Picture Day: Picture day is tomorrow! Please make sure your child is well-groomed and wearing his or her school uniform.
Math Test: addition with three numbers , Subtraction with renaming ones within 1000.
Happy Friday! 🙂
We were talking about Earth’s seasons last week. They were encouraged to use different colors to make a picture, showing their feelings of a Fall. Then, they wrote fours sentences in Chinese to describe a Fall. I saw many unique and beautiful Fall imagination created by my kids!
My kids make me laugh every single week. Honestly, they do it every single day. I believe that it is one of the reasons why I love teaching. I have to share with you! They are so cute!
Here are some conversations:
Jacob: You did not wear your glasses, Shen Laoshi!
Me: Yes! I did not.
Class: Yeah!!!! (They were very cheerful!)
Me: why are you guys so happy?
Class: We are happy for you since you don’t need to wear glasses!
( OK, I think they really do not like my glasses.)
We were talking about the timeline of a person for a social study lesson .
Benjamin: How old are you, Shen Laoshi?
Me: Em……..
Girls: Do you get married?
Me: Em………
Class: You must get married since you are 32 years old! And you are in a Teacher High School!
( 32 years old? Teacher High School?)
I was showing a global picture for a science lesson.
Alyssa: Do any people live at the north pole?
Niko: Yes! Santa Claus lives there.
Class: Yes! Yes! Santa Claus lives there!
Me: OK!
( I bet they really get what they want from Santa Claus!)
Anwen: Shen Laoshi, you got a new pair of shoes!
Me: Yes! I like them. I think they are cute.
Girls: You have a good mom! She bought this nice pair of shoes for you!
(I do have a great mom, but I buy shoes by myself now. HaHa)
We will have picture day on Friday, September 28th. Please make sure your child is wearing their uniform and is dressed for pictures.
The Schedule of Picture Day:
8:20 – 8:50 – Dragon -K
8:50 – 9:20 – Monkey 1
9:30 – 10:00 – Panda K
10:00 – 10:30 – Lion 2
10:30 – 11:00 – Tiger 1
11:00 – 11:30 – Horse 2
Thank you for supporting children’s English math vocabulary learning at home. They have made great progress!
Last Week Learning:
PinYin: We have finished learning Initials, Finals. We started Whole Syllables from last week: zhi, chi , shi, ri, z, c, s, zi, ci, si, Y, W, Yi, Wu, Yu
Two Rhyme Poems associated with Z, C, S, Zhi, Chi, Shi
獅子
我說四個石獅子，
你說四個紙獅子。
石獅子不是紙獅子。
紙獅子也不是石獅子。
四隻小猴子
四隻小猴子，想要吃棗子。
棗樹很多刺，急得猴子叫吱吱。
Characters:
5 phrases: 教室(classroom)， 公園(park)，桌子(desk)，椅子(chair)，書包(pack bag)
Mandarin Writing:
We discussed the field trip of Revolution Food and introduced some words related their experience during the field trip. We also read a new book, ” The Days of a Week”. The children were involved to pick up one day from last week and to write a short paragraph about the day.
Math:
Addition with renaming ones, tens and hundreds within 1000. Next week, we will start addition with three numbers , Subtraction with renaming ones, tens and hundreds within 1000.
Next Friday Test: Addition/Subtraction with renaming ones, tens and hundreds within 1000, addition of three numbers, word problems.
Weekly Math Test Tomorrow: Addition/Subtraction with Renaming and its application in Word Problem.
Chinese Dictation Tomorrow:
1 Phrases: 顏色(color), 藍色(blue) , 黑色(black)， 咖啡色(brown), 綠色(green) 黃色 (yellow) 香蕉 (banana) 草莓 (strawberry)
葡萄 (grape)
2 Chinese sentences with the characters they have learned in First Grade.
*** children will take their tests (that have been graded) home and get a parent/guardian signature. Please ask your child to show you their grade. Thank you!
It is a quite busy week.
Thank you for coming to the Back to School Night! It is glad to meet you.
Thank you for the help of volunteer chaperones! We thank you very much for giving your time and support!
PinYin:
We continued learning the Finals for PinYin last week. ( j, q, x, zh, ch, sh, r ). We will continue to learn the Finals next week. (z c s Yi Wu Yu)
Two rhyme poems we have learned last week.
照鏡子
我是一個好孩子，
會穿衣服扣扣子。
還會穿鞋穿襪子。
快快樂樂照鏡子。
七隻小雞
一隻小雞在吃米，
兩隻小雞搶東西。
七隻小雞唧唧唧，
數數共有幾隻雞。
Characters：
5 Phrases： 綠色(green) 黃色 (yellow) 香蕉 (banana) 草莓 (strawberry) 葡萄 (grape)
Mandarin Writing:
The children read a new book of Chinese Readers, My Pencil Box. They were involved into writing a short paragraph to describe their own pencil boxes.
Characters Test Next Friday:
We will have characters dictation test next Friday. The phrases we have learned will be dictated.
顏色(color), 藍色(blue) , 黑色(black)， 咖啡色(brown), 綠色(green) 黃色 (yellow) 香蕉 (banana) 草莓 (strawberry)
葡萄 (grape).
Please help your child review and practice.
Math:
Last week, we was learning Meanings of Addition and Subtraction and its application in Word Problem.
Next week, we will start to explore Addition/Subtraction with Renaming and its application in Word Problem.
Yes, we will have math test next Friday as well.
We went to the Revolution Food today! Enjoyed the food and had a great time! My kids and me have learned a lot of knowledge about food and food producing! Healthy Eating & Healthy Living!
We will have weekly math test tomorrow. Addition/Subtraction Word Problem is the topic of this week ! I will ask the children to take their tests (that have been graded) home and get a parent/guardian signature. Please ask your child to show you their grade. Thank you very much!
We have almost completed our All about Me Project! Cheers!
To make a mobile, Students trace each template on three sheets of construction paper, cuts out the shapes, and folds them in half. They draw a self-portrait on one side of each circle. Then, on the remaining shapes, they were writing themselves, such as his birthday, age, favorite number, and height!
Shen Laoshi's Horse Class 