IMPORTANT INFORMATION
School starts at 8:40. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! Bring your planner and folder daily to school! Please contact Ms. Terry if Lexia is still not working for you. We have another option for logging on if the "clever badges" continue to have problems! Thank you to all those who are having their students do Lexia at home! We no longer are sending homework home. We have compiled a list of those who have asked for homework and Ms. Mack is sending it home weekly. 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! 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 last week, 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. We are so impressed by the positive attitudes and how diligent your kiddos are about speaking in the target language 100% of the time! LUNCH CHOICES Monday: BBQ Rib Sandwich, 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: Macaroni and Cheese, Chicken Sandwich (spicy or regular), or Taco Salad Friday: Pizza, Bean and Cheese Burrito, or Turkey Sandwich Monday: Chicken Noodle Soup, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Country Fried Steak, Mini Corn Dogs, or Chef Salad WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ELA: Our story this week will be “What do we learn as we grow and change?” The story is an animal fantasy story titled “Ruby in Her Own Time.” We will be working on comparing and contrasting two things. Our phonics focus this week will be consonant patterns –ng and -nk. We will also be working on compound words. The conventions focus will be all about verbs that add –s. We will also be working on writing an informative paragraph this week about penguins. The students will be gathering information, forming complete and detailed sentences as well as providing a sense of closure to the paragraph. CHINESE: We are wrapping up unit 6 of Mandarin Matrix and will be starting unit 7! We will review the stories from unit 6 and reviewing the target characters for boy, girl, dirt, and rain. 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 have made it through unit 7 and are about halfway through unit 8. 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 our discussion of families in our community and are introducing some interesting features of Chinese New Year traditions, including the Chinese zodiac! We are also practicing songs that the students will be performing at our Chinese New Year party coming up at the end of February!
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Mary Swenson
1/23/2018 09:59:50 am
Ms. Terry, Could you please call me. When I administered the Diebel's test to Cael, I noticed that he read 3 works backwards...perfectly but backwards. Have you seen this? Thanks, Mary
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