YAHOO! It's our last week of school of 2019!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION School starts at 8:40 and gets out at 3:20. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! Bring your folder daily to school! Here is the sign up for Ms. Terry’s classroom: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094ba9ac2ba7fd0-volunteer Please note that if your student is not in her classroom at the time, you are still able to volunteer and help while the other class is in there! Attendance: We are still struggling to earn pieces of our Mr. Potato Head. Please make a concerted effort to have your student here each day on time. Once the Mr. Potato head guy is completed, the students will earn an incentive that they picked out! They are incredibly motivated but we need the extra help! sing, Sing, SING! Student Holiday Sing Along: Friday, December 20th from 9:00-10:00. Holiday Party for first graders will be on December 20th from 12:30PM to 1:30PM. Double check the sign up sheet to see what you volunteered to contribute or to fill in empty slots. It's going to be a blast! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0949a8ad2da1fc1-1stgrade Winter break dates: Monday December 23rd-Monday January 6th. School resumes on Wednesday January 6th, 2020, which is an A day (purple class will start with Ms. Terry, and green class will start with Ms. Mack!) *** REMINDER: Starting January 13th, students will no longer be allowed to speak English in the Chinese classroom....! Continue to encourage your student to work hard speaking as much Chinese as possible now to help ease the transition in January. We want students to feel supported and motivated, while also realizing that there is a strict separation of languages to ensure that we are learning as much Chinese as we possibly can in the short amount of time we have together. We are so excited to continue to watch them grow and advance in their language skills. LUNCH CHOICES Monday: Whole Grain Soft Pretzel, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Chicken Noodle Soup, Mini Corn Dogs, or Chef Salad Wednesday: Country Fried Steak, Cheesy Nachos, or WowButter and Jelly Sandwich Thursday: Spaghetti, Crispy Chicken Sandwich (spicy or regular), or Taco Salad Friday: Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza, Bean & Cheese Burrito, or Turkey Sandwich WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ELA: This week, we are reading a story titled "Honey Bees." It is an informational text. 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: This week we will be reading and discussing two stories titled, "Who Has Something To Share?" and "Little Horse Takes a Picture". These stories will help students recognize and contextualize the following new characters which they will practice reading and writing: 马(horse), 牛(cow), 鸟(bird), 羊(sheep), 虫(insect/bug). Students will practice key phrases including "Is this your ....?", "No, it's not mine. Go ask ....", "Where is my....?", "It's here/It's not here." In connection with one of our stories this week, students will be allowed to bring ONE SMALL SHOW-AND-TELL item to school on TUESDAY DECEMBER 17th. The item MUST be small enough to fit inside their backpack. Delicate, expensive, or otherwise valuable objects should be left at home as items sometimes get left at school, mishandled or misplaced. MATH: Students have been working hard analyzing and interpreting data, and we are now ready to move on to unit 7: Extend the Counting Sequence. Students will be learning strategies to count beyond 100. These strategies include counting by 10s, counting on a number chart to 120, and counting on an open number line. Encourage your child to share what they are learning in school, and especially to demonstrate that knowledge with as much Chinese as they can! SOCIAL STUDIES: Students have been practicing describing the four seasons. We will continue to work on the four seasons, as well as learning about different types of weather in each season, and review school vocabulary. Thank you for all you do to make our classrooms successful. We love working with your students!
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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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