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School starts at 8:40. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! LUNCH CHOICES Monday: Turkey Hot Dog, Hamburger, Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Grilled Chicken Supreme Sandwich, Mini Corn Dogs, Chef Salad Wednesday: French Toast Sticks, Cheesy Nachos, Tuna Sandwich Thursday: Lasagna, Chicken Nuggets, or Taco Salad Friday: Pizza Rippers, Burrito, Turkey Sandwich Monday: BBQ Rib Sandwich, Hamburger, Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Orange Chicken, Mini Corn Dogs, Chef Salad Thank you for continuing to encourage your student to speak 100% Chinese in Ms. Mack's class. We hope to continue to see students strive towards this goal! WHAT WE ARE LEARNING: ELA: We are reading a story called "A Southern Ranch." Our phonics focus is /ie/ and /igh/. We will also be learning about /kn/ and /wr/. Students are continuing to learn and practice their adjectives! We will be working on recognizing facts and details of a story! We are making great strides in Lexia and both classes are doing extremely well on meeting their minutes! Great job, First Graders! :) Our goal is to have each first grader on or above level 9 by the end of first grade. Thank you for all your support in helping your student make their Lexia minutes. Our Spelling Words: lie, tie, high, might, right, night, bright, light, pie, tight, above** and laugh** Challenge Words: brighten, daylight, delight, highlight, tonight and untied. Only 5 of the words are listed but as we continue to expand and make connections regarding our spelling patterns, it's always a great idea to incorporate other words that follow that pattern. Dictation Sentences: "The moon was full last night." The second sentence is "The bus turned right at the corner." This week's secret word is: weather. Students should only tell the secret word to either Ms. Mack or Ms. Terry to get a special treat! Please keep having your student read aloud to you each night. The goal is to have them read at least 10 minutes a night! They will be asked to read 15 minutes a night starting 2nd grade so you can help them start increasing their stamina now so that adjustment isn't as difficult! CHINESE: Students will spend time reviewing some of our previous units in Mandarin Matrix, and will start learning the new characters for unit 9. For the next two weeks, students will be studying the stories: "On the Way Home," "Scarecrow," and "Naughty Hamster." Our focus characters for this unit are: field/田, come/来, go/去, walk/走. We will also be practicing the following language features: "...likes to be in/at....", "...comes....", "...goes...", "walking here and there", "searching here and there", “don’t…”, “Let’s go behind/back…”, “Let’s go look for…”, “Where did…go?”, “….come and….go”, “can’t find…”, “go up/down”, “Here or not?”, “In the…or not?”. MATH: We are continuing to work on unit 10 this week which focuses on "Using models and strategies to add tens and ones". Next week we will move on to unit 11: "Use Models and Strategies to Subtract Tens." You can support and challenge your students by asking them to explain their thinking, or to tell you how to solve problems in Chinese on the homework packet, or on the math worksheets students bring home from practicing at school. SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: The topics for science and social studies the next two weeks are “People at Work in My Neighborhood”, and “Making Choices with Money”, and "Earth's Water".
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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! Parent Teacher Conferences: Dual immersion conferences will be held Monday February 24th during school hours, Wednesday February 26th from 3:30-7:30, and Thursday February 27th 8:20 am-12:00 pm, and 2:00-7:30. Please note that Thursday is an early out day and students will finish school at 1:40! We will be meeting in the media center, same location as last time! Please lookout for a flier containing important details about Grandparent's Lunch and the Book Fair schedule. Donations: The past month and a half has been filled with art projects and we are quite short on glue sticks! We would love to receive donations of glue sticks in both classrooms, as well as gallon-sized Ziploc bags. Thank you! Homework: There will be no homework assigned this week! 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 LUNCH CHOICES Monday: Soft Pretzel, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Breakfast Burrito, Mini Corn Dogs, Chef Salad Wednesday: Crispy Chicken Drumstick, Cheesy Nachos, or Tuna Sandwich Thursday: Orange Chicken, Crispy Chicken Nuggets, or Taco Salad Friday: Pizza Rippers, Bean & Cheese Burrito, or Turkey Sandwich WHAT WE ARE LEARNING: ELA: This week, our story is titled "Cinderella." We will be working on the "ea" pattern this week. CHINESE: We are continuing unit 8 in Mandarin Matrix this week. Students will review the story, "I Don't Want to Go to School," and read two new stories called "Staying At Home" and "Where Is Little Mountain Goat?" These two stories will reinforce the characters students learned last week: today 今, is/are/am 是, yesterday 昨, tomorrow 明. We will be reinforcing the following key language features: “Don’t want to….”, “Today is…”, “Yesterday was…”, “Tomorrow is…”, “….and….draw together/watch a movie together”, “…will or will not…”, “…can go…”, “Do you want to…or not?”, “Where is …?”, “Is…at…?”