Tomorrow is our field trip! Top 5 Important Information:
1. Make sure to bring a lunch box, water bottle, hat, some kind of bag.
2. Please be at school at regular time (8:25) we will leave from school at 10:15. Parents can follow the bus or meet us at the beach.
3. Students can wear bathing suit but needs to be covered with regular clothes (in dress code).
4. After the field trip, if you want to take your child home, please let the teacher know.
5. Be ready to have FUN in the SUN!!!!!
Sorry it's late... Here's the homework checklist for this week.
Monday
9/14
Tuesday
9/15
Wednesday
9/16
Thursday
9/17
Friday
9/18
Spell: short a
Math: Hidden Animal Puzzle #2
Read for 10 minutes
Spell: short o
Math: pg 33
Read for 10 minutes
Spell: pg 28
Math: Hidden Animal Puzzle #3
Read for 10 minutes
Toguchi Field Trip
No Homework!
No homework!
Spelling Words: review short a and o words
Bible Verse: “The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.” Genesis 12:1
This week we practiced Read to Someone. We learned that we need to sit EEKK (elbow, elbow, knee, knee), our voice level needs to be quiet, we need to stop and check for understanding. When our partner doesn’t know a word, we can ask them, “Do you need coaching or time?” This gives them a chance to ask for help or to try it again. We did it today for 10 minutes!
Writing:
Good writers use spaces between their words.
Good writers use the correct upper case and lower case.
Good writers use a capital letter and a period.
Math: This week we learned all about how to make 10. We first figured it out with magnets, then we colored a bar of of blocks to see the pattern. Then we played lots of math games! We used 10 cubes and a cup to hide some underneath, as well as used dice to roll and cover up a cloud with the other sum on it.
We also used our number grids this week to count up and down (back). The students did great!
Bible: We finished our first unit in Bible with lots of epic stories! From Noah’s Arc to the Tower of Babel, it’s been great to see how God makes a promise to the people and never ever breaks his promise. We are excited to learn about Abraham next week.
No Spelling Words: Review of short a and short o sound.
Bible Memory: “The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.” Genesis 12:1
Toguchi Field Trip
TO BRING:持ち物
Home lunchお弁当 Sunscreen 日焼け止め Hat帽子 Bag/ Backpack鞄 Waterbottle すいとう Towelタオル
Water-shoes (If you want to wade in the water, you MUST have water shoes)水に入りたければウォーターシューズが必要です。
Schedule予定:
10:15am - Depart OCSI 学校から出発
10:30am - Arrive at Toguchi and eat lunch. 渡具知に到着とランチ
11:15am- 1st graders at the beach, 2nd graders on the playground１年生ビーチ、２年生公園*
12:15pm - Switch: 1st graders at the playground, 2nd graders at the beach 交代１年生公園、２年生ビーチ*
1:15pm - Get ready to board the bus back to school バスに乗る準備
1:40pm - Depart Toguchi 渡具知から出発
2:00pm - Arrive back at OCSI 学校到着
Parents: You are welcome to meet us at Toguchi or follow the buses from OCSI. Sorry but parents cannot ride the bus. You are also welcome to take your child home with you after the field trip. PLEASE LET YOUR TEACHER KNOW IF YOU DO.
*If the student does not have water shoes, they cannot go into the water; they must play on the beach. If they do have water shoes, they may go into the water up to their knees - no swimming. Student may wear bathing suit but still must be in dress code.
Spelling Words: job, God, mom, hop, top, got, not, fox, a, and
Bible Memory: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1
Also, I made a change to the students behavior calendar in their Home-to-School Notebook. Instead of a yellow sticker like I have been doing, if the student had a good day, I will give a regular fun sticker such as a star or a rainbow. (I ran out of yellow stickers...) This way, it is also fun for the students to see a colorful sticker instead of a boring yellow sticker all the time.
So in case you were wondering last night when you saw the star sticker - that's what it means! Thanks for being flexible with me as we figure out how to work best in 1st grade together! :)
We had another fantastic week in first grade! Here’s a recap:
This Week:
Reading: We have been continuing to build stamina - today, we finally made it to 22 minutes! Wow, great job first graders! We also started writing simple stories, reviewed the short a sound, learned some sight words, learned what a sentence is, and practiced word work. The students got to make their spelling words out of macarroni!
On Friday we had our first spelling test! The students were nervous but did well.
Math: We learned how to count with tally and played some games with tally. We also learned about calendars as well as thermometers and temperature. Here’s a fun song we listened to about temperature:
We also asked the class what their favorite weather was and graphed the final vote with tally.
On Friday we learned about number stories, as well as had our first test. The students did great!
Bible: We had an exciting week with Bible. After learning about how God created the world, we then heard the sad story of Adam and Eve and how they disobeyed God’s rule and so brought sin and sadness to the world. But how exciting it was that God gave us hope! He sent his son Jesus so that we are not separated from God forever.
On Friday we practiced several drills including fire drill, earthquake drill and intruder drill. On Tuesday, we had some drama class HS students come in and read some stories to us!
Spelling Words: job, God, mom, hop, top, got, not, fox, a, and
Bible Memory: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1
Upcoming Information:
1st and 2nd Grade Field Trip to Toguchi Beach (一、二年生の渡具知ビーチへの遠足）
WHEN: September 17, Thursday 10:30am-2:00pm ９月17日木曜日
WHO: The 1st and 2nd Grade students will be going to Toguchi Beach for a Field Trip! All parents are invited to join us!子供たちは渡具知ビーチまで遠足にいきます。ご父母の皆さんもどうぞ来てください。
WHAT: Students will enjoy God’s creation at the beach, while getting to know their fellow students and teachers. Students can spend the day playing at the park and searching for wildlife on the beach front.子供たちは神様の素晴らしい世界と生徒たちとの交わりを過ごしながら遠足を楽しみます。
TO BRING:持ち物
Home lunchお弁当 Sunscreen 日焼け止め Hat帽子 Bag/ Backpack鞄 Waterbottle すいとう Towelタオル
Water-shoes (If you want to wade in the water, you MUST have water shoes)
This last Friday, you may have received something that look like this:
If you would like to order some books for you or your child, you can!
You can order in 2 ways:
1. Order by marking on the back of the paper the quantity (how many) and which book you want while adding up the total. Send that back to school with the money in US$ Dollars.
