Friday News and Beginning of Christmas Break!

Happy Beginning of Christmas Break!

We had a great last week of school together!

Reading: We read a lot of Christmas stories this week and reviewed our reading strategies such as beginning, middle and end, and making predictions.

Math: We continued through Chapter 4 and learned some more good subtraction strategies such as writing a subtraction number sentence and using doubles to help subtract.

Bible: We finished up the wonderful Christmas story of Christ’s birth this week. Our last picture we took out of the envelope was a cross because the whole reason Jesus was born to this earth was to die on the cross for us. Thank you Jesus!

Friday was our Christmas Party! Thank you to the parents, grandparents and friends who came out! The food was all delicious and it was great to talk with you all!

Everyone, please have a wonderful Christmas and New Years and we will see you on January 4th!

Friday News for Week of December 5-9

Happy Friday!

We had a great week of school knowing there’s only a week left before Christmas Break!!

Reading: We focused on asking questions while reading. It is so important to ask TONS of questions while reading. We practiced together with many books and the students asked so many questions! What’s going to happen? Why did the character do that? Where did that character go? When did that change? and so on! I hope they grow up to continue to ask good questions about the world around them!

Math: We took our Chapter 3 test a day early and jumped into Chapter 4. Chapter 4 is Subtraction strategies to 20. We already learned how to count back to help us subtract as well as subtracting on the number line.

Bible: This week we started the Christmas Story. I put up 10 envelopes on the wall, each with a picture to help tell the story. We have opened 5 envelopes so far and have 5 more to go! We learned about Zachariah and Elizabeth and the birth of John who would go before Jesus and tell everyone that Jesus is coming. We then learned about an angel coming to Mary to tell her she would have a baby - God’s own son! Joseph also had a visit from an angel. Because of a census, they had to go back to Bethlehem but there was no more room! Jesus was about to be born! When he was born, he was laid in a manger - where animals eat their food! But this baby Jesus was so special. He is the Son of the Most High God, he’s called Emmanuel which means “God with Us” and he would grow up to save everyone from their sins. Wow!

Friday: We had an ice cream party for being one of the top classes to raise money for Walkathon!

Next Week:

Spelling Words: ate   late   made   cake   came   name   rain   sail   day   more   may   out   more (13 spelling words!)

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

FRIDAY - 1.1 CHRISTMAS PARTY!!

Parents are welcome to come at 10:30am! We’ll play games, do a craft, and eat together! Parents if you are willing to send in some food so we can all eat together. Please reply to me and I will add your food item to the list.

School will be dismissed at 12:30pm. If you are unable to come to the party - your child needs to be picked up at 12:30 or will ride the bus and arrive at your bus stop after leaving OCSI at 12:40.

I told the students today, that if they want to bring a Christmas present to a friend in the class, they need to have something for everyone in the class. You do not have to have anything, but if you’d like, please make sure it is something small (like a little bag with some candies) for every student (We have 18 students. If you would like a class list, please let me know!)

Here’s what we have so far:

Food:
Chicken Nuggets - Yellope, Fujita
Hashed Potatoes - Seto
Onigiri - Maruyama
Sandwiches - Sagawa
Meatballs and juice boxes - Sneller
Shortbread - Kinjo
Fruits and Plates - Cooper
Rice Crackers - Shum

Cookies - Katsumi

Drinks and Cups - Qi
Drinks - Kosinski
Drinks and Forks - Ohori

Christmas Break is from December 17-January 3rd. School will start back on January 4th.

Have a nice weekend!

1.1 Christmas Party FOOD

Here's what's been confirmed as of 12/12 7:30am

Food:
Chicken Nuggets - Yellope, Fujita
Hashed Potatoes - Seto
Onigiri - Maruyama
Ham and Cheese Sandwiches - Sagawa
Meatballs and Juice boxes - Sneller

Shortbread - Kinjo
Fruits and Plates - Cooper
Rice Crackers - Shum
Snacks - Komatsu
Cookies - Katsumi
Petit Fours - Brandon

Drinks and Cups - Qi
Drinks - Kosinski
Drinks and Forks - Ohori

Friday News for Last Week

Hello everyone,

Did you enjoy the Christmas Program on Friday evening? I was so proud of all the students K-5 who sang and acted in the program. Thank you for coming out to watch the program.

Last week was a fun and crazy week! We practiced a lot for the Christmas Program but we also learned a lot!

Reading: Last week we focused on Mental Image. Sometimes books, especially as kids get older, don't have pictures! So it's important for kids to imagine the pictures in their head. We read several Shel Silverstein poems to get our minds imagining. I later read them part of a poem "My Neighbor's Dog is Purple" and had them draw me a picture. Then I finished reading the poem and had them draw a new picture because come to find out, the dog was a crocodile! The students did great!

