Stay tuned for many updates!
Friday, January 31, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
audio clips for fruits
Good Morning Parents,
Good to see some of you during the 1st day of SEP (yesterday!) Thanks for coming on time!
Here are the audio clips for fruits
https://soundcloud.com/lin-lao-shi/sets/fruits
Please remember to pick your child up on time the whole of this week, remember it is half days! Also, please come on time or early to your SEP conference :)
XieXie
Good to see some of you during the 1st day of SEP (yesterday!) Thanks for coming on time!
Here are the audio clips for fruits
https://soundcloud.com/lin-lao-shi/sets/fruits
Please remember to pick your child up on time the whole of this week, remember it is half days! Also, please come on time or early to your SEP conference :)
XieXie
Friday, January 24, 2014
Next week is SEP and agenda
Parents,
THANK YOU for signing up for SEP! SEE you next week!
Business:
1. SEP---parent teacher conference, please make sure that you are on time or alittle early to your appointment, that would be great!!! We appreciate you and your child!
Please remember the following for SEP:
-Half day all week
-AM class---8:50am-10:50am
PM class---11:25am-1:25pm
-Please be on time in dropping them off at school and be on time in picking them up.
-there is no English class all of next week
-there is NO LUNCH all of next week
-being a short week, I don't need volunteers, thank you great volunteers who come and help! :)
- We are going to be reviewing the goals set at the last SEP, come ready with your child's goals
-leave younger and older children out in the hallways
2. CHINESE NEW YEAR PARTY in held in my classroom on feb 31st, Friday
Our awesome moms have planned a great party for your kids!!!
3. CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT!!! is held in Bountiful High School on FEB 7th, Friday at 6pm! Please make sure to do the following:
- DONT BE LATE>>>COME AT 5:40pm!!! We are going to practice and run through our songs before! ( come early and get good parking and good view seats!)
-Make sure NOT TO WEAR BLACK!!! ( it is considered a bad omen and bad luck to wear black for Chinese New Year!)
- Attire: Wear red shirts and blue jeans, or brown pants ( no snow pants, no black pants, no shorts)
*if you have Chinese attire for your child, they are most welcome to wear it
-GIRLS: Please make sure their hair is tied into 2 buns (left and right), if you are not sure how to tie, this wonderful thing they sell in hair/beauty shops is called a donut ( it is not the food) but it can help you tie a nice bun, try to attach a red ribbon ( something like the picture below!)
-BOYS--please make sure their hair is gel back
-if you want to put on make up, light make up is good, if not, its ok too:)
-ONCE your child is done performing, they will exit to the left (if you are facing the stage) and wait in the hallways. Please make sure to pick up your child, the high school is big, we don't want little kids wondering around and getting lost, please make sure to come and pick them up quickly. (Mrs Christensen or I will be out there waiting with your kids in the hallways)
-AM class will perform first and then exit to the left into the hallways
-PM class will perform after and then exit to the left into the hallways
*FULL DRESS REHEARSAL is held on FEB 5th, Wednesday, please MAKE SURE your child comes in full appropriate attire (refer to the above), your child will perform for the whole school!
3. Please refer to the blog on Chinese New Year details and other important information!
Agenda:
1. Chinese--- We will start learning a new unit: Fruits
Please stay tune for audio clips posted next week
2. Maths--- I have seen a big improvement in addition, thanks for your hard work! We are going to be moving to +2 (this might cause some confusion), we will move on to 1-70 dots at the same time.
3. Health: We are learning how to take care of our bodies: how to brush teeth properly:)
Have a great weekend!
THANK YOU for signing up for SEP! SEE you next week!
Business:
1. SEP---parent teacher conference, please make sure that you are on time or alittle early to your appointment, that would be great!!! We appreciate you and your child!
Please remember the following for SEP:
-Half day all week
-AM class---8:50am-10:50am
PM class---11:25am-1:25pm
-Please be on time in dropping them off at school and be on time in picking them up.
-there is no English class all of next week
-there is NO LUNCH all of next week
-being a short week, I don't need volunteers, thank you great volunteers who come and help! :)
- We are going to be reviewing the goals set at the last SEP, come ready with your child's goals
-leave younger and older children out in the hallways
2. CHINESE NEW YEAR PARTY in held in my classroom on feb 31st, Friday
Our awesome moms have planned a great party for your kids!!!
3. CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT!!! is held in Bountiful High School on FEB 7th, Friday at 6pm! Please make sure to do the following:
- DONT BE LATE>>>COME AT 5:40pm!!! We are going to practice and run through our songs before! ( come early and get good parking and good view seats!)
-Make sure NOT TO WEAR BLACK!!! ( it is considered a bad omen and bad luck to wear black for Chinese New Year!)
- Attire: Wear red shirts and blue jeans, or brown pants ( no snow pants, no black pants, no shorts)
*if you have Chinese attire for your child, they are most welcome to wear it
-GIRLS: Please make sure their hair is tied into 2 buns (left and right), if you are not sure how to tie, this wonderful thing they sell in hair/beauty shops is called a donut ( it is not the food) but it can help you tie a nice bun, try to attach a red ribbon ( something like the picture below!)
-BOYS--please make sure their hair is gel back
-if you want to put on make up, light make up is good, if not, its ok too:)
-ONCE your child is done performing, they will exit to the left (if you are facing the stage) and wait in the hallways. Please make sure to pick up your child, the high school is big, we don't want little kids wondering around and getting lost, please make sure to come and pick them up quickly. (Mrs Christensen or I will be out there waiting with your kids in the hallways)
-AM class will perform first and then exit to the left into the hallways
-PM class will perform after and then exit to the left into the hallways
*FULL DRESS REHEARSAL is held on FEB 5th, Wednesday, please MAKE SURE your child comes in full appropriate attire (refer to the above), your child will perform for the whole school!
