Looking Ahead:

Spelling:Lesson 31 (aught/ew)

caught, taught, daughter, jewel, chewable, newer, fewest, interview, nephew, newsletter

Memory: For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.  

1 Corinthians  6:20

Math: Fact test Wed and written test Thursday

Guided Reading: Poems

New Information:

Seeing changes outside, but wonder what is happening inside the walls?  Lots! Mark Lekar, Marc Debrick, and others will be conducting tours to members and school parents interested in seeing the progress inside the school’s construction zone. 

The tours will take place this Sunday, April 27 from 10:30 – 12:30 pm  The building will be open during those times and we will ask entry into the new buildings to be through the school hallway doors adjacent to the kitchen and Miss Limback’s room (inside the main school building).  Please, no access by crossing any fence lines (too many obstacles and possibly mud if you cross a fence). You will be free to roam once inside and several folks will be present to answer questions. Please be cognizant that this is a construction site and all smaller children must be kept in check to avoid any possible injuries – we want all to visit and enjoy the excitement but caution that all must be careful while the site is open.

Wednesday, April 30th: The Bible Tells Me So Show dress rehearsal will be DURING SCHOOL CHAPEL. We encourage all video taping to happen at this time, so we can refrain from that during Friday night's performance. Please send your child to school in their specific clothes for the musical. They may wear these all day. 

Repeat Information:

Wednesday, April 30th: The Bible Tells Me So Show dress rehearsal will be DURING SCHOOL CHAPEL. We encourage all video taping to happen at this time, so we can refrain from that during Friday night's performance. Please send your child to school in their specific clothes for the musical. They may wear these all day. 

Spring Musical: May 2nd - The Bible Tells Me So Show

Arrive at 6:00 in the fellowship hall, located in the basement and performance starts at 6:30.

May3: The 2^nd annual Jason Sikorski Memorial Scholarship Fund poker tournament. 

May 5th-9th: Students in PDO-2nd grade will celebrate Week of the Young Child. During this week, we celebrate the blessing of young children, especially all of the young children here at Zion!  As part of the celebration, there will be optional dress-up days this week.  These days are listed below:

Monday:  Sports Shirt Day-wear a sports shirt of their favorite team

Tuesday:  Favorite Color Day

Wednesday:  Spirit Day-Wear red or white or Zion wear

Thursday:  Stripes Day

Friday:  Mismatched Day

Looking Ahead:

Spelling:Lesson 30 (ee and double consonant)

agree, between, career, deeper, eighteen, middle, anniversary, opportunity, different, support

Memory:Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.     Ephesians  4:29

Math: We are going to have math centers this week to help review and gain more hands on experience with some of the new concepts we have been learning

Social Studies: Community workers

We will have a surprise artist, who works in our community, come in on Tuesday and talk to the students about his craft and his contribution to the community.

Guided Reading: Poems

New Information:

Wednesday, April 30th: The Bible Tells Me So Show dress rehearsal will be DURING SCHOOL CHAPEL. We encourage all video taping to happen at this time, so we can refrain from that during Friday night's performance. Please send your child to school in their specific clothes for the musical. They may wear these all day. 

Spring Musical May 2nd: The Bible Tells Me So Show evening performance

Arrive at 6:00 in the fellowship hall, located in the basement and performance starts at 6:30.

Repeat Information:
May3: The 2^nd annual Jason Sikorski Memorial Scholarship Fund poker tournament. 

May 5th-9th: Students in PDO-2nd grade will celebrate Week of the Young Child. During this week, we celebrate the blessing of young children, especially all of the young children here at Zion!  As part of the celebration, there will be optional dress-up days this week.  These days are listed below:

Monday:  Sports Shirt Day-wear a sports shirt of their favorite team

Tuesday:  Favorite Color Day

Wednesday:  Spirit Day-Wear red or white or Zion wear

Thursday:  Stripes Day

Friday:  Mismatched Day

Spring Musical: May 2nd - The Bible Tells Me So Show

Arrive at 6:00 in the fellowship hall, located in the basement and performance starts at 6:30.

