Soundcloud!

Ni Hao Parents,

Hows your summer going? I was wondering if you all still need sound cloud and this blog up?
I was thinking of shutting it down.

Please let me know what you think!
I miss you all and your awesome kids!

also I want to keep in touch with you all, maybe I will leave this blog up as a way of keeping in touch with you all:)

Let me know what you think! Leave a comment!

CA is beautiful btw.

field day tommorow

Parents!

We have a fun field trip today! Thank you to all parent volunteers that came and helped!

Field Day!
(please see email for details)

We have 2 parent volunteers each for AM class and PM class.

ALL STUDENTS come at 12:30pm tomorrow and wait at their normal area (near the front doors to be picked up)

Mrs Christensen will pick up the PM class and Cuiyan (my aide) will pick up the AM class.

Each class will be divided into 2 groups each.

Parent volunteers will be one group each. Please make sure to watch your group.

There are 4 stations outside and students will be rotated to all 4 stations.

3:15pm is when field day is done! please make sure all students return to class. AM class to my classroom, PM class to Mrs Christensen classroom. Students can drink water and rest/ cool off in the classroom.

3:25pm class is dismissed :)

I wont be in school thurs and Friday! Good luck!

Thanks for a great year!

Leaving!

Good Morning Parents,

Today is my last day of work in Stewart Elementary :) I will be moving to California :)
I am so grateful for each and everyone of you for your support, thoughtfulness and kindness!
Thank you for being patient with me this year. Thank you kind parent volunteers for helping me in and out of the classroom! Thank you for your kind donations of different items and time for our class.Thank you, Thank you!

Your kids are amazing and I have seen the huge growth in them, they are so ready for 1st grade next year! I wish them the best of luck in school!

Don't forget, field day tomorrow, I will email you later today on more information.
Also, Friday is meet and greet the 1st grade teachers.

ps, the blog will be up for you all to access soundcloud for the summer!

pps, if you can let me tell the kids today is my last day, that would be great:) I will tell them after the field trip!

Thank you and good luck in your future endeavors!!!
Have a Great Summer!

next week is the LAST week of school YAY!

Parents!

A BIG thank you to this whole school year! This year has been a great year, THANK YOU to ALL parent volunteers whether you are in the classroom helping, or helping us with stuff at home or helping us whenever :) THANK YOU!

Few things to remember next week:

1. Monday-26th May is a holiday--Memorial day! There is NO SCHOOL!
2. Tuesday is regular class day
3.Wednesday is our field trip day to wheeler farm, Please take note of the following:
a) Make sure your child wears COVERED comfortable shoes (For walking!)
b) brings a small sack for lunch, brown paper bags or ziplock bags work best (we have to put lunches in parents volunteers backpack) So please NO metal/plastic/cloth lunchboxes! thanks~
c) Make sure your child arrives ON TIME to school at 8:45am---AM and PM class (The bus will leave on time and will not wait for late comers)
d) Also, we will be back in school at 1:30pm, please make sure you come EARLY or ON TIME to pick your child up. There will not be anymore school/classes for our kindergarteners.
e) please talk to your child about good and safe behaviors on field trips (listening to teachers/parents, not running around, staying with their group, not yelling, shouting in the bus or in wheeler farm etc)

* Parent volunteers that have been notified and have kindly agree to help on the field trip. THANK YOU! Please make sure you come on time or EARLY at 8:45am on wed, so that we can brief you quickly on the field trip. Please make sure you bring a backpack (to carry some sacked lunch)

4. Thursday is field day, that means there is like water activities for the whole school, make sure to send your child with a towel and clothes they can get wet, more information to come on the time....

5. Friday is Meet and Greet their 1st grade English teacher Mrs Mullins and their Chinese teacher Yao Lao Shi, school will be dismissed at their usual time. AM class 10:50am and PM class 1:25pm

6. Also, please make sure your child brings their backpack so that we can put their paperwork/file/ name cards etc in them and they will not get lost.

7. Grades for 4th term and End of the Year assessment will be sent home on Tuesday.
 NO BACKPACK/BLUE FOLDER= no grades send home!

