Dollars and Sense
In our Sidewalks Intensive Reading Intervention class we are completing our first unit, titled Dollars and Sense. We learned about building a community, trading & swapping, smart saving, money; it’s value and how kids can have a business. One of the stories we enjoyed most was when we read how money is made in the U.S. Mint. We have also learned that when we read an unknown word we should look to see if it has a prefix or suffix, spot the vowels, split into syllables and read the word. As we learn to LOOK, SPOT, SPILT & READ we are going to become awesome readers.
Mrs. Jimenez
Exploration
In our Sidewalks Intensive Reading Intervention class we are completing our first unit on Exploration. We learned about our neighborhoods, outer space, out in the woods, sand and whom we ask when we want to know something. When we read about Out in the woods we enjoyed snacking on our own trail mix, which we made at the end of one of our sessions. Besides learning about exploration we have also discovered that we can read quickly if we look at the vowels, blend our sounds and recognize all 20 High frequency words.
Mrs. Jimenez
Animals Tame and Wild
In our Sidewalks Intensive Reading Intervention class we are one week away from completing our first unit- Animals Tame and wild. We are thrilled that we can read one or two sentences without assistance. We have learned to recognize 15 High Frequency words. These are words we can’t sound out. We have to memorize them.
Mrs. Jimenez
I can write my name
In our Early Reading Intervention class we have learned and reviewed seven letters and sounds. We are so proud of ourselves because we can identify most of the letters, sound and even write them. Next week we’re looking forward to writing our letters and names using shaving cream.
We are also proud of ourselves because we can finally write our names without looking at our nameplate.
Mrs. Jimenez
Benchmark Tests
Unit Benchmark tests are being done this month. It’s our chance to show off how much we learned in Unit 1. All of our reading skills, grammar practice, and hard work will pay off. We can’t wait to see what the next Unit theme will be… Maybe money? Or friendship? Or animals? Or perhaps something international? There are so many amazing books to read!
Literacy day Fun
We’re blasting off into reading this year! We hit the ground running and we’re so excited to see what this year will bring. Bringing our stuffed animals in for Literacy Day was so much fun. If we’re ever home and want to read out loud we can read to our stuffed animals. It might seem a little silly at first, but it’s a great way to practice reading. (And we think it’s a lot of fun too!)
Miss DiGiovanni
Mavis Beacon
We have just started their fall typing unit. We are currently taking a fall speed test and will be working on improving their typing skills for several weeks. We are working mostly in Mavis Beacon, though 1st and 2nd Grade are getting to use Word pad as well.
“My whole heart follows hard after you and clings closely to you!”
We were thrilled bout our first spiritual emphasis week for the 2010-2011 school year. It was held September 20-24.
The theme for Elementary School was “Spirit of the Seas.” Each day during bible time, students focused on a bible story which all centered in on obedience. The stories covered during this week were: Jesus Calming the Storm, Noah and the Ark, Jonah, The Disciples Casting Their Nets & Peter Walking on the Water. Each day students were able to have worship time, a bible lesson, memory verse and complete a craft. The week concluded with an interactive bible story, including a large boat and someone “walking on water,” during chapel. It was a great week and students received a certificate and snack for their completion of our Spiritual Emphasis Week.
Pastor Tom Mahairas (founder of Manhattan Bible Church) came in to speak to our Middle and High Schoolers. He graciously shared his testimony with them and spoke about how God rescued him from a life of drug addiction. Pastor Mahairas also shared that there are 3 types of Believers….. The Believer, The Non-Believer, and the Make-Believer…….he challenged them as to which one they were. At the end he asked all those that would like to rededicate their lives to Christ to come forward. On Friday he shared with them that they are special and that God loves them very much. Seven students came forward to receive Jesus as their personal Saviour. He also asked student to pray for one another.
We praise God for His presence and for moving amongst our students. We are excited to see what He has in store for us this school year!
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Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul
Fifth grade has begun borrowing books from the library. The students are amazed and thrilled about the remodeling of the library. We have been reading from the book, Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul. The stories in this book are encouraging and our students are enjoying them. We read a short story from this book about Ben Carson a Neurosurgeon who came from a single parent home and struggled at school but had a mother who pushed him to do more than his best. I encouraged our students to be like him to push themselves and aim for more than their best this academic year. They really enjoyed this story.
Mrs. Ruiz
Brand Spanking New
Kindergarten has enjoyed our brand new, remodeled library. They love our new seating arrangements, the carpet. They enjoyed listening to the story, Tom Goes to Kindergarten. We spoke about their experiences from the first day of kindergarten and how it was similar and different from Tom’s first day of kindergarten. They really had fun listening to this story.
Mrs. Ruiz