This Week:
Reading: This week we read a story called Did You See Chip. It is a reader’s theater with the different characters acting out the story. I assigned a character to each student and they got to practice that part - kind of like a part of a play! Today, the students performed it and they did so well! I will post the videos later in the week.
Math: We practiced solving number stories. We practiced comparison of stories such as who has more? who has less? Today, we had some fun with dice! We learned about turn around facts and played some games with finding the sum of the dice.
Bible: We are starting to learn about the story of Samuel. Hannah, his mother, prayed that she could have a baby and dedicated him to God’s service. Samuel grew up in the temple with Eli. Samuel will be used by God in amazing ways in the coming stories!
Chapel: This week we had a guest group of college students all the way from Korea to tell us about Jesus! They wowed us with traditional Korean dances, tae kwon dow, and a funny skit. The students all enjoyed it very much!
Spelling Bee: On Wednesday, we had our classroom spelling bee. I was so proud of everyone for studying so hard over the last few weeks! The students also did so well during the spelling bee. Our classroom winners, who will compete with the other first and second graders are:
Andy Qi
Daigo Yamada
Shanela Hannadige
and our alternate in case one of them is unable to compete will be Kai Yamaguchi!
GOOD JOB and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
This week we also celebrated Justin's birthday with a mini party! His parents came and read a book picked out by Justin and we also did a craft of decorating a kite. Happy birthday Justin and thanks for the birthday goodies!
This week we also celebrated Justin's birthday with a mini party! His parents came and read a book picked out by Justin and we also did a craft of decorating a kite. Happy birthday Justin and thanks for the birthday goodies!
Next Week and Upcoming Information:
Spelling Words: be me we see seed feel meat meet weak week
Bible Memory: (same as last week): "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
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 - FIRST GRADE HAS OKINAWA SOBA BOOTH!!!!!
Mar 2 - OCSI Holiday - No School!
Mar 6 - Student-led Conference
Scholastic Book Order:
1. Online at: http://world-schools.scholastic.co.uk/okinawa-christian-school-intl and paying with credit card.
2. Pay in US dollars cash with the order form on the back of the book orders booklet.
The last day to turn them in will be February 6th!
