Dear Parents, October 25, 2012
I wanted to let you know that I've loaded the song, "66 Books of the
Bible" to the SHC google site - see the "music" tab on the side bar.
You'll notice the song is listed in 2 different formats. The top format
is one that you can simply "play" and listen, without downloading,
which is nice for students to listen to - without adding a lot of
downloaded "stuff" to either your family computer, or to their laptop.
The second format will require you to download the song, which you may
do if you choose.
I will be working to add songs to this page on the google site so
students can access music that we sing in class to reinforce/enrich our
curriculum!
Also, I sent home a "Time for Kids" election packet for older grades.
This is an optional packet of information, to be used as extra credit
during these few weeks prior to the election. We will be covering the
electoral college in detail and connecting this directly to the actual
election. Feel free to use this material as supplemental material. If
your child did not receive this packet and you'd like to work on it
together with your child, I'll be happy to sent one home, just let me
know!
We have had a wonderful week at school together! Thank you to
the parents who brought treats and juice boxes to school for our
celebration! The kids were excited to "toast" each other before
listening to each others' stories! I am so excited to see students'
wonderful writing and presentation of their stories today! We had a
great celebration this morning and students read their stories using a
microphone to everyone in class! i have pictures of each student and
I'll be adding those to our blog and/or google site soon! Also,
students did an amazing job creating commercials this week - we have a
few yet to hear/see on Monday.
We are also working to finalize the science posters- using the laptop
application Kidspiration to organize information at a very basic level
to introduce the application using curriculum; as well as using a
"pencil and paper" type format with posters too. I'm very happy with
the dual formats for their work. Next week, we'll introduce another
application, "Pages" to create a brochure highlighting details of a
region of the U.S.
i have received a few pictures of grandparent's reading from students.
They are great! If you haven't yet sent these to school, please do so
next week. Feel free to e-mail a picture if that is more convenient.
I'd be happy to print it at school. Also, you will notice 4 yellow
"Grandparents Day" handouts in your child's red folder- 2 for grandmas
and 2 for grandpas. These will be added to your child's spiritual
journal. It is not necessary to return to school before Grandparents
Day, or whether or not your child will be attending Grandparents Day.
We at ZCS, are working to be intentional to foster opportunities to help
families leave a legacy of faith to their children and grandchildren.
These yellow interview sheets are a wonderful way for grandparents to
share their heart for their grandchildren. Feel free to mail it to
out-of-town grandparents, asking them to return them when complete so
children can bring them back to school. Thank you so much for your help
to add this special piece of a faith story for your child!
Blessings for a great weekend!
Julie
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