Hi 你好 from Ms.Fan ❤️

你好！Hi friends,

I just want to drop in here and say Hi to you! I miss you all and I hope you are having a great summer! Few more weeks left until school starts again! 

If you are wondering, I will have my blog open for the next school year, if you need the materials or resources I have on here, feel free to download or use it. If you have questions about anything, let me know! 😊  

Your friend,

Ms. Fan

Summer FUN learning 暑期学习

Hi Grade 1& 2 parents and friends,

Thank you for all your support this year!❤️  If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me fahildisheim@cbe.ab.ca OR mmfengmh@gmail.com

-If you did not get your "summer fun learning package" from student belonging pick up day, please let me know, I will send you a digital version of our summer fun learning package. 

-If you want to download all of our learning videos from "Google classroom", please go to this page and download any videos you like. 
Here is the link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P09ruyMySWbph5e2qm0k5ApbUVonjXrN?usp=sharing

-The link to our summer learning resource page is on the TOP of this page! If you do not know how to find it, here is the link: https://msfansclass.blogspot.com/p/summer-learning.html


Have a good summer! 暑假快乐！☀️

Ms. Fan 凡老师

Indoor activities (updated on May 28)

Good morning Parents and Grade 1 & 2 friends,

Starting from today, I will post one fun & easy indoor activities/exercise every weekday. Please let me know if those exercise/activities work for you. Have fun & stay active!! ❤️

Note: 
I have some workouts posted in the last post too, please go check that out too!

April 20

Hide and seek animal version: Hide one object around your house, make it more active by having the object hide on different levels of your house every time, that way, your child can go up and down stairs every few minutes. Or set a 8-10 minutes timer for them to find the object, if they can not find it within the time, they will perform a "penalty" that include exercises like: Jumping jacks, sit-ups, or push-ups, or even plank (we did plank in class multiple times)

Challenge: Every time they go to find their object, they need to pretend they are an animal and walk around the room like that animal. 

April 21

Penguin Waddle: Place a balloon between your child’s knees and have them waddle across the room without dropping it. Make it more challenging for older kids by having them go around a few obstacles. If they drop it, they have to go back to the start.

For multiple kids, have them play as a team with the balloon placed between their hips. Once they get the hang of it, get out your timer to see how fast they can do it.

April 22

Tape Lines: Make 5–10 separate lines of tape, each about a foot apart, on your floor or carpet. Label the first one the “start” line and then give your kids simple instructions:

• Long Jump: See how many lines they can jump over. Have them try and beat their best score each time. Experiment with arm swinging vs. arms behind their backs.
• Run ‘n’ Jump: Now let them take a running start and see if they can jump even further!
• Long Jump Backwards: Increase the difficulty by performing the tasks jumping backwards.
• Hop: How far can they jump on one leg?
• Reach ‘n’ Stretch: How far can their leg reach with one foot on the “start” line?

April 23

Balloon Blow: Set up a “course” and see if your child can blow a balloon all the way to the finish line. They’ll have to do lots of army crawls working their upper body and core strength along the way.

April 28

Pretending you are a seal for 10 minutes: moving around your home like a seal, clap like a seal, make noises like a seal, eat like a seal 😊

April 29

Gorilla Shuffle for 5 minutes(3 times throughout the day): Sink low to a sumo squat, with both arms hanging on the floor, shuffle around the room. It works as a spontaneous movement break for your child.

April 30

Cheetah Run: Run in place as fast as you can for one minute, or run around your house, and see how long it will take your child to run around the house (time them 3 times throughout the day)

May 4

Name workout! 



May 5

Pretending to be a Iguana 美洲蜥蜴, Pretending to be an Iguana for 20-30 minutes of the time, move like an iguana, eat like an iguana, nap like an iguana, lay like an iguana. 

May 6

Mini exercise circuit 迷你运动, 5 minutes per circuit, do each circuit twice! 每组运动5分钟，尽量每组运动做两次

Circuit 1: 第一组 (5 minutes, repeat all again if finish before 5minutes 5分钟做完，如提早做完本组运动，可以从头开始直到时间结束）

-walk like a bear for count to 7 in Mandarin 像熊一样走路（四肢着地）用中文数到7

-hop like a frog 8 times  青蛙跳8次

-run to the nearest door and run back 跑向离自己最近的门，再跑回来

-walk like a crab for a count to 10 in Mandarin 像螃蟹一样走路，用中文数到10

-mountain climber for 15 seconds 登山者运动 （登山者姿势，四肢着地，原地跑15秒）

Circuit 2: 第二组 (5 minutes, repeat all again if finish before 5minutes)

-Spider man crawl from one side of the room to the other side  (蜘蛛侠爬行，假装自己是蜘蛛侠，从房间一边爬到另一边）

-balance on left foot for 10 seconds-count in Mandarin （左脚单脚平衡 10秒，用中文数到十）

-balance on right foot for 15 seconds- count in Mandarin （右脚单脚平衡 15秒，用中文数到十）

-flap your arm like a bird for 25 seconds (count by 5s) （像鸟一样展翅，拍动翅膀 25秒，可以挑战从5开始跳着数，5， 10，15， 20， 25）

-kangaroo jump up and down 10 times （袋鼠跳，跳上跳下10下）

May 11

Make a song together, use containers, pots/pans as instrument and make songs with your child. If they have siblings that can play with them, maybe make a small family orchestra. Students can work on design their own patterned songs.

