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.
- Unit 14- Adding, Subtracting, Estimating Sums will begin Monday, Nov 19 and continue the following week after Thanksgiving.
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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