Saturday, November 17, 2012

Newsletter 11/16

What is being taught this week in English/Chinese?

English literacy: Monday Nov 19 will be a review day of the skills that were learned over the last several weeks. Tuesday Nov 20 is a short day and we will begin the following unit Mon Nov 26.
  • Story: Pearl and Wagner Unit 3 Week 1
  • Question of the week: "When does support from others help with a creative idea?"
  • Spelling words: 
    • read 
    • feet
    • easy
    • deep
    • seat
    • party
    • wheel
    • leave
    • windy
    • sleep 
    • teeth
    • team
    • guess
    • shoe
    • Bonus words:
      • contraption
      • construct 
    • Amazing words (words introduced but not tested on):
      • construct
      • sidekick
      • unique
      • contraption
      • foolproof
      • daydream
      • project
      • scrap

Chinese literacy: We will be doing review Monday Nov 19, Tues 20. The next unit (Unit 13) will begin Nov 26, post-Thanksgiving break. Here is info about that next unit since we will not be doing a newsletter during Thanksgiving:
  • Unit 13- about coloring and "giving color" to different things (mixing colors, etc)
  • Vocabulary we will be learning to write:
    • 送 sòng -to deliver, carry, give
    • 给 gěi- to, for, for the benefit of, to give
    • 红 hóng- red
    • 色 sè- color
    • 土 tǔ- earth, dust, clay, local
    • 地 dì - earth, ground, field, place, land
    • 什 shén- what
    • 么 me - question word in "what?"
  • Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say
    •  ALL pulled from the stories/songs you can listen to on the Singapore website (unit 11). See earlier blog posts for information on how to access this site.
Math:
  • Unit 14- Adding, Subtracting, Estimating Sums will begin Monday, Nov 19 and continue the following week after Thanksgiving.
Homework Expectations:

In both English and Chinese classes, homework will now be given Monday-Thursday.

English: daily practice of spelling and vocabulary from weekly story. 
Math: English worksheet reinforcing concepts taught in Chinese class daily.
Chinese: homework will consist of character practice, character worksheets, or reading.



Reminder of Upcoming Events:
  • Tues Nov 20- Early-out Day
  • Nov 21-23 Thanksgiving Break
  • Nov 26 Switch Morning/Afternoon Classes

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