Happy Friday!
This Week:
Reading: We focused on Fables. Fables are stories where usually animals are the characters and they can teach us a lesson. We read some fun ones this week including The Tortoise and the Hare, The Fox and the Stork, The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Mouse and the Lion, The Ugly Duckling, and The North Wind and the Sun. The students did a great job thinking of the lesson that we can learn from those stories. Next week we will focus on fairy tales!
Math: This week we worked up to trying double digit addition. We first focused on understanding adding double digits by using our base 10 blocks.
Then when we were comfortable with that, we learned that normal way of adding. The students are doing so well understanding double digit addition! I hope they get quicker and smoother at addition! We also did a fun problem solving lesson on Thursday with a question like this. That was challenging but fun!
Then when we were comfortable with that, we learned that normal way of adding. The students are doing so well understanding double digit addition! I hope they get quicker and smoother at addition! We also did a fun problem solving lesson on Thursday with a question like this. That was challenging but fun!
Maya’s family also let us borrow their tangrams sort of shapes. We used it for math time and for our Fun Friday today!
Bible: This week we continued to follow the Israelites through their ups and downs. We learned that Samuel was a good judge and prophet of God, but the people continued to disobey God. As a result, the Philistines were attacking them and were winning so the Israelites decided to bring the Ark of the Covenant into the battle. The Philistines captured the Ark and placed it in their temple of Dagon, an idol. In the morning, the idol Dagon had fallen on the ground! The Philistines picked it back up but then the next day, Dagon had fallen on the ground AND the arms and head had fallen off. The Philistines knew how powerful the real God was so they got scared and sent the Arc back to the Israelites. No idol can stand before our God! In today’s story, the Israelites look at their neighboring country and want a human king! But wait! They have God as their king. They will soon reject God as king and God will allow them to have some good kings and some very bad kings.
Social Studies: We have been learning about the 3 different types of communities: Urban (like a city), suburban (like a neighborhood), and rural (like farms and open land). We are having a fun time to try to figure out what kind of community we live in.
Next Week:
Spelling Words: frame, green, brown, dry, prize, trust, dress, crops, trees, pray, from, two
Bible Verse: “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not be in want.” Psalm 21:1
Library Books: Please make sure the students bring their library books on TUESDAY!!!
Scholastic Book Orders: They were sent home today. If you’d like to order, you can do so online or send in US dollars with the form. The deadline will be March 10th to order.
Upcoming Events:
3/3 Parent Seminar regarding ADAD. Sera En across from OCSI. 6:45-8:00pm. English and Japanese
3/13: OCSI Holiday - No School
3/13: OCSI Holiday - No School
3/20: Elementary Student-Led Conferences
3/24: 3rd Quarter Ends
3/27: 4th Quarter Begins
3/29-31: Achievement Testing (grades 1-8)
3/31: Report Cards Issued
4/3-7: SPRING BREAK - No School
