Learning Updates for June. 16-20 六月十六日至二十日

Hi Kindergarten Friends and Families, 

Next week is the last week of school!! Summer break is coming.  

Monday/Wednesday class Kindergarten Celebration 一三班幼儿园毕业活动 - Wednesday, June 25  

The last day of kindergarten is on Wednesday, June 25th. Families will be invited into the classroom at 2:00 PM. The students will be singing a couple of songs and we will have a slideshow of pictures from the year. Kindergarten students will be dismissed by 2:30PM. 

Tuesday/Thursday class Kindergarten Celebration 二四班幼儿园毕业活动 - Tuesday, June 24  

The last day of kindergarten is on Thursday, June 26th. However, because last day is an early dismissal day, so we will have our kindergarten celebration on Tuesday, June.24th instead. Families will be invited into the classroom at 2:00 PM. The students will be singing a couple of songs and we will have a slideshow of pictures from the year. Kindergarten students will be dismissed by 2:30PM. 

Important Reminders重要提醒: 

• There is no school on Friday June.27th 下周五没有课！ 

• Thursday, June 26th is half day! 下周四是半天上学。 

• Last day of school for Mon/Wed class is Wednesday, June. 25th, last day of school for Tues/Thurs class is Thursday, June. 26th  

• Sports Day 运动会 - June 26th Morning  

• School bus for next year! If you are interested in signing your child up for school bus, please register it online asap. All registrations will be closed on June.22nd.  

• My blog will be open for parents and students throughout the summer, I will add in more resources, feel free to go back and check my blog during summer!

Suggested Home Practice 请在家里和孩子一起做: 

1. Read and write small 2 and 3 letter words 

2. Please read to your child every day, ask them to retell you the story 

3. Practice singing the graduation songs  

This week (June.16-20) 本周学了什么: 

• This week, we worked on building sentences again and practice reading CVC words 

• We took on some cool challenges, we thought of words that starts with Rr and Mm   

• In Mandarin, we finished learning 4 seasons  Season song 四季真有趣歌

• We started learning about colors in Mandarin, we learned 3 primary colors 红色red, 黄色 yellow, 蓝色blue   Color song 颜色歌

• In Math, we continue to review what pattern is and practiced simple adding questions.  

• We worked on a summer art project using water color! 

• We continue to practice our kindergarten graduation song 1) The best day- Peppa pig  2) Chinese song 你笑起来真好看

Have a good weekend! 

Have fun learning! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. 😊 

Ms. Fan 凡老师  

Learning Updates for June.2-6 六月二日至六日

 Hi Kindergarten Friends and Families, 

Monday/Wednesday class Kindergarten Celebration 一三班幼儿园毕业活动 - Wednesday, June 25  

The last day of kindergarten is on Wednesday, June 25th. Families will be invited into the classroom at 2:00 PM. The students will be singing a couple of songs and we will have a slideshow of pictures from the year. Kindergarten students will be dismissed by 2:30PM. 

Tuesday/Thursday class Kindergarten Celebration 二四班幼儿园毕业活动 - Tuesday, June 24  

The last day of kindergarten is on Thursday, June 26th. However, because last day is an early dismissal day, so we will have our kindergarten celebration on Tuesday, June.24th instead. Families will be invited into the classroom at 2:00 PM. The students will be singing a couple of songs and we will have a slideshow of pictures from the year. Kindergarten students will be dismissed by 2:30PM. 

Important Reminders重要提醒: 

• There is school on Friday June.13th for T/Th class 周二/周四班下周五上课。 

• Sports Day - June 20th  

• School bus for next year! If you are interested in signing your child up for school bus, please register it online asap. All registrations will be closed on June.22nd.  

• Next Show and Tell is Friday, June 13th for T/Th class, the theme is family photo, please prepare to introduce your family members in Mandarin, I will be there to support. 

• Library books are now due back. There will be no more book exchange. 

Suggested Home Practice 请在家里和孩子一起做: 

1. Read and write small 2 and 3 letter words 

2. Please read to your child every day, ask them to retell you the story 

3. Practice singing the season song in Mandarin 

4. Practice comparing objects with measurement terms (heavy/light, tall/short, long/short, full/empty) 

This week (May.26-30) 本周学了什么: Please go to my blog to see links for all the videos! 请去我的博客来查看每一门课的具体视频链接。https://msfansclass.blogspot.com/ 

• This week, we learned about important elements in a story “character, setting, problem and solution” 

• We learned the sight word “do” and “go” 

(do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kTPHDHrPUA, go:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJXOgKKMMrI)

• We labeled more words to create sentences.  

