Friday News for the Week of Jan28-Feb1

Happy Friday!

We had a fun spirit week! Here's some pics!

Twin Day!

Mismatch day!

Decades Day

Reading: We learned about prior knowledge. We learned that we need to think - what do we already know about a book before reading it. This helps us to think “what do we want to know?” and later “what did we learn?” This week we filled out a KWL chart together. On Friday we read a popcorn book and the students wrote down something the already knew about popcorn.

Math: We started learning about value! The students were excited to start this lesson! It’s an important foundational part to math so I hope they all can master it!

Bible: We are learning about the judges and finished the story of Gideon and the Midianites. We colored a horn, torch, and jar to cut out and use for the story. It was exciting to see how God only needed 300 men to surprise and confuse the Midianites and win against them. Next week we’ll learn about Samson!

Writing: We are learning some really hard stuff in writing - but stuff that will help the students as they grow up to be amazing writers! Today we looked at quoting an expert and how that can help persuade others of your opinion. I told the students that they don’t have to try today - BUT so many of them decided to quote experts from various books in the reading library! I was blown away! Way to go writers!

Social Studies: We started preparing for Kid City by learning about the fire station. We learned what a fire fighter does and we learned how to STOP, DROP, and ROLL if we catch on fire. Next week we’ll learn about the post office!

Spelling: We played some fun spelling games this week.

Next Week:

Bible Memory Verse: “I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliever. ” Psalm 18:1-2

Spelling Words (Review): boys boxes tent late rain may came boat hope told coat like time find kind seed meet meat weak week

Upcoming Events:

• 2/18 - 2/22- Week of Reading
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  2/21 (Thursday)- Family Reading Night (5-6 p.m.)
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Friday News for the Week of January 22-25

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

Friday News for the Week of January 14-18

Happy Friday!

We had lovely weather for Kite Day on Monday! Thank you to the parents who came out to watch and help! Here’s some pictures:

This Week:

Reading: We learned about Problem and Solution. Almost every book has one more more problems and usually at the end, there is a solution. We realized this week that Problem and Solutions connect to our real life. PROBLEM: my pencil broke SOLUTION: get a new pencil! I hope these students grow up to be Problem Solvers!

Math: We are working hard in subtraction strategies such as count back, use a number line, and use doubles facts.

Writing: We are having SO fun in writing! This week I showed the students many “collections” of items and the students had to pick the WINNER and explain their opinion why it should be the winner. Today the students brought their own collections to judge!

Science: We are also enjoying learning about sound. Today we made a book fiddle.

Bible: We are enjoying following the stories of Joshua and the Israelites as they prepare to go into Canaan! Today we learned the epic story of the battle of Jericho. We watched a video to review when Joshua and the Israelites won the battle of Jericho.

Next Week:

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY!!

Spelling Words: by my ride bike like time nine dive find kind them would

Bible Memory Verse: "As for me and my household we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15

Upcoming Events:

• 1/25 (Friday)- Last day of 2nd quarter/1st semester
• 2/1 (Friday)- Report Cards to be emailed home

Scholastic Book Order

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 Online!

Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running! Go to http://world-schools.scholastic.co.uk/okinawa-christian-school-intl to browse the latest books and order online. For every $1 you spend on this month’s Book Club, our school will earn 20¢ in Scholastic Rewards.

Please place your order online by February 1st, 2019.

I followed through a few of the steps to show you if you wanted to order online with a credit card.

1. Select what books you want and add them to your basket. When you are finished, press "Go to Checkout"
2. Type in your email address, press "next"
3. Schools - Make sure it says Okinawa Christian School, press "next"

4. Deliver Option. Make sure it says OCSI and my name, Ms. Turner's 1.1 Class and select "Dispatch Order to School."

 

5. Child Details - Enter your child's name and the class (ex. 1.2, 2.1)

6. Choose Payment Method - enter Credit Card information and select "Pay Using this Address" 

7. The last step should be confirm! You should get an email about your confirmation and Scholastic will also send me a confirmation email. 

THIS CURRENT Order is due by February 1!

