the Red Ribbon and these fun dress days.

 *Regular dress code applies to all dress days except for the special day’s theme

Monday: Messy Hair day, Messy hair don't care about drugs. The students can come to school with messy hair.

Tuesday: Twin Day, Keep your double out of trouble. You can wear the same shirt or color as your friend.

Wednesday: Calling Drew’s Avengers! - Wear a Super Hero Shirt and jeans  

Please bring your superhero items to chapel on Wednesday October 25

Thursday: Lumberjack day, Chop drugs out of your life. Wear a flannel shirt.

Friday: Red Day, In Christ I Stand, against drugs. Spirit shirt and jeans.

We have been looking at how God took care of the children of Israel.  We thank God for the many ways he takes care of us, too! Thank HIM this weekend in worship! In HIM, Amy Bernhardt A SNEEK PEEK AT OUR WEEK...

We are learning to draw our math story problems.

We are working on patterns.

We are learning about retelling a story.

We practice the 5 finger retell this week.

We played the game, CHANGE THE FIRST SOUND!

CENTERS:

writing 

word work

sentences 

reading

iPads

guided reading group

spelling 

We continue to learn all of the doubles facts,
we even learned the second verse!

We made our own flashcards to practice our facts.

practicing

our first fact practice

learning to grade our facts

We continue to work on SMALL MOMENTS in Writing.

What generous offerings...give your child an extra chore to earn money for their offering.

We love to partner read!

phonics: working on beginning, middle and end sounds

writing a question

Ask your child why zebras have stripes.

Each zebra has different stripe pattern like a fingerprint.  They may use them to tell each other apart.

It is hard to see individual zebras when together, this confuses their predators.

Helping Hands

using balance scales

We went to the STEAM LAB to work on coding.

Some of us are very good at telling the computer what to do.

We are excited about using the program Kodable!

We are excited about learning about PETER MAXX and using the iPads to do some digital art.

We learned about US symbols and practiced drawing them.