. The secret word this week is: lantern. Students may only share the secret word with their teachers (and not with other students) to get a treat for their family having read the blog! Woohoo! MATH: Students are finishing unit 9 in math this week! We have been working on comparing numbers using symbols (greater than, less than, or equal to). We will start unit 10 this week, which focuses on "Using models and strategies to add tens and ones". SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: In science and social studies, students will continue to learn about Chinese New Year traditions, activities, and symbolism. We will also be talking about what is in the sky, as well as rocks and soil! 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! 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/envelope 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. Students are ALLOWED to make their own valentine’s boxes, if they would like. If they do not have a box, we will provide a large envelope ! The party will be on FRIDAY from 12:30-1:30. The volunteer sign up is a message on class dojo! Make-up Day: FYI: Our make-up day for last week's snow day is scheduled for Monday February 17th (President's Day). Parent Teacher Conferences: Dual immersion conferences will be held Monday February 24th during school hours, Wednesday February 26th from 3:30-7:30, and Thursday February 27th 8:20 am-12:00 pm, and 2:00-7:30. Please note that Thursday is an early out day and students will finish school at 1:40! LUNCH CHOICES Monday: Baked Potato, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Tuesday: Chicken Noodle Soup, Mini Corn Dogs, or Chef Salad Wednesday: Country Fried Steak, Cheesy Nachos, or Wow Butter Sandwich Thursday: Spaghetti, Crispy Chicken Sandwich, or Taco Salad Friday: Pizza, Bean and Cheese Burrito, Turkey Sandwich Homework: If you would like your student to have Chinese and math homework, please contact Ms. Mack! Homework has always been optional. Please remember that if it is too much or too little, you are able to adapt it for your student! 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: Please continue to check Class Dojo to monitor your student's progress in not speaking English. Ms. Mack will usually give two reminders before taking away a Dojo point, so if you see a mark on there, you know that they have already been reminded three times. We know through research and experience that students will make the greatest advances in their Chinese language development if they are speaking as much Chinese as possible! **** WHAT WE ARE LEARNING: ELA: This week, we are starting unit 4! Unit 4 is all about treasures. This week, in particular, we are talking about how a surprise can be a treasure. We have been talking about how we cherish certain things—Ms. Terry has mentioned how she cherishes a model car because it reminds her working on corvettes with her dad. Our story is a realistic fiction story titled “Mama’s Birthday Present.” We are learning about the digraphs ai and ay. We’ve learned that ai comes in between consonants t-r-AI-n and ay comes at the end of the word- r-AY! We are also diving in and working on learning about adjectives and what adjectives to use when describing a noun. Next week, we are on Unit 4 Week 2. The story will be Cinderella! We are focusing on recognizing the theme of the story as well as learning about fairy tales. We will be focusing on the diagraph /ea/ in words like beach and ease. We will also be talking about how a story can be a treasure. This weekly question is going to be a fun one as we are working on our class books! We will continue to talk about adjectives. We are making great strides in Lexia and both classes are doing extremely well on meeting their minutes! Great job, First Graders! :) MATH: Continuing with 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. CHINESE: We are wrapping up unit 7 in Mandarin Matrix this week and will be starting unit 8! The first story we will focus on from unit 8 is “Unwilling To Go To School.” The focus characters in this unit will be: today 今, is/are/am 是, yesterday 昨, tomorrow 明. We will be reinforcing the following key language features: “Don’t want to….”, “Today is…”, “Yesterday was…”, “Tomorrow is…”, “….and….draw together/watch a movie together”, “…will or will not…”, “…can go…”, “Do you want to…or not?”, “Where is …?”, “Is…at…?”. SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES: In science and social studies, students will continue to learn about Chinese New Year traditions, activities, and symbolism. Students will also review previous science and social studies topics. SECRET WORD: Congratulations! You made it to the end of the blog post. If your student tells either Ms. Mack or Ms. Terry the secret word by TUESDAY (2/11), they will receive a prize! Please note that the secret word should not be revealed to anyone except the teachers! :) This week's secret word is: Cheerios! |
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