Newsletter 12/6

Announcements:

• Polar Express Movie Day- Friday December 13 (wear pajamas, bring slippers and small stuffed animal). We will watch the movie in pajamas and have hot chocolate. Let us know if you would like to donate any of the following items: 125 small styrofoam cups, cocoa mix, 2 bags of mini marshmallows.

English

Unit 3 Week 3
Question of the week: "How can creative thinking solve a problem?"
Spelling Words (Compound Words)

• basketball
• someone
• weekend
• something
• birthday
• riverbank
• bathtub
• backyward
• driveway
• bedtime
• raindrop
• mailbox

Amazing Words:

• consume
• prey
• shrewd
• boast
• gloat
• snicker
• contentment
• cure
• incident

Vocabulary Words (in weekly test)

• been
• believe
• caught
• finally
• today
• tomorrow
• whatever

*Please check Pearson for your child's progress: pearsonsuccessnet.com

Chinese

We will be continuing Singapore Unit 13 under Level 1. Here is a link to the Singapore materials. The vocabulary we will be learning to read are all from the stories that are sent home (from the Singapore website). The vocabulary we will be learning to write are the following:

• 送sòng －to gift/give
• 给 gěi- to give to
• 以 yǐ- permission (可以)
• 红 hóng- red
• 色 sè- color
• 要 yào- to want
• 抱 bào- to hug
• 两 liǎng- two (classifier) (两个）
• 个 ge－ classifier (one, two, three, counter word)

We encourage you all to have your student practice writing the above characters (and using them in sentences, which they should be able to do by now) frequently. Any repetition is beneficial, as they are hard to memorize sometimes!

Chinese Readers 

The readers are still coming home on Mondays and should be back at the latest by the Friday of the same week. They are not expected to read them perfectly, but are expected to be able to pull out characters they know from class. Please make sure they keep track of these readers and return them, as they cost $5.00 each and will not be able to receive the next book until they have turned in previous books.

Math
Beginning Unit 7: Mental Subtraction on Monday! Great job on Unit 6: Mental Addition Test this week! We are so proud of your hard work!

Homework Expectations:

• Homework will be given Mon-Thur in English & Chinese (except for occasional "no homework" days after a long day of testing or other occasional exceptions)

Newsletter 11/22

Announcements:

• Thanksgiving Break Nov 27-29

English

• FYI, because of the short week this week, this material will be introduced but not tested until Dec 6

Unit 3 Week 2
Question of the week: "In what creative ways do we communicate?"
Spelling Words (Vowel patterns o, oa, ow)

• goat
• hold
• show
• most
• bowl
• float
• toast
• ago
• open
• told
• toad
• slow

Amazing Words:

•  correspond
• postage
• transport
• cove
• footpring
• deaf
• imitate
• sign langauge

Vocabulary Words (in weekly test)

• answer
• company
• faraway 
• parents
• picture
• school
• wash

*Please check Pearson for your child's progress: pearsonsuccessnet.com

Chinese

We will be doing review this week and will begin Unit 13 from Singapore the following Monday post-Thanksgiving break. The vocabulary we will be learning to read are all from the stories that are sent home (from the Singapore website). The vocabulary we will be learning to write are the following:

• 送sòng －to gift/give
• 给 gěi- to give to
• 以 yǐ- permission (可以)
• 红 hóng- red
• 色 sè- color
• 要 yào- to want
• 抱 bào- to hug
• 两 liǎng- two (classifier) (两个）
• 个 ge－ classifier (one, two, three, counter word)

We encourage you all to have your student practice writing the above characters (and using them in sentences, which they should be able to do by now) frequently. Any repetition is beneficial, as they are hard to memorize sometimes!

Chinese Readers 

The readers are still coming home on Mondays and should be back at the latest by the Friday of the same week. They are not expected to read them perfectly, but are expected to be able to pull out characters they know from class. Please make sure they keep track of these readers and return them, as they cost $5.00 each and will not be able to receive the next book until they have turned in previous books.

Math
Continuing Unit 6: Mental Addition (two-digit addition, place value). Test most likely will be Dec 6.

Homework Expectations:

• Homework will be given Mon-Thur in English & Chinese (except for occasional "no homework" days after a long day of testing or other occasional exceptions)

10/25

Announcements:

• Report cards: We have new report cards that will be going out this year. Instead of a 1-4 grade in each subject, they will either have "M" (mastered) or "NYM" (not yet mastered). Because the subjects will not be taught in full until the end of the school year, MOST STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE a "NYM" score on their report card in October and December. This is not a pass/fail, but rather an indication of if they have mastered the material.  