Friday News for the week of January 7-11

Happy Friday! We had a great week back to school after 3 weeks off!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas break! I went to Seoul for 4 days with my mom, then went to Tokyo and spent a few weeks with my parents there.

We had a week of reviewing procedures and getting back into the swing of school with some New Years activities!

Reading: We did a review week to focus on the CAFE Reading strategies. We use the board kind of like a cafe menu, if we’re stuck while reading, we can look at it and it will give us different strategies on how to read! We’ve already practiced a lot of strategies but we still have more to learn! On Friday, I had each child pick one (Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expand Vocabulary) to see which one they need to work on the most for the rest of the school year.

Math: We finished up Chapter 4! We learned some good and handy addition strategies to help us with some harder addition facts. We had a test today! Next chapter will be subtraction strategies.

Bible: After a review of everything we’ve learned so far, we jumped back into the story of the Israelites after they left Egypt with Moses. God told 12 men to go spy out their homeland, Canaan, but 10 came back with a bad report, “The people are too scary we can’t go!” and 2 came back and said, “It’s ok, God will help us, let’s go!” The people listed to the 10 men’s report and as a result, God was unhappy and he made the Israelites wonder around the desert for 40 years! Wow!

Spelling: We jumped into long vowel sounds this week!

Writing: We did a fun New Year’s Resolution writing this week as well as started Reviews and Opinion writing!

Next Week:

Spelling Words: go   no so  boat coat  rode home hope  old told give said

Bible Memory: “Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9

Monday: (1/14) Parent Observation and Kite Day! Please refer to this schedule below! Make sure you check in at the office before coming up to the classroom. :) Excited to see you there!

Upcoming Events

• 1/21 (Monday)- NO SCHOOL
• 1/25 (Friday)- Last day of 2nd quarter/1st semester
• 2/1 (Friday)- Report Cards to be emailed home

Merry Christmas!

I hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas break!!!

See you back at school on January 7th!

Friday News for the Week of Dec 3-7

Happy Friday!

Today we did something very fun - we did an HOUR of CODE! The students did an hour of coding and they did so great! I heard different students say, “this is so fun!” You can continue to do it at home as well. Here’s the link: http://studio.code.org/sections/DRKMMN A password was sent home today, so the students can use that!

This Week:

Reading: We learned about prediction! It was so fun to read a book and think and guess, “What is going to happen next?’

Writing: We finished up our HOW TO books today! We will read them next week to our classmates. I will save the book for the Student Led Conference folder and the students can show the parents then!

These are just a few of the wonderful pieces!!

Math: We are learning some great additions strategies such as counting on, using a number line, and using doubles facts! Please make sure your child has memorized the doubles facts to 10!

Bible: We are learning about the Christmas story this week. We are using envelopes with some pictures in it to help tell the story. We are enjoying singing the Christmas program songs as we learn the stories!

Science: We are learning about animals. We thought “I wonder how some animal parents help their young group up?” We read some books and wrote in our Wonder Journals.

Next Week:

Friday - 12/14 12:30 Dismissal and Christmas Party! (No lunch served in the cafeteria)

This week, our room mom, Mrs. McPhillips sent out and email for our Christmas party! Thanks to all the parents who already responded! I’m looking forward to some yummy food!! If you haven’t yet, and you want to provide some food, please RSVP to the sign up website! 日本語の説明はここをクリック

Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c49abab22a7f94-christmas

Sometimes, students provide a tiny gift for their classmates, you don’t have to do it at all, but if you would like to, please make sure it’s a little gift and one for every students in the class. (We have 20 students). But again, it is not necessary, just something fun some kids like to do!

This is our schedule for Friday's party:

11:00- Parents arrive, play some games and do a craft together

11:30-Eat Lunch together

12:00 - Play one more game, pass out gifts, clean up.

12:15 - Get ready to go home

All families are welcome to come!

Spelling Words: boy, boys, dog, dogs, tent, tents, box, boxes, about, how

Bible Memory Verse: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:14

Upcoming Events:

1/7 (Monday)- Back to School for teachers and students

1/14 (Monday)- Teacher Observation & Kite Day - more details on Monday!