Reflecting on our Week: Students used an app called Audio Memo to record themselves reading a leveled passage. Then they listened to their recording and made note of words they did not get correct. They repeated this process 2 times. By the third recording the students were able to figure out all of their mistakes. This process also allows them to hear how they sound while reading. By the third recording students said they sounded more like they do during conversations. This is a goal of fluency instruction. Students should sound like they talk when they are reading.

 Some students have been confused about what an index is and how it is used. This week during centers students used the index in the back of the teachers science book to become more familiar with the index.

 During guided reading students were able to bring their choice of books to discuss. We focused on character analysis and retell. Students interest level in books can be a big motivator for reading, even texts that might be considered too difficult. We had a great time discussing all of the books and learning new vocabulary.

Looking Ahead:

Spelling test on Thursday, April 17th: 

Lesson 29 (ea/ai) least, appear, really, cereal, repeat, detail, waist, praise, afraid, again

Memory due on Thursday, April 17th:

Every word of God proves true.    Proverbs 30:5

Math: Written test Monday

Science/Writing: Continue work on non-fiction animal reports.

Guided Reading: Non-Fiction

New Information:
May3: The 2^nd annual Jason Sikorski Memorial Scholarship Fund poker tournament.  Jason was a 2001 graduate of Zion Lutheran School and 2005 graduate of LHS.  Jason passed away from a heart attack in 2011.  A scholarship fund has been established for a student at Zion that is going into 8^th grade.  Nick Wadley was the first recipient of the fund last year.  If you would like to support the scholarship fund, have a good time playing poker, or just bidding on some auction items take a look at the attached sheet for information.

May 5th-9th: Students in PDO-2nd grade will celebrate Week of the Young Child. During this week, we celebrate the blessing of young children, especially all of the young children here at Zion!  As part of the celebration, there will be optional dress-up days this week.  These days are listed below:

Monday:  Sports Shirt Day-wear a sports shirt of their favorite team

Tuesday:  Favorite Color Day

Wednesday:  Spirit Day-Wear red or white or Zion wear

Thursday:  Stripes Day

Friday:  Mismatched Day

Repeat Information:

Saturday, April 12^th Zion will host our annual Easter Egg Hunt from 10 to 12

April 17th- Maundy Thursday- Noon Dismissal

April 18th -Good Friday-No School on Good Friday

April 21st- No School 

Spring Musical: May 2nd - The Bible Tells Me So Show

Arrive at 5:45 and performance starts at 6:30.

Reflecting on our Week: Students have been working hard on their Non-Fiction Animal Reports. They are very proud of the work they have accomplished so far!

Looking Ahead:

Spelling: Lesson 28 (ange/ash) exchange, orange, change, strange, arranged, flashing, trash, smashed, bashful, cashew

Memory: My sheep hear My voice and I know them, and they follow Me.     John 10:27

Math: Fact test Friday

Science: Finish Life Cycle movies and animal reports. 

Guided Reading: Non-Fiction

New Information:
Saturday, April 12^th Zion will host our annual Easter Egg Hunt from 10 to 12

April 17th- Maundy Thursday- Noon Dismissal

April 18th -Good Friday-No School on Good Friday

April 21st- No School 

Spring Musical: May 2nd - The Bible Tells Me So Show

Arrive at 5:45 and performance starts at 6:30.

Reflecting on our Week: We have been studying the life cycles of plants, frogs, chickens, and butterflies. Students chose a cycle they wanted to represent and they have been using clay to create their life cycle. Students started painting their pieces and will finish adding details next week.

 We learned how to use Stop Motion to create movies. We will use this app next week to make life cycle movies. Students posted their practice movies to their Kidblog accounts.

 We finally finished off the week with our READ AND FEED DAY!

 It was a blast!!