Friday, January 27, 2017

1/23-1/27

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Memory: The Fourth Commandment- Honor your father and your mother
Spelling: ai: air, train, chair, laid, fair, rain, mail, brain, paid, obtain,
Grammar: commas review (commas in a date, commas in a series, commas in a letter)
Phonics: sounds of c
Reading: Main Idea
Math: -2 fact test and written assessment on Wednesday
Science: We will have a test over Ch. 10 LS 2 on Wednesday, a study guide will be sent home on Monday. We will have a test over Ch. 10 LS 3 on Friday, a study guide will be sent home on Wednesday.
Writing: We will be researching and writing a biography report

Important News and Information:
- Noon dismissal for this coming Wednesday, 2/1 for a teacher inservice day

-I have been asked to join Cheryl Haun, along with Andrea Lohmann, and Sherry Bervirt, to travel to Belize. Mrs. Haun and Mrs. Lohmann have been working with early childhood teachers in Belize for many years. Zion Church is working on forming a partnership with various communities in the country, and our school's chapel offerings for the year are going towards purchasing Bibles for teachers and students in Belize. I am extremely excited for the opportunity to travel to the country,  bring Bibles to many schools, and form relationships with teachers there! Unfortunately, this trip means that I will be gone from school from Feb. 6-10. The kids will have a sub who will do a great job! I will have limited internet access while I am in Belize, so if you have anything important for the sub to know while I am gone, such as change in dismissal arrangements, please let Julie Schmidt know in the office, and she will send that information to the sub.

-Jump Rope for Heart Day is quickly coming up. Here is some information about the day from Mrs. Steinbacher:
 #1-THE SCHEDULE
           Fri. Feb. 10            8:05-9:05            2B and 2S-All Students
#2- PARENT VOLUNTEERS are needed for our Kindergarten through 5th grade events.

#3- DONATION ENVELOPES should be turned in by FRIDAY, FEB. 10, but may be turned in before that date. 

#4- Families are doing a fantastic job with ONLINE DONATIONS! We’ve already raised over $4,000.00 through the online process.

#5- STUDENTS WHO HAVE RAISED AT LEAST $5.00 for the American Heart Association may wear ATHLETIC CLOTHING on their event day.

#6- Contact Mrs. Steinbacher at msteinbacher@zionharvester.org with any questions or to volunteer


***Classroom wish list items: We are in need of paper towels, expo dry erase spray, and sharpened pencils. If you would be willing to donate any of these items, it would be greatly appreciated:) 


We did an experiment to see if changing the shape of an object would change it's mass

Practicing contractions

Practicing contractions

We did an experiment to see what would happen to gummy bears when left in water overnight. Most of the kids said in their hypothesis that the gummy bear would shrink. 

Favorite Character Day

We discovered that the gummy bear grew in size!



Working hard on writing

The Magic House came to do a Science Spectacular presentation on Friday. We learned lots of cool things like Bernoulli's Principle which helped our classmate keep a ping pong ball in the sky. We also learned about gravity, centripetal force, and many other things!