Hi everyone! I hope your week has been going well. Here are some things as we continue on through the school year that you might want to keep in mind! Library Books: please make sure to send them back to school with your child on Wednesday mornings! During library time, your child usually gets 2 books. One book must be an AR (Accelerated Reader) book. It will have a blue sticker that looks like this.
Depending on the student's STAR test results, the child will have a book within their reading range to help them continue to improve in reading. On Wednesday the students will take a quiz over their ARbook at their level. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD IS READING THE BOOK. It's a good idea to read it together and ask them questions while they read it. The other book they can check out is a book they can have for fun for the week.
Sorry it's late, here's the Homework Checklist!
Monday
9/28
Tuesday
9/29
Wednesday
9/30
Thursday
10/1
Friday
10/2
Spell: abc order and 3x
Math: addition pg 20
Read for 10 minutes
Spell: use it
Math: subtraction pg 21
Read for 10 minutes
Spell: word search
Math: pg 44
Read for 10 minutes
Spell: Staircase words
Math: pg 45
Read for 10 minutes
No homework!
Spelling Words: up us mud bug fun run sun cut to are
Bible Verse: “Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth.” Psalm 100:1
We had another fun and learning-filled week in 1st grade.
Here’s what we learned:
Reading: We learned all about Authors and Illustrators this week. We learned that sometimes the authors and illustrators are different people, but sometimes they are the same. We also learned that WE can be authors and illustrators! I read a story to the students that I wrote when I was in 4th grade! We looked in our book bags and found the authors and illustrators of the books we were reading.
Math: We learned about the nickel!!!
We learned that a nickel is the same as 5 pennies and we can use it to exchange a lot of pennies into only a few coins. Counting nickels and pennies are a little tricky but the students are working hard and doing a good job! Today we played a fun game where we collected pennies and exchanged them for nickels.
Bible: We continued learning about Abraham this week. This week we learned that 3 visitors came to Abraham and told him that by next year, he and Sarah would have a baby! Sarah was so shocked so she laughed! But NOTHING is impossible with God! A year later, sure enough, Sarah had a baby names Isaac which was God’s promise all along to Abraham. How cool is that?
We watched this fun video and danced around to the other one.
OCSI Elementary Behavior Management Plan: An important document was sent home today. Please read it with your child and sign and return the section.
Next Week:
Spelling Words: up us mud bug fun run sun cut to are
Bible Verse: “Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth.” Psalm 100:1
TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 29 is PICTURE DAY!!!!!!! Come to school dressed in your best! Our time is first thing in the morning so you can send a change of clothes! If you would like to order, fill out the form, place the money in the pocket, seal it and send it back to school. I will turn it into the photo people on picture day. PLEASE PAY IN YEN - EXACT CHANGE 注文したい方は横の部分を書いて、お金を入れて、学校まで戻してください。写真の日に写真屋さんにあげます。お釣りはできないので確かめてください。
TYPHOON: Once again, a typhoon is coming!!! Check the OCSI website at 6:30am to see if we have school on Monday!
Upcoming Events:
October 9th - 1st Quarter Ends
October 12th - Teacher Development Day - NO SCHOOL!
October 23rd - Parent Teacher Conference - NO SCHOOL!
Hi everyone, We are using a new online reading program at OCSI this year. It is called Kids A-Z. We will be using it in class as part of the "Listen to Reading" component of Daily 5. The students can and should do this at home too. They can read the stories, listen to the stories, take quizzes and gain points. Here is how they can do it: Web search: Kids A-Z https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login Search for the teacher: sturner18
Find the student's name
Find the password picture
This is the main screen
Click on Reading Assignment
Here are the Reading Assignments, you can read a story, listen to a story or take a quiz.
This is inside the Star Zone from the main page. Students can use their points to build a rocket or a robot.
Parents can log in a view results as well. I will be setting up all the parents so they can do this!
Parents can view what books they read, how much time it took - very interesting!
I will attach Kids A-Z at the top of my website for easy access!
Happy Monday everyone!! Coming up next Tuesday is:
PICTURE DAY!!!! September 29
September 29, each child will get their picture taken for the year book. You have the opportunity to order photos if you would like.
Today, I will send home this form.
If you would like to order, fill out this side, place the money in the pocket, seal it and send it back to school. I will turn it into the photo people on picture day. PLEASE PAY IN YEN - EXACT CHANGE
注文したい方は横の部分を書いて、お金を入れて、学校まで戻してください。写真の日に写真屋さんにあげます。お釣りはできないので確かめてください。
Our photo time is 8:40 is the morning. If you would like your son or daughter to dress up, please provide a change of clothes so they do not get it dirty. おしゃれな服を着る生徒は写真を撮ったあとに汚れないように着替えてもいいですよ。
If you have any questions - you can contact the company directly or ask me. :)
This week's Homework Checklist
Monday
9/21
Tuesday
9/22
Wednesday
9/23
Thursday
9/24
Friday
9/25
Spell: abc order and 3x
Math: Telling time
Read for 10 minutes
Spell: use it
Math: Skip Counting by 5’s
Read for 10 minutes
Spell: word search
Math: pg 41
Read for 10 minutes
Spell: maze
Math: pg 42
Read for 10 minutes
No homework!
Spelling Words: bed fed red get let pet men yes for as
Bible Verse: “The Lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1b
We had beautiful weather for our field trip on Thursday!!! Thanks for the parents who came out to enjoy the day with us.
The students had fun splashing around in the water as well as sliding down the slide and playing in the sand. Here are some pictures!
This was a very short week of learning, but here is some of what we learned!
Reading: We successfully completed 20 minutes of Read to Someone. The students really enjoyed reading to a friend. Here is our I-chart to show what we learned and practiced. We also practiced the strategy of using the beginning and end letter in a word to figure out the word. We learned all about titles too. Titles of a book are usually capitalized as well as months, the letter I, names, titles, and the start of a sentence. Here’s a poster we learned about.
Math: This week we learned about telling time to an hour. Most students already knew that! Wow!
Bible: This week we learned about how God called Moses and made a covenant with him. A covenant is a special promise between God and a person. We learned that God never breaks his promises and that he has a special plan for Moses’ life and his family.
Next Week:
Bible Memory Verse:“The Lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear?" Psalm 27:1b
Spelling Words: bed fed red get let pet men yes for as
Progress Reports will be emailed to you on Monday, September 21st.
Don’t forget! If you would still like to order Scholastic books, you still can!
