Happy Friday!
This Week:
Reading - We thought about Mental Image. Mental Image is the ability to see a picture in your brain. This week we read some picture books with very descriptive words and we tried to see a picture in our brains. On Friday we read a really funny poem but we stopped half way and drew the picture we saw so far. Then we finished the poem and we were all surprised!!
Math: We are zooming through subtraction strategies. This week we learned fact family and related facts. It’s so interesting that numbers have a family too! Next week we’ll finish this chapter and get into Place Value.
Writing: We are developing our opinion writing. This week we looked at an example first graders work and we used a checklist to see how they were doing. Then the students pulled out their own writing and fixed it up and made it even better!
Science - We are continuing to learn about sound!
Bible: We finished up the unit on Joshua and learned how the Israelites conquered Canaan. God was with their every step of the way and gave them amazing victories!
Next Week:
Spelling Words: be me we see seed feel meat meet weak week come other
Bible Memory Verse: “I love you, O Lord, my strength.” Psalm 18:1
This week is Spirit Week for OCSI. Elementary students are invited to join! If you would you like to dress up next week, you are welcome to, but it is not mandatory:
Spirit Week Themes (スピリットウィーク テーマ)
Monday (1/28)- Mathletes vs. Athletes (勉強家 VS アスリート)
Tuesday (1/29)- Twin Day (双子デー)
Wednesday (1/30)- Crazy Hair/Mismatch Day (クレイジーヘアー /ミスマッチデー)
Thursday (1/31)- Throwback Day (昔に戻ろうデー)
Friday (2/1)- School Color Day; Red (学校カラーデー；赤）
Please let me know if you have any questions!
Upcoming Events:
- 2/1 (Friday)- Report Cards to be emailed home
- 3/21: Student Led Conferences - no classes
- 4/8-12: Spring Vacation - no school
- 5/3: Golden Week Holiday - no school
- 5/27: Memorial Day - no school
- 6/12: Last day of classes, early student dismissal at 12:30
