Happy HOlidays...

Dear Parents,

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

Remember (wed, thurs, Friday) there is NO SCHOOL!!! Enjoy a 5 day weekend!!!

Also for the Rubber band test............Thanks to a few wonderful parents who actually did it:) You know who you are!!! Thanks for supporting my blog wholeheartedly!!! :) Its you that make a difference!!

AM Class----only 4 students wore rubber bands

PM Class-----only 6 students wore rubber bands

I understand its thanksgiving weekend, many are out of town, getting ready for the holidays, or some that read the blog but forgot the rubber band, its ok:) (refer to my friday22th nov post on the rubber band thingy, if you are not sure what I am talking about). I might do this test again...maybe soon!

Pretty please parents, please read my blog and read the whole blog in detail :) a lot of time is spent writing the blog each week:)


Thanks for all you do!!!
Have a greattttt thanksgiving!!

I am grateful for you all and your precious kids!

Audio recordings for body parts part 2

Parents,
Please practice with them at home for this week (2 days) vocabulary.

Thanks!
ps,  COLD,FREEZING DAY TODAY!! JACKETS PLSSSS....

NEXT week is a short week! ...

Dear Parents,

Next week is a short week...Happy early Thanksgiving! tis' the season to be grateful !!!!

Business:

1. 27,28,29th November (wed,thurs,fri) THERE IS NO SCHOOL!!! Enjoy a 5 day weekend! YEAH!

2. Shoes on PE days: pretty please with sugar on top, please make sure your sweet kids wear the PROPER shoes on Tuesdays! The gym floor is pretty smooth and not wearing the proper shoes result in injuries. Please make sure your child wears tennis or running shoes!!!

3. Bathroom issues again! Please help me tell your child to use the bathroom when I bring them. Right after bringing the whole class to the bathroom ( which takes a long time), some kids would want to use the bathroom right after. That takes up more time because I am not there to supervise them and they end up taking their time to use the bathroom, wonder in the halls and they miss out on class time.

4. Test time, I notice a few amount of kids tend to FREEZE up during tests time, please always refer to my blog on pronunciation (for the new vocabulary) and constantly revise with them. Repetition is always good for them. Try to test them at home (that would help a million) I have spoken to those parents at SEP if your child FREEZE up during test. If I didn't mention it, your child does great during tests.

5. FEEDING the fish, I know all the students look forward to feeding the fish at the end of my class, I know a lot of children get sad if they don't get picked, I only pick 1 child per class each day, It is usually randomly but a well behaved child :)

6. Waiting in line, I am trying to emphasize this more and more, when in line, they must NOT SHOVE/ PUSH/ KICK/ others because once one falls, its like a domino effect, others fall too and injuries occur. Please help me emphasize to keep their hands to themselves. Also, there are some children that tend to cut/jump the line, I always tell them to go to the back of the line and line up there.



Agenda for our short week :):)

1. Chinese--We will finish up the vocabulary on the body.
HANDS/ LEG----NECK/ TUMMY----

2. MATHS---We will start 30-40 on the number line and counting/ drawing dots
Please review with them at home

3. Science---We are still learning about winter and things associated with winter

4. Test for math on 1-30 dots, please make sure they count correctly and carefully, I am starting to see some reversals in some numerals again, please make sure you practice with them at home.


Have a funfunfun and SAFE weekend!


ps, I am doing a test on this blog, to see who actually reads my blog and reads the whole  blog in detail , if you are reading this, please make sure your child wears a rubber band (any color)on their left hand on Monday :)
(do not pass the message along, pretty please)

Windy day today..and tommorow too

Parents,

Please be careful as today the winds are pretty strong, it has stopped for now (thankfully) but I heard it will return early this afternoon. If the winds get strong and crazy again, we will keep your children inside for recess (for safety issues)
Also, for dismissal times if you are late, your child will most likely be in the office as it is very cold outside.

Thanks and be SAFE!

PE TODAY!!!

Hi Parents,

Don't Forget! We have PE today! Please make sure your child wears the appropriate shoes, like tennis/running shoes! The gym floor is pretty smooth and we want to make sure everyone is safe by wearing the proper shoes:)

*if your child wants to wear boots, make sure they bring shoes to change out.

xiexie

Audio recordings for the BODY vocabulary we are learning this week!

Parents,

We are learning this week about the different parts of the body!
Please review with them:)

Next week Menu (for learning in school) !!

A BIG THANK YOU to all you parents for coming on time and coming earlier for SEP! Isn't it so fun to see how much your child have grown and how much they have learned! We enjoy them very much in our class. Thank you for your constant support and help!
Thanks for being patient in waiting as we finish up each student/parents session of SEP.

