Friday News for Week of May 16-20

Happy Friday!

This week in 1st Grade:

Writing - We started our animal research project. The students picked an animal, read some research, found the habitat, diet, description, and fun fact. They transferred the information to a graphic organizer and then transferred it to a template. Next week we will write our final draft. The students are doing a great job of learning what it means to do some research and writing down their information.

Math: We finished chapter 9 this week which means only the review Chapter 10 is left! We did a lot with fractions this week to make sure the students understood it.

Science: We finished up our unit on animals and I hope the students are able to pick out animals based on their class of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and birds.

In Bible, we learned the sad story of the exile of Israel where the Assyrians and Babylonians came to attack Israel and carried the people away. But from that sad story, comes the exciting stories of Daniel and Esther who still trusted in God even in the new land. We also can’t forget God’s promise to bring the people of Israel back after 70 years.

Opportunity to Raise Money for Kumamoto:

Today, a paper was sent home for donations for CRASH Japan, and organization that works after earthquakes and disasters around the world. If you would like to donate, please do.

In our classroom, we will also be collecting used, old paper - until the last day of school. June 10th, I will take the paper to a recycling place in Urasoe to exchange for money. I will then donate the money to Operation Safe - an organization started here in Japan after the Tohoku earthquake that works with children after a traumatic incident such as an earthquake. They do a VBS style event to give children, "help, hugs, and hope." For more info here's their website: http://opsafeintl.com/ 

If you would like to send some paper into school, please send it with your child!

Next Week:

Spelling Words: beehive, airplane, football, into, homework, birthday, bookmark, firefly, wildlife, rainbow, any, number, know

Bible Verse: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.” Romans 10:15

Upcoming Information:

May 30th - NO SCHOOL

June 8th - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! No Lunch - Party in the classroom!

Friday News for Week of M

Happy Zoo Day!

We had a fantastic time at the Zoo today! Here’s some pictures:

This Week:

Writing: We started learning All About - Informational Research Writing. I modeled writing All About My Mom, as well as All About Ms. Guiles. I made sure to put true information! Then the students got to pick a partner and “interviewed” them to find out true information about them. Next week, the students will pick an animal and will write a Report on All About ______ (the animal they pick). Hopefully the students were on the look out today at the zoo about what kind of animal they want to write about.

Math: This week we continued working with number grid’s, worked some more with fractions, and did some center work with symmetry and capacity. Here are some pictures from Thursday.

Bible: We finished the exciting stories of Elijah and Elisha, as well as learned about some of the prophesy about Jesus mentioned by the prophets in the Old Testament.

Science - We learned about Reptiles and Amphibians

Next Week:

Spelling Words: played worked needed hopped wagged stepped  liked  hoped  ruled 

 skated  their  than there   

Bible Memory: “Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his.” Daniel 2:20

Upcoming Information:

May 30th - NO SCHOOL

June 8th - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! No Lunch - Party in the classroom!

Computer Lab May 11th

Computer Game 1

Computer Game 2

Computer Game 3

Friday News for Week of May 2-6

Happy Golden Week and Children’s Day!

We had another great week at OCSI!

This Week:

Reading: We learned about Author’s Purpose. We learned that there are three reasons why an author might write a story: To Entertain, to Inform, and to Persuade. We looked at all different kinds of books to see if it was to entertain us and make us laugh and tell us a story, or to inform us and teach us about different facts. The students did a great job figuring out the difference between the two.

Here’s how we learned our spelling words this week.

Thanks Ms. Sabrina for the fun picture!

Math: We did a lot of work this week with the hundreds chart and counting by 10’s and 1’s. I hope the students all see the relationship between adding numbers and numbers at 10’s and 1’s. Today, we did some double digit addition with silly stories with animals.

Bible: We are continuing the exciting story through Israel. Now Solomon has died and the kingdom split into two: Israel in the North, and Judah in the South. They will both have lots of kings, mostly bad, but God is continuing to fulfill his promise through the entire story. Today we started the story of Elijah on Mount Caramel where he had a competition with the prophets of Baal. God won of course! :)

Science - This week we learned about birds.

Next Week:

Friday - May 13th - Field Trip to the zoo!

-Make sure to send back the permission slips

- I will be emailing the Parent Helpers soon to tell you who will be in your group Parent Helperの皆さん来週メールをします。

- Please let me know if you will go with your child straight to Kodomo No Kuni as well as when you want to take your child home after the field trip.　朝に直接子供と子供の国に行きたければ、私に連絡ください。遠足の後に子供と帰る時も伝えてください。

- Make sure to bring a lunch box, backpack, pencil, eraser, hat, sunscreen　お弁当、バッグ、えんぴつ、消しゴム、ぼうし、日焼け止めを忘れないで。

- Please email me if you have any questions!　何かしつもんがあれば、どうぞ私に連絡ください。

Bible Memory: “See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.” Isaiah 49:16

Spelling Words: hops, hopping, stops, stopping, hopes, hoping, makes, making, smiles, smiling

Upcoming Information:

May 30th - NO SCHOOL

June 8th - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! No Lunch - Party in the classroom!

R-controlled Vowel Computer Games

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After you finish the 6 activities, raise your hand and click here: ALL FINISHED!