• No School Friday 11/1
• Parent Teacher Conferences 11/6-7 

English

Unit 2 Week4
Question of the week: "Why is it a good idea to work together?"
Spelling Words (Plurals -s, -es, -ies)

• lunch
• lunches
• sotires
• tune
• tunes
• switch
• switches
• baby
• babies
• note
• notes

Amazing Words:

• partnership
• solution
• survival
• miserable
• struggle
• depend
• familiar
• insist

Vocabulary Words (in weekly test)

• bought
• people
• pleasant
• probably
• scared
• shall
• sign

*Please check Pearson for your child's progress: pearsonsuccessnet.com
*Pearson Reading weekly test Wednesday 10/30

Chinese

We are on Singapore Unit 10. You can access the story and find directions on how to get to the story at this blog post.  The vocabulary we will be learning to read all comes from the story. The vocabulary we will be learning to write is:

• 每 měi- every
• 做 zuò- work/to do
• 好 hǎo- good
• 都 dōu- every, all
• 们 men- plural (for us, you all, them)
• 下 xià- down, off, under
• 课 kè- class, lesson
• 玩 wán- to play

The test for this Unit will hopefully be Thursday (or Wednesday). Not sure if we can get it all in, and if we can't it will be the following Monday. :) I will let you all know for sure. :)

Chinese Readers 


We have begun sending home the "readers." We will only be sending home the books now (not CD's). The audio should be downloaded onto your computer and you can play each audio with each reader. They will  usually be sent home Mondays and need to be back by Friday. Readers not returned will need to be paid for.

Math

Congratulations on doing so well on your last math test! :) We will be beginning the next unit- Counting Money starting money (Unit 13). :)
 
Please continue to go over math facts with your children at home. They are improving a ton and have rocked the first two tests!


Homework Expectations:

• Homework will be given Mon-Thur in English & Chinese (except for occasional "no homework" days after a long day of testing)

Fall Song

We learned this song about fall in class yesterday. It is sung to the tune of "Row Row Row your Boat"

I thought I would share the words with you so they can sing it at home:

秋天来了

Qiūtiān lái le

Fall is coming

树叶变色

Shùyè biànsè

The leaves change color

红色，橙色，黄色，绿色
Hóngsè, chéngsè, huángsè, lùsè

Red, orange, yellow, green

我喜欢秋天

Wǒ xǐhuān qiūtiān!

I like fall!

Newsletter 10/11

Announcements:

• Report cards: We have new report cards that will be going out this year. Instead of a 1-4 grade in each subject, they will either have "M" (mastered) or "NYM" (not yet mastered). Because the subjects will not be taught in full until the end of the school year, MOST STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE a "NYM" score on their report card in October and December. This is not a pass/fail, but rather an indication of if they have mastered the material.  

• Fall Recess October 17-18, half day October 16

English

Unit 2 Week 3
Question of the week: "How can we work together to meet people's needs?"
Spelling Words (r-Controlled er, ir, ur) (tested Wed 10/23)

• person
• nurse
• dirt
• turn
• birth
• serve
• curb
• curl
• skirt
• purse
• turtle
• her

Amazing Words:

• consumers
• decisions
• producers
• fiber
• strand
• extraordinary
• lack
• typical

Vocabulary Words (in weekly test)

• above
• ago
• enough
• toward
• whole
• word

*Please check Pearson for your child's progress: pearsonsuccessnet.com

Chinese

Review! Of the last 3 chapters! :)

Chinese Readers 


We have begun sending home the "readers." We will only be sending home the books now (not CD's). The audio should be downloaded onto your computer and you can play each audio with each reader. They will  usually be sent home Mondays and need to be back by Friday. Readers not returned will need to be paid for.

Math

We will continue Unit 5: Place Value to 100. Test will most likely be the following Monday after fall recess.

Please continue to go over math facts with your children at home. They are improving a ton and have rocked the first two tests!


Homework Expectations:

• Homework will be given Mon-Thur in English & Chinese (except for occasional "no homework" days after a long day of testing)

Newsletter 9/27

What a great week we've had! We're excited for another great week.

Announcements:

• We will be switching am/pm classes every 6 weeks and we are finishing that 6 week mark come Monday. So the YELLOW class will now begin with Ms. Hatch and the BLUE class will begin with Mrs. Campo come Monday, 9/30.

• Please email us with your child's name in the subject line so that we can add you to the email list if you have not already. It's very important we have your email so that we can keep you updated on events in the classroom. THANK YOU!

• Report cards:We have new report cards that will be going out this year. Instead of a 1-4 grade in each subject, they will either have "M" (mastered) or "NYM" (not yet mastered). Because the subjects will not be taught in full until the end of the school year, MOST STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE a "NYM" score on their report card in October and December. This is not a pass/fail, but rather an indication of if they have mastered the material. 

English

Unit 2, Week 1 Question of the Week: "How can we help each other in dangerous situations?"

• Spelling words: (r-Controlled ar, or, er)
• score
• hard
• chore
• born
• horse
• before
• more
• smart
• porch
• part
• corn
• farm

• Amazing Words:
• courageous
• hazard
• rescue
• avalanche
• instinct
• skittish
• blustery
• fast-paced

*Please check Pearson for your child's progress: pearsonsuccessnet.com

Chinese

Beginning Singapore Lesson 1 B 9 (see this blog post for directions on how to navigate the website ). All of the vocabulary we will learn to read, write, and speak will be pulled from stories on this website. I would encourage you to let your kids listen and read along with the stories on this website frequently (to reinforce what we do in class).

