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
The Final 8:
The Lorax vs. Horton Hears a Who
Dr. Seuss’ ABC vs. Fox in Socks
How the Grinch Stole Christmas vs. Hop on Pop
Oh, the Places You’ll Go vs. I Can Read with My Eyes Shut
HANGER BOOK REPORT
Details for our last book report will come home in blue folders on March 25th. Students will be reading one nonfiction book about an animal of their choice. Your child may choose an appropriate level book for them from the Reading Room, local library, Raz Kids, or getepic.com. They will then plan, write, and design a hanger that displays the main idea and supporting details of the book. A planning page will be due no later than April 16th and the final project is due by April 30th.
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. For the itinerary and details, click on this link: https://forms.gle/y6qYrixboTWGvijv6
2021 SOAR WITH SWOOP
WHO: Lower and Middle School Students
WHAT: Career in-house field trip with the GA State Patrol and SWAT team
Speakers will share:
A little about themselves and their career
Who do they work for and where they are located
What school subjects (Math, Science, English, etc.) they would encourage the students to focus on to work in their field
Education/training
Personal skills that are essential for their career (i.e. creativity, self-control, discipline, empathy, adaptability, communication, etc.)
A day in the life
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Responsibilities involved in their job
Effort and perseverance it takes to remain in their field
WHEN: Monday, March 29, 2021
(Rain date set for Wednesday, March 31, 2021)
Lower School 9:00 am - 11:15 am
Middle School 11:20 am - 1:00 pm
WHY: The mission of the NCCS counseling department is to provide a Christ-centered, comprehensive, developmental counseling program that addresses academic support, personal and social skills development, and the exploration of natural gifts and career interests. The counselors at NCCS partner with teachers, administrators, parents and churches to help all students acquire the attitudes, skills, and spiritual fortitude needed to overcome barriers in life. The end goal is to foster lifelong learning, problem solving, perseverance, and spiritual and emotional wellbeing.
As adults, our careers and jobs are an important part of our identity. Our careers tell the story of our path, where we have been, what we are good at, and how we chose to serve God with our time and resources. When do we begin to make the choices that lead us to our future? According to Donald Super, a developmental theorist, we begin our exploration of careers early on in life during our elementary years. Also, the American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA) national standards for career development states the importance of “providing a foundation for the acquisition of skills, attitudes, and knowledge that enable students to make a successful transition from school to the world of work, and from job to job across the lifespan.”
Today, our children have more opportunities than ever before and our hope is to bring awareness to the career options available to them. Soar with Swoop will be a dynamic interactive event that helps careers come alive to the students and expand their worldview. It is important for students to make connections between what they learn and how this knowledge is applied in everyday careers.
WHERE: Softball field and the drive in front of the field
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
STANDARDIZED TESTING WEEK
Testing is April 19-23. Students will take the Iowa & CogAT Assessments. The IOWA test will assess their progress on grade level objectives covered throughout the year. The CogAT will assess their reasoning abilities. This includes verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and nonverbal reasoning. This testing is not something for which students should study.
For testing week, parents can help their child by:
1. Getting a good night of rest and arriving at school on time.
2. Eating a healthy breakfast.
3. Sending a healthy snack and water.
During testing week, there will be no homework, no additional tests / quizzes, and very light academics.
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
Bible - We will continue our Easter series. This week we will focus on “Emmaus and the Upper Room,” “Breakfast on the Shore with Jesus,” and “The Ascension.”
Phonics / Spelling
Spelling focus: Sounds of ear: /eer/ like in ear, /air/ like in bear, and /ur/ like in earth
Grammar / Creative Writing - We will begin our new unit on Adjectives. An adjective is a word that describes a noun. We use our senses (sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch) to describe nouns.
Reading - This week we continue 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 measure lengths to the nearest centimeter and to the nearest inch, discuss the shortest and longest standing jumps and create a line plot for the data, and make a frequency table and a line plot for a set of data.
Social Studies - We continue learning about the 5 Regions of Georgia: Coastal Plains, Piedmont, Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. We have a very fun group project planned this week, called “Hungry for Georgia.” Students will work in groups and use food to represent GA regions on a map. For example, Goldfish crackers will be used to represent Coastal Plains. Be watching for pics on SeeSaw of this fun activity!
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