3. Please refer to the blog on Chinese New Year details and other important information!
Agenda:
1. Chinese--- We will start learning a new unit: Fruits
Please stay tune for audio clips posted next week
2. Maths--- I have seen a big improvement in addition, thanks for your hard work! We are going to be moving to +2 (this might cause some confusion), we will move on to 1-70 dots at the same time.
3. Health: We are learning how to take care of our bodies: how to brush teeth properly:)
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, January 23, 2014
stranger danger!
Parents,
We talked about stranger danger in our class this week, please make sure to talk to your kids at home about it. An incident happened in one of the bountiful schools (recently), where a car pulled up and a man inside started talking to a female student (who happened to walk past), the man in the car wanted the girl to come in the car to look at some pictures, the girl said no and ran fast into her classroom. SCARY!!!!
Please make sure to talk to your kids about strangers and its dangers:
-not to talk to strangers
-not to give out personal information
-not to get into cars/ vehicles with strangers
-to get help from any teachers or staff in school if they encounter a stranger
(if possible, try to remember what the stranger looks like)
Thanks for spreading the word!
We want your kids to be safe!!
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
TAKE NOTE~!
Parents,
Wu Lao Shi (the 3rd grade Chinese teacher) just had her baby boy! Congrats! Mommy and baby and doing great!
PLEASE NOTE!!!!!!!!
I got the location mixed up for the Chinese New Year Program, it is
BOUNTIFUL HIGH SCHOOL
* PLEASE COME EARLY AT 5:40pm (we need to practice before and there is limited parking and you want to get good seats, eh?)
*Do NOT WEAR BLACK
* Make sure your child wears a red shirt and blue/brown pants
*if you have a Chinese attire for your child, they are most welcome to wear
*Make sure girls hair are tied into 2 buns, see previous posts on the picture
*boys, make sure their hair is gel back
*when we are done performing, please make sure that you pick up your child in the hallway, it will be to the left (if you are facing the stage)
*you are most welcome to stay for the entire program but we understand if you want to leave after your child perform
the program will be as follows,
-Dragon Dance
-Kindergarten
-1st grade
-2nd grade
-3rd grade
-4th grade
Also, we have a full dress rehearsal on 5th feb, wed, please make sure your child comes to school in full and proper attire!!
SEP CONFERENCES IS NEXT WEEK!!!!
There are still 4 kids that need to sign up ( I have emailed you earlier this morning!)
DONT FORGET!!!!
-SEP week is next week
-HALF days all week
AM class---8:50am--10:50am
PM Class---11:25am--1:25pm
-please make sure other younger or older children wait in the hallways
-please be ON TIME or EARLER to your scheduled appointment
(being late creates chaos as our schedule is packed back to back)
-remember to bring your goals to review during SEP
- being half days for SEP week, I don't need parent volunteers, thank you so much!
Chinese New Year Party
is held in my classroom
on Jan 31st, Friday!
Wu Lao Shi (the 3rd grade Chinese teacher) just had her baby boy! Congrats! Mommy and baby and doing great!
PLEASE NOTE!!!!!!!!
I got the location mixed up for the Chinese New Year Program, it is
BOUNTIFUL HIGH SCHOOL
* PLEASE COME EARLY AT 5:40pm (we need to practice before and there is limited parking and you want to get good seats, eh?)
*Do NOT WEAR BLACK
* Make sure your child wears a red shirt and blue/brown pants
*if you have a Chinese attire for your child, they are most welcome to wear
*Make sure girls hair are tied into 2 buns, see previous posts on the picture
*boys, make sure their hair is gel back
*when we are done performing, please make sure that you pick up your child in the hallway, it will be to the left (if you are facing the stage)
*you are most welcome to stay for the entire program but we understand if you want to leave after your child perform
the program will be as follows,
-Dragon Dance
-Kindergarten
-1st grade
-2nd grade
-3rd grade
-4th grade
Also, we have a full dress rehearsal on 5th feb, wed, please make sure your child comes to school in full and proper attire!!
SEP CONFERENCES IS NEXT WEEK!!!!
There are still 4 kids that need to sign up ( I have emailed you earlier this morning!)
DONT FORGET!!!!
-SEP week is next week
-HALF days all week
AM class---8:50am--10:50am
PM Class---11:25am--1:25pm
-please make sure other younger or older children wait in the hallways
-please be ON TIME or EARLER to your scheduled appointment
(being late creates chaos as our schedule is packed back to back)
-remember to bring your goals to review during SEP
- being half days for SEP week, I don't need parent volunteers, thank you so much!
Chinese New Year Party
is held in my classroom
on Jan 31st, Friday!
Friday, January 17, 2014
Please take note as we have alot of important events these coming weeks
Parents,
Please read and mark your calendars for very important events these coming weeks...Please please please!
Business:
1. SEP (parent teacher conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it will be held on the last week of January
( Jan 27th Jan 31st) Please make sure to SIGN UP ASAP!!!!!!!!!!
Please note the early out schedule all week:
AM CLASS: 8:45am-10:50am
PM CLASS-11:25am- 1:25pm
Please be on time in dropping them off and picking them up!
Please make sure to review and bring your goals (Set at the last SEP) so that we can review them and see if we accomplish them!
Please if you have other older and younger children that they wait in the hallway during SEP conferences!
Please be on time of earlier for your SEP conference as our schedule is packed tightly, being late puts others off schedule!
2. Chinese New Year Party, will be held January 31th-friday in my classroom ( which is the actual day of Chinese New Year) Our cool moms are planning it!
