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
Stay tuned for many updates!
Monday, January 13, 2014
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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