May 13

Building an indoor obstacle course, 

Here are a few ideas to get you started on building an indoor obstacle course with your kids:

• Crawl under or over a row of chairs/bed sheets
• Crawl under a string stretched between two chair legs.
• Jump into and out of a Hula-Hoop five times.
• Walk on a balance board.
• Throw a beanbag/stuffie into a laundry basket.
• Run while balancing a stuffie on your head.
• Do a handstand.
• Skip in place while making an animal noise.
• Do ten jumping jacks.

May 15

Go for an AWE walk, practice showing gratitude to things around you, going for a walk, noticing 5 things you see, 5 things you can feel with your hands, 3 things you smell and 3 things you hear.

May 21

Balloon Foot Balance: For a real challenge, have your kids lie on the ground with their legs up in the air and try and balance the balloon on their feet. It’s not an easy task and requires a lot of concentration. It’s also a great core workout!

May 25

Freeze dance party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UcZWXvgMZE


May 28

Animal workout: 
Try this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26guG6wr5so

Have fun!!

UPDATED(April 2) Learning plan for next few weeks.

Hi Gr 1 and 2 families and friends,

Announcements from Ms.Fan :) 💕 Login information for google classroom will come home tomorrow. I have included a science Grade 1-3 distance learning package here，please check it out!

Link： Science G1-3

New indoor fun activity to try :) below↓

I am working on some super fun activities and lessons, stay tuned and be excited!! 



I made some audio lessons on teaching about temperature, please check below!!  ↓ 

I miss you all💕, hope you are all doing well! Here is a suggested learning plan for you to do at home. (I will update my blog every day on weekdays, so always check for more updated information)

Email me anything you want to share with me or tell me about :) I would love to see what you are doing at home.

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns, I will try to reply to you ASAP.

Love,

Ms.Fan 

Indoor activity: 室内运动小游戏Starting from today, I will start posting 1 fun and easy indoor activity you can try at home every weekday :) And let me know if my idea works or not, hahaha 

1）Ballon tennis- use your hands as tennis rackets, and pass the ballon in the air, try not to make the ballon touch the floor, I am sure you will feel pretty sweaty after you play for a few rounds.

2）I am caterpillar game我是毛毛虫- instead of walking with two feet, ask your child how many other ways they can think of to move from one place to another? (for example: use their arms to drag their legs to move-great exercise for their upper body and core strength) 

问一问你的孩子，让他们想象自己是一条毛毛虫，除了用双腿走路，还可以怎么用自己的身体从一个地方移动到另一个地方？可以让孩子试试：你一共有多少种前进的方式呢？这类动作对孩子大有好处，例如采用类似匍匐的姿势前进，能锻炼臂力和腹部的力量。

3） Home skiing室内滑雪: put one cloth underneath each foot, and ask the kids to move from one side of the room to the other side of the room, you can even design a traveling route for your child to move. (this exercise not only exercise their leg strength, but also working on their core strength, patience and balancing skills,  and also clean your floor for you 😀)

让孩子一脚踩一块抹布，在脚不抬起来、不离开抹布的前提下滑动前进，类似滑雪。非常锻炼四肢协调。对于急性子的孩子来说，也锻炼耐心。

4) Memory & balance game 单脚取物记忆力游戏- line up 5-6 items on the floor (some space in between each item), and ask your child to only stand and move with one foot (see the picture), and try to pick up one item at a time, and put them back in the same order on the floor. 

Time them and see if they can move a bit faster after each round. (play it for 5 times) This game will not only train their balancing skills, but will also work on their visualization and working memory. 

We talked about standing on one point (one foot on the ground-like the picture), two-point (two feet or one foot and one hand on the ground), and three-point (use two feet and one hand or two hands and one feet on the floor) and four-point (all four point, hands, feet all on the ground) in gymnastics unit. 

Challenge your child and see if they can stand with one-point, two point, three point and four point on the floor. 

在单脚维持平衡的情况下，按顺序拿起地面上的物体，并按顺序再次摆放回原来的位置, 在此期间，孩子需要维持单脚平衡的状态。 建议可以和你的孩子玩3-5次这个游戏，然后每次要记录下他们完成游戏的速度，看一看每一天有没有什么进步。

这个游戏不仅可以帮助孩子提高身体的协调和平衡能力，而且还可以帮助孩子提高记忆力和他们的可视能力（visualization)。

5) Mr. Slow 慢慢先生：slow motion, pretend you are 100 years old and walk around the living room as slow as you can, see how long it will take you to walk around the room. Then, do jumping jacks 15 times and hop like a frog 10 times, and pencil roll 3 times.