3. Chinese New Year Program-----Please make sure your read the previous post on all the information.
4. January 20-21st (mon and tues) has NO SCHOOL!!! ENJOY a 4 day weekend!!!!!!!
5. Confusion with dashes and dots, I hope I didn't confuse many of you, but with the 10 frames worksheets where the children are drawing dots, for example 58, they can draw 58 dashes instead of dots (if their little hands gets too tired)
BUT for the addition worksheets, please still draw dots/circles. Please follow the format that I have send home on the yellow paper.
6. Library slips, there are still missing slips from the AM class! PM class has all library slips turned in!!! YAY! Remember, no library slips = your child cannot check out books
7. If you have concerns or questions, please feel free to talk to me, of email, I checked my emails frequently.
8. There are still some children coming in late from recess, pretty please talk to your child to watch for their class and to hear their bell, coming in late is becoming a habit for some, please help me tell them at home.
Agenda for our 3 day week next week:
1. Chinese--- We will be reviewing our 3D shapes and doing more comparision between 3D and 2D shapes) example circle and Sphere ( circle is flat but sphere is not) etc
2. Math, we will still continue 1-60, your child can dashes but they have to be individually draw, example 60, they have to draw 60 dashes. We will keep working on addition, please review with them at home.
* a common mistake that I am noticing, that some children miss a whole 10 frame. example, the number 52, they only draw 42 dashes because after drawing 40 dashes, when they proceed to draw the next set, they automatically count 51,52 already, even though it is suppose to be 41,42,
Please make sure that your practice with them at home.
* a trick that a lot of children have been using, that instead of counting from scratch everytime, they count each 10 frame as 10, 20,30, 40, 50,
3. Art, we will make Chinese masks in preparation for Chinese New Year!
Have a greatttttt weekend!
Please read and mark your calendars for very important events these coming weeks...Please please please!
Business:
1. SEP (parent teacher conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it will be held on the last week of January
( Jan 27th Jan 31st) Please make sure to SIGN UP ASAP!!!!!!!!!!
Please note the early out schedule all week:
AM CLASS: 8:45am-10:50am
PM CLASS-11:25am- 1:25pm
Please be on time in dropping them off and picking them up!
Please make sure to review and bring your goals (Set at the last SEP) so that we can review them and see if we accomplish them!
Please if you have other older and younger children that they wait in the hallway during SEP conferences!
Please be on time of earlier for your SEP conference as our schedule is packed tightly, being late puts others off schedule!
2. Chinese New Year Party, will be held January 31th-friday in my classroom ( which is the actual day of Chinese New Year) Our cool moms are planning it!
3. Chinese New Year Program-----Please make sure your read the previous post on all the information.
4. January 20-21st (mon and tues) has NO SCHOOL!!! ENJOY a 4 day weekend!!!!!!!
5. Confusion with dashes and dots, I hope I didn't confuse many of you, but with the 10 frames worksheets where the children are drawing dots, for example 58, they can draw 58 dashes instead of dots (if their little hands gets too tired)
BUT for the addition worksheets, please still draw dots/circles. Please follow the format that I have send home on the yellow paper.
6. Library slips, there are still missing slips from the AM class! PM class has all library slips turned in!!! YAY! Remember, no library slips = your child cannot check out books
7. If you have concerns or questions, please feel free to talk to me, of email, I checked my emails frequently.
8. There are still some children coming in late from recess, pretty please talk to your child to watch for their class and to hear their bell, coming in late is becoming a habit for some, please help me tell them at home.
Agenda for our 3 day week next week:
1. Chinese--- We will be reviewing our 3D shapes and doing more comparision between 3D and 2D shapes) example circle and Sphere ( circle is flat but sphere is not) etc
2. Math, we will still continue 1-60, your child can dashes but they have to be individually draw, example 60, they have to draw 60 dashes. We will keep working on addition, please review with them at home.
* a common mistake that I am noticing, that some children miss a whole 10 frame. example, the number 52, they only draw 42 dashes because after drawing 40 dashes, when they proceed to draw the next set, they automatically count 51,52 already, even though it is suppose to be 41,42,
Please make sure that your practice with them at home.
* a trick that a lot of children have been using, that instead of counting from scratch everytime, they count each 10 frame as 10, 20,30, 40, 50,
3. Art, we will make Chinese masks in preparation for Chinese New Year!
Have a greatttttt weekend!
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
plastic bags and Chinese New Year Program!
Parents,
A BIG THANK YOU to those who brought plastic bags yesterday! YOU are the troopers!
Thank you AM Class---# 3, 5, 12, 13, 17 ,23
Thank you PM class----# 2 , 11, 12 , 13, 15, 20 , 25 ,28
Total 14 students from both class! Xie xie for your continual support!
CHINESE NEW YEAR PROGRAM!
TIME: 6PM-8PM (might finish earlier or end a little later, give or take)
VENUE: BOUNTIFUL HIGH
DATE/DAY: 7TH FEB, 2013-FRIDAY
What Is Chinese New Year?
