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