Math: We are gearing up to finish Chapter 3 next week. This chapter we learned so many strategies for adding such as counting on, using a number line, using the doubles, using the numbers to make 10 and so on. I hope the students will use these strategies throughout their life!

Bible: We are following the Israelites through the desert after they left Egypt. This week we learned about the 10 Commandments that God gave to Moses and the Israelites. Those are important for us to follow even today! We also learned about the Tabernacle that God had Moses build while they were in the desert. We are going to take a break from Moses here and go into the Christmas story for the next two weeks!

On Friday, we all ate lunch outside! Picnic!

This Week:

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

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

Progress Reports emailed to you today!

Christmas Program Help

Hello parents!

Would any of you be interested in decorating and making the Yomitan Bunka Center beautiful for the Christmas Program on Friday?

If you'd like to help, some parents will be decorating on Thursday from 9:00-2:00pm and Friday from 9:00am-12:00pm.

If you'd like to come on Thursday, lunch will be provided by the school, so please email me to let me know you'd like to come.

If you can't help out, that's totally understandable too! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday night!

Harvest Fest and Thanksgiving Break

Hello everyone!

We had a VERY fun day today at Harvest Fest! The students played games with Mr. Fox, made a turkey puppet with Ms. Fox, thought about what they are thankful about with Ms. Guiles, and learned the thanksgiving story with me. At the end of the day, we ate PIE!!!

Since it was a busy day, I didn't get to take many pictures... sorry about that! Here's the few I did take. 

Thank you to all the parents who sent in pie! They were DELICIOUS!

Remember: No School Wednesday-Friday! Enjoy lots of family time together!

Next Week: 

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

Bible Memory Verse: “The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.” Exodus 15:2a

December 1st and December 2nd we will be going to the Yomitan Cultural Center for practice for the Christmas Program during the school day (8:45-10:45). I will send a permission slip on Monday to let you know students will be leaving campus for a few hours.

December 2nd - Please everyone bring a HOME LUNCH Because we will be practicing extra at the hall, everyone needs a HOME LUNCH. お弁当を持たせてください！

Also, dismissal is at 12:30, please plan accordingly if your child rides the bus.

Make sure to come back later a 6:30pm at the Yomitan Cultural Center for the OCSI Christmas Program which starts at 7:00pm! Invite your family and friends for a great night!!

Here’s a map of the center. Please email me if you have any questions!

Friday News for Week of November 14-18

Happy Friday!

This week:

Reading: This week we focused on Beginning, Middle, and End of the story. It’s so important for students to be able to recognize and explain the beginning, middle, and the end of the story. It’s like of like a roller coaster! We read several great books and thought about the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Math: We are continuing to learn addition facts to 20. We learned how to count on, count on a number line, and use doubles. Do you know your doubles facts?

Bible: We started the great story of Moses! After Jacob’s family had been in Egypt for 400 years they were now slaves and cried out to God to rescue them. God sent Moses to free the Israelites from the Egyptians. It took 10 scary plagues before Pharaoh could see God’s power and let them go. The last plague was the worst, death of the first born sons. To the Israelites, God told them to put the blood of a lamb on the door frame and in the night, as the Lord passed through Egypt, he would pass over the houses that had the blood and the people inside were spared. God was preparing the people then, that eventually Jesus would be born, the “Lamb of God” who would die for the people and save them by his blood! WOW! So incredible!

Today Tobin's grandparents came and read us 2 stories! Thanks!

Next Week:

Same Bible verse and same Bible Memory Verse

Spelling test on Monday, November 21st

Harvest Fest - November 22nd

Parents, you are invited to come out on Tuesday. The students will be going to the other 1st and 2nd grade classrooms to do fun activities about Thanksgiving. At 2:15 we will be eating PIE together!

November 23-25 NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break

December 1st and December 2nd we will be going to the Yomitan Cultural Center for practice for the Christmas Program during the school day (8:45-10:45). I will send a permission slip on Monday to let you know students will be leaving campus for a few hours.

December 2nd - Please everyone bring a HOME LUNCH Because we will be practicing extra at the hall, everyone needs a HOME LUNCH. お弁当を持たせてください！

Also, dismissal is at 12:30, please plan accordingly if your child rides the bus.

Make sure to come back later a 6:30pm at the Yomitan Cultural Center for the OCSI Christmas Program which starts at 7:00pm! Invite your family and friends for a great night!!

Here’s a map of the center. Please email me if you have any questions!