- Chinese New Year is a very important and big event (bigger than Christmas!) in my country, I hope to share some little insight on what Chinese New Year is. It is basically the new year (on the Chinese Luna Calendar, which is different every year) We believe that we need to get ready before New Year comes, we clean the house before, buy new clothes, shoes because we want to be clean, to look our best, to have a new start for the New Year. We do not clean the house during the Chinese New Year ( which last a whole week!) because we believe that we are 'sweeping/ cleaning away good luck' This year Chinese New Year falls on January 31st, Friday ( which is also the day of our classroom party!) We believe the color red is a good luck color and we wear the color red and decorate our house with red packets , red cloths to bring in good luck. There is short story on why red is a good luck color ( I will show the video to your kids, it is in Chinese but I think it is simple to understand!) On the Eve of Chinese New Year, we have a big dinner with immediate family and grandparents, this dinner is important, we believe everyone of the family members need to be there because families are important in the Chinese culture. We eat a big feast and it usually have special noodles( this noodles symbolizes good luck, longevity, good health etc (all the good stuff). The children will try the best to stay up as late as possible because we believe that the longer they stay up, the longer their parents will live! :) Chinese New Year morning, we wake up early, shower, put on our new attire, shoes, make sure we look our best, we kneel down and take 2 mandarin oranges (which symbolizes good luck) and present it to our parents, we greet them with best wishes like ( good health, happy life, etc) and then take our mandarin oranges and give us red packets( filled with money) and wish us good luck wishes in return ( success in school, good health, etc) then we go to our relatives houses and wish our grandparents and aunts and uncles. This is really fun for the kids especially because we have a lot of red packets (which means good luck) and money! yay! There are usually a lot of different snacks and candies during Chinese new year. We usually have a big lunch/ feast with our extended family (usually in the grandparents house) and play games like mahjong, card games, watch movies etc. It is such a fun time. The rest of the Chinese New Year week is for visiting friends/ neighbors and just spending time with family.
*hope this helps!
Special things to note for the Chinese New Year Program:
- Please do NOT wear black clothes during the program, black color clothes symbolizes death, funeral, this is very bad omen to wear for Chinese New Year! please please please, please!
-all boys and girls should wear a red T shirt (michaels, walmart or target sells cheap plain white shirt for kids), preferably with no words on it, just plain red, if not you can wear a shirt inside out, and blue jeans or brown pants or leggings (For the girls) *if you have a Chinese attire, your child is most welcome to wear it, please check with me, if you are not sure!
Do NOT wear sleeveless attire!
- For the boys, please make sure their hair is gel back and combed nicely
-For the girls, please make sure their hair is tied into 2 buns
(see picture for details), try to use red ribbons at the bottom of buns, you are welcome to use glitter on their hair too.
*if you want to put make up on them, you are welcome to BUT, please don't overdo the make up!
-Please make sure you come early for the program as we are the first to perform, please come at 5:40pm, DO NOT BE LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We still need to get ready and warm up before the program starts, I would advise coming early to get good seats and good parking!
-The program will be as follows, kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade and 4th grade.
- Please make sure that after our cute kids perform (for kindergarten) that you are in the hallway, waiting to pick them up, because they are still little and the concert area is a big and unfamiliar area for these kids, we want to make sure that an adult (a parent or guardian) to pick them up, after picking them up, you are welcome to stay and finishing watching the concert (if you have other kids in other grade levels or not) or you are welcome to go home ( it might be late for some of our kids!)
If no adult or guardian picks up your child, they cannot be released back into the crowd because of safety issues, I do not want them to get lost. Pretty please make sure that you pick them up right after they perform, they will be waiting in the hallway with Mrs Christensen or me!)
AM class will perform first then exit the stage and then PM class will perform! Be alert!
* We also have a dress rehearsal on 5th feb, Wednesday, please make sure that your child wears the proper attire for this rehearsal ( no black clothes!) and their hair is gel or tied into buns accordingly!
Your children will be performing the same program for the whole school for the dress rehearsal!
Please make sure you read all of the above as it is very important!!!!!
Thank you!
A BIG THANK YOU to those who brought plastic bags yesterday! YOU are the troopers!
Thank you AM Class---# 3, 5, 12, 13, 17 ,23
Thank you PM class----# 2 , 11, 12 , 13, 15, 20 , 25 ,28
Total 14 students from both class! Xie xie for your continual support!
CHINESE NEW YEAR PROGRAM!
TIME: 6PM-8PM (might finish earlier or end a little later, give or take)
VENUE: BOUNTIFUL HIGH
DATE/DAY: 7TH FEB, 2013-FRIDAY
What Is Chinese New Year?
- Chinese New Year is a very important and big event (bigger than Christmas!) in my country, I hope to share some little insight on what Chinese New Year is. It is basically the new year (on the Chinese Luna Calendar, which is different every year) We believe that we need to get ready before New Year comes, we clean the house before, buy new clothes, shoes because we want to be clean, to look our best, to have a new start for the New Year. We do not clean the house during the Chinese New Year ( which last a whole week!) because we believe that we are 'sweeping/ cleaning away good luck' This year Chinese New Year falls on January 31st, Friday ( which is also the day of our classroom party!) We believe the color red is a good luck color and we wear the color red and decorate our house with red packets , red cloths to bring in good luck. There is short story on why red is a good luck color ( I will show the video to your kids, it is in Chinese but I think it is simple to understand!) On the Eve of Chinese New Year, we have a big dinner with immediate family and grandparents, this dinner is important, we believe everyone of the family members need to be there because families are important in the Chinese culture. We eat a big feast and it usually have special noodles( this noodles symbolizes good luck, longevity, good health etc (all the good stuff). The children will try the best to stay up as late as possible because we believe that the longer they stay up, the longer their parents will live! :) Chinese New Year morning, we wake up early, shower, put on our new attire, shoes, make sure we look our best, we kneel down and take 2 mandarin oranges (which symbolizes good luck) and present it to our parents, we greet them with best wishes like ( good health, happy life, etc) and then take our mandarin oranges and give us red packets( filled with money) and wish us good luck wishes in return ( success in school, good health, etc) then we go to our relatives houses and wish our grandparents and aunts and uncles. This is really fun for the kids especially because we have a lot of red packets (which means good luck) and money! yay! There are usually a lot of different snacks and candies during Chinese new year. We usually have a big lunch/ feast with our extended family (usually in the grandparents house) and play games like mahjong, card games, watch movies etc. It is such a fun time. The rest of the Chinese New Year week is for visiting friends/ neighbors and just spending time with family.
