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)