We had an amazing first week of school! Thank you for helping your student to be on time and prepared to learn each day. This is our first full week of school, and we know it is going to be awesome. Please continue to encourage and celebrate your student's successes--they are adjusting to a lot of newness, and we are proud of how quickly they are learning routines and how they are engaging with class materials.
If you have not done so already, please take TWO MINUTES to fill out the parent survey. Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6DriVTa1Y6OI5I9W3_2tBjv6V-ME2GqTVE1yMOyS37qz0nQ/viewform Your responses are appreciated! :) IMPORTANT INFORMATION Bring your folder daily to school! We are noticing that many students are forgetting to bring it. Even though we haven't had papers going home yet, the routine is important as we continue through the year! School starts at 8:40 and gets out at 3:20. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! On Friday's, school is out at 1:40! No School on September 3rd. It's Labor Day! Our first book order has gone home. We plan to submit the order on September 7th! We are only doing online ordering this year. If you need our class code, please email Ms. Terry for it! We will be starting ClassDojo very soon! Be on the lookout for a note coming home about it. Toys at school: Several students have been bringing toys to school which is causing a bit of a distraction. If students are playing with toys in class, the toys will be kept at the teacher's desk until the end of the day. We discourage students from bringing toys to school because items frequently get misplaced or lost. Please remind your students to keep toys at home! Volunteering in Ms. Mack's room: We have not yet officially sent out our online volunteer sign up link, but Ms. Mack is looking for volunteers to help tear math pages out of the student workbooks and assemble them according to the lessons in each unit. If you are interested in helping, you can come into class to assemble the pages, or you may take pages home to assemble. Remember that if you are volunteering at the school, you must fill out a volunteer application at: volunteer.canyonsdistrict.org Please contact Ms. Mack if you are interested in helping out (no Chinese required ;) )[email protected]. LUNCH CHOICES Monday: Walking Taco, Hamburger, Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Pork Chop Dinner, Mini Corn Dogs and Chef Salad Wednesday: Teriyaki Chicken, Nachos or Wow Butter and Jelly Sandwich Thursday: Crunchy Fish Filet, Chicken Nuggets and Taco Salad Friday: Cheese (or Pepperoni) Pizza, Bean Burrito or Turkey Sandwich MANDARIN MATRIX: Mandarin Matrix is the literacy program for Chinese immersion schools across the state of Utah. Students have access to hard copies of the stories we will study in class, but there is also an option to purchase an online account for your student. The online Mandarin Matrix component gives students access to the stories we are reading in class currently, as well as stories we have previously studied. Students can have stories read aloud to them, practice writing characters, and play games associated with the stories to practice listening and reading comprehension. This is a great resource to reinforce what students are practicing at school. Any families interested in purchasing an account may do so until the September 30th deadline. Accounts are $38 for a full calendar year. See the attached letter in the email for more information about registration! Please contact Ms. Mack with questions. HOMEWORK: Reading 10 minutes a night! We will start “homework” on September 10th! Please contact Ms. Mack to opt into the weekly Chinese and math practice packets: [email protected] WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ELA: We are reading two stories titled “Sam" and "Snap." The text based comprehension skills we will be working on are recognizing the characters and the setting. We will be reviewing nouns in sentences as well as the short /a/ sound. We will working on recognizing a, green, I, see, like, one, the, and we. CHINESE: This week we will continue to reinforce vocabulary for “big” and “little”, greetings (hello, goodbye), and responses to the question “How are you?” (good, very good, not good). Students will also continue practicing basic classroom phrases tied to our routines (line up, sit down, stand up, eyes on the teacher, etc.). In addition to reviewing and reinforcing these concepts, we will spend time practicing the grammar concepts of "on top" and "underneath"! For the next two weeks, students will learn vocabulary and grammar structures to talk about their families. Please send a family photo to school with your student that they can share with the class! The photos will also be on display in our classroom. MATH: Students are still learning the names of numbers 1-10 in Chinese. We will continue practicing vocabulary for daily calendar time, and will also begin practicing addition from 1-10. Please feel free to ask your student to practice saying their numbers at home! We are also noticing that many students need practice counting out loud. A great way to practice oral counting fluency at home is to help your student say their numbers in the car, while cleaning up, or getting ready to go to an activity.
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Welcome to First Grade DLI! We are so excited to get to know your student this year! It is truly such a fun experience and you will see your student grow abundantly this coming year!
Here is the link to our parent survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6DriVTa1Y6OI5I9W3_2tBjv6V-ME2GqTVE1yMOyS37qz0nQ/viewform Thank you to those who have already done this! :) IMPORTANT INFORMATION Bring your folder daily to school! School starts at 8:40 and gets out at 3:20. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! No School on September 3rd. It's Labor Day! Our first book order has gone home. We plan to submit the order on September 7th! We are only doing online ordering this year. If you need our class code, please email Ms. Terry for it! We will be starting ClassDojo very soon! Be on the look out for a note coming about it coming home. This first month of school can be very tiring for the kiddos. Many are transitioning from half day kindergarten to full day school, in addition to transitioning from summer break back to the routine of school. Please help the students in getting enough sleep to ease this transition. MANDARIN MATRIX: All those who attended back-to-school night yesterday got the run-down on Mandarin Matrix, but here is the information again just in case you missed it! Mandarin Matrix is the literacy program for Chinese immersion schools across the state of Utah. Students have access to hard copies of the stories we will study in class, but there is also an option to purchase an online account for your student. The online Mandarin Matrix component gives students access to the stories we are reading in class currently, as well as stories we have previously studied. Students can have stories read aloud to them, practice writing characters, and play games associated with the stories to practice listening and reading comprehension. This is a great resource to reinforce what students are practicing at school. Any families interested in purchasing an account may do so until the September 30th deadline. Accounts are $38 for a full calendar year. See the attached letter in the email for more information about registration! HOMEWORK: Reading 10 minutes a night! We will start “homework” on September 10th! Please contact Ms. Mack to opt in to the weekly Chinese and math practice packets: [email protected] LUNCH CHOICES Wednesday: Crispy Chicken Drumstick, Nachos or Tuna Sandwich Thursday: Orange Chicken, Chicken Nuggets and Taco Salad Friday: Cheese (or Pepperoni) Pizza Rippers, Bean Burrito or Turkey Sandwich Monday: Walking Taco, Hamburger, Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Pork Chop Dinner, Mini Corn Dogs and Chef Salad Wednesday: Teriyaki Chicken, Nachos or Wow Butter and Jelly Sandwich Thursday: Crunchy Fish Filet, Chicken Nuggets and Taco Salad Friday: Cheese (or Pepperoni) Pizza, Bean Burrito or Turkey Sandwich WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ELA: We are reading two stories titled “Sam" and "Snap." The text based comprehension skills we will be working on are recognizing the characters and the setting. We will be reviewing nouns in sentences as well as the short /a/ sound. We will working on recognizing a, green, I, see, like, one, the, and we. CHINESE: This week we will begin practicing vocabulary for “big” and “little”, greetings (hello, goodbye), and responses to the question “How are you?” (good, very good, not good). Students will also begin learning basic classroom phrases tied to our routines (line up, sit down, stand up, eyes on the teacher, etc.). MATH: Students begin learning the names of numbers 1-10 in Chinese, and writing numbers (not the Chinese characters--yet!) when the teacher says the name of the number in Chinese. Students will also begin familiarizing themselves with vocabulary for daily calendar time. |
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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