Vocabulary Words we will be learning to write: (from story)

• 午wǔ-noon
• 同 tóng- same (同学- classmate)
• 学 xué- to learn
• 高 gāo- high, tall （高兴－ excited)
• 兴 xìng- to get up, to encourage
• 中zhōng- middle
• 她 tā- her
• 校 xiào- school (学校）

Chinese Readers 

will be sent home in the next couple of weeks. A CD with all of the audio will be sent home. Please download the CD onto your computer so that you will have it throughout the school year. We do not have enough to send home every day, only the first time. Kids may keep these readers for the week and read them, but they must be returned by Friday of the same week. Children are not expected to know all the characters in the beginning, but it should build on what they already know. If books are not returned, a small fee will be charged.


Math

We will continue Unit 3: Subtraction Strategies. TEST on Unit 3 will be Thursday, 10/3.
Please continue to go over math facts with your children at home. They are improving a ton and have rocked the first two tests!


Homework Expectations:

• Homework will be given Mon-Thur in English & Chinese (except for occasional "no homework" days after a long day of testing)

9/20/13 Newsletter

What a great week we've had! We're excited for another great week.

Announcements:

• Please email us with your child's name in the subject line so that we can add you to the email list if you have not already. It's very important we have your email so that we can keep you updated on events in the classroom. THANK YOU!

• Report cards:We have new report cards that will be going out this year. Instead of a 1-4 grade in each subject, they will either have "M" (mastered) or "NYM" (not yet mastered). Because the subjects will not be taught in full until the end of the school year, MOST STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE a "NYM" score on their report card in October and December. This is not a pass/fail, but rather an indication of if they have mastered the material. 

English

Unit 1, Week 6 REVIEW WEEK

This week we will be focusing on review of the prior five weeks of material. Please be aware of the homework being sent home as it is all review and preparation for the Unit test on Friday. We are working towards mastery (80% or above) of all skills (short vowel sounds, long vowel sounds, consonant digraphs, vocabulary and reading comprehension) in Week 1-5. 


*Please check Pearson for your child's weekly test results for English: pearsonsuccessnet.com

Chinese

Continuing Singapore Lesson 8 (see this blog post for directions on how to navigate the website ). All of the vocabulary we will learn to read, write, and speak will be pulled from stories on this website. I would encourage you to let your kids listen and read along with the stories on this website frequently (to reinforce what we do in class).

Vocabulary Words we will be learning to write: (from story)

• 回 huí - to return
• 家 jiā - home/house
• 爸爸 bàba - father
• 说 shuō - to speak, say
• 这 zhè - this
• 门 mén - door
• 见 jiàn - to see
• 哥哥 gēge - older brother
• 土 tǔ - dirt, land
• 云 yún - cloud

*The Chinese test will be the following Monday (9/30) 

Chinese Readers 

will be sent home in the next couple of weeks. A CD with all of the audio will be sent home. Please download the CD onto your computer so that you will have it throughout the school year. We do not have enough to send home every day, only the first time. Kids may keep these readers for the week and read them, but they must be returned by Friday of the same week. Children are not expected to know all the characters in the beginning, but it should build on what they already know. If books are not returned, a small fee will be charged.


Math

We will begin Unit 3: Subtraction Strategies. Please continue to go over math facts with your children at home. They are improving a ton and have rocked the first two tests!


Homework Expectations:

• Homework will be given Mon-Thur in English & Chinese (except for occasional "no homework" days after a long day of testing)

Newsletter 9/12

What a great week we've had! We're excited for another great week.

Announcements:

Please email us with your child's name in the subject line so that we can add you to the email list if you have not already. It's very important we have your email so that we can keep you updated on events in the classroom. THANK YOU!

English

Unit 1, Week 5
Question of the week: "How does exploration help us find answers?"


Spelling Words (consonant digraphs):

• that
• wish
• patch
• when
• what
• math
• them
• shape
• whale
• itch
• chase 
• bunch

 Vocabulary Words:

• gone
• learn
• often
• pieces
• though
• together
• very

Amazing Words:

• delicate
• inquire
• sturdy
• exhibit
• resist
• stun
• genius
• satisfaction

*Please check Pearson for your child's weekly test results for English: pearsonsuccessnet.com

Chinese

 Singapore Lesson 8 (see this blog post for directions on how to navigate the website ). All of the vocabulary we will learn to read, write, and speak will be pulled from stories on this website. We are starting in Lesson 6. I would encourage you to let your kids listen and read along with the stories on this website frequently (to reinforce what we do in class).

Vocabulary Words we will be learning to write: (from story)

• 回 huí - to return
• 家 jiā - home/house
• 爸爸 bàba - father
• 说 shuō - to speak, say
• 这 zhè - this
• 门 mén - door
• 见 jiàn - to see
• 哥哥 gēge - older brother
• 土 tǔ - dirt, land
• 云 yún - cloud

Chinese Readers 

will be sent home in the next couple of weeks. A CD with all of the audio will be sent home. Please download the CD onto your computer so that you will have it throughout the school year. We do not have enough to send home every day, only the first time. Kids may keep these readers for the week and read them, but they must be returned by Friday of the same week. Children are not expected to know all the characters in the beginning, but it should build on what they already know. If books are not returned, a small fee will be charged.