*hope this helps!
Special things to note for the Chinese New Year Program:
- Please do NOT wear black clothes during the program, black color clothes symbolizes death, funeral, this is very bad omen to wear for Chinese New Year! please please please, please!
-all boys and girls should wear a red T shirt (michaels, walmart or target sells cheap plain white shirt for kids), preferably with no words on it, just plain red, if not you can wear a shirt inside out, and blue jeans or brown pants or leggings (For the girls) *if you have a Chinese attire, your child is most welcome to wear it, please check with me, if you are not sure!
Do NOT wear sleeveless attire!
- For the boys, please make sure their hair is gel back and combed nicely
-For the girls, please make sure their hair is tied into 2 buns
(see picture for details), try to use red ribbons at the bottom of buns, you are welcome to use glitter on their hair too.
*if you want to put make up on them, you are welcome to BUT, please don't overdo the make up!
-Please make sure you come early for the program as we are the first to perform, please come at 5:40pm, DO NOT BE LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We still need to get ready and warm up before the program starts, I would advise coming early to get good seats and good parking!
-The program will be as follows, kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade and 4th grade.
- Please make sure that after our cute kids perform (for kindergarten) that you are in the hallway, waiting to pick them up, because they are still little and the concert area is a big and unfamiliar area for these kids, we want to make sure that an adult (a parent or guardian) to pick them up, after picking them up, you are welcome to stay and finishing watching the concert (if you have other kids in other grade levels or not) or you are welcome to go home ( it might be late for some of our kids!)
If no adult or guardian picks up your child, they cannot be released back into the crowd because of safety issues, I do not want them to get lost. Pretty please make sure that you pick them up right after they perform, they will be waiting in the hallway with Mrs Christensen or me!)
AM class will perform first then exit the stage and then PM class will perform! Be alert!
* We also have a dress rehearsal on 5th feb, Wednesday, please make sure that your child wears the proper attire for this rehearsal ( no black clothes!) and their hair is gel or tied into buns accordingly!
Your children will be performing the same program for the whole school for the dress rehearsal!
Please make sure you read all of the above as it is very important!!!!!
Thank you!
Monday, January 13, 2014
Boba World
Parents!
HAPPY MONDAY~ ~
A super parent from the AM class recommended me this amazing restaurant,
BOBA WORLD, it is in WOODCROSS! It is really authentic SHANGHAI cuisine! I have went there over the weekend and tried it and it is REAL Chinese food!
Boba is a small locally owned family business! The shop owners are very very nice and sweet people! The food is really good, I have some take out menu that the shop owners gave me, I will put them in your child blue folder!
You have to try their noodles dishes, their noodles are all home made! Their bubble drinks, also known as chewing drinks are amazing! I love their Shanghai juicy dumplings! This is better than any dumplings you buy in any store! This makes me miss home!
Their address is :
BOBA WORLD
750 S 512 W (unit #3)
Woodcross, UT 8410
Tel: 801-298-3626
Open 7 days a week
M-Sat---10:30am---9:30pm
Sun--12am-8:00pm
HAPPY MONDAY~ ~
A super parent from the AM class recommended me this amazing restaurant,
BOBA WORLD, it is in WOODCROSS! It is really authentic SHANGHAI cuisine! I have went there over the weekend and tried it and it is REAL Chinese food!
Boba is a small locally owned family business! The shop owners are very very nice and sweet people! The food is really good, I have some take out menu that the shop owners gave me, I will put them in your child blue folder!
You have to try their noodles dishes, their noodles are all home made! Their bubble drinks, also known as chewing drinks are amazing! I love their Shanghai juicy dumplings! This is better than any dumplings you buy in any store! This makes me miss home!
Their address is :
BOBA WORLD
750 S 512 W (unit #3)
Woodcross, UT 8410
Tel: 801-298-3626
Open 7 days a week
M-Sat---10:30am---9:30pm
Sun--12am-8:00pm
Friday, January 10, 2014
next week agenda January 13th-17th
Parents,
This has been a crazy week but we survived! I really hope you can help me with addition at home, I have send home a lot of papers, the yellow paper is how to draw the circles for the addition problems, so they will not be confused, the salmon colored paper is practice paper for addition, the green and brown paper is for counting the dots worksheet and the pink paper is for number line.
Lots of papers! Do NOT turn it in, it is to practice at home. Thank you for doing that.
Addition practice is going to be re-taught again, there are some very high level students that can even add 2 digits with 2 digits:) while some that still struggle with the concept of addition, I am not comparing! Just to let you know what a far range of students we have.
Pretty please with sugar on top, please please please practice with them at home, especially going over the vocabulary on addition, equals etc! This will help classroom practice a lot easier!
Business:
1. SEP, (parent teacher conference) Please please please schedule early, DONT FORGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can start scheduling on Monday January 13th!
Please note the half day schedule, (treat every day of SEP week like a Friday)
AM CLASS ---8:45am-10:50am
PM CLASS-----11:25am--1:25pm
SEP WEEK IS FROM JAN 27th - JAN 31th (Monday to Friday)
There will be no lunch or English class during SEP week. Please make sure you drop them off on time and PICK THEM up on time, because it is too cold outside and for safety issues, if you are not there within 10 minutes, when school is out, your child will be waiting in the office.
for SEP, please remember to bring your goals that we set with you during the LAST SEP, so we can review and see if we accomplished them. also, if you have older or younger kids, if they can wait in the hallway that would be great!
