Parent Seminar子育てセミナー

金曜日にフォルダーに入っていた紙：金子耕弐の子育てセミナー
In your child's Friday Folder: A flyer for Kaneko Koji's Parenting Seminar
You won't want to miss this! ぜひお越しください
(Sorry but this time it will be all in Japanese)

日時：　１２月１３日（土）　１０：００−１２：００
場所：カフェテリア内

Friday News... (sorry it's late!)

WOW!!! What an amazing Christmas Program!! Didn't all the students do a fabulous job?? 

Here are some pictures from backstage:

Next Week:

Spelling Words (Starting this week will be 12 words!): ate  late   made   cake  came  name  rain  sail  day  may  out  more 

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

Reading Game

Here is the link to a fun reading game about singular and plural nouns.

http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/singular-or-plural-1.html

Feel free to play at home and try the different levels up to game 5.

As always, parents, make sure you supervise your child while they are on the computer!

Blessings,
Ms. Turner

Christmas Program

Hello parents,

Here are some details on the Christmas Program coming up on December 5th!　クリスマスプログラムについて

December 4th - This is a regular day. Except, the students will go to the Hall to practice on the stage. 1st graders will be gone from 8:45-10:15. We will be back in time for lunch. You should have received a permission slip about that. Please return it back to school.
１２月４日ー普通の日ですが生徒たちは学校から８：４５−１０：１５の間に読谷文化センターに行きます。親の許可が必要です。その紙を学校まで戻してください。

December 5th - Same as the day before, we will go to the Hall from 8:45-10:15. We will return in time for lunch. SCHOOL WILL BE DISMISSED AT 12:10. Please come pick your child up at this time, or calculate what time the bus will arrive at your stop.
１２月５日：4日と同じように文化センターに行きます。でもこの日は学校が１２：１０に終わります。それにそろって子供を迎えてください。

THAT Evening! Christmas Program starts at 7:00pm. Please bring your child to the back stage door before 6:30. After you drop your child off, you may go in and get a seat. During the performance, we will be standing on the left side if you are looking at the stage.
その夜：プログラムは１９：００に始まります。子供を６：３０前にステージのドアまで連れて行ってください。そのあと、ご父母は中に入り、すわれます。プログラムの間１．１のクラスはステージの左側（ステージを見て左側）にたちます。

It is at the Yomitan Cultural Center. Go towards the Yomitan City Hall, turn into the city hall and then keep going straight. It is the building next to the city hall. The place is on the E on the map. 文化センターは読谷市役所の隣です。Eの場所です。

• Students should be dressed up. Dresses for girls, vest, nice shirt and slacks for boys.
• 生徒たちはドレスアップです。

Any questions??? Feel free to email me!

Friday News for week of November 24 and 25

This was a short week but such a fun week!

Today was Harvest Day and the students got to visit some other classrooms and learn from the other 1st and 2nd grade classrooms. They played games and made crafts. We later got to enjoy some pie in our classrooms!!

Next Week:
No school November 26-29

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

Bible: "Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11

Christmas Program Practice - Today, a form when home letting you know that on December 4th and 5th, we will be heading up to the hall to practice on the stage. Please sign the permission slip and send it back. Students will still need to dropped off at school in the morning and picked up after school regular time.

December 5th - 12:10 Dismissal. If your child rides the bus, please calculate what time they will arrive home to you if they leave the school around 12:15

Christmas Travel Plans - If you are planning on leaving early (before December 18th) on a Christmas Vacation, please let me know as soon as possible so I can be sure to properly prepare for any assessments or tests that need to be given. 

Friday News for Week of November 24-25

Happy week before Thanksgiving!

Walkathon - Thank you so much for all the parents and students that came out for the Walkathon last Saturday! It was such a fun day! You all did a great job walking such far distances! Today we had our Walkathon Assembly and we got to cheer for the students who came in first and who won different awards. 

This Week:

Reading: This week we talked about Summarizing. I pulled out my summarising glove which included characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem, and solutions. We even played a game where we passed it around and when the music stopped and who ever had it, had to tell me one of the parts of the Summarizing Glove.