Homework Expectations

• Homework will be given Mon-Thur in English & Chinese (except for occasional "no homework" days after a long day of testing  )

Newsletter 9/6

Welcome Parents & Students! We are so excited for this year. Here is the info for next week:

English

Unit 1, Week 4
Question of the week: "What can we learn by exploring the desert?"

Spelling Words (Inflected endings: -ed, -ing)

• dropped
• dropping
• excited
• exciting
• lifted
• lifting
• hugged
• hugging
• smiled
• smiling
• talked
• talking

 Vocabulary Words

• animals
• early
• eyes
• full
• water
• warm

 *Please check Pearson for your child's weekly test results for English: pearsonsuccessnet.com

Chinese

 Singapore Lesson 6 (see this blog post for directions on how to navigate the website ). All of the vocabulary we will learn to read, write, and speak will be pulled from stories on this website. We are starting in Lesson 6. I would encourage you to let your kids listen and read along with the stories on this website frequently (to reinforce what we do in class).

Vocabulary Words we will be learning to write: (from story)

• 只 zhī- classifier for animals ("a dog"="一只小狗"）
• 它 tā- it
• 过 guò- to pass over/through("过去")
• 去 qù- to go
• 来 lái- to come
• 马 mǎ - horse
• 出 chū- to put forth, out (“伸出手”）
• 走 zǒu- to walk
• 和 hé- and

 *Chinese test will be given on Wednesday 9/11

Chinese Readers 

will be sent home in the next couple of weeks. A CD with all of the audio will be sent home. Please download the CD onto your computer so that you will have it throughout the school year. We do not have enough to send home every day, only the first time. Kids may keep these readers for the week and read them, but they must be returned by Friday of the same week. Children are not expected to know all the characters in the beginning, but it should build on what they already know. If books are not returned, a small fee will be charged.

Homework Expectations

• Homework will be given Mon-Thur in English & Chinese 

 

欢迎学生们！

WELCOME to our blog! We are excited for this new school year!

On this blog you will find:

• links to websites that can help your children's Chinese/math (look to left sidebar)
• weekly newsletter posts explaining what your child is learning in both the Chinese/English classes
• videos/pictures of your kids speaking/singing Chinese in class
• instructions on how to access Chinese curriculum/navigate the website that is in Chinese (see previous post)

Please let Mrs. Campo or Ms. Hatch know if you have any questions. We look forward to working with you and getting to know your amazing children!

Instructions on how to access Chinese curriculum

Below are directions on how to access/navigate the website that will contain all of our Chinese curriculum for 2nd grade!

The website is: http://xuele.moe.edu.sg/xuele/slot/u107/index1.html

When you click there, you will see this screen shot:

When you choose this option, you will have a drop-down menu. Choose the 2nd option.

Then you will see this screen: (this contains all of the units we are on. We will start in Unit 6 and then skip to Unit 8, etc...look to weekly newsletters that will be posted to know which Unit we will be doing!)

After that, you will come to this screen:

You can explore the options in the center. The first option usually contains a story, the second option is sometimes a song or another story that we'll learn in class.

Some of the options in the center will ask for a username/password. Because of copyright issues, we do not have access to some of the materials.

It would be great to review the stories often that we are covering in class to reinforce the Chinese!

Let me know if you have any questions! :)

 

Last picture of both classes :)

拔萝卜 song

This is a song that the kids learned in 1st grade and we are reviewing now. This is just so they can review and listen to it.

Newsletter 5/24/13

It's a short one this week! ---

English: It will be a review of the last unit this next week.

Chinese: We will be reviewing all past chapters this next week! We will start with the first unit (1 B 6) and go from there. The kids are doing so great and we are so proud of them! There will possibly be a Review test during the first week of June! 

Math: We will continue to focus on word problems and three-digit addition/subtraction. Here are some supplemental websites to help with three-digit problems:

Here you can make worksheets with problems requiring regrouping

This website has lots of fun games with three digit subtraction & addition

Some interactive games

母亲节快乐 Happy Mother's Day!

Above is the yellow group performing the song. The lyrics for the chorus are listed under the notes section under the YouTube video. Hope you enjoy! :)

And below is the blue group! :)

Newsletter 5/10

We wanted to thank you all so much for the generous gifts for Teacher Appreciation! We feel very spoiled and grateful for your continued support throughout the year and now. We have loved working with your kids and you as parents! Thank you for making our experience this year wonderful. 

Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: 

•  Unit 6 Week 4: Question of the week: "What can we learn about cowboy traditions?"
• Focus: Suffixes -ness, -less
• Spelling words:
• helpless
• thankless
• darkness
• useless
• kindness
• fitness
• fearless
• careless
• weakness
• goodness
• sadness
• sickness

• Sight Words:
• wash
• machine

• Amazing Words:
• climate
• livestock
• occupation
• buckaroo
• drover
• lariat
• legend
• rawhide

• Bonus words:
• buckaroo
• livestock

Weekly Test on Thursday, Spelling & Writing Test on Friday
Chinese literacy:

We will begin Lesson 10 in Singapore 2 A. It is about traveling and the country Singapore. For directions on how to access Singapore 2 A, see previous blog post here.  