Thanks! We Did IT!

Green slips and things to note:

Good MOrning Parents,

Please remember to turn in the green permission slips for wheeler farm (class field trip)

Also, remember there is no school this tues, wed and Thursday.
Regular class schedule is today and Friday.

Things to note for the end of the year assessment:
1. Please come early or on time for your schedule time slot.
2. Parents have to kindly wait outside while your child is being tested.
3. Make sure your child has a good night rest and a good breakfast/lunch before testing.

Don't worry, the test is all on materials and things we have learned so far:)

Good luck students!

field trip forms

Parents,

I will be sending home a GREEN permission slip form for the field trip to wheeler farm.
Please sign it and return only the BOTTOM part to me  by Monday 19th May.

NO forms = cannot go on field trip!

The volunteer form will be given later (after testing is done)

Thanks!

NO Class on Certain days next week..take note!!!

Parents,

There might have been some confusion for the dates when the kids don't have classes next week.

NO CLASS FROM 20th May to 22th May (tues,wed,thurs)

TESTING is on 20th and 21th May (tues and wed)

REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE is on MONDAY and FRIDAY

Thank you for all the generous gifts and kind cards and this week agenda

Thank you Parents for the generous class gifts and individual gifts and cards! I appreciate you all and your kids too!
ps, I love the fortune cookie board (outside my classroom!) Thank you Thank you!

We will be reviewing and getting ready for the individual assessment next week. YAY!

Please make sure to refer to the post END of the year assessment dated april 2nd on when the assessments are and when the kids DO NOT have school.
(they are all clearly stated on the blog)

this week notice :)

Business:

1. Please read my email that I sent you this morning.

2. End of the year assessment (Group testing) is from May 5 (today) to May 16th, it can be anytime between then!
Parents have to wait outside and doors will be close! Please revise with your child!

3. Please remember to sign up for the individual end of year assessment outside the office asap.

4. Bring a picture of your child:)

5. Field trip to Wheeler Farm is on May 28th--Wednesday. We have a lot of volunteers that want to be on the field trip. Please be understanding as we try to accommodate BUT we have a limited amount of people on the bus. More information will come when testing is over.

6. We have Book Fair this week from 6th-8th of May (tues,wed,thurs) so come and support the school!

7. KINDNESS---Please talk to your child about being nice, and not tease others!

Agenda:

1. Chinese---We will finish up the food vocabulary! Refer to my audio clips on vocab.

2. Math-- We will keep practicing our addition and subtraction, shapes 2D, 3D, colors, things we have learn this year.

3. Science--We will start out non-livings unit.

4. Test on FOOD UNIT.. Please revise with them.

Happy week!

audio clips for food unit!

Parents,

Please review with your child the food unit!

this week schedule

Business:

1. Remember Sign up sheet is outside the main office. Please remember to sign up for ONE time slot per child. This is for the kindergarten end of the year assessment! available on May 1st- Thursday.

2. 5th grade program is on April 30th--wed! Come and support them at 2:!5am.

3. Box Tops, please?

4. Attendance matters---please make sure your child is on time and try not to miss school :)

5. The famous baby classroom chicks all went home to good families! Thanks for volunteering to take care of them :)

Agenda:

1. Chinese---We will finish up our pets units with FROG---SNAKE and we will review the pets unit! We will start the 'food unit this week too!' look out for audio clips!

2. Math---We will start +3 and -3, we will teach this concept together and mix up the questions, please tell your child to look at the sign!!!

3. Science--We are still continuing our living things unit :)

4. TEST on PETS UNIT--(refer to audio clips)

We are going to have a greattttt week!

this week agenda

Business:

1. Baby chicks hatched :) yay! The kids were super excited! So was I! We are keeping them a week longer!

2. Being kind and not physical (we talked about that all year long, see previous posts)

3. Sign up sheet for individual end of the year testing will be available next week (1st of may-thurs)  outside the main office. Will remind you next week again.

