Happy Friday!
Today was Field Day! The students did well participating in 10 events. Here are some pictures.
We also played at the park all afternoon - it was so much fun!!
This Week:
Reading - Nonfiction Text Features - We learned how to read and recognize Nonfiction Text Features. Soon we will be researching our own animal to write a research report about it.
Writing - We are cruising through Narrative Writing. All the students are writing such long stories with good adventures! Way to go!
Bible - We finished the epic story of Solomon and moved on to learning about different kinds of Psalm and Proverbs. We did a quick review of God’s promises up till now in our Bible stories and next week we’ll go on to what happened to Israel after King Solomon.
Math: The students did a good job with measuring and this week we are tackling telling time to the hour and half hour. They are doing great with that! We learned both analogue and digital clocks. Try to quiz your child at home with time to the hour and half hour!
Spelling - This week we didn’t have any spelling words but we continued to learn interesting words with r-controlled vowels and we played lots of spelling games.
Science - We started to learn about animal classification.
Next Week:
Spelling Words: hops, hopping, stops, stopping, hopes, hoping, makes, making, smiles, smiling, right, new, our
Spelling Test will be on May 7th!
Bible Memory Verse: “Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:11
1st Grade Field Trip - Kodomo no Kuni Zoo and Wonder Museum - May 17th! Please put it on your calendar! More information coming next week!
Upcoming Events:
- 5/4: Golden Week holiday - no school
- 5/17 First Grade Field Trip
- 5/28: Memorial Day - no school
- 6/13: Last day of classes
