Friday News for week of September 8-12

Wow! What a fantastic week in 1st grade. We had 5 whole days of fun and learning!

This week:

Reading: We continued to gain stamina and made it to 10 minutes of independent reading where we stayed in one spot, read quietly, read the whole time, and started reading right away. Next week I will introduce “Read to Someone” where the student will partner read.

We also learned about characters this week! Every story has a character and we learned how to find them in our stories.

We also learned to Check for Understanding. While we are reading a book, we need to stop throughout the book to make sure we are understanding what to read. This week we read Skippyjon Jones, and When Sophie Gets Really Angry.

Math: We learned the sums of 10 this week! We first used our fingers to figure out ___+___=10! Then we did a few other games and worksheets to get the concept down. Good job 1st graders! This is the 10 cup game!

Writing: This week introduced sentences: A Sentence is a complete message that must start with a capital letter and end with a period. We also continued to practice Writer’s Workshop where the students write and share their writings.

Bible: We started the story of Abraham this week! Abraham was asked by God to leave his hometown and go to ... who knows where? Abraham is trusting God all along the way. God even promised old Abraham that he would have a son! God always keeps his promises no matter what and His timing is perfect!

Chapel: This week chapel was a recap of the Creation story. We also sang some of our favorite worship songs. You can hear them here!

Some other pictures from the classroom:

Upcoming Events:

September 19 - Progress Reports sent out

September 22 - No School! Teacher Development Day

September 26 - 1st and 2nd grade Field Trip to Toguchi Beach

September 30 - School Picture day!

Next Week and Important Information:

September 19: Progress Report Sent out. They will be sent as an email attachment. Please look for it sometime after school on Friday. 

The deadline for the Scholastic Book Orders is today by midnight. If you would still like to order, you can do so online. Follow the directions from here:

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

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Bible Memory:  "Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." Psalm 23:6