We had a beautiful day for Field Day today! The students enjoyed participating in 10 different events and getting soaking wet! Here are some pictures from our day:

Reading: This week we finished learning about Author's Purpose. We read several different books and the students worked to identify why the author wrote the book.

Writing: In Writing we learned how to write Diamante Poems. Here's our class Diamante Poem:

                                               sun
                                  round              bright
                shining                burning               heating
       gas                  sun spots             rocks                 craters
                orbiting               reflecting            moving
                                  grey                 cold
                                             moon

Math: This week we finished learning about time. We reviewed how to tell time to the hour, half hour, quarter hour, and five minutes. Then we took our chapter test.

Bible: In Bible we started learning about the Holy Spirit. We learned that the Holy Spirit gives us courage to speak to others about Jesus.

Important Information:
1. Spelling Words: word, were, turn, girls, verse, color, first, world, third, serve, purple, doctor, further, herself, birthday, Saturday, walked, April

2. Memory Verse: The Friend is the Holy Spirit. He will teach you all things. He will remind you of everything I have said to you.  John 14:26

3. Next Friday is Children's Day. There will be no school on that day. If you are free on this day, please come down to Naha to watch our OCSI Dragon Boat team in the race! We will be racing around 12:15.

4. We have a new Scholastic Book Order. If you would like to order, you can do so online at  http://world-schools.scholastic.co.uk/okinawa-christian-school-intl or by sending in the order form and US Dollars to me.

Upcoming Events:
5/4 - Progress Reports
5/5 - Children's Day - No School
5/29 - Memorial Day - No School
6/9 - Last Day of School - 12:30pm Dismissal

Have a great weekend! :)

Friday News 4/17-4/21

We had a great time at Kid City today! The students did a wonderful job working and going to the different stations. Here are some pictures from our day:

 

 

 

Reading: This week we continued learning about Author's Purpose. We read several books and worked to identify why the author wrote them.

Phonics: We learned how to add 'ed' and 'ing' to the end of verbs.

Writing: We started our Poetry Unit this week. We learned how to write an acrostic poem and wrote several throughout the week.

Math: We continued learning about time. We learned how to tell time to the quarter hour and to five minutes. We also learned about A.M. and P.M.

Bible: This week we learned about how Jesus appeared to His disciples after He came back to life. We also learned about how he ascended into Heaven and gave the disciples the job of going and telling everyone about Him.

Important Information:

1. Spelling Words: chore, farmer, corn, orange, harvest, morning, Lord, arms, horses, hard, before, star, store, north, March, important, June, Wednesday

2. Memory Verse: You can't be saved by believing in anyone else. God has given people no other name under heaven that will save them. Acts 4:12

3. Next Friday is Elementary Field Day! In the morning we will be outside participating in 10 different activities. Then we will go down to the park for lunch and to spend the afternoon. All students need to bring a home lunch on this day. Parents are welcome to join us for all or part of the day!

Upcoming Events:
4/28 - Elementary Field Day
5/5 - Children's Day - No School
5/29 - Memorial Day - No School
6/9 - Last Day of School - 12:30pm dismissal

Have a great weekend! :)

Friday News 4/10-4/14

Welcome back from Spring Break! We had a great first week back together again!

Thank you also for all of the Teacher Appreciation gifts this week! It is a joy and privilege to work with each of your children every day!

Here's a look at our week:

Reading: We started learning about Author's Purpose or why the author wrote the story. We learned that authors write to persuade, inform, and entertain us. We also looked at examples of books that would fit in each of these categories.

Writing: We wrote about what we did over Spring Break! We made a list of things that we did, picked four to write about, and also drew pictures to go with each memory.

Math: We started learning about Time. We learned how to tell time to the hour and half hour. We also worked on answering story problems about time.

Bible: We finished learning about Passion Week. We learned about how Jesus died on the cross to save us from all the wrong things we have done. We also learned that He was buried in a tomb, but three days later rose from the dead. Because Jesus died and came back to life, if we believe in Him we can have a relationship with God again.

Important Information:
1. Spelling Words: carries, carrying, dropping, love, loved, live, living, fly, drop, carried, carry, flying, loving, dropped, lived, flies, Tuesday, worker

2. Memory Verse: You can't be saved by believing in anyone else. God has given people no other name under Heaven that will save them. Acts 4:12

3. Kid City will take place next Friday, April 21st from 12:45-3:00. We are in need of some parents to come and help us run the different stations. If you are able to come help please let me know.

For Kid City each student needs to bring a small bag/wallet/purse to hold their money and other belongings at Kid City. If you have any questions please let me know.

Upcoming Events:
4/18 - Kid City Work Day in Room 208 at 3:00
4/21 - Kid City in the gym 12:45-3:00
4/28 - Elementary Field Day
5/5 - Children's Day - No School
5/29 - Memorial Day - No School
6/9 - Last Day of School - 12:30 Dismissal

Have a great weekend! :)