Welcome back after a long weekend! 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 Fridays, school is out at 1:40! 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: We are working on getting a volunteer schedule/calendar out! Thanks to those who have contacted us about coming in to help out. Remember that if you are volunteering at the school, you must fill out a volunteer application at: volunteer.canyonsdistrict.org Class Dojo: Remember to sign up for Class Dojo! If you don't have your child's code, please let us know. It's a quick and fun way to see how your student is doing and even get some pictures here and there! The first week and a half of school we have emphasized positive behavior reinforcement primarily through the Class Dojo app. This week we will be improving undesirable behaviors through the Class Dojo app. If you look at your child's student report, you may see points awarded for positive behaviors or deducted for undesirable behaviors. Information regarding the fun run is coming home this week also! :) Thank you for all those who sent back the t-shirt information! :) We appreciate it as does the PTA! Picture Day is on 9/20. A note is coming home on Tuesday about it! :) LUNCH CHOICES Monday: No School, LABOR DAY! Tuesday: Lasagna, Mini Corn Dogs and Chef Salad Wednesday: French Toast Sticks, Nachos or Tuna Sandwich Thursday: Egg roll and fried rice, Chicken Nuggets and Taco Salad Friday: Cheese (or Pepperoni) Pizza Rippers, Bean Burrito or Turkey Sandwich WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ELA: We will be plugging along in our review unit. We will continue to talk about realistic fiction. Our two questions will be "What can we do with our neighborhood friends?" and "What is around us at school?" We will be talking about short /o/ and short /e/. Our high frequency words that we will work on having committed to memory are: are, have, that, they, two, he, is, three, to, and with. We will be writing in our journals A LOT this week. We recognize that many students know pieces or even all of the review but due to the challenge of being in a Chinese speaking classroom, we are easing the cognitive load in the English side of the classroom for the rest of this week. Thank you for your support in this matter! :) CHINESE: Please send (or email) a family photo to school this week! This week students will learn and utilize vocabulary for colors, clothing/personal items, and friends. We will review vocabulary and sentence patterns from the previous week, emphasizing family members and practicing the sentence frames: "This is my...(mom, sister, brother, etc)." and "My family has (number) people." MATH: Students will work with various methods of addition and subtraction with numbers from 1-10. Students have done an amazing job remembering their numbers in Chinese and using them in our math practice problems last week. HOMEWORK: Reading 10 minutes a night. We will officially start “homework” on September 10th! Please contact Ms. Mack if you would like a homework packet! :)
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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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