Business: Yolooooo

1. Flu/Fever/Cough ---tis the season of sickness is here. We have been practicing washing our hands and covering our mouth with our elbow when we cough/sneeze. If your child is sick, PLEASE keep them at home. With little kids, once one kid is sick, it spreads like wildfire. Also, we are running low on CLOROX/LYSOL wipes, if you have an extra bottle at home, please if you can so kindly donate one to my classroom, we use that a lot of wipes each day to clean the desks, chairs etc.

2. Numbers with their names---if they can start writing their number in English with their Chinese names, that would be much appreciated, it will make things easier. (their number comes with their names)

3. JOIN the PTA! pretty please! We need more members! Its only $6 a whole YEAR! The PTA does so much for the school! Plus we need have extra bonus this year, where our goal is to get 40 more members and every 10 new members that join, the teachers will do different stunts!

4. Notes from SEP: Remember to practice the proper numeral and letter strokes,  ( it was in the back to school night packet), have your child say the strokes as they are writing as this helps with reversals. Also, relax pencil grip, Mrs Christensen taught---pick up the pencil by pinching it with the thumb and pointer finger and let the pencil fall back and let the pencil rest between the thumb and pointer finger and have the third finger support the pencil. 

Also, I have mention to some kids to SLOW down doing their work, do NOT rush and do a sloppy/careless job especially in Math. Being First is NOT important, checking their work is much better. However there are some that need to speed up when they are doing their work . I have told you all at SEP, if I didn't mention it, that means your child works at a great speed :) Also, this blog, please refer to it constantly, hopefully it has helped you in many ways, please refer back to the audio recordings often as repetition helps a lot of students.


Agenda for next week ( Nov 18-22th)

1. Chinese-- We will start learning the body unit:
HEAD/HAIR-----EYES/EARS----NOSE/MOUTH----TONGUE/TEETH----

2. Tests on Family sometime next week (never on a Monday)
(please go back to this blog on audio recordings on the pronunciation and review with them)
so these vocabularies :
GRANDFATHER/GRANDMOTHER-----MOTHER/FATHER---OLDER BROTHER/YOUNGER BROTHER---OLDER SISTER/YOUNGER SISTER---ME/YOU/HIM

3. Maths---We will keep working on 1-30, most of the students have no problem writing 1-30, we are currently working on the dots worksheet for counting/number sense. Please practice with them at home on number sense, for example, say random numbers (from 1-30) eg 28, have them pick up or set aside 28 cheerios/ marbles/ beans. That way you can check their counting and number sense, that they are able to form that connection between the number and amount.

*if possible to have them count in Chinese, if they have an older sibling learning Chinese, have them check their counting :)

*we will have a test soon on 1-30 numbers but in a different format, like the dots worksheet.

4. Science, We are still learning about winter, we need more winter items, please no DEAD/LIVE bugs/animals and NO SNOW (frozen or melted) If your child can bring something winter-related, that would be awesome, if you can put the item in a bag with their name, that would be great! If you want the item returned, please write PLEASE RETURN on the bag

5. Health: We are still learning on washing hands correctly, covering mouth and also other good clean habits, like flushing the toilet etc


Have a Great weekend!!!

A message from our awsome PTA-President!

The PTA is having a membership drive as you can read about it on the flyer that has been sent home today.  Thanks to those who have already joined.  If you have overlooked joining, please support them by becoming a member today.  They are holding a school-wide membership contest.  Help the students watch selected teachers perform a silly/exciting task by reaching their goals. Their ultimate goal is to have 40 more members.  Here are the performances the students will be able to enjoy as goals are reached:

• -10 new members=Mrs. Rasmussen, Mrs. Juarez, & Lim Lao Shi will kiss a goat
• -20 new members=Mrs. Wallis, Mrs. Lawrence, & Mrs. Mullins will have a pie eating contest
• -30 new members=Mrs. York, Mrs. Roach, & Mrs. Johnson will eat a chocolate covered bug
• -40 new members=Vonzaa, Ms. Foreman, & Mr. Butler will perform to "What Does the Fox Say?"

Without PTA the school would not be able to provide the many wonderful activities that the students are currently enjoying.  Thanks for your support.

Well...There ya have it.  Thanks so much for including this in your notes! Please help us push to get just 40 more members!!  In all reality, it is not that many :) and just think of how entertained the students are going to be with these fun events that are going to take place!!

Thanks,
Teresa and the PTA membership committee

 

 

 

 SO JOIN PTA!!!! PRETTY PLEASE!!!!

SEP WEEK!!!

Dear Parents,

All of you should have receive your reminder letters for appointment times for SEP! See you all this week!

Please:

-Be on Time
-BRING YOUR CHILD

*if you have other children, if they can wait in the hallway (there is crafts for them to do) that would be great!

*take note of new times that students come and get off school ( half  day schedules all week!)