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:
• 住 zhù- to live
• 美 měi- beautiful, pretty, pleasing
• 丽 lì- beautiful
• 方 fāng- upright, square, place
• 分 fēn- part, share, ingredient
• 行 xíng, háng- OK, to walk, to travel
• 加 jiā- to add, plus, also used in "Canada" and "Singapore"
• 坡 pō- slant, slanted (used in "Singapore")
• 名 míng- famous, name
• 公 gōng- public, international, fair

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 9).

Math:

• Unit 11: Adding and Subtracting Three Digit Numbers continuing this week!

Homework Expectations:

In both English and Chinese classes, homework will usually 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.

Announcements:

• Happy Mother's day! 

Link for help on homework tonight 5/8/13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_75I7hsHpg

Newsletter 5/3/13

 Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: 

•  Unit 6 Week 3: Question of the week: "Why are family celebrations special?"
• Focus: Final syllables -tion,-ture
• Spelling words:
• mixture
• nation
• section
• future
• picture
• action
• caution
• station
• fixture
• motion
• nature
• feature

• Sight Words:
• tomorrow
• piece

• Amazing Words:
• celebration
• custom
• tradition
• create
• inspect
• angle
• brillian
• snapshot

• Bonus: 
• celebration
• tradition

• Weekly Test on Thursday, Spelling & Writing Test on Friday

Chinese literacy:

We will continue Lesson 9 in Singapore 2 A. For directions on how to access Singapore 2 A, see previous blog post here.  Our Chinese test on this unit will be this Friday.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:
• 放 fàng-to release, to free, to let go,
• 尺 chǐ-ruler
• 皮 pí-leather, skin, fur, naughty
• 刀 dāo- knife
• 以 yǐ - to use, according to, so as to, by means of, by, with, because
•  课 kè- subject, course, class, lesson
• 具 jù- tool, device, utensil, equipment
• 专 zhuān- to focus, concentrated
• 动 dòng- to use, to act, to move, to change

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 9).

Math:

• Unit 11: Adding and Subtracting Three Digit Numbers starting this week!

Homework Expectations:

In both English and Chinese classes, homework will usually 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.

Announcements:

• Happy Summer! 

Newsletter 4/26

 Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: 

•  Unit 6 Week 2: Question of the week: "What traditions and celebrations involve our country's flag?"
• Focus: Abbreviations
• Spelling words:
• Mr.
• Mrs.
• St.
• Jan.
• Feb.
• Aug.
• Dr.
• Ms.
• Rd.
• Oct.
• Nov.
• Dec.

• Amazing words
• history
• independence
• symbol
• patriotic
• unfurl
• frayed
• allegiance
• indivisible

• Bonus words:
• independence
• patriotic

• Weekly Test on Thursday, Spelling & Writing Test on Friday

Chinese literacy:

We will start Lesson 9 in Singapore 2 A. For directions on how to access Singapore 2 A, see previous blog post here.  Our Chinese test on this unit will be this Friday.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:
• 放 fàng-to release, to free, to let go,
• 尺 chǐ-ruler
• 皮 pí-leather, skin, fur, naughty
• 刀 dāo- knife
• 以 yǐ - to use, according to, so as to, by means of, by, with, because
•  课 kè- subject, course, class, lesson
• 具 jù- tool, device, utensil, equipment
• 专 zhuān- to focus, concentrated
• 动 dòng- to use, to act, to move, to change

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 9).

Math:

• Unit 10: "Place Value to 1,000" Test on Friday.

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.

Announcements:

• We hope you enjoy this beautiful weather!

Newsletter 4/19

 Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: 

•  Unit 6 Week 1: Question of the week: "Why are sports traditions important in our country?"
• Focus: Inflected Endings -ed, -ing, -er, -est
• Spelling words:
• tried
• trying
• planned
• liked
• liking
• skipped
• skipping
• heavier
• heaviest
• lighter
• lightest

• Bonus words: 
• champion
• challenge

• Amazing words:
• athlete
• challenge
• effort
• dainty
• disguise
• champion
• professional
•  shortstop

• Weekly Test on Thursday, Spelling and Writing Test on Friday

Chinese literacy:

We will continue Lesson 7 in Singapore 2 A. For directions on how to access Singapore 2 A, see previous blog post here.  Our Chinese test on this unit will be this Friday.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:
•  菜 cài - dish, vegetables
• 用 yòng - to use
• 力 lì - power, strength, force
• 从cóng - from
• 叶 yè - leaf
• 果 guǒ - fruit
• 米 mǐ - rice
• 饭 fàn -food, cuisine, cooked rice
• 青 qīng- young, light, greenish/blueish
• 片 piàn- disk, sheet (一片叶子，卡片）

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 7).

