Happy Friday! Wow we had another crazy week with there being no school on Tuesday because of the typoon. I’m glad it went over us without much damage!
Do you know what else is crazy about this week?? For any of the dates this week, if you write it forwards or backwards it is the same both ways:
5-15-15 backwards 51-51-5
It’s kind of like some names: Hannah and even in our own class Non!!
It’s pretty easy in Japanese, for example the word tomato トマト. One student even shared a sentence いかたべたかい？It means “Did you eat squid?” That’s so interesting!
Happy backwards and forwards week!! :)
This Week:
Writing: We have started our animal research papers. All the students have picked their animal and began reading to figure out the description, food, habitat, and fun fact about their animals. They are writing their information in a graphic organiser to help them see the information. Next week, they will put the information together into paragraphs and finally write the final paper. They are doing such a great job!
Math: We are diving deep into fractions~ it’s a little tricky for 1st graders but they are working hard trying to understand it.
On Monday we did some center work with symmetry, capacity, and riddles on the number grid. The students had so much fun!
Bible: We continued to learn about the stories of Daniel. It’s amazing how God used Daniel in exile in Babylon to show Kind Nebuchadnezzar how great God is! Also, isn’t it amazing how God protected Daniel from the lions? We enjoyed that story so much that we decided to do a Reader’s Theater on it. Stay tuned for the video soon! :)
Next Week:
Spelling Words: beehive, airplane, football, into, homework, birthday, bookmark, firefly, wildlife, rainbow, any, number, know
Bible Memory: “Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his.” Daniel 2:20
Upcoming Events:
May 25 - NO SCHOOL: Memorial Day
June 11 - Last Day of School: No lunch in the cafeteria. Let’s have a CLASS PARTY!! Stay tuned for an email for different foods to sign up to bring to share with everyone. Party will start around 11am. Parents are invited to join us.
Only 4 more weeks of school!!!! :)
