Friday News for Week of October 26-30

Happy Friday!

We had an amazing day at Sweet Potato Digging! Here are some pictures!

This week:

Reading: We focused on Setting. Every story has a time and a place where the story takes place. This week we read some fun books to figure out the setting of the story. On Thursday, the students picked their own book from their book bag and figured out the setting for themselves. They did awesome!

On Thursday for spelling, we played a game to find all the words with the word family -eck, -ock, and -uck.

Math: On Monday we learned all about reading graphs. We read and figured out 4 different kinds of graphs: Bar Graphs, picture graphs, and pie charts! 

We continued practicing counting dimes, nickels, and pennies, as well as learned to count the total on dominoes. On Thursday we reviewed clocks, money, frames and arrows, and sums of 10 to prepare for our Chapter 3 test on Friday.

Bible: This week we finished the incredible story of Joseph. God used all of his bad situations for good. “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” Genesis 50:20

Here’s a fun video we watched to finish Joseph.

God's Story: Joseph from Crossroads Kids' Club on Vimeo.

Our Bible Verse song:

Science: This week we learned the life cycle of a frog.

Next Week:

Spelling Words: end   hand   sent   went   fast   must   jump   lamp   they   one

Bible Memory: “Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth; worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.” Psalm 100:1-3

Upcoming Events:
November 14th - Walkathon!

You don’t want to miss out on Walkthon! It’s a fun day where students and parents can walk and raise money for the school! Make sure to submit your permission slip and money in soon!

November 16th - No school! OCSI Holiday

November 21st - PTF Holiday Fair

November 24th- Harvest Day - more information later

November 25-27 Thanksgiving Holiday

December 2nd - Christmas Program - early dismissal for students. Christmas Program at night.

Friday News for Week of October 19-23

Happy Rainy Friday!

I had a wonderful Parent Teacher Conference day today. Thank you to all the parents who came out to talk with me. I am really excited for how much each of your child has grown in first grade so far and it was my pleasure to share that with you.

This Week:

Reading: This week we focused on Making Predictions. Its great to make a guess about what’s going to happen in the story (and not look at the back of the book!) We read a super fun book called Ugly Fish. We tried to guess the whole time what was going to happen at the end and everyone guess it correctly! Please encourage your child to make a prediction while they are reading books at home.

Math: This week we thought about patterns in numbers again with Frames and Arrows. Based on the rule, we thought about what the next numbers in the pattern were. We even had to figure out the rule for ourselves.

This week we also learned about dimes! We practiced counting by 10 and practiced exchanging nickels and pennies with dimes. The students are going great!

Bible: We are continuing through the story of Joseph. Even though Joseph was in jail for something he didn’t do, God still still had a plan for him and God put Joseph as second in command of all of Egypt! Next week we were learn what happens when a famine comes to the land and how he will get to see his brothers again.

We are also working on a hard Bible verse. We are using this song to remember the story!

Science - This week we learned the Life Cycle of a Chick! We watched a fun video of chicks hatching from an egg. Here is our fun Friday painting activity. We used a fork to paint the chick.

Next Week:

Spelling Words: back, neck, kick, pick, sick, rock, sock, duck, have, or

Bible Memory: “Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth; worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us and we are his.” Psalm 100:1-3

Sweet Potato Digging: October 30th, Wednesday. We will leave the school around 8:45 and return before lunch time. The students need to bring a shovel and a bag for the shovel on the day of Sweet Potato Digging.

Upcoming Events:
November 14th - Walkathon!

November 16th - No school! OCSI Holiday

November 24th- Harvest Day - more information later

November 25-27 Thanksgiving Holiday

December 2nd - Christmas Program - early dismissal for students. Christmas Program at night.

Parent Teacher Conference

Hi everyone,

Looking forward to a great day tomorrow of meeting with you for Parent Teacher Conferences. In case you need a reminder, here's the whole schedule for tomorrow. Please make sure to come a few minutes before your scheduled time. See you tomorrow!

Friday News for Week of October 13-16

Happy Friday!

It was a short week but full of fun learning going on!

Reading: This was our first week to try out 7 sessions for our reading time. The students had to pick and work independently on Work on Writing, Read to Someone, Read to Self, Word Work, Book Shopping, Listen to Reading, and a Reading Group with the teacher. They are on their way to becoming better readers and writers!

Our focus this week was on consonants and vowels as well as characters. We read a fun story called Space Pup about a super hero dog. We thought about what Space Pup looked like, how he acted, and what he thought.

We also read Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss, we thought about the characters of Sam and the other guy. We thought about how the other guy changed his thinking at the end of the book when he tried the green eggs and ham. So fun!

Math: This week we learned about using a number line to help us count up and down. We also learned how to tell time to the half hour. That was a little bit hard because we had to learn the term, “Half-past ___ o’clock.” People don’t use that term as often but it is good to know. We also learned how to read clocks as 3:30.

Bible: We are starting the story of Joseph today. He went through a lot of hard times! His brothers sold him into slavery, he was put in jail for something he didn’t do, wow! But through it all, God is with Joseph!

Fun Friday: Today we did creation station! The students got to pick a box and design and create whatever they wanted from it! My students are so creative!

Special Visitors: This week we had the girls from K5 come visit our classroom. The first graders became a big brother or sister and read to the K5 students. All the first graders did awesome!! 

Student of the Week: Every Friday, I will choose a student to send home a Student of the Week sheet. Please have your child fill it out and send it back to school on Monday. If you can, please send in a picture! I will hang it up for the week and on Friday they can "Show and Tell" their paper and pictures. :)

Next Week:

Spelling Words: add puff egg well will doll kiss miss you live

Bible Memory: ““Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth; worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. ” Psalm 100:1-3

No School Friday, October 23 - Parent Teacher Conference - Please return the form to let me know if the time and day is okay with you. If you cannot be available on that day, we can move it to a different day.

October 30 - Sweet Potato Digging - a permission slip was sent home today. Please sign it and return. The students needs a shovel and a bag for the shovel on the day of Sweet Potato Digging.