Friday News 1/21-1/25

Here's a look at our week:

Reading: We learned about sequencing events in the story. We read several stories together and practiced putting the events in order from beginning to end.

Writing: We finished writing nominations for our favorite books! This week we wrote nominations for the Funny Award, Most Creative Story Award, or the Kindest Character Award.

Math: We started our unit on three-digit subtraction. We reviewed how to borrow and subtract and extended our knowledge to three-digit numbers.

Bible: In Bible we continued to learn about Jesus's miracles. We learned about Jesus healing a man who had a withered hand.

Kid City: This week we started our Kid City unit! We started by learning about different kinds of communities. We will continue to learn about different businesses and people in our community up until our 1st and 2nd grade Kid City event on Friday, April 19.

Important Information:

1. This week we will review some previous spelling words. Here are our words for the week:
taught, thought, caught, above, pitcher, flour, brought, bought, rejoice, preacher, around, pause, which, while, our, where

2. Bible Verse: Who is this? He commands even the wind and the waves, and they obey him. Luke 8:25

3. Spirit Week: This next week is OCSI Spirit Week (1/28-2/1). Each day will be a different theme. Students are welcome to participate and dress-up for these days.

Monday - Mathletes vs. Athletes
Tuesday - Twin Tuesday
Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday (Crazy Hair/Mismatch)
Thursday - Throwback Thursday (Decades Day)
Friday - Class Color (Red Shirt Day)

4. Our 2nd grade field trip to the Aquarium will be on Friday, March 22nd. More information will be coming soon.

Upcoming Dates:

1/28-2/1 - Spirit Week

2/18-2/22 - Week of Reading

3/21 - Student Led Conferences

3/22 - Field Trip to the Aquarium
4/5 - Elementary Field Day

4/8-4/12 - Spring Break
4/19 - Kid City

Have a wonderful weekend! :)