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).
- Unit 8 "Mental Subtraction" starting on Monday!
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.
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