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.