Friday, March 7, 2014

Friday News for Week of March 10-14

Thank you to all the parents who came out to the Student-Led Conference today! I very much enjoyed seeing you and hearing your child talk to you about their work. I was so proud of all of them and I hope you are too!! We still have 3 more months of school left so let’s learn so much more!

This week:
Reading: We focused all about Characters this week. We learned that every story has some sort of character whether it is just a boy or a girl, or an animal, or a thing. We went on a Character Hunt to find characters in books spread around the room. 

Math: We finally learned about telling time to the 5 minute mark. The students all understood it fast! We practiced telling time on our whiteboards and in our Math Journal. 

Bible: In our Bible stories, David is being hunted by King Saul, because Saul is jealous of him. Every time, God saves David and Saul doesn’t catch him. This is where we see that for David, “It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.” Psalm 18:32

Social Studies: We are beginning a big unit to prepare for Kid City coming up in April. Last week, we focused on the post office. This week we wrote a post card to ourself. I will put it in the mail on Monday, so we will see whose will arrive at their house first! We also started practicing dialogue for someone wanting to mail a letter at the post office. 

Next Week:

March 14 - Character Parade:
I’m sorry if I have not given enough information about character parade. Here is some more details about it. 
  • Please have your child pick 1 book character. We prefer literary book characters, but if it is a movie-turned-to-book character that is fine too. 
  • Please also have the book that your character is from. It does not have to be from the library, it can be from any where. If you want to do a specific character but you do not have the book, please email me and I will see if I can find it here at OCSI. 
  • This is a costume parade. Please dress your child up in the costume of the character in the book. Have them come to school dressed up, or easy to assemble once they arrive at school. 
  • The parade starts at 9:10. We will walk around each floor of the OCSI building and all the high school and middle school students will be our audience. 
  • Parents are welcome to come and attend. When the parade is finished, 1.1 and 1.2 students will gather in my room and Mrs. Bezner will come read her character’s book to us. Please send a change of clothes if it is too distracting of a costume or uncomfortable. 
キャラクターパレードにたいしてあまり連絡がなくてすみません。
1。子供と一緒に一人に本のキャラクターを選んでください。
2。そのキャラクターの用にコスチュームで学校にきてください。
3。その本も持ってきてください。本がなければ、私にメールしてください。私が学校に見てあるかみます。
4。パレードの後にきがえたがったら、着替えを学校まで送っているください。

パレードは9:10に始まります。学校全体をまわってから、1.1と1.2は私のクラスにもどり、Mrs。Beznerが本を読みます。親もぜひいらしてください。

3/15 Bazaar is next week!!!!!! Thank you to all parents who have signed up to work on that day and who have donated the ¥1000. On the Bazaar day, please arrive to work your shift. Please bring an apron and a bandana for your hair. Please continue to bring in donations for the whole school (canned drinks, cake mixes, cake tins).
バザーのための手伝いをありがとうございます。その日エプロンとバンダナを持ってきてください。まだドネーションを持ってきてください。

Spelling Words: play, close, blue, glad, flags, plate, class, black, fly, bless, some, these

Bible Memory: "There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God." 1 Samuel 2:2