• In Mandarin, we continue to learn a fun song about 4 seasons  

Season song 四季真有趣: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX75s6aAFC8

• We reviewed “天” (sky/day) and started working on our season book, we worked on “春天”Spring”  

How to print “天”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1VJQiNVGLg

• In Math, we continue to learn about adding and practice solving adding questions using numberline! 

How to add with numberline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxlImZXu1M4

• Our Mon/Wed finished planting their seed this week! 

Turning from seed to a plant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkFPyue5X3Q

• We finished our assembly about “Honesty” and our class created a book. Here is the link to our video: 

Our class book video: "The boy who called wolf 狼来了“ https://drive.google.com/file/d/11-kKJFRp-nqwe7aqwUttZvEomKxSOqTb/view?usp=sharing

• We had a special visit from Cst. Melissa. She taught all about her job as a police officer. 

Have an awesome weekend! 

Have fun learning! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. 😊 

Ms. Fan 凡老师  

Learning Updates for May. 19-23 五月十九日至二十三日

 

Hi Kindergarten Friends and Families,  What a fun week we've had! The Tues/Thurs class enjoyed their zoo trip, and the Mon/Wed class will be going on their field trip next Monday.  This week, we learned about syllables and practiced the sight word “the.” We also labeled more words to create sentences. Next week, we’ll kick off our fairy tale unit and explore sequencing!  In Mandarin, we read a fun book called “从前有座山” (Long Time Ago, There Was a Mountain) and practiced printing “山” (mountain). We also completed our horse art and started an inspired project based on the work of the amazing Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.  Have a wonderful weekend!   Important Reminders重要提醒:  There is school on Friday May.30th for T/Th class 周二/周四班下周五上课。  School bus for next year! If you are interested in signing your child up for school bus, please register it online asap. All registrations will be closed on June.30th.   There is no show & Tell next week.   I am not at school on Tuesday due to my medical appointment. Ms. Lin will be there for me.   Suggested Home Practice 请在家里和孩子一起做:  Read and write small 2 and 3 letter words  Please read to your child every day, ask them to retell you the story  Practice saying directions ”on/up, under/down, middle, left, right" in Mandarin  Talk with your child about their zoo trip and what they learned from our program “Bear Necessities”   This week (May.19-23) 本周学了什么:  Mandarin 中文：  -We learned the character “ 山 mountain”   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHt2sRPQmgM&ab_channel=KidsSongsandCart oons -We listened to a story called “从前有座山” (Long Time Ago, There Was a Mountain)”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX40xnSuwjk&ab_channel=%E6%A3%AE%E6%9E% 97%E5%9C%96%E6%9B%B8%E9%A4%A8%F0%9F%8C%BF   English 英文：  -We learned a new sight word: “the”.  - We continued learning about labeling and stretching out words and started writing sentences: Capital letter – finger space – period.  Math 数学 & Others 其他：  - In Math, we continued learning about addition (加法)! And we learned to do adding using number line.   - In Art, we continue to celebrate Asian Heritage month by learning from a famous Japanese artist Yayoi Kasuma and started on a dot art.   Have fun learning! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. 😊  Ms. Fan 凡老师

Learning Updates for May.12-15 五月十二日至十五日

 Hi Kindergarten Friends and Families, 

We had a great week of learning! 

We practiced the sight word “is” and stretched out words to make sentences. After reading “My Teacher is Having a Baby,” we made special drawings and writing for Ms. Fan’s baby! 

In Mandarin, we reviewed direction words, made maps, and shared our routes with friends. In Math, we learned to solve addition using a number line. 

We also learned about the Calgary Stampede and made fun horse art! 

Have a great long weekend! T/Th class has their zoo trip next Tuesday!  

亲爱的幼儿园小朋友和家长们， 

这周我们学习了很多新知识！ 

我们练习了常见字 “is”，并尝试把单词拉长来组成句子。我们还阅读了绘本《My Teacher is Having a Baby》，并为Fan老师的宝宝画了图、写了信。 

在中文课上，我们复习了表示方向的词语，自己设计了地图，写下行走路线，还和好朋友分享了作品。 

在数学课上，我们学习了如何用数轴来解决加法问题。 

我们也了解了卡尔加里牛仔节，还做了有趣的马儿美术作品！ 

祝大家长周末愉快！周二/四班的孩子们下周二将去动物园参观哦！  

Important Reminders重要提醒: 

• There is no school Friday, May.16th & Monday, May 19th 周五和下周一不上课。 

• There is school on Friday May.23rd for M/W class 周一/周三下周五上课。 

• Next Show and Tell is Thursday, May 22nd and Friday, May 23rd. The theme is “your favourite book”. 

