Happy Friday!
What a great week we had at OCSI! Today was the lower elementary Spelling Bee! The three students in our class did so great! I am so proud of them! And congratulations to the three second graders who won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place!
We did lots of exciting fun things this week!
Reading:
Readers Theater: We read a story called “Did You See Chip?” about a dog who ran away and a sad girl who made friends while trying to find her dog. We then divided into three groups with a script and I assigned a part for each students. We practiced reading our part to get ready to perform our play next week! We will use props and practice fluency of reading with a Readers Theater. I will video tape it and make sure to put it up here later!
Writing: We also started letter writing. The students learned about the 5 different parts of a letter and together we wrote a letter to Mr. Jernberg asking for more fun things on the playground. The students will also start learning their address to get ready for Kid City.
Math: This week we learned about the centimeter. It’s interesting to think that there is 2 ways of measurement. The students walked around the room and measured different things they saw with a centimeter ruler.
Bible: We finished another Bible unit and this time with the story of Ruth and Naomi. Ruth was willing to leave her home to follow her mother-in-law and God blessed her for it by providing her food and protection in the field of Boaz. Later Boaz would marry Ruth and would both be in the family tree of King David as well as Jesus! Amazing!
On Thursday it was the 100th day in School! We did 100 exercises, wrote 100 Spelling Words, and made a 100's day book. Today for Fun Friday we did a science experiment where we guessed how much water would be 100 drops of water. The students really enjoyed it!
Next Week:
Spelling Words: be me we see seed feel meat meet weak week
Bible Memory Verse: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6
Scholastic Book Order: ORDER by Feb 12th
1. Order by marking on the back of the paper the quantity (how many) and which book you want while adding up the total. Send that back to school with the money in US$ Dollars.
2. OR Order by Credit Card online.
Here is the website: http://world-schools.scholastic.co.uk/okinawa-christian-school-intl
You can now browse books online as well.
Or look back on this page for a detailed walk through on how to order: http://footprintsthrough1stgrade.blogspot.jp/2015/09/friday-news-for-week-of-august-31-sept.html
Upcoming Events:
Feb 5 - Progress Reports Sent Out
Feb 19 - Picture Retake Day for any students who are absent or want to redo their picture.
March 5th - BAZAAR! 1st grade got Lumpia! We are so excited! Please look at the form your child brought home today!
March 7th - No School - OCSI Holiday
March 18th - 3rd Quarter Ends!
March 21st - No School
March 25th - No School Good Friday