Math:

• Unit 10: "Place Value to 1,000" will begin on Monday.

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.

Announcements: 

• Switching am/pm classes on Monday

Newsletter 4/12/13

 Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: 

• Story: Unit 5 Week 6: Review of Unit 5
• Unit Test on Friday 4/19. Please make sure students review concepts through the daily homework.

Chinese literacy:

GOOD JOB to everyone on the last Chinese test. Students' work is paying off and many students did better on this test than any other test! Keep up the good work :)

We will start Lesson 6 in Singapore 2 A on Monday. For directions on how to access Singapore 2 A, see previous blog post here.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:
•  菜 cài - dish, vegetables
• 用 yòng - to use
• 力 lì - power, strength, force
• 从cóng - from
• 叶 yè - leaf
• 果 guǒ - fruit
• 米 mǐ - rice
• 饭 fàn -food, cuisine, cooked rice
• 青 qīng- young, light, greenish/blueish
• 片 piàn- disk, sheet (一片叶子，卡片）

 

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 7).

Math:

• Unit 16: Time, Graphs, & Data

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.

Announcements: 

• Happy Spring! :)

 

Newsletter 4/5/2013

 Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: 
Mrs. Campo has been sick this whole week! We hope she feels better soon!


Chinese literacy: We will continue Lesson 6 in the Singapore 2 A textbook. It is about two different stories about different games, either on the playground or inside. Singapore website is found here. Instructions on how to navigate the website to get to Lesson 6 are found here.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:

• 游 yóu -game
• 戏 xì -game
• 姐 jiě – older sister
• 弟 dì –younger brother
• 前 qián – in front, before
• 跑 pǎo – to run
• 心 xīn- heart

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 6).

Math:

• Unit 15: Measuring Length TEST will be WEDNESDAY, then we will begin Unit 16: Time, Graphs & Data

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.

Announcements:

• Monday, April 8: Field Trip to Hogle Zoo!!!

A fun video about Chinese characters

These videos are a fun way to learn and remember where the characters came from.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZClBINnWqaM&list=PL6BFCD124132E038C

Newsletter 3/15/13

 Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: 

• Story: Unit 5 Week 3 Story: "Bad Dog, Dodger!"
• Question of the week: "How can we be responsible animal owners?"
• Spelling Words:  consonant patterns kn, wr, gn, mb
•  climb
• gnat
• knob
• lamb
• wrap
• write
• certainly
• comb
• knee
• knock
• sign
• wren
• wrong
• listen
• Site words:
• certainly
• listen
• Amazing words:
• behavior
• companion
• confident
• consider
• cooperate
• obedient
• properly
• reprimand

• Bonus:
• reprimand
• confident

• SPELLING TEST (Fri March 22) & WEEKLY TEST (Thurs March 21)

Chinese literacy: We will continue Lesson 5 in the Singapore 2 A textbook. It is about seeing clouds in the sky shaped like animals. For directions on how to access Singapore 2 A, see previous blog post here.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:
• 园 yuán- site used for growing plants, an area of land
• 站 zhàn- to stand, station
• 耳 ěr- ear, only, merely
• 朵 duō- cluster of flowers, earlobe
• 拍 pāi- to slap, clap, to shoot (picture)
• 叫 jiào- to shout, to order, to be called, to be asked
• 着 zhe- make move, take action
• 草 cǎo- grass, straw
• 才 cái- only then, just now, talent

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 4).

Math:

• Unit 15: Measuring Length

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.

Announcements:

• March 25-29 Spring Break !

Newsletter 3/7/2013

 Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

*Because Ms. Hatch was sick this past week, the tests that were originally planned for Mon/Tues (Chinese test) and Thurs (Math test) of this week will be the same time next week. We are sorry for the setback!

English literacy: 

• Story: Unit 5 Week 2 Story: "Carl the Complainer"
• Question of the week: "How can we be responsible community members?"
• Spelling Words: (Prefixes un-, re-, pre-, dis-)
• unsafe
• preheat
• rerun
• disappear
• ulock
• discolor
• rewind
• unpack
• unplug
• regroup
• preschoool
• disagree
• Site words:
• watch
• toward
• Amazing words:
• concern
• contribute
• persuade
• fragile
• pellets
• litter
• pollute
• release

• Bonus words:
• contribute
• persuade

• SPELLING TEST (Fri March 15) & WEEKLY TEST (Thurs March 14)

Chinese literacy: Finishing Lesson 4 in the Singapore 2 A textbook. Test is on MONDAY of this next week. Then we will begin Lesson 5 in the Singapore 2 A textbook. It is about seeing animals in the sky. For directions on how to access Singapore 2 A, see previous blog post here.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:
• 园 yuán- site used for growing plants, an area of land
• 站 zhàn- to stand, station
• 耳 ěr- ear, only, merely
• 朵 duō- cluster of flowers, earlobe
• 拍 pāi- to slap, clap, to shoot (picture)
• 叫 jiào- to shout, to order, to be called, to be asked
• 着 zhe- make move, take action
• 草 cǎo- grass, straw
• 才 cái- only then, just now, talent

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 4).

