Helpful Highlights
CHRISTMAS SHOPPE
It is time for the most anticipated PTF event of the year, Christmas Shoppe (located on campus). Our students get to shop for special gifts for the special people on their list! Gifts are wrapped by volunteers and ready to go under the tree. Our visit to the Christmas Shoppe is on Thursday, December 10th.
2nd GRADE CANDY CANE CHRISTMAS
On Wednesday, December 16th, Lower School will be having a fun Christmas themed day. 2nd Grade has chosen a “Candy Cane Christmas,” as our theme. Students do not have to wear their uniforms that day. Instead they need to wear red and/or white clothes. This will be a regular school day; but, all activities will be based around this theme. Lower School just wanted to do a little extra something this week, to make it fun for the children, as we head into the holidays. There will be a portion of this theme day that we will be combining all 2nd Grade classes together for story time and a special singing. Normally, we invite parents to join us during this time; however, due to COVID restrictions, we cannot this year. We did come up with a close “second best” solution, though! We will be sending out a Zoom link so you can join virtually! Watch your emails for the link!
SPELLING BEE
Each year, students in grades 1st-4th have the opportunity to compete in the ACSI Spelling Bee. The Spelling Bee encourages and develops good spelling habits and usage of words and vocabulary. This year due to COVID, ACSI is having each school host their own spelling bee. All materials, rules and processes will be followed as specified by ACSI. The NCCS Lower School Spelling Bee will be hosted on our campus, on Friday, February 19, 2021.
CONGRATULATIONS to our Top 4 Spellers who will be moving on to compete in the NCCS Lower School Spelling Bee!!!
Davis - Jonah Attard, Corban Baddock, Yanai McNeil, and Sydney Williams
Floresta - Brooks Cossick, Abby Deel, Anna Godfrey, Farryn Stoughton
Romine - Ella Becklean, Michael Rivera, Eli Strange, Elena Stubbs
Loving Learning
Right now, we are loving learning about:
Bible - How God Shows His Great Power! We will discuss how God’s power is greater than Satan’s, and we’ll compare the character of God vs. Satan. We will also begin the Christmas story.
Phonics / Spelling
Spelling Focus: consonant le syllable-
“Start at the e and count back 3; 1,2,3 divide” (divide the word before the consonant le.
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Grammar / Creative Writing - We continue our “More on Nouns” Unit. This week’s topics include: 1) Abbreviations - identifying the abbreviations of streets and states in USA and applying abbreviations when addressing envelopes. 2) Possessive Nouns - Recognizing nouns that show ownership, using an apostrophe and an S to make nouns possessive, and writing possessive nouns correctly in a sentence.
Reading - We continue our third unit of Foundations & Frameworks: Characterization
Comprehension Focus: Character
Pattern Statement: Appearance, actions, and words can reveal things about the character.
Visual Tool: Bubble Map
SPECS Logs: Reader’s Response, Visual Tool, Reflection (Today, I learned…..)
Vocabulary: brier patch, madame, strict, recital, wilting, mail coach, clerk, dangerous, boil, gliding
Math - We will continue Unit 4: Telling Time - to 5 five minutes, half-hour, and quarter past.
Science - This week we begin our States of Matter Unit, with a fun experiment and a class project using Fruit Loops to show what molecules look like in a solid, liquid, and gas!
Save the Date
December 16 - Candy Cane Christmas
December 18 - LS Christmas Program (Half-day)
December 21 - January 4 - Christmas Break!!!
