It was a short week this week, but we had a LOT going on! I am so proud of my students for all they have learned so far in Kindergarten! I also enjoyed meeting with more parents at Parent-Teacher Conferences. There is a lot to celebrate together!
Here is an update on what we've been doing this week:
Reading / Lectura: We have started getting ready for literacy centers! This week we learned how to sort and choose our own books from the classroom library. We are also learning how we can read a familiar text several times to think about how the characters feel and what is happening in the story. We also got to watch the fifth grade students perform a reader's theater story of Anansi, the clever spider.
Writing / Escritura: This week we continued learning vocabulary for el cuerpo and worked on adding more words and labels to our work. The kids are doing a great job stretching out their words to write the sounds they hear!
Math / Matemáticas: In math we have been doing some new centers to practice recognizing numbers, adding +1, and solving simple addition and subtraction problems. Our fifth grade friends also came and helped us learn our new centers!
Social Studies / Estudios Sociales: We learned about different animals and the ways that they communicate using the five senses.
Barn Chores Next Week
I would love to have two parent helpers next week on Tuesday morning (around 8:30-10:00) when our class has barn chores. Most likely you would be helping monitor a group of students outside as we rotate through a few different activities. Let me know--gracias!
Immersion Tip of the Week
Make sure you expose your child to a lot of rich vocabulary in English (and in Spanish, too, if you speak the language!). You can do this by reading, talking about what you see in books, describing pictures, talking about what you see in the supermarket--pretty much any activity you do! This will help your child continue to make connections between languages, as well as strengthen verbal skills.
Reading Tip of the Week
Your child has been bringing home books from the library--usually one in English and one in Spanish (or bilingual). If you don't speak Spanish, help your child look for words or syllables that he/she knows! Don't forget to look at the pictures and talk about what you think is happening in the story!
From the Office
Upcoming Dates:
Thanksgiving Vacation: November 26-28
Little Maroons Basketball: Holland Christians’s K-2, 3-4 and 5-6 Little Maroons Basketball Clinics and 3-4 League is open for registration! Please click here for information to register.
Registration is now open for the Dutch Dance 2026 season! CLICK HERE to get signed up for High School (9-12 grades) Middel (6-8th grade) and Kinder (3rd-5th grade). Practice locations and times are listed on the link for each program. Registration closes on January 17th, 2026, 11:59pm. Absolutely no late registration accepted, so sign up today to Join the Dance in 2026!
Boys Basketball Harvest Hoopfest 3 v 3 Tourney. Join us for our 1st Annual 3 v 3 Basketball Tournament on Saturday, November 29, 8am- 12pm. The cost is $100 per team, which includes a t-shirt for each player and a guarantee of three games.
Divisions include 3rd/4th grade boys, 5th/6th grade boys, 7th/8th grade boys, HS level, Men’s 20 and over, and Men’s 40 and over. All games will be held across 8 courts at the High School, Middle School, and Pine Ridge.
We’ll also feature exciting individual competitions — a 3-Point Contest and a Free Throw Contest, each with a $10 entry fee and a $25 gift card prize for the winner.
Don’t miss out on this day of competition, community, and fun! The deadline to sign up is November 15th. Sign Up Here
Community Opportunities:
The below list of organizations are not necessarily affiliated with Holland Christian Schools but have requested the sharing of these community opportunities.