AM CLASS ----8:50am---10:50am
PM CLASS----- 11:25am--1:25pm

*there is NO LUNCH all  week
*there is NO ENGLISH class all week

Also, because of half day schedules, all parent volunteers you have the week off ! (just the week of SEP)Thank you so much with your help!

We have an awesome book fair that the PTA organized! come and check it out!

Hope to see you all here soon!
Thanks~~~

REcordings for family PART 2

Parents!
Please review with them the second half of the family vocabulary.

Xiexie!

Next week agenda...Nov 11- 15

Parents,

Thanks for a FUN and SUPER Halloween party! Organized by our cool moms! Thanks to those who came and help out and help set up and clean up!
You should receive a thank you card from our class.

Business....Please READ CAREFULLY...

1. SEP CONFERENCE:
Make sure your sign up already. Take note of the new times next week, it will be half day every day from Monday to Friday (so treat everyday next week like a Friday schedule), please be on time in dropping off your child and picking them up.

*parents if you are running late, your child will be waiting in the office ( its safer there than waiting near the roads)

AM CLASS----- 8:50am-10:50am
PM CLASS-----11:25am-1:25pm

*there is NO English class and NO lunch for our kindergarteners

*ATTENTION to those that sign up Monday morning (during class time) class will still be going on, but we will pull students out when it is their time slots.

*also, if you sign up for times after class time, please MAKE SURE you bring your child. This is the best time for your child to show what they have learn in Chinese! yay!

*if you have younger kids or older kids, if they can wait in the hallway, there are crafts for them to do outside ( eg coloring). That would be very much appreciated:)

*Please be on time for your scheduled time, if possible, come a few minutes earlier

2. SNOWY DAY---We are approaching cold/snowy days, please make sure your child wear warm clothes/jackets and if you them to wear boots, that is great but make sure every Tuesday, they bring their running/tennis shoes to change for PE.

3. BEING FIRST is not important, we are still having a lot of students rush through their work, because of wanting to be first. As a result of that, careless mistakes are made or they do a sloppy job, then I have to send them back to re-do their work. Time is wasted. Please help me emphasize that they CHECK their work and NOT RUSH through their work. It is very important especially for maths.

4.COMPUTER CLASS---Please practice with your child trying their username and password. The district has a new privacy policy where only the computer teacher is allowed to help the children with their login information. Sometimes, it is a difficult for the teacher to help each student right away as they have a short time (20 minutes).

5. GLUE/MARKERS---Some student love putting these 2 items in their mouth, I try and spot them and take these items out of their mouth, I always tell them NOT to put items in their mouth, especially these 2 items. As a result, I spend a lot of time, wiping their mouths ( because it gets sticky or there is color around their mouth and face)

6. SHOELACES/Zippers---please help your child with tying their shoelaces, there are a couple of incidents of students walking and did not realize their shoelaces are untied, and they trip over their shoelaces and fall. I tried tying some everyday and it takes up a lot of time, please help me practice with them at home. Also their jackets, if you can help me teach them how to zip their jackets, now that winter is here, a lot of jackets are worn and a lot of kids do not know how to zip their jackets.

7. RUNNING in hallways or in class---A lot of students love to run in the hallways or in class, I always tell them to walk because a lot of them bump into other students and fall. Injuries occurred. Please help me tell them to walk and not rush/ run.
8. Also, they need to write their numbers with their Chinese name, the number comes with their name ( for filing and school purposes) Please make sure you practice with them writing their numbers ( in English)

9. Because of SEP WEEK next week and half day schedules, I don't need volunteers (just for SEP week), so you have a free day! Thanks kind parent volunteers for coming in faithfully :) I appreciate you all!

Agenda for next week:

1. CHINESE---We are going to continue our FAMILY vocabulary

OLDER BROTHER / YOUNGER BROTHER---
---OLDER SISTER / YOUNGER SISTER----

*I included these words below into the family unit as these are helpful to know

ME / YOU / HIM & HER--------US / YOU ALL / THEM-----

2. MATHS---there is a lot of confusion on the dots worksheet. Hopefully all of your receive the practice sheets. The orange one is a blank sheet, you can create your own questions. The light beige one is fill with numbers on one side and dots on the other side.

Side 1:
Number side, there are 3 problems, so there are 3 different numbers, your child has to fill up the correct amount of dots to match the number

For example ( you should see something like this)

                                                                         8





your child need to draw 8 dots
( I use smiley faces but make sure they use dots)

J	J	J	J	J
J	J	J

On the other side (side 2), you should see something like this

J	J	J	J	J
J	J	J	J	J

your child need to count the amount of dots and correctly write the amount (which is 10) above the ten frames

                                                                  10

J	J	J	J	J
J	J	J	J	J

So hopefully this make sense, we had a lot of confusion where students would draw in missing dots (on the side that has dots drawn already) or try and guess how many dots that was.
Please make sure you check their counting. I taught them to use their finger and to SLOWLY count and move their finger as they move to the next number.
(some tend to skip count, of their finger move faster than what they count, or vice versa)

* also, I notice that a very few amount of students miss counting by 10, for example if the number is 25, they only draw 15 dots instead, they miss 10 more dots.

