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School starts at 8:40. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! Bring your folder daily to school! Tiger Pride is on Friday! Let’s show our tiger pride by wearing one of our Ridgecrest shirts or a shirt that is orange or blue! Volunteering: Ms. Terry added more slots to her sign up! Here is the link if you want to sign up! :) http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094ba9ac2ba7fd0-volunteer *** REMINDER: As of January 13th, students are no longer allowed to speak English in the Chinese classroom! Please reinforce this at home and encourage your child to speak as much Chinese as possible. You can look on Dojo to monitor your child's progress. It is amazing to hear them speaking so much Chinese! Ms. Terry will be GONE this week. She will still check dojo and emails for messages! LUNCH CHOICES Monday: Cheesy Chicken Quesadilla, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Orange Chicken, Mini Corn Dogs, or Chef Salad Wednesday: Canyons Chicken Bowl, Cheesy Nachos, Wow Butter and Jelly Sandwich Thursday: Ravioli, Crispy Chicken Sandwich or Taco Salad Friday: Pizza Rippers, Bean and Cheese Burrito, or Turkey Sandwich Chinese New Year: We are excited to invite you and your families to attend the Ridgecrest Elementary Chinese New Year celebration on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH. The event will be held at the school that evening from 6:00-8:00 pm. Families are encouraged to attend and participate in fun Chinese crafts and activities, eat Chinese food, and best of all: watch your students perform! Each grade level will be performing different songs, demonstrations, or skits. Please join us in celebrating the most important holiday in Chinese culture! If your child already owns traditional Chinese clothing, they are welcome to wear it to the event. If not, we are asking dual immersion students to wear yellow and red, which are auspicious colors in Chinese culture. If your student does not already own either traditional Chinese clothing OR yellow or red clothes, THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE! We are NOT requiring anyone to purchase special clothing for this event. 100 Days: We are going to be celebrating the 100th Day of school on FEBRUARY 3rd! Can you believe we have already been in school for 100 days? Students are encouraged to dress like they are 100 years old as part of our celebration--it will be a VERY fun day! Valentine's Day: Valentine’s Day is coming up! Students are allowed to bring valentines and a valentine’s box if they desire—if not, we will provide a “valentines” bag/envelop for them. We are combining purple class and green class to exchange valentines! We have 52 students between the two classes. Please do not worry about having your student write the 51 other students’ names on the valentines, just make sure their own names are on the valentines they will hand out. We do not have detailed information about the party quite yet, but as soon as we do we will send out an email. Parent Teacher Conferences: Dual immersion conferences will be held February 24th, 26th, and 27th. Please read the Ridgecrest Roar for more information about available time slots and how to sign up for conferences! WHAT WE ARE LEARNING: ELA: This week, our story is titled "I'm a Caterpillar." It is a literary nonfiction story. We will be working on a tricky pattern this week. It's the er, ur, ir pattern. Last we we learned the "ar" pattern and then the week before, we learned the "or" and "ore" pattern. Due to the complexity of practicing and mastering this phonics pattern, we are not doing challenge words or dictation sentences. Please feel free to challenge your student and work on applying this pattern to other words. We will be working on fact and opinion also! J CHINESE: We will finish unit 6 of Mandarin Matrix and will be starting unit 7! Students will able to bring their workbooks home that we have been using since August--can you believe how far they have come? It's amazing to think that just a few months ago, they were learning to count to ten, and now they are writing and speaking in full, complete sentences! What incredible students they are! In unit 7 we will read a new story called "Whose Birthday Cake?". Students will practice reading and writing the following two new characters: day/date, month. We will be practicing the following language features: "Today is/Tomorrow is/Yesterday was. . . ," “Whose is this?,”Who wants. . .?,” “. . . wants/does not want . . . “, “give me... .” MATH: We are finishing up unit 8 and jumping into unit 9 in math this week. Students will compare two-digit numbers. We have been practicing 1 more, 1 less; and 10 more, 10 less. The rest of this week will focus on comparing numbers with symbols, and comparing numbers on a number line. SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: In science and social studies, students will continue to learn about Chinese New Year traditions, activities, and symbolism. Purple and green class will be getting together to practice the group song for our Chinese New Year performance. Students will also review previous science and social studies topics.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
