Helpful Highlights
DR. SEUSS BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Battle of the Books is a competition among Dr. Seuss’ top titles, with kids voting in a number of matchups to choose the big winner… bracket style! We kicked off this new LS Theme Day on March 2nd. The battle will last for 3 weeks. Stay tuned for the WINNER!
Learning Goals:
Compare Classic Dr. Seuss Books to Beginner’s Dr. Seuss Books
Understand the purpose of a tournament bracket by determining a single winner amongst the participants
Learn how to vote using a ballot &/or a google form
Gain an understanding of Dr. Seuss’ life and his works
Explain some of the techniques used in his books
FIELD TRIP TO NEW ECHOTA
Second grade students will have the wonderful opportunity to visit the New Echota Historic Site, located in Calhoun, on Friday, March 26. Students are learning about Georgia’s past and studying the Creek and Cherokee Indians in Social Studies. We are super excited about visiting New Echota. A Google Permission Form was sent to your email on March 8th. Here is the link for your convenience: https://forms.gle/y6qYrixboTWGvijv6
SPRING TERM PARTNERS
A message from our awesome Upper School Principal, Megan Strange:
Thank you SO MUCH for your prayers for Upper School Spring Term at NCCS. If you are new to our team this year, HERE is a link that will describe what Spring Term is all about. We are so grateful for the opportunity to partner our Upper School Spring Term teams with our AMAZING Lower School Prayer Partners as we get ready to head out for our adventures. This year we have 17 Spring Term teams. Some will head out on airplanes, buses, and shuttles to be away for an entire week and some will meet at school each morning, work all day on projects in the local area, and return to their own homes in the evenings. Spring Term occurs the last week of March and we covet your prayers over this time.
In the past, we would come and visit your classes BEFORE Spring Term to get to know each other and then visit your class again AFTER Spring Term to talk about how things unfolded. Due to COVID, those large gatherings aren't easy to coordinate and obviously we all want to be safe about that. We are going to try and coordinate some type of interaction (whether virtual or through letter writing).
After Spring Term, we are hoping we can coordinate a day where all the Upper School Spring Term Teams and the corresponding Lower School classes can meet outside around campus to share how the Lord worked during our Spring Term time as a result of the Lower School prayer partners. Please stay tuned as Mrs. Titus and I will work that out after Spring Break and standardized testing.
Thank you for doing an amazing job raising up Champions for Christ. On behalf of our Upper School team, you have done a fantastic job laying a great foundation for our Upper School students and we are so grateful for all of you!
Here are the second grade partners:
Davis - Proverbs 31:30
Romine - Puerto Rico
Floresta - Dominican Republic
EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW EVENT! | Pops in the Park:
All Lower School will be singing in our Pops in the Park concert! Bring your blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy dinner on the lawn while our students sing in this spectacular open-air event. Our K3 - K5 will be presenting a Barnyard Moosical, while our 1st - 4th graders will be singing ‘POP’ular movie songs like You Got a Friend in Me from Toy Story! Joyful Voices will be singing two special songs.
Location | NCCS Softball Field
Date | Friday, April 30, 2021
Time | Tentative Schedule
5:30 - Families can begin arriving to set up blankets and chairs and enjoy a picnic dinner. Bring a picnic with you or purchase food from PTF, who will be offering food options. (More details to follow!)
Approx. 6:10 - K3 - K5 students meet
6:30 - K3 - K5 students & Joyful Voices perform
7:00 - Intermission & 1st - 4th grade students meet
7:20 - 1st - 4th grade students & Joyful Voices
8:00 - End
Loving Learning
Right now, we are loving learning about:
Bible - We will continue our Easter series. This week we will focus on “The Judgement Hall,” “The Crucifixion,” and “The Resurrection.”
Phonics / Spelling
Spelling focus: Sounds of ea- short e, long e, long a
Examples: thread, leaf, steak
Grammar / Creative Writing - We continue working on our Instructional “How To” Writing Piece. This week we are in the Revising and Proofreading stages.
Reading - This week we begin Unit 6: Main Idea.
Comprehension Focus: Main Idea
Pattern Statement: Something large can be supported or held up by enough smaller things.
Visual Tool: Idea Framework
SPECS Logs: Reader’s Response, Visual Tool, Reflection (Today, I learned…..)
Vocabulary: lifeboats, nectar, termite, steward, drones, predator, stern, bow
Math - We will continue Unit 7: Whole Number Operations and Measurement and Data. This week students will solve addition problems with three or more addends, explore U.S. customary length units and measure to the nearest yard, measure lengths to the nearest centimeter and to the nearest inch, and choose appropriate units and tools to estimate and measure lengths.
Social Studies - As we continue our study of Georgia’s Past, we begin to look at Changes in Georgia, Creek and Cherokee Life Today, and another Georgia Hero: Sequoyah!
Save the Date
April 2 - No School - Good Friday!
April 5-9 - No School - Spring Break!
April 14 - Class Pictures
April 19-23 - IOWA Testing Week
April 30 - Pops in Park
