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~~~
Stay tuned for many updates!
Monday, November 11, 2013
REcordings for family PART 2
Parents!
Please review with them the second half of the family vocabulary.
Xiexie!
Friday, November 8, 2013
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)
On the other side (side 2), you should see something like this
your child need to count the amount of dots and correctly write the amount (which is 10) above the ten frames
10
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!!! ^____^
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!!! ^____^
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
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!
:):):)
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!
:):):)
Monday, November 4, 2013
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.....
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!
Friday, November 1, 2013
Recordings for opposites part 3
Hi Parents,
These are the last 2 vocabularies for the opposites unit.
Enjoy!
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