We also read a story called Houses Around the World. Because our Bible verse had the word “house” in it, we read the story and tried to figure out the Main Idea and Details. On Wednesday and Thursday, 2.1 came to visit us! They helped us edit our writing. On Thursday, together with our 2.1 buddy, we designed our dream house. Thanks 2.1 for coming over to our class!

Math: This week we talked about Domino’s! We figured out that on the odd numbers, there is a dot in the middle, and in the even numbers there is not. We also figured out the two parts and how they equal the total on the domino. 

Remember how last week we did Graphs? Here are the pictures from the graph centers we did!

Bible: We finished the story of Joshua. What a neat story! The Israelites can finally enter the Promise Land of Cannan and now they are completely trusting in God unlike the people before them! After conquoring the city of Jericho, they went on to conquer the whole land. When Joshua was about to die, he called all the people and gave them a very important choice. He said that there will be other gods and idols that will come up, so you need to choose who you will serve.  

In class, we reenacted the Battle of Jericho in class! Here are some pictures. Do you see Rahab with the red chord in the middle of the city?

Christmas Program Practice: Is in full swing! Every day now we are in the gym with all of elementary practicing for the Christmas program. Are the students starting to sing the songs at home? They are all doing great!

Next Week and Upcoming Information:

• NO SPELLING OR BIBLE MEMORY!

Harvest Day - On Tuesday, November 25th, is Harvest Day! This is a day for 1st and 2nd grade students to learn about the Thanksgiving story by doing songs, games, arts and crafts, etc. The students will be visiting all of the 1st and 2nd grade classrooms throughout the day.

PIE DAY! This day is also Pie Day! A few families have been asked to provide Pie. At 1pm we will all enjoy some yummy Pie. :)

November 26-28 Thanksgiving break - No SCHOOL!

December 5th - Christmas Program  - 12:10 dismissal from school

December 18th - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK!!!! NOON dismissal and Christmas Party!!!!!

What a great looking class!!!

Friday News for Week of November 10-14

Happy Friday! We had a very eventful day with a visit from 1.2! We got to take a Spelling Test with them and enjoy a video on our Bible story.

This Week: 

Reading: This week we focused on Main Idea and Detail. We read a very interesting book called Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. What if our food fell from the sky??? The students did a great job picking out the main idea of the whole story and the details throughout the book. This week, we also had Mrs. Bezner come read to us. She read the book Arlene Sardine. After she left, we tried to find the Main Idea and Detail about that story as well.

Math: We have finished Unit 3 with a test today! The students have now learned how to count money up to dimes, how to read clocks to the half hour, how to skip count and figure out the pattern in a set of numbers. Way to go 1st graders! This week we did a mini unit on data and graphs. Here are some pictures of the students working hard on figuring out the information the graphs give!

Bible: This week we finished the unit on Moses. Moses had disobeyed God so he was not allowed to enter the Promise Land, but right before he died, God let him get a glimpse of Canaan by letting him climb up Mount Nebo. Moses put Joshua in command. Now 40 the 40 years have passed and it is almost time for the Israelites to enter Cannan. Joshua sends 2 spies to look at Jericho. The Israelites cross the Jordan river and head toward to city of Jericho.

Christmas Program Practice - We have started practicing! The students are doing a great job remembering the words and the actions. Starting next week, we will start to have more and more practices for the Christmas Program. Put it on your calendar for December 5th. It will be an amazing performance!

CPP order

Next Week and Upcoming Dates:

Spelling (Review Week): puff, well, miss, will, back, pick, sock, duck, hand, went, fast, jump, long, hang, wink, ring, talk, fall, tall, your

Bible Memory: “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15

NO SCHOOL on MONDAY, November 17 - OCSI Holiday

November 21 - Progress Reports for 2nd Quarter will be emailed out

November 25 - Harvest Day

Harvest Day is an all day event where the students rotate between 1st and 2nd grade classrooms to learn about different aspects of Thanksgiving through crafts and stories. If you would like to come on this day to help out in the class, please let me know!

November 26-28 - Thanksgiving Break - No School!

December 5 - OCSI Christmas Program in the evening. School is dismissed at 12:10

December 18 - Last day of school before Christmas Break. Christmas Party for 1.1 and dismissal at NOON.