Newsletter 11/22

Announcements:

• Thanksgiving Break Nov 27-29

English

• FYI, because of the short week this week, this material will be introduced but not tested until Dec 6

Unit 3 Week 2
Question of the week: "In what creative ways do we communicate?"
Spelling Words (Vowel patterns o, oa, ow)

• goat
• hold
• show
• most
• bowl
• float
• toast
• ago
• open
• told
• toad
• slow

Amazing Words:

•  correspond
• postage
• transport
• cove
• footpring
• deaf
• imitate
• sign langauge

Vocabulary Words (in weekly test)

• answer
• company
• faraway 
• parents
• picture
• school
• wash

*Please check Pearson for your child's progress: pearsonsuccessnet.com

Chinese

We will be doing review this week and will begin Unit 13 from Singapore the following Monday post-Thanksgiving break. The vocabulary we will be learning to read are all from the stories that are sent home (from the Singapore website). The vocabulary we will be learning to write are the following:

• 送sòng －to gift/give
• 给 gěi- to give to
• 以 yǐ- permission (可以)
• 红 hóng- red
• 色 sè- color
• 要 yào- to want
• 抱 bào- to hug
• 两 liǎng- two (classifier) (两个）
• 个 ge－ classifier (one, two, three, counter word)

We encourage you all to have your student practice writing the above characters (and using them in sentences, which they should be able to do by now) frequently. Any repetition is beneficial, as they are hard to memorize sometimes!

Chinese Readers 

The readers are still coming home on Mondays and should be back at the latest by the Friday of the same week. They are not expected to read them perfectly, but are expected to be able to pull out characters they know from class. Please make sure they keep track of these readers and return them, as they cost $5.00 each and will not be able to receive the next book until they have turned in previous books.

Math
Continuing Unit 6: Mental Addition (two-digit addition, place value). Test most likely will be Dec 6.

Homework Expectations:

• Homework will be given Mon-Thur in English & Chinese (except for occasional "no homework" days after a long day of testing or other occasional exceptions)

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)

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  )