Safari Snippets

What a beautiful program last night! I got chills as the kids sang! What a great night of praise and worship!! The kids did a fantastic job! We have begun our lessons on Holy Week.  So far it's been a special experience learning and studying the Holy Week stories with your child. The conversations we are having are so meaningful. Ask your son/daughter what they've learned about our stories so far: Jesus Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem,  Jesus Cleansing the Temple, and Jesus' teachings in the Temple. We will learn some deep things together, and I look forward to these teachable moments to share God's awesome gift of love for us, and what it means as we learn how Jesus fulfilled God's plan of salvation! We serve such a loving Savior!     Homework: Tuesday, Mar. 17 a new reading slip and math homework page will come home and be due- March 23.  *Matthew 28 was sent home, please practice this beautiful passage as a family! *Look for the blue paper in your child's Hom...

The 2nd graders are excited about our reading unit! We have been reading informational books and we talked about how we can read about the world God created and learn information about his amazing world, the people from our past, and those in other parts of the world. We have discussed how we are Wisdom Seekers and can find wisdom and knowledge about God in reading. Homework: Monday  a new reading slip and math homework page will come home on Mar. 9 and be due- March 17 because of no school on Mar. 16.  *Matthew 28 came home this past Monday. Please practice this beautiful passage as a family! *Look for the blue paper in your child's Homework Folder   with our sight words!   Library books due on Wednesday! Hand2Hand: For the past several years, South Side has partnered with Hand2Hand to help provide food for children facing hunger in West Michigan. Last year, we collected over 200 food items, and we’re excited to support this effort again! From  Monday, Mar...

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...