Safari Snippets

We had a fabulous time at our Reading Blizzard! We enjoyed lots of fun things and read a lot of books! Mrs. Dykstra was our mystery reader and we had pizza and cupcakes as treats! Look for pictures at the end of the blog. We had a fun time at the ODC this morning! The sunshine was amazing! We had fun enjoying God's creation! A few pictures at the end of the blog. Thanks so much for letting me be a part of your child's life each day. It is a joy seeing them grow and change, and I find it hard to believe we are almost three fourths of the way through the year!       HOMEWORK: New homework will be sent home on Monday, Mar. 2 and is due back March 9th. I am sending home a double digit subtraction with regrouping paper. The kids have been working really hard on learning how to do this and could use a little more practice at home. Break it apart and do 3-4 problems a night or all at once. Whatever works best for your child. New Memory work will be coming home on Monday. It wil...

A wonderful week in 2nd grade! Students started reading non fiction books and are enjoying learning about God through history and his creation! We started brainstorming ideas for our All About books. Students worked hard on facts they already know so that we can then focus on what we need to research. We worshiped together on Ash Wednesday and talked about how we deserve death but Jesus bore our punishment and we have the hope of living with God in Heaven some day!  HOMEWORK: New homework will be sent home on Monday, Feb. 23 and is due back March 2nd. We have switched to Subtraction Facts for our Math Homework. Psalm 121 has been sent home. Please use for devotions this month. *New words of the week will be coming home in the Homework Folder on Monday.  Please work on words your child may need extra practice with. Looking ahead we will have a test in a couple of weeks. *Make sure  ALL  library books come back next week please! Reading Blizzard: The 2nd graders love t...

We had a fun week in 2nd grade! We had a fun Valentine's Party! What great a day to share with our friends and classmates in 2nd grade! We have so much to be thankful for and the goodness and love God showers on us is amazing! God's faithfulness is evident each and every day! It's such a blessing to see the kids grow in their faith each day and know they love Jesus! Thank you for your faithfulness in making Christian education a priority for your family! It is an honor to teach your son/daughter each day!   HOMEWORK: New homework will be sent home on Tuesday, Feb. 17 and is due back the 23rd. We have switched to Subtraction Facts for our Math Homework. Psalm 121 has been sent home. Please use for devotions this month. *New words of the week will be coming home in the Homework Folder on Monday. Sorry for the mix up, I sent home 4 rows of words last week. The paper with 3 rows is coming home on Monday. Please work on words your child may need extra practice w...

God is good! All the time! We celebrated 100 days of school this week and the kids had a fun time! We ate our cereal together, had devotions and looked back on God's goodness, and then celebrated with a variety of fun activities. The kids had cool ideas using a variety of items. We spelled out words with cups and linking cubes made the number 100 with dominoes and building blocks. The kids have such great imaginations! The students looked fabulous dressed as 100 year olds! What a blessing to be together! Pictures at the end of the blog.  HOMEWORK: New homework will be sent home on Monday, Feb. 9 and due back the 17th (because of the long weekend). We have switched to Subtraction Facts for our Math Homework. Psalm 121 has been sent home. Please use for devotions this month. *New words of the week will be coming home in the Homework Folder on Monday.  *Make sure  ALL  library books come back next week please! Jungle Explorer: Caleb was our special Jungle Explorer of th...

Lots of hard work this week! We had a little more work this week because of the snow days last week. We are wrapping up some units in Math and Writing and are looking forward to continuing to move ahead in our learning! HOMEWORK: New homework will be sent home on Monday, Feb. 2 and due back the 9th. We will be switching to Subtraction Facts for our Math Homework on Monday. Psalm 121 is being sent home Monday. Please use for devotions this month. *New words of the week will be coming home in the Homework Folder on Monday.  *Make sure  ALL  library books come back next week please! Jungle Explorer: Annie was our special Jungle Explorer of the Week! Thanks for sharing your poster and pictures with our class. We enjoyed getting to know you and learning that you like coloring, making bracelets, and art . We love that you want to be a artist when you grow up! Your favorite place is California and your favorite food is pizza. You are so special to God and to us, Annie, and we...