• Our zoo field trip is coming up, M/W class has their trip on May. 26th and T/Th class has their zoo trip on May. 20th.  

Suggested Home Practice 请在家里和孩子一起做: 

1. Read and write small 2 and 3 letter words 

2. Please read to your child every day, ask them to retell you the story 

3. Practice saying directions ”on/up, under/down, middle, left, right" in Mandarin 

This week (May 12-15) 本周学了什么: 

Mandarin中文: 

• Song: Direction song 方位歌

•  New Hello song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47jnkqr378&ab_channel=Mr.Li%27sMiniMandarin

English 英文： 

• How to stretch out the sound of a word https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQegCQcfdb8&ab_channel=ClassroomTips 

• Sightword “is”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3_BnStL4g4&ab_channel=JackHartmannKidsMusicChannel

• What is a sentence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wrv_ZviMEc&ab_channel=ScratchGarden 

• Ms.Fan's 26 letter sounds video folder 凡老师的字母发音视频合集

Math数学 & Others其他 

• Social Studies: -Calgary Stampede

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCKUmozIYQ8&ab_channel=TravelKids

  Math: -Addition Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR4pVGNisZA&ab_channel=SuperSimpleSongs-KidsSongs  

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Have fun learning! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. 😊 

Ms. Fan 凡老师 

Learning Updates for May.5-8 五月五日至八日

 Hi Kindergarten Friends and Families, 

We had a super fun week! 

On Tuesday and Wednesday, we visited the Midnapore Fire Station. Please make sure to check out our photo link to see the amazing time we had! 

In class, we learned the sight word “see” and continued practicing how to stretch out words—listening carefully to each sound and writing down the matching letters, especially focusing on beginning and ending sounds. 

In Mandarin, we reviewed all the words we’ve learned so far and added a new one:“right (右)”. We also played a fun robot game where the students had to follow my directions in Mandarin while pretending to be robots! 

We also made a special Mother’s Day gift for all our amazing moms. Thank you for everything you do! 
母亲节快乐 — Happy Mother’s Day! 

Wishing you a great weekend—see you next week!  

亲爱的幼儿园小朋友和家长们： 

这周我们过得非常开心！ 

星期二和星期三，我们参观了 Midnapore 消防局。请记得查看上面的照片链接，看看我们当时有多开心吧！在课堂上，我们学习了新的常见词 “see”，还继续练习“拉长”单词的技巧——认真倾听每一个语音，并写出相应的字母，特别是加强对开头和结尾音的识别与书写。 

在中文课上，我们复习了目前学过的所有词语，还学了一个新词： “右（右边）”。我们还玩了一个有趣的机器人游戏，小朋友们扮演机器人，按照我用中文下达的指令移动身体！ 

我们还为亲爱的妈妈们制作了一份特别的母亲节礼物。感谢妈妈们一直以来的付出与爱！ 

母亲节快乐！Happy Mother’s Day!  

Important Reminders重要提醒: 

• There is no school next Friday, May.16th and Monday, May. 19 下周五和下下周一不上课。 

• Our zoo field trip is coming up, M/W class has their trip on May. 26th and T/Th class has their trip on May. 20th.  

Suggested Home Practice 请在家里和孩子一起做: 

1. Practice letter names and sounds (26 uppercase letters and 26 lowercase letters) 

2. Please read to your child every day, ask them to retell you the story 

3. Practice saying directions ”on/up, under/down, middle, left, right" in Mandarin 

4. Talk about community and things they know about the fire station (firefighters, tools, their uniforms) 

This week (May 5-8) 本周学了什么: 

Mandarin中文: 

• Song: Direction song 方位歌

• How to print 右(right )

English 英文： 

• How to stretch out the sound of a word https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQegCQcfdb8&ab_channel=ClassroomTips 

• Sightword “see”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVs8CBOEbHs&ab_channel=JackHartmannKidsMusicChannel

• What is a sentence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wrv_ZviMEc&ab_channel=ScratchGarden 

• Ms.Fan's 26 letter sounds video folder 凡老师的字母发音视频合集

Math数学 & Others其他 

• Social Studies: -What is community 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP_IbZSxhEs&ab_channel=KidsAcademy 

  Math: -Addition Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR4pVGNisZA&ab_channel=SuperSimpleSongs-KidsSongs 

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Have fun learning! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. 😊 

Ms. Fan 凡老师