2. LIBRARY FORMS, I need them by the end of next week, January 17th, Friday. PLEASE MAKE SURE that you turn it in asap.
No forms= your child cannot check out books
3. RUNNING----Pretty please tell your child not to run anywhere in the school or in the playground etc, there are so many injuries and falls that occurs, especially when there is snow and ice outside, it gets slippery. Also, there are so many children in the school and in the playground, running results in them running into another child or crashing into an object, please please please please tell them not to!
4. EMERGENCY SITUATION !!!! TAKE NOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* In event of an emergency, like fire, too much snow and school is cancelled, late start, etc
There will be callouts from the school district, please make sure your number is updated and CORRECT!
If we experience a late start, a.m. kindergarten will not be held. If on a Friday, both will be cancelled.
5. CHINESE NEW YEAR PARTY will be held on January 31st, Friday (which is a half day)
AM class party will be from 9am- 10:30am
PM class party will be from 11:40am-1pm
*if you want to come earlier to set up, you are welcome to do so,
AM Chinese New Year committee could come at 8:30am to set up
PM Chinese New Year committee could come at 11:10am to set up
*if you need ideas for games, decorations please ask me:) I will be very happy to give lots of ideas
*if possible, try to do activities or games without involving sweets,chocolates etc, too much sugar is bad and we also have a lot of food allergies...
6. CHINESE NEW YEAR PROGRAM will be HELD FEB 7th, Friday, more information to come next week, so keep your calendars open!!!
AGENDA.............
1. Chinese---we will review the 3D shapes and compare their 2D shapes. (similarities and differences)
2. Math--We will keep doing addition, please make sure to go over the vocabulary with them and to practice with them at home, especially the concept on adding. That would help a lot.
Also, we will be starting 1-60, dots and number line.
3. Art: we will do finger painting, be prepared for your child and their clothes to get paint on, the paint is washable!
4. TEST: on 3D shapes, please review with them! Take note:
cone and cylinder have the same 1st and last word, so on cone, I taught them to emphasize the 2nd word, that way they wont get confused.
Have a Warm and fun weekend!
doing another test to see who reads the whole blog and remember the plastic bag, on Monday, jan 13th , please send your child with a plastic bag (eg walmart bag, smith, dicks, etc) in their backpack
last time, we only had 10 kids come with rubber bands :( sad , lets see if we can do better, remember, do NOT pass the word around. thanks!
This has been a crazy week but we survived! I really hope you can help me with addition at home, I have send home a lot of papers, the yellow paper is how to draw the circles for the addition problems, so they will not be confused, the salmon colored paper is practice paper for addition, the green and brown paper is for counting the dots worksheet and the pink paper is for number line.
Lots of papers! Do NOT turn it in, it is to practice at home. Thank you for doing that.
Addition practice is going to be re-taught again, there are some very high level students that can even add 2 digits with 2 digits:) while some that still struggle with the concept of addition, I am not comparing! Just to let you know what a far range of students we have.
Pretty please with sugar on top, please please please practice with them at home, especially going over the vocabulary on addition, equals etc! This will help classroom practice a lot easier!
Business:
1. SEP, (parent teacher conference) Please please please schedule early, DONT FORGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can start scheduling on Monday January 13th!
Please note the half day schedule, (treat every day of SEP week like a Friday)
AM CLASS ---8:45am-10:50am
PM CLASS-----11:25am--1:25pm
SEP WEEK IS FROM JAN 27th - JAN 31th (Monday to Friday)
There will be no lunch or English class during SEP week. Please make sure you drop them off on time and PICK THEM up on time, because it is too cold outside and for safety issues, if you are not there within 10 minutes, when school is out, your child will be waiting in the office.
for SEP, please remember to bring your goals that we set with you during the LAST SEP, so we can review and see if we accomplished them. also, if you have older or younger kids, if they can wait in the hallway that would be great!
2. LIBRARY FORMS, I need them by the end of next week, January 17th, Friday. PLEASE MAKE SURE that you turn it in asap.
No forms= your child cannot check out books
3. RUNNING----Pretty please tell your child not to run anywhere in the school or in the playground etc, there are so many injuries and falls that occurs, especially when there is snow and ice outside, it gets slippery. Also, there are so many children in the school and in the playground, running results in them running into another child or crashing into an object, please please please please tell them not to!
4. EMERGENCY SITUATION !!!! TAKE NOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* In event of an emergency, like fire, too much snow and school is cancelled, late start, etc
There will be callouts from the school district, please make sure your number is updated and CORRECT!
If we experience a late start, a.m. kindergarten will not be held. If on a Friday, both will be cancelled.
5. CHINESE NEW YEAR PARTY will be held on January 31st, Friday (which is a half day)
AM class party will be from 9am- 10:30am
PM class party will be from 11:40am-1pm
*if you want to come earlier to set up, you are welcome to do so,
AM Chinese New Year committee could come at 8:30am to set up
PM Chinese New Year committee could come at 11:10am to set up
*if you need ideas for games, decorations please ask me:) I will be very happy to give lots of ideas
*if possible, try to do activities or games without involving sweets,chocolates etc, too much sugar is bad and we also have a lot of food allergies...
6. CHINESE NEW YEAR PROGRAM will be HELD FEB 7th, Friday, more information to come next week, so keep your calendars open!!!
AGENDA.............
1. Chinese---we will review the 3D shapes and compare their 2D shapes. (similarities and differences)
2. Math--We will keep doing addition, please make sure to go over the vocabulary with them and to practice with them at home, especially the concept on adding. That would help a lot.
Also, we will be starting 1-60, dots and number line.
