Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great, short week celebrating Thanksgiving!

Thank you to all the parents who sent or brought in pie today. We really enjoyed eating all of the wonderful variety of pies! :)

Important Information:

1. Spelling Words: rejoice, good-bye, point, cool, room, stood, toy, noise, football, enjoy, join, shook, coin, too, they, alike

2. Bible Memory Verse: "Love your enemies. Pray for those who hurt you." Matthew 5:44

3. Our Elementary Christmas Program will be on Friday, December 2nd. Please make sure to sign and return the permission slip as soon as possible so your student will be able to come to the Hall Practice with us. On Friday each student needs to bring a cold home lunch that we can eat in our classroom.  School will be dismissed at 12:30 that day and students will need to be back at the hall by 6:30. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Have a wonderful long weekend! :)

Here's a look at our week:

Reading: This week we finished learning about Making Connections while reading. We practiced with several Thanksgiving themed books!

Writing: We continued working on our fiction writing and talking about Adjectives. On Friday we finished our discussion of Adjectives with an activity where we described popcorn using our five senses.

 

Math: This week we practiced our two-digit subtraction. We did a subtraction sort to learn about different kinds of subtraction problems. We also learned how to use addition to check our subtraction problems.

Bible: In Bible we started learning about Prayer. We looked through the Bible to learn what prayer is and how we should pray. Then we looked at The Lord's Prayer which is an example Jesus gave to us of how to pray. We learned that we should praise God for who He is and pray about our needs.

Important Information:

1. We will have our Spelling Test and Bible Memory Test on Monday.

2. Next Tuesday is Harvest Day and Pie Day! Throughout the day we will be traveling to the different 1st and 2nd grade classrooms and learning about Thanksgiving. If you would like to come and help us, please send me an email. Here is the schedule for the day:

9:05-9:30 - Session 1
9:35-10:00 - Session 2
10:00-10:15 - Morning Recess
10:15-10:45 - Story Time in Classroom
10:45-11:45 - Lunch and Lunch Recess
11:50-12:15 - Session 3
12:20-12:45 - Session 4
12:45-1:45 - Classroom Time
1:45-2:15 - Chapel
2:20-2:50 - PIE DAY!

3. There will be NO SCHOOL next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for Thanksgiving Holiday.

4. Our Christmas Program will be on Friday, December 2nd at 7:00 pm. We will be going to the Hall to practice on Thursday and Friday morning. Permission slips were sent home on Friday with each student. Please sign and return those as soon as possible.  DVD Order Forms for the Christmas Program were also sent home. If you would like to order a copy please fill out the form and return it with the money.

On December 2nd, the school day will end at 12:30. We are asking that each student bring a cold home lunch that day as we will be coming back from the hall and eating lunch in our classroom.

Important Dates:
11/22 - Harvest Day and Pie Day
11/23-11/25 - Thanksgiving Holiday - No School
12/2 - Christmas Program and 12:30 dismissal
12/16 - 12:30 Dismissal
12/17-1/3 - Christmas Break - No School

Have a wonderful weekend!

Here's a look at our week:

Reading: This week we continued making connections while reading. We looked for Text-to-Self Connections and also Text-to-World Connections.

Phonics: This week we focused on the long u sound. We also learned about homophones, which are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meaning.

Writing: We continued working on our fiction stories and published our second story!

Math: This week we worked hard on our subtraction with borrowing. We learned three rhymes to help us know what to do when we see a subtraction problem.

More on top? No need to stop!

More on the floor? Go next door and get 10 more!

Number's the same? Zero's the game!

Bible: This week we learned about how Jesus picked His disciples. He wanted them to start being "fishers of people" which means that He wanted them to find people who didn't know about God and tell them about what Jesus did for them. We also learned about how God doesn't want us to worry about things in our life, but trust that He will take care of us.

Important Information:

1. Spelling Words: This week we will review some of the words we have already learned. Here are the words for the week:

neighbor, weigh, eight, enough, please, breeze, peace, grown, coat, know, been, December, true, blew, hundred

2. Bible Memory Verse: Give thanks to the Lord, because He is good. His faithful love continues forever. 1 Chronicles 16:34

3. WALKATHON is tomorrow! Registration will start at 8:00 am in the cafeteria and the race will start at 9:00 am.

4. We will be having our 1st and 2nd grade Harvest Day on Tuesday, November 22. Information about the day and the schedule was sent home today. If you are able to come and help out please let me know!

Upcoming Dates:

11/12: Walkathon

11/14: OCSI Holiday - No School

11/22: 1st and 2nd Grade Harvest Day and Pie Day

11/23-11/25: Thanksgiving Holiday - No School

12/2: Christmas Program and 12:30 Dismissal

Have a great weekend!

This week we welcomed a new student to our classroom: Mika! All of the students were so excited to meet her!

Thank you to everyone who came to Parent/Teacher Conferences on Thursday. It was great to see all of you and get to share what your child has learned so far in 2nd grade!

Here's a look at our week:

Reading: This week we began learning about making connections while reading. We focused on making Text-To-Self connections. We read several books together and listened for ways that the stories made us think of our own lives. This week we also started our Reading Groups. We read The Mixed-Up Chameleon and worked on our comprehension and vocabulary.

Writing: We started learning about Adjectives and how they help our reader better visualize our story. We learned that adjectives answer the questions What color?, How many?, and What size?

Math: In Math we began working with subtraction. We learned how to borrow from the tens in order to subtract.

Bible: This week we learned about the Baptism of Jesus and how God showed that Jesus was His Son. Then we learned about Satan coming to tempt Jesus in the desert. We learned that Jesus was able to say "no" to the things that He knew were wrong. Then we talked about what we can do when we are tempted to do something that we know is wrong: Run, Pray, Remember the Bible, and Ask for Help.

Important Information:
1. Spelling Words: new, due, cute, blue, use, knew, unit, true, blew, flute, music, few, been, December

2. Bible Memory Verse: "Come. Follow me," Jesus said. "I will make you fishers of people." Matthew 4:19

3. Our Scholastic Book Order will close this coming Friday. If you would like to order you can do so online or send in the order form and US dollars with your student.

4. Walkathon is this coming Saturday! Registration will start at 8:00 in the cafeteria and the race will start at 9:00. If you have any questions please let me know or contact the office.

Upcoming Events:
11/12 - Walkathon
11:14 - School Holiday!
11/19 - PTF Holiday Market in the Gym
11/22 - 1st and 2nd Grade Harvest Day and Pie Day
11/23-11/25 - Thanksgiving Holiday - No School
12/2 - Elementary Christmas Program and Early Dismissal for students

Have a great weekend!

Parent/Teacher Conferences Tomorrow

Parent/Teacher Conference Schedule

2.1 Miss Guiles

8:30-8:45 - Hannah Rubero

9:00-9:15 - Hirohisa Fukuda

9:15-9:30 - Sawa Higashionna

9:30-9:45 - Kiana Kelly

9:45-10:00 - Kai Kobayashi

10:15-10:30 - Ryan Lynn

10:30-10:45 - Mirai Kuba

10:45-11:00 - Ibuki Murai

11:00-11:15 - Ksenya Wilson

11:30-11:45 - Hime Sakane

11:45-12:00 - Trinity Tucker

12:00-1:00 - Lunch Break

1:00-1:15 - Dorothea Wiberg

1:15-1:30 - Seojeong Yoon

1:30-1:45 - Kensei Novak