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!

Directions on how to see next unit on Singapore website

This week we have begun the next level with the Singapore materials. Here are some directions on how to access the next level ( it's call 2 A). If you forgot, the website is http://www.xuele.edumall.sg/xuele/slot/u107/index1.html

Newsletter 1/10/13

新年快乐！

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

English literacy:  

This week will be Unit 3 Review.
Question: "What does it mean to be creative?"
*Concepts to be reviewed: Vowel patterns e, ee, ea, y; Vowel patterns o, oa, ow; Compound words; Vowel patterns i, ie, igh,y; Synonyms and antonyms; Verbs for past, present, and future.
Unit Test is Thursday and Friday (1/17, 1/18). Please review with your students!

Chinese literacy: We will be starting Unit 1 in Singapore 2 (see a blog post coming up in the next few days for directions on how to access this next section on the Singapore website) after our Test on 1 B 15 on Monday.

Unit 1 (in the 2nd book) is about "Growing Up." 

• 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:

• Unit 8 "Mental Subtraction" starting 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.

Newsletter 1/4/2013

新年快乐！

Welcome back from the break!
  
Here are some updates on the info being taught this next week in Chinese/English. 
 
English literacy: starting a new unit this week.

• Story: "A Weed is a Flower" Unit 3 Week 5
• Question of the week: "Where do creative ideas come from?"
• Spelling words: 
• sooner
• soonest
• hotter
• hottest
• busier
• busiest
• happier
• happiest
•  smaller
• smallest
• fatter
• fattest
• Sight words:
• money
• question
• Bonus:
• process
•  research

• Amazing words (words introduced but not tested on):
• excel
• process
• research
• opportunity
• accomplish
• original
• scientist
• unusual

Chinese literacy: We will continue Unit 15 from Singapore website. The stories are about all the things an independent second-grader can do. :)

• Vocabulary we will be learning to write:
•  自 zì- self, oneself, myself
• 己 jǐ -self, oneself (this character is used with the one above to make the word "self")
• 书 shū- book, letter, document
• 包 bāo- pack, package
• 电 diàn- electric, electricity (used to make the word "computer" which is literally "electric brain"-- 电脑diànnǎo)
• 衣 yī - clothing (used in the word "clothing"- 衣服 yīfú)
• 起 qǐ -rise, stand up, go up, begin
• 再 zài- again

• 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 (Unit 15).

• Unit 15 Test will be Friday, 1/11/2013

Math:

• Unit 7 "Mental Subtraction" 
• Unit 7 Test will be Friday, 1/11/2013

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.