Wow! That a FUN day! I saw so many different characters walking around school today! From Cat in the Hat, to Clifford, to princesses, and characters from adventure books, to dragons, detectives, platypus, alligators, wizards, train conductors, and so much more!
After the parade, both first grade classes went back to our class to have Ms. Turner, Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Bezner, and Mr. Spencer read our Character Parade books. It was so much fun! Thank you to all the parents who came out and who designed some of the amazing costumes!!
Reading: This week we practiced “Read to Self” and “Read to Someone” with a new twist: a reflection paper. Students will begin responding to the books after they read them. We also read a story called Tomas Rivera, a biography, about a boy who grew up hearing his grandpa’s stories and became a teacher and author.
Math: We are continuing our work with place value of 10’s and 1’s but his week we also met a special character: Ally the Alligator. Ally love to eat big numbers hence: greater than, less than and equal to! It is a very helpful way to remember! On Wednesday we also did Math explorations. There was 4 places around the room and we rotated to learn about the area of a board, measuring objects with a balance, figuring out the best way of counting lots of pennies and playing a math game: The digit game. We learned a lot and had fun!
Bible: We got to learn the crazy story of Samson. God used even a man like that who made some wrong choices to defeat the Philistines! We also learned the story of Naomi and Ruth (We even had a guest speaker come in, right, students? *wink, wink*) Ruth was a foreigner in Israel, but God still used her in the special family line of David AND Jesus! Wow!
Spelling: This week we practiced the spelling bee words all week! We even did a practice bee today. Next Wednesday, we will do our class bee to decide the top 3 students who will go on to the 1st and 2nd grade bee on February 5th. Study hard everyone!
Science: We are learning the states of matter: solids, liquids, and gas. Here’s a fun video!
Next week:
Spelling Words: by my ride bike like time nine dive find kind them would
Bible Memory: “There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.” 1 Samuel 2:2
NO School on Monday! Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan 23 - Friday - Bazaar Meeting 3:15 in the Cafeteria. If you are free, come out to the first Bazaar meeting where we will decide on our corner! Exciting!!
Feb 1st - OIST Open Campus - flyer provided by the Qi family :)
Feb 5th - Thursday 1st and 2nd grad Spelling Bee competition
Feb 16th - President’s Day - NO SCHOOL!
Feb 28 - Bazaar
Mar 2 - OCSI Holiday - No School!
Mar 6 - Student-led Conference