Math:

• Unit 12: Geometry& Fractions --> Test Thursday March 7

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.

Announcements:

• March 25-29 Spring Break !

Parent- Teacher Conferences

There will be a change of location for the Parent-Teacher Conferences tomorrow and Thursday. Instead of in Room 24 like it stated in the Online Scheduler, we will be meeting in the "Literacy Room" in the library. We look forward to meeting with you all!

See you then!

3/1/13 Weekly Newsletter

Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: 

• Story: Unit 5 Week 1 Story: "Fire Fighter!"
• Question of the week: "Why should we be responsible for doing a good job?"
• Spelling Words: (Suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, -or)
• slowly
• graceful
• visitor
• yearly
• fighter
• sailor
• cheerful
• weekly
• quickly
• hardly
• teacher
• helper
• neighbor
• beautiful
• Amazing words:
• operation
• responsible
• supplies
• teamwork
• caretaker
• community
• instrument
• lug

• Bonus words:
• responsible
• instrument

• SPELLING TEST & WEEKLY TEST Thurs March 7

Chinese literacy: Finishing Lesson 4 in the Singapore 2 A textbook. It is about what you want to be when you grow up. For directions on how to access Singapore 2 A, see previous blog post here. TEST WILL BE ON TUESDAY March 5. After that, we will be doing review.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:
• 长 zhǎng, cháng- long, length, excel in, leader, chief, head, leader, to grow, to increase
• 后 hòu- back, behind, rear, after
• 发 fā,fà,fǎ- to happen, send out, issue develop
• 车 chē- car, vehicle
• 火 huǒ- fire
• 找 zhǎo- to find
• 做 zuò- to work, make, act
• 唱 chàng- to sing
• 歌 gē - a song, lyrics
• 国 guó- nation, country

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 4).

Math:

• Unit 12: Geometry& Fractions --> Test Thursday March 7

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.

Announcements:

• March 6-7 Parent Teacher Conferences
• March 7 Early-out day
• March 8 No School

Newsletter 2/22

Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: 

• Story: Unit 4 Review all week, Unit test Thurs 2/28

Chinese literacy: Continuing Lesson 4 in the Singapore 2 A textbook. It is about what you want to be when you grow up. For directions on how to access Singapore 2 A, see previous blog post here.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:
• 长 zhǎng, cháng- long, length, excel in, leader, chief, head, leader, to grow, to increase
• 后 hòu- back, behind, rear, after
• 发 fā,fà,fǎ- to happen, send out, issue develop
• 车 chē- car, vehicle
• 火 huǒ- fire
• 找 zhǎo- to find
• 做 zuò- to work, make, act
• 唱 chàng- to sing
• 歌 gē - a song, lyrics
• 国 guó- nation, country

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 4).

Math:

• Unit 12: Geometry& Fractions

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.

Announcements:

• Feb 13-28 Online scheduler open for parents to sign up for parent-teacher conferences
• March 6-7 Parent Teacher Conferences
• March 8 No School

Chinese New Year Song Links

Here are two links to songs we have been practicing in class. The videos might be a little weird, but the kids love to practice along with it.

The above song is about the 12 Zodiacs (or 12 animals that the Chinese assign to each year).

Below is the song we sang a while back about the Chinese New Year.

Hope they (and you) enjoy them!

Newsletter 2/15

Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: 

• Story: Unit 4 Review all week, Unit test Thurs 2/28

Chinese literacy: Continuing Lesson 4 in the Singapore 2 A textbook. It is about what you want to be when you grow up. For directions on how to access Singapore 2 A, see previous blog post here.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:
• 长 zhǎng, cháng- long, length, excel in, leader, chief, head, leader, to grow, to increase
• 后 hòu- back, behind, rear, after
• 发 fā,fà,fǎ- to happen, send out, issue develop
• 车 chē- car, vehicle
• 火 huǒ- fire
• 找 zhǎo- to find
• 做 zuò- to work, make, act
• 唱 chàng- to sing
• 歌 gē - a song, lyrics
• 国 guó- nation, country

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 4).

Math:

• Unit 12: Geometry& Fractions

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.

Announcements:

• Feb 13-28 Online scheduler open for parents to sign up for parent-teacher conferences
• March 6-7 Parent Teacher Conferences
• March 8 No School

Chinese New Year Vocabulary

And here is a video of the vocabulary we will be learning with a voiceover of how to say it. Happy New Year!!

Chinese New Year Song

The past week we have been working on learning a song for Chinese New Year. This song is about celebrating the New Year. It also talks about receiving red envelopes from family members, getting new clothes/hat, and wishing your friends a happy New Year. Enjoy!

I'm sure your kids would also love to see this video and practice along with it at home! :)

Yellow class (above) and Blue class (below)

Newsletter 2/1/13

新年快乐！

•  Valentine's Day: Please send your student in with a small-medium box for valentine's day. We will be decorating these in class a few days before Valentine's Day.  The boxes will be decorated with our Big Question for Unit 4 which is: Our Changing World. Students will have an opportunity to pass out valentine's to other students in their homeroom (of course, this is optional if they don't want to). We as teachers will make sure each child has something in their boxes
• Chinese New Year celebration: In addition to learning about Chinese New Year during class, and doing craft projects, we will have a small Chinese New Year celebration next Thursday, February 7. Please let us know if you would like to donate food or other party items. We would greatly appreciate any donations. Please have your child wear red to school on Thursday in celebration for Chinese New Years!