3. Art: we will do finger painting, be prepared for your child and their clothes to get paint on, the paint is washable!
4. TEST: on 3D shapes, please review with them! Take note:
cone and cylinder have the same 1st and last word, so on cone, I taught them to emphasize the 2nd word, that way they wont get confused.
Have a Warm and fun weekend!
doing another test to see who reads the whole blog and remember the plastic bag, on Monday, jan 13th , please send your child with a plastic bag (eg walmart bag, smith, dicks, etc) in their backpack
last time, we only had 10 kids come with rubber bands :( sad , lets see if we can do better, remember, do NOT pass the word around. thanks!
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Addition woes
Dear parents,
We started addition this week and there were some frustrated and some that had no idea what adding means. I hope you have gone over the vocabulary with them in Chinese on add, equals etc. This helps them to have a head start on the language part on math.
First of all, I want them to use manipulatives when they do their addition problem.
for example 1+1=
they have to draw 0 + 0 =
*circle plus circle equals?
then they count the circles one,two
therefore the answer is 2
so 1+1= 2
0 + 0 = 0 (using circles to draw, note the placement of the circles)
0
There have been a lot of different ways drawing the circles, I want them to use a standard way to draw to avoid confusion and makes it easier for them to count and recognize.
I have send out an email already (and will send home a note tomorrow-thurs) on how to draw those circles. Please refer to that attachment.
Hopefully this helps. I have even use ten blocks to help some with addition, it has helped many, but some are still confused, I will try my best to reteach until most or all of the students get addition.
Most common mistakes I note when they are drawing circles:
1. They draw their circles everywhere and they end up getting confused how many circles are there
for example 1+1=
they draw 00000000000000 0000 00000 000
2. Their circles are unclear and overlap with other circles so they get confused with how many circles are there
3. if the problem is 1+3, they should draw 1 circle + 3 circles, right? but some end up drawing 2 circles + 4 circles, so their answer will be wrong, if they draw the circles on the question wrongly
for example 1+3
they draw 00+ 0000 (which is the wrong amount)
4. They write their add sign after the equals sign, so they get confused
for example 1+2
they write it like this 000=+
5. they write their answer first and then draw some circles and then the answer
for example 1+3
they write it like this 4 000+0=
Hopefully this helps. I will send home a practice sheet with the first example done for you, that way you can practice.
Lin Lao Shi
We started addition this week and there were some frustrated and some that had no idea what adding means. I hope you have gone over the vocabulary with them in Chinese on add, equals etc. This helps them to have a head start on the language part on math.
First of all, I want them to use manipulatives when they do their addition problem.
for example 1+1=
they have to draw 0 + 0 =
*circle plus circle equals?
then they count the circles one,two
therefore the answer is 2
so 1+1= 2
0 + 0 = 0 (using circles to draw, note the placement of the circles)
0
There have been a lot of different ways drawing the circles, I want them to use a standard way to draw to avoid confusion and makes it easier for them to count and recognize.
I have send out an email already (and will send home a note tomorrow-thurs) on how to draw those circles. Please refer to that attachment.
Hopefully this helps. I have even use ten blocks to help some with addition, it has helped many, but some are still confused, I will try my best to reteach until most or all of the students get addition.
Most common mistakes I note when they are drawing circles:
1. They draw their circles everywhere and they end up getting confused how many circles are there
for example 1+1=
they draw 00000000000000 0000 00000 000
2. Their circles are unclear and overlap with other circles so they get confused with how many circles are there
3. if the problem is 1+3, they should draw 1 circle + 3 circles, right? but some end up drawing 2 circles + 4 circles, so their answer will be wrong, if they draw the circles on the question wrongly
for example 1+3
they draw 00+ 0000 (which is the wrong amount)
4. They write their add sign after the equals sign, so they get confused
for example 1+2
they write it like this 000=+
5. they write their answer first and then draw some circles and then the answer
for example 1+3
they write it like this 4 000+0=
Hopefully this helps. I will send home a practice sheet with the first example done for you, that way you can practice.
Lin Lao Shi
Monday, January 6, 2014
Events to take note of in the next few weeks!
Hi Parents,
We have some important events for you to take note of these coming weeks
1. SEP (parent teacher conference) you can start signing up online beginning January 13th, Monday
*SEP week will be the last week of Jan, starting Jan 27th, Monday)
*early out schedule all week
2. Chinese New year parties in our classroom ( more information to come by the end of this week)
3. Chinese New Year concert will be on February 7th, Friday. More information to come by next week.
We have some important events for you to take note of these coming weeks
1. SEP (parent teacher conference) you can start signing up online beginning January 13th, Monday
*SEP week will be the last week of Jan, starting Jan 27th, Monday)
*early out schedule all week
2. Chinese New year parties in our classroom ( more information to come by the end of this week)
3. Chinese New Year concert will be on February 7th, Friday. More information to come by next week.
Audio recordings for 3D shapes and Addition vocabularies
Parents,
Hope you had a good weekend! I trust all of you have no problems with sound cloud and the link. I am posting below 2 links, the first link is the vocabulary for the 3D shapes.
*Please take note that cone and cylinder have the same 1st and last word, the middle word is different but may sound the same to others, I will try and exaggerate the sound for the middle word
https://soundcloud.com/lin-lao-shi/sets/3d-shapes
The second link is for the vocabulary use for addition. Please take note of that, they need to understand the vocabulary.
https://soundcloud.com/lin-lao-shi/sets/addtion-vocab
Hopefully this helps you a lot!
Don't forget, we have tests this week! Remember to revise with them!
ps, please try your best to make sure your child comes on time to school/class.
XieXie!
WE are going to have a fun week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope you had a good weekend! I trust all of you have no problems with sound cloud and the link. I am posting below 2 links, the first link is the vocabulary for the 3D shapes.