4. Hope you have been already revising with your kids on the different topics for the end of the year testing, please emphasize checking and NOT rushing.

Agenda:

1. Chinese---Pets unit
We will start it today, please refer to audio clip on the pronunciation!

2. Math-- The kids are able to do what makes 10 (without blocks) we will keep reviewing with them until more kids know it without using blocks. Also, we will review +1 +2 / -1 -2

3. Science: We will review the chicken life cycle and continue our livings things unit.

We are going to have a fun week!

pets audio

please review with them the vocabulary for this week---Pets

Thanks

this week chicken show...

Good Morning Parents,

Business:

1. Our cute chicken eggs arrive today. We will learn about the lifecycle of a chicken...well the simple version (egg, baby chick and chicken) and watch a video on hatching. I am sure the kids will be excited:) Thanks for keeping this a secret.

2. The kids had fun dyeing Easter eggs on Friday, the dyes are cool-aid so they might have smelt fruity and delicious! They had fun with the Easter egg hunt too:)

3. watch out for the study guide on the end of the year assessment for kindergarten (coming by email)
Please start reviewing with them!

Agenda:

1. Chinese---We will finish learning  our farm animals unit
CHICKEN----HORSE---RAT---

2. MATH---continue what makes 10 (without the blocks)

3. Science---We will learn about the chicken life cycle process.

4. TEST on Chinese farm animals! Please go to my blog for the audio clips and review with them:)

We are going to have a chickadee week ahead!

audio clips for farm animals

Parents,
Please review with them! We will learn PANDA---PIG---SHEEP---COW---this week (in order!)

Thanks!

This week schedule...

Business:

1. We will have a Easter eggs dyed party on Friday 11th April 2014.
Please make sure that your child brings 2 HARD-BOILED EGGS ( no more no less!) (no raw eggs please)
We will dyed easter eggs in my classroom, I will provide the dye (still deciding between food dye or cool-aid), we will decorate the eggs with stickers and we will make a box/ nest for the eggs to rest in.
I do NOT have extra eggs!

*also we will have an Easter egg hunt in my classroom for our cute kids!

2. We are getting ready for baby chicks to come to our class the following week (april 14th) to be exact. Parents that emailed me, be ready that week to come or send another adult with a box to pick up your chick/s. I will email you again for reminders.
*please keep this a surprise for the kids! thanks


Agenda:

1. CHINESE---We will start learning the FARM ANIMALS UNIT
Be ready for the audio clips soon :)

2. Math---These kiddos are so great with what makes 10? This week we will keep practicing and try to do it without the 10 blocks.

3. Science--We will learn about living things. (their characteristics)

4. TEST for MATH! what makes 10 test! (with their 10 blocks!) please see previous email....

sign up sheet for the end of the year assessment will be available.....

Parents,

The sign up sheet for the end of the year assessment will be available outside the office on the table the beginning of May. Be sure to sign up then, only one time slot per child.

*also remember to review the bugs vocabulary with them! Test coming very soon....

Thanks!

END of the YEAR ASSESSMENT!!!!

Parents,

We are having the end of the year assessment, the test will be in ENGLISH!!! There are 2 parts to this testing, group testing and individual testing!  Please READ BELOW!

• Kindergarten Skills Inventory for traditional schools:
• Whole class/small group testing--May 5-16
• Individual testing--May 20-21 (no school)
• Regular class schedule except for May 20-22, when students come in only for individual appointments (Monday, May 19, and Friday, May 23, are both regular class days for all kindergarten students).

 

 

spring break and the agenda

HI parents,

Enjoy Spring Break!

Business:

1. Spring break is from march 28th to april 1st. Please come back to school on the 2nd of april! Thanks!

2. Class photos will be on april 3rd, Thursday. Please make sure that your child is looking extra sharp and wears appropriate clothing. There will be no retakes.



Agenda---short week of 3 days

1. Chinese--We will finish up the bugs unit (we are left with praying mantis and ant)

2. Maths---we will start what and what makes 10 (for example ___+ ___=10? )

3. TEST--- on the bugs unit

audio clips for bugs!!