School starts at 8:40. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! Bring your folder daily to school! Sign up to volunteer in Ms. Terry's room :) http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094ba9ac2ba7fd0-volunteer Message Ms. Mack on Dojo or send an email if you are interested in volunteering to staple and sort math pages this week! *** REMINDER: STARTING MONDAY JANUARY 13th, students are only allowed to speak Chinese when they are in Chinese class (yay)! Students will celebrate this amazing step with a little Chinese party (featuring unique snacks, fun music, and perhaps a little art project...). We have been preparing for this day for several months now, and many students are struggling to make the transition. Ms. Mack and Ms. Terry have explained the policy to the students, including the positive consequences of adhering to this policy, and the negative consequences of choosing not to speak Chinese. Choosing to speak Chinese in class will result in positive Dojo points (helping the class move towards our next big incentive!), Tiger Pride cards, trips to the prize box, treats, having a stuffed animal or a pillow at their desks, etc. When students choose not to speak Chinese, they will lose Dojo points. After 3 reminders, they will lose time during a fun project. If they need 3 more reminders, they will lose more fun project time, and will have a note or a phone call home to parents. Three additional reminders will result in a trip to the principal's office for reteaching of the policy. We realize this policy may seem strict for 6 and 7 year olds, but we are serious about helping students "buy in" to the Chinese-only rule to preserve and maintain the integrity of our program. Speaking 100% Chinese in the Chinese classroom is a rule students agree to when they enter the program, as this will be the expectation for the rest of their time in the Dual Immersion program. Learning a language is a challenging and exciting process. We do not expect perfection, but we expect students to work hard and do their best. Please review this policy with your child, keep track of what is happening on Dojo, and praise them for their valiant efforts! Classroom Donations We are in need of tissues and whiteboard markers! (Students have an easier time using the skinny whiteboard markers). Donations are appreciated and welcome! NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 17th! (Teacher work day) NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, JANUARY 20th! (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!) LUNCH CHOICES Monday: Walking Taco, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Pork Chop, Mini Corn Dogs, or Chef Salad Wednesday: Teriyaki Chicken, Cheesy Nachos, or WowButter and Jelly Sandwich Thursday: Crunchy Fish Fillet, Crispy Chicken Sandwich (Spicy or Regular), or Taco Salad Friday: NO SCHOOL! Monday: NO SCHOOL! Tuesday: Chili, Mini Corn Dogs, or Chef Salad Wednesday: French Toast Sticks, Cheesy Nachos, or Tuna Sandwich Thursday: Macaroni and Cheese, Chicken Nuggets, or Taco Salad Friday: Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza Ripper, Bean & Cheese Burrito, or Turkey Sandwich WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ELA: This week, we are reading a story titled "The Class Pet." We will be working on the long /e/ sound as well as two syllable word (cv/vc) patterns . We will continue talking about singular and plural nouns. After learning about the 3 sounds of -/ed/, we are going to continue practicing that phonics skill because it was a struggle and many of us wanted to spell the words with either a /t/, /id/ or /d/ instead of doing the -ed pattern. (example: wantid, workt). We are continuing to talk about author's purpose and using our inference skills to draw conclusions about why the author may say something. CHINESE: We will begin working on unit 6 of Mandarin Matrix, introducing the target characters for girl (女), boy (男), dirt (土), and rain (雨). We will read two new story called It's Raining and Planting Flowers. MATH: We are wrapping up unit 7 and are will start unit 8 this week. The theme of unit 8 is “Understand Place Value.” Students are practicing identifying how many tens and ones are in numbers 1-120 in both Chinese and English. Reinforce these skills at home by asking your student questions such as “How many 10s are in 101? How many ones are there?” They can practice telling you in English and Chinese! SOCIAL STUDIES: We are continuing to talk about weather and seasons, as well as discussing families in our community. We will also start looking at some interesting features of Chinese New Year traditions, including the Chinese zodiac! Students will practice a song that they will perform at our Chinese New Year party coming up on February 4th from 6:00-8:00! Mark your calendars!!! |
TeachersMs. Terry and Ms. Mack are so excited for this year! In Ms. Terry's class, students will speak, read, and write in English. In Ms. Mack's class, students will be speak, listen, read, and write in Chinese. Archives
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