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School starts at 8:40. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! We have show and tell on Thursday and tiger pride day on Friday! LUNCH CHOICES Monday: BBQ Rib Sandwich, Hamburger, Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Orange Chicken, Mini Corn Dogs, Chef Salad Wednesday: Orange Chicken, Cheesy Nachos, WowButter and Jelly Sandwich Thursday: Macaroni & Cheese, Crispy Chicken Sandwich (spicy or regular), Taco Salad Friday: Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza, Bean & Cheese Burrito, Turkey Sandwich WHAT WE ARE LEARNING: ELA: This week, our story is titled "Peter's Chair." The story is about a little boy who struggles with his "items" being used for the new baby. This story is a realistic fiction story. We, as a class, will be talking about the items we treasure at home and how we can share them. We will be working on identifying the character, setting and plot of the story. The secret word this week is: bubble gum! This week, our phonics focus is on compound words. We have learned about compound words in the past but we will be working on recognizing, spelling, and reading these words. We will also be working on the vowel pattern: ew, ue and ui. We are just diving right in! :) Our Spelling Words: backpack, outside, baseball, herself, flashlight, bluebird, lunchbox, suitcase, inside, brainstorm, picture ** and remember ** Challenge words: snowflakes, sunrise, spaceship, and skateboard 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. 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: Students are working on unit 11 this week: "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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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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