  
Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: 

• Story: Unit 4 Week 3 "Soil" (Weekly Reading Test Thursday, Spelling Test Friday)
• Question of the week: "What changes occur under the ground?"
• Spelling words: 
• around
• out
• gown
• sound
• flower
• howl
• toy
• noise
• royal
• moist
• coil
• cow
• Sight words:
• world
• push
• Bonus:
• incredible
• discovery
• Amazing Words:
• blizzard
• discovery
• fine
• incredible
• landscape
• molten
• transform
• underneath

Chinese literacy: We will now skip to Lesson 3 on Singapore 2 A level. It is about the Chinese New Year. For directions on how to access Singapore 2 A, see previous blog post.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:

• 带 dài- belt, girdle, band, to bring, to lead, to look after, to raise
• 爷爷 yéye - father's father (grandfather)
• 奶奶 nǎinai - father's mother (grandmother)
• 真zhēn- really, truly, indeed
• 肉 ròu- meat
• 干gān-dry, clean
• 新 xīn-new
• 年 nián-year

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: 

•  All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 3).

Math:

•    Unit 9: Subtracting Two digit numbers, Regrouping 

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.

Announcements:

•  Short day Thursday Feb 7
• Chinese New Year Party Feb 7
• No School Friday Feb 8

Mental Math with Regrouping Helps

Here are some great resources online for your kids to practice mental math and addition with two-three digit numbers:

http://www.adaptedmind.com/gradelist.php

I would suggest clicking on the "Two-Digit Addition with Carrying" link. They can play a game where they get points as they get more right.

A few more good websites:

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/addition/05-addition-lesson-two-digit-numbers-01.html

And here is a super fun game I'm sure they will LOVE:

http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/games/game_addition_attack.html

Newsletter 1/25

新年快乐！
  
Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: 

• Story: Unit 4 Week 2 "Life Cycle of a Pumpkin" (Weekly Reading Test Thursday, Spelling Test Friday)
• Question of the week: "How do plants change over time?"
• Spelling words: 
• put
• cook
• stood
• full
• wood
• July
• shook
• push
• pull
• brook
• hook
• hood
• Sight words:
• does
• give
• Bonus:
• drought
• massive
• Amazing Words:
• adapt
• annual
• nutrients
• blazing
• drought
• ancient
• massive
• sprout

Chinese literacy: We will continue Singapore Level 2 Unit 1. See previous blog post for directions on how to access Level 2 on the Singapore website. Test Wednesday, 1/31! We will then begin our unit on Chinese New Year.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:

• 还 hái- still, even, also
• 常 cháng - often, frequently
• 妹 mèi- younger sister
• 吗 ma- question word (at the end of a sentence)
• 牙 yá- tooth, ivory
• 气 qì - air
• 哭 kū - to cry
• 为 wèi- because, to take as

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: 

•  All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 1).

Math:

•    Continuing Unit 8: Regrouping, Unit 8 Test Thursday 1/31 

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.

Announcements:

•  Chinese New Year Celebration !!!!! Thursday 2/7 10:00-11:00, more information on this forthcoming
• Short day 2/7
• No School 2/8

Weekly Newsletter 1/18

新年快乐！
  
Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 

English literacy: starting a new unit this week.

• Story: Unit 4 Week 1 "A Froggy Fable" (Weekly Reading Test Thursday, Spelling Test Friday)
• Question of the week: "How can familiar things help you with changes?"
• Spelling words: 
• ankle
• title
• apple
• cable
• purple
• able
• bugle
• bundle
• bubble
• giggle
• tickle
• Sight words:
• you're
• only
• Bonus:
• patient
• valuable
• sparkle

• Amazing Words
• preserve
• represent
• valuable
• tough
• concentration
• frown
• homeland
• patient

Chinese literacy: We will continue Singapore Level 2 Unit 1. See previous blog post for directions on how to access Level 2 on the Singapore website.

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:

• 还 hái- still, even, also
• 常 cháng - often, frequently
• 妹 mèi- younger sister
• 吗 ma- question word (at the end of a sentence)
• 牙 yá- tooth, ivory
• 气 qì - air
• 哭 kū - to cry
• 为 wèi- because, to take as

• Vocabulary we will be learning to read/listen to/say: 

•  All on the Singapore website in the stories and in the stories sent home to practice reading (Year 2 Unit 1).

Math:

•    Continuing Unit 8 : Regrouping

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.

Announcements:

•  No School Monday Jan 21

Audio for book 2 A 1

Click on link above to hear an audio I recorded to go along with books the kids made today in class. Their homework is to practice reading the book three times to someone/thing. If they don't know the words/characters, they can read along with me, but the goal is to read on their own with the characters eventually. Hope this helps!