This week:
Reading: Our theme for the week was fables. Fables are stories that teach a moral or lesson. We usually hear them as Aesop’s fables. This week we read The Spider and the Beehive, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Little Red Hen, The Ugly Duckling and The Fox and the Stork. The students loved listening to the stories and were able to pick out the problem, solution, and lesson we can learn. We also realized how the lesson in each of these fables was something the Bible taught about as well. Wow!
Writing: This week we wrote some more poetry! We started with a color poem and also wrote an -ing poem. The students did great! We will continue that unit next week.
Math: We finally learned about the dollar! We reviewed the money to make sure we understood it and practiced counting with dollar bills. Each of the students also received their own dollar bill (fake of course)! We then moved on to place value in the hundreds and ended with a fun lesson buying two things and adding up the total. The students got to practice being a store person and shopping at the store for a part of their Fun Friday. This is good practice for Kid City!
Bible: Wow, we have had a great time in Bible this week learning about the few days before Jesus’ death. We are learning that they were so sad! Jesus’ disciples abandoned him, he was beat and made fun of - the amazing thing was he didn’t have to do that! But he did - for US! Next week we will continue with the death of Jesus on the cross and the super happy ending to this sad story!
Reading Campaign Assembly: On Tuesday, we had an all elementary assembly to introduce the new Reading Campaign. Some parents and teachers came out dressed funny and did a dance about reading! Sunday concludes the first theme of “Around the World.” Next week will be “Sports.” Make sure to read a book with your family and email to ptf@ocsi.org or upload it to the PTF facebook page!
Special Read Aloud: Mrs. Bezner came to read us a beautiful book on Thursday: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. It is a cinderella story set in Africa. Thanks for reading to us Mrs. Bezner!
Next Week:
Last week before Spring Break!
Spelling: that what this with which then when white where path put each down
Bible Memory: “He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.” Matthew 28:6a
April 3 - No School - Beginning of Spring Break
April 13 - School starts back
April 17 - Family Reading Night - 6:30pm. Come and do fun activities together with your family.
April 24 - Elementary Field Day
April 27-29 Terra Nova Standardized Testing
April 29 - Kid City
Kid City
Enjoy a day in Kid City working, shopping, and having fun!
April 29, 2015
12:15-2:45
With much joyful anticipation Kid City will be continued this year after a successful run last year! It will be a small model community town with a store, hospital, pharmacy, bank, and other places where students can practice being consumers and producers. Students will be given a task card full of tasks to complete and work to be done. Students will also be getting "paid" for working at their "job" and will be given a "paycheck" to use to purchase goods and services. Classes have already begun working on new vocabulary and verbal communication skills. This is a great opportunity for students to experience everyday math, social responsibility, and oral language skills and have fun at the same time.
After spring break, we will send out more information. But for now, know that we need lots of parent help, as well as donations for snacks. Stay tuned!
