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Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Memory: Third Article of the Apostle’s Creed

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Spelling: old/ame: fold, hold, mold, sold, cold, flame, came, fame, same, name

Phonics: long and short u
Grammar: proper nouns
Reading: Character Traits
Math: +2 facts, Test Thursday
Social Studies: What is a community? What are the three types of communities?
Writing: Write a Letter


Important News and Information:
-Parent Education Night at Zion is this coming Thursday, 9/21. Stop on by to learn about what's going on in the classrooms at Zion. Learn also about how to monitor and manage technology usage in your homes.
-Our first noon dismissal day will happen on Wed., Sept. 27th.
-For social studies, we are beginning a unit on communities. As part of this unit, the kids will be working in groups to create their own communities. If you have any small cardboard boxes (empty cereal, cracker, granola bars, oatmeal, etc.), or small plastic containers (yogurt cups, milk jug, etc.) Please send them our way:) We will use them to create some awesome communities in a couple of weeks!

The kids wrote to entertain this week. Their stories were inspired by the story, "Where the Wild Things Are." They first brainstormed a main character and a wild thing, along with a setting and three events that would happen in their story. Next, they wrote their stories and created a picture of their wild thing. Finally, the kids published their stories and shared them with the class. 

The kids worked in their guided reading groups from the week to create a poster of their story's main character

Louis and his fishing pole

Anna and her weather changing magic coat

Ryan and his growing pile of homework

Bonk and his loose tooth

We made clay landforms to demonstrate what we've learned

Going on a noun scavenger hunt. Nouns are everywhere!

Looking at physical maps

To cumulate our unit on maps and landforms, the kids made a barefoot island. First, they traced their foot to create their island. Then, they added a key, compass, and a title to create a map.