Friday, September 19, 2014

Friday News for September 15-19

Happy Friday!

This Week:

Reading:
Titles: This week we learned all about Titles. We learned that titles have a capital letter on every word or sometimes all the letters are capitals. We found the titles of the books we had been reading.
Stretch it out: We also learned a reading strategy to stretch out the words. Like a rubber band, if there is a word we don’t know, we need to try to stretch it out to see if we can sound out the words. We practiced with out own books!
Read to Someone: We also have begun practicing “Read to Someone.” When we read together, we do rock, paper, scissors to figure out who’s books to read, then we can take turns reading or read at the same time. I’m excited to start doing it more next week!


Writing:
Good writers use spaces between their words.
Good writers use one idea to write about.

Math: 

  • We learned that when we are counting anything, we need to use units. Unites are important in telling us what kind of thing we are counting. 
  • We also learned how to tell time to the hour this week. When the big hand’s at the top, the time is _____ o’clock. 
  • Today, we also learned pennies! We learned that Abraham Lincoln is on the penny and when we count pennies we use cents. Cents means one part of 100! Because 100 pennies equals a dollar. 

Bible: We had an exciting week of Bible stories! We learned that God is a holy God and that he cannot be near sin - and he can be a little scary at times, such as when he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but we also know that God is loving and kind when he rescued Lot and his family. We also learned how God kept his promise through the story of Abraham and Sarah with their son Isaac. Isaac also got married to Rebecah and they had Esau and Jacob. So many interesting stories! You can find these stories in the book of Genesis in the Bible.


Sorry, only a few pictures this week!
A fort in the reading corner

Acting out the story of Jesus calming the storm in chapel


Upcoming Events:
NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY!
September 22 - No School! Teacher Development Day
September 23 - *Correction* Progress Reports sent out 
September 26 - 1st and 2nd grade Field Trip to Toguchi Beach
September 30 - School Picture day!

Next Week and Important Information:

*Sorry! Change in Progress Report! They will be sent out sometime on Tuesday by email. Please be checking for them in your inbox. 

Please make sure to check Jupiter for the grades.  If you need a log in username and password, please email me and I will get one for you!

Please go here to familiar yourself with OCSI technology such as Mathletics, Accelerated Reader, and Jupiter: http://ocsionlineprograms.paperplane.io

Picture Day: Picture Day will be on September 30. Our pictures will be taken in the morning so if you would like your child wearing something nice, please send a change of clothes that can get dirty and sweaty in for recess. Every child will have their picture taken, but if you want to order pictures, the picture form was sent home today. Check which group you want and put the money in and send it back to school. 写真の日は9月30日です。汚れたくない服を着たさてたければ、着替えを持たせてください。写真を注文したければ、今日フォルダーに入っている紙とお金を学校までかえしてください。


Coupons: You may have seen some students return home talking about “Coupons!” As a result of students finishing 100 Fry Words, they will receive a coupon. I will work with the students throughout the week to continually learning new sight words. I may sometimes write the words in their Home-to-School Notebook for them to practice. If you would like to practice at home, click here:

Spelling Words: up  us  mud  bug  fun  run  sun  cut  to  are

Bible Memory: "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer." Psalm 19:14


Field Trip
September 26, Friday 10:30am-2:00pm 9月26日金曜日

Toguchi Beach Field Trip is coming up very soon. Here is some important information!いよいよ渡具知ビーチ遠足の日がきます。

TO BRING:持ち物
Home lunchお弁当              Sunscreen 日焼け止め              Hat帽子                             Bag/ Backpack鞄            Waterbottle すいとう                     Towelタオル
Water-shoes (If you want to wade in the water, you MUST have water shoes)水に入りたければウォーターシューズが必要です。


Schedule予定:
10:15am - Depart OCSI 学校から出発
10:30am - Arrive at Toguchi and eat lunch. 渡具知に到着とランチ 
11:15am- 1st graders at the beach, 2nd graders on the playground1年生ビーチ、2年生公園*
12:15pm - Switch: 1st graders at the playground, 2nd graders at the beach 交代1年生公園、2年生ビーチ*
1:15pm - Get ready to board the bus back to school バスに乗る準備
1:40pm - Depart Toguchi 渡具知から出発
2:00pm - Arrive back at OCSI  学校到着

Parents: You are welcome to meet us at Toguchi or follow the buses from OCSI. Sorry but parents cannot ride the bus. You are also welcome to take your child home with you after the field trip. PLEASE LET YOUR TEACHER KNOW IF YOU DO.
ご父母の皆さん:渡具知で待ち合わせをしたいかたはどうぞ、それかOCSIのバスの後ろをついて来てもいいです。バスには乗れません。遠足の後、子供をつれて帰りたければ、どうぞ先生に伝えてください

*If the student does not have water shoes, they cannot go into the water; they must play on the beach. If they do have water shoes, they may go into the water up to their knees - no swimming. Student may wear bathing suit but still must be in dress code. 
*マリンシューズがなければ水に入れません。ビーチでしか遊べません。マリンシューズがあれば膝までは入れます。泳ぐのは禁止です。水着を着てもいいですが、ドレスコードは必ず守って下さい。