*Please take note that cone and cylinder have the same 1st and last word, the middle word is different but may sound the same to others, I will try and exaggerate the sound for the middle word
https://soundcloud.com/lin-lao-shi/sets/3d-shapes
The second link is for the vocabulary use for addition. Please take note of that, they need to understand the vocabulary.
https://soundcloud.com/lin-lao-shi/sets/addtion-vocab
Hopefully this helps you a lot!
Don't forget, we have tests this week! Remember to revise with them!
ps, please try your best to make sure your child comes on time to school/class.
XieXie!
WE are going to have a fun week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, January 3, 2014
Parents...PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT.............
Due to the crazy cold mornings, the children are allowed inside the gym in the mornings instead of waiting outside in the cold before school starts. I notice that a lot of students tend to wonder in the hallways and not come to class on time.
Please help me talk to them at home about coming straight to the classroom when the school bells rings, this is a safety issue!!!!
Thanks!
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, January 2, 2014
welcome back!
WELCOME BACK Parents and Students from a long long break...
Hope you all had a great Christmas and here's to a GREAT 2014 NEW YEAR AHEAD OF US!
*CHEERS! :)
Thanks for all the generous gifts, gifts cards, food, soap, crafts, cards etc! We appreciate all!
Business:
1. If you have anymore Lysol/Clorox wipes and hand sanitizers (big and small bottles) pretty please with sugar on top, if you can kindly donate some! We are running dry on our supplies :)
2. SEP coming up (parent teacher conference!)
The last week of January (27th onwards)
early out week all week, I will check and let you know when you can schedule your appointment, please come on time, as we are packed back to back on time, being late makes the schedule messy.
Remember to bring your goals that we set the last SEP, so we can review.
3. PLEASE COME EARLY OR ON TIME TO SCHOOL AM AND PM CLASS
Pretty please, it is very important to come early, I know it is getting cold and the weather gets crazy sometimes but try your very best to be punctual :)
4. CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT is coming up! YAY! We have been practicing some songs, more information to come.
*because this is a very short week, we will be reviewing a lot of vocabularies and preparing for our tests next week.
Agenda for next week (6-10 January, 2014)
1. CHINESE-
we will start 3-D shapes, this will be on the end of the year assessment, so please take note!
CUBE----SPHERE----CONE----CYLINDER----
2. MATH----we will review 1-50
*please note, I taught them a trick on the dots worksheet, instead of counting from scratch 1,2,3,4, till 49 (for example) they can count each box as 10,20,30,40, then count 9 more. This save times and it is more efficient.
However, it has confused a very very tiny portion of students ( 1-3 students) on this concept, if it helps them to count from 1 onwards, they are welcomed to do so.
* there are still a small amount of students that still struggle with their numbers and concept of sequencing in counting and writing numbers, please take time and help me practice with them at home, this will make their addition and subtraction unit and other parts of math easier if they know their numbers and the concept of numbers.
we will start simple addition, the concept of adding 1
example 1+1=? 3+1=? etc
3. SCIENCE: We will review and compare differences between each weather element, sun, rain, snow, lightening, wind, cloud.
* some children are confused with rain and snow because they both have the same first words BUT the second words of rain and snow are DIFFERENT. Make sure to emphasize the difference
4. TESTS: Science---Weather elements (must be able to draw and say the different vocabularies)
Math----------1-50 (review the dots worksheet)
Hope you all had a great Christmas and here's to a GREAT 2014 NEW YEAR AHEAD OF US!
*CHEERS! :)
Thanks for all the generous gifts, gifts cards, food, soap, crafts, cards etc! We appreciate all!
Business:
1. If you have anymore Lysol/Clorox wipes and hand sanitizers (big and small bottles) pretty please with sugar on top, if you can kindly donate some! We are running dry on our supplies :)
2. SEP coming up (parent teacher conference!)
The last week of January (27th onwards)
early out week all week, I will check and let you know when you can schedule your appointment, please come on time, as we are packed back to back on time, being late makes the schedule messy.
Remember to bring your goals that we set the last SEP, so we can review.
3. PLEASE COME EARLY OR ON TIME TO SCHOOL AM AND PM CLASS
Pretty please, it is very important to come early, I know it is getting cold and the weather gets crazy sometimes but try your very best to be punctual :)
4. CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT is coming up! YAY! We have been practicing some songs, more information to come.
*because this is a very short week, we will be reviewing a lot of vocabularies and preparing for our tests next week.
Agenda for next week (6-10 January, 2014)
1. CHINESE-
we will start 3-D shapes, this will be on the end of the year assessment, so please take note!
CUBE----SPHERE----CONE----CYLINDER----
2. MATH----we will review 1-50
*please note, I taught them a trick on the dots worksheet, instead of counting from scratch 1,2,3,4, till 49 (for example) they can count each box as 10,20,30,40, then count 9 more. This save times and it is more efficient.
However, it has confused a very very tiny portion of students ( 1-3 students) on this concept, if it helps them to count from 1 onwards, they are welcomed to do so.
* there are still a small amount of students that still struggle with their numbers and concept of sequencing in counting and writing numbers, please take time and help me practice with them at home, this will make their addition and subtraction unit and other parts of math easier if they know their numbers and the concept of numbers.
we will start simple addition, the concept of adding 1
example 1+1=? 3+1=? etc
3. SCIENCE: We will review and compare differences between each weather element, sun, rain, snow, lightening, wind, cloud.
* some children are confused with rain and snow because they both have the same first words BUT the second words of rain and snow are DIFFERENT. Make sure to emphasize the difference
4. TESTS: Science---Weather elements (must be able to draw and say the different vocabularies)
Math----------1-50 (review the dots worksheet)
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