*help me emphasize CHECKING THEIR WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

* the only difference between my example here on the blog and their actual worksheet is that they are 20-30 frames.

3. Science: We are still studying about winter and what we wear during winter.

4. HEALTH: We will continue our good cleaning habits, washing hands properly, covering our mouth when we cough or sneeze. (probably for this whole month)

5. Social Studies:  Learn how to be good citizens. Example, not littering, being KIND and RESPECTFUL to others, RECYCLE.

Please feel free to talk to me about anything related to school or about your child (if you have questions or concern) You can always email me and I will response as soon as I can or if you want to meet me, the best way is to make an appointment with me.


Your kids are great, they have learn soooo many things in Chinese and are smart kids! They are teaching me more than I am teaching them. Xie Xie! :):)

Have a SUPER weekend!!! ^____^

SNOWY DAY

Parents,

Drive safe or walk safely to snow. It is very slippery and the roads are still wet and snowy! Please make sure your child wears a warm jacket and if they wear snow boots/ boots, please MAKE SURE they bring tennis/running shoes to CHANGE for PE later.

Stay Warm!
:):):)

This week--Nov 4th- Nov 8th

Good Morning Parents,

I hope you had a good 3 day weekend!

Back to Business:

1. SEP CONFERENCE---Please SCHEDULE asap. There are still some empty slots. This is a good time for your child to show you what they learn and have been doing in Chinese! Also, a good time to set goals with your child on helping them be even better students.

*please note: there is NO ENGLISH CLASS and NO LUNCH for our kindergarteners as it is half day schedule all week.
Please be on time to PICK UP and DROP OFF your child! (children get sad when their parents are late picking them up)

Please note the new times for drop off and pick up

AM CLASS---8:50am-10:50am

PM CLASS--11:25am-1:25pm

2. FAMILY PICTURES!, We are going to be starting our family unit soon. I need a family picture from each child. Please make sure to bring a recent one ( if you can) and put it in a Ziploc to protect the pictures.

3. WINTER RELATED ITEMS: if you can bring something related to winter, that would be great, we will be starting out winter unit soon. Please DO NOT bring snow, dead/live bugs, food.
Some ideas: pines, snow globes ( plastic, NOT glass), gloves, snowman toy/ornament/ Christmas ornaments, scarf etc. Be creative!

*If possible, put items in Ziploc bags with your child's name, so I know which child brought which items.
*if you want the item RETURNED, please write, PLEASE RETURN on the Ziploc

4.  Foam soap, we need more hand soaps, on our health unit on being  clean. If you can so kindly donate foam bottle soaps, that would be so great. Awesome!

5. STARWEEK, I think some parents might have lost/ misplaced the master sheet of the star week, I will resend out the email today. Please check.
Please bring in the poster to the CHINESE CLASSROOM the Monday of your child star week and come Friday to present the poster. If you want to bring a treat, non food items are much preferred because of all the food allergies. Some ideas are pencils, erasers, magnets, wristbands, glows sticks etc

Come Friday of your child star week to present
AM class--10:35am
PM class--1:05pm

6. BOX TOPS WINNERS for the 1st term:

AM Class---Number 25
PM Class----Number 11

:):):):):):):):):) COngrats!!!!! ^_^

YAY!! These kids has the most amount of box tops collected. A certificate will be given to your child on Monday (today) along with a small gift pack.
Thank you to all for collecting box tops, please keep collecting. Also, remember to write your child's name. A winner will be selected every term!


Agenda for this week.....


1. Chinese---We are going to finish our opposite unit! We are left with 2 more vocabularies.
Tall/Short (heightwise)---------Inside/outside----

We will start out family unit:
Grandfather/Grandmother----Mother/Father



2.. MATHS---We will keep reviewing 21-30, how to write/count/say them and most important how to recognize each number. We will keep working on place values. Please make sure your practice with them at home on how to tie rubber bands around sticks.

3.. Science: We will start our winter unit- YAY!

4. Health: We will keep working on good clean habits, flushing the toilet, WASHING HANDS PROPERLY, etc

5. CHINESE TEST: sometime this week on opposites unit! Please review with them!


We are going to have a busy and fun week ahead.....

Recordings for Family part 1

Parents,
Here is the recordings for the family unit.
Please review with them.

Thanks!

Recordings for opposites part 3

Hi Parents,
These are the last 2 vocabularies for the opposites unit.
Enjoy!