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 :)