超级慢动作，假装你已经100岁了，你现在的挑战是要围着客厅走一圈，要走的特别特别慢，然后看看你需要用多久走完整个房间。 之后，请做15次开合跳，10次青蛙跳，3次像铅笔一样的翻滚。

6）mini exercise circuit 迷你运动, 5 minutes per circuit, do each circuit twice! 每组运动5分钟，尽量每组运动做两次

Circuit 1: 第一组 (5 minutes, repeat all again if finish before 5minutes 5分钟做完，如提早做完本组运动，可以从头开始直到时间结束）

-walk like a bear for count to 7 in Mandarin 像熊一样走路（四肢着地）用中文数到7

-hop like a frog 8 times  青蛙跳8次

-run to the nearest door and run back 跑向离自己最近的门，再跑回来

-walk like a crab for a count to 10 in Mandarin 像螃蟹一样走路，用中文数到10

-mountain climber for 15 seconds 登山者运动 （登山者姿势，四肢着地，原地跑15秒）

Circuit 2: 第二组 (5 minutes, repeat all again if finish before 5minutes)

-Spider man crawl from one side of the room to the other side  (蜘蛛侠爬行，假装自己是蜘蛛侠，从房间一边爬到另一边）

-balance on left foot for 10 seconds-count in Mandarin （左脚单脚平衡 10秒，用中文数到十）

-balance on right foot for 15 seconds- count in Mandarin （右脚单脚平衡 15秒，用中文数到十）

-flap your arm like a bird for 25 seconds (count by 5s) （像鸟一样展翅，拍动翅膀 25秒，可以挑战从5开始跳着数，5， 10，15， 20， 25）

-kangaroo jump up and down 10 times （袋鼠跳，跳上跳下10下）

7) Clean up race- 打扫比赛 put on one song, and see if your childs can clean up their room/living room/bathroom the fastest. (play it for 2-3 rounds, and see if they can clean up/put everything away faster than the previous round) This game not only work on their movement skills, but also to teach them be a good helper to help you get stuff organized :)

放一首歌，然后让你的孩子在歌曲结束之前，收拾打扫好自己的房间／帮助你打扫客厅／厨房。。。（你可以玩2-3次，每次记录下孩子可以不可以在指定时间内收拾好自己的房间）

8) Walking in the zoo 在动物园里行走- Ask your child to come up with creative ways of how animal moves, and ask them to walk through each room with a different animal movement. For example, walk in the living room like a monkey, walk in mom and dad's bedroom like a lion, walk on the staircase like a jumping tiger... ask them to brainstorm as many movements as they please.

让你的孩子想一想如何在家中像动物一样的行走，让他们从每一个房间到另外一个房间用不同的动物的样子来行走。

9）Obstacle courses at home! 家中障碍训练: Use the furnitures in your room/toys in your room to create a obstacle course at home. See how long it will take you to complete the whole course.

在家中用家具或玩具设计一个障碍训练，看看你用多久可以完成所有的关卡。


In case you have not seen this yet, we did a bread experiment few weeks ago about the importance of hand-washing, here is a picture of what it looks like. (PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS💕)

Mandarin:
1) Finish the weekly homework (I will post one on Thursday every week)

2) Reading, writing, recognizing the words of the month. (you can write sentences, make stories with these words)

哪nǎ(where) 哪nǎ 里li(where) 来lái自zì(come from) 加jiā拿ná大dà(Canada) 美měi 国guó(America)

中zhōng 国guó (China) 卡kǎ 尔ěr 加jiā 里lǐ(Calgary) 英yīng 语yǔ(English) 中zhōng 文wén(Mandarin)

法fǎ 语yǔ(French)朋péng 友yǒu(friend) 好hǎo 朋péng 友yǒu(good friends/best friends)

天tiān气qì(weather) 温wēn度dù(temperature) 度dù(degree) 写xiě(write) 说shuō(speak) 去qù(go)

3) Check weekly learning update from my blog, I will post topics that we will be covering during this period of time.

4) Green flashcards. Work on recognizing and making sentences with those words.

5）100 sight words, please recognize these words, if you want a PDF version, please email me  fahildisheim@cbe.ab.ca 

Audio :

1) Audio sight words #1+ Ms.Fan's greeting!   2) Audio sight words #2  3) Audio sight words #3

4) Audio sight words #4  5) Audio sight words #5  6) Audio sight words #6  7) Audio sight words #7

8) Audio sight words #8

Suggestions on things to do at home: 

1) make flashcards 

2) make a book (one word per page with a detailed picture and pinyin) 

3) practice writing these words (write it small, write it big, write it using the other hand, write it in bubble letter, write it using different color pencils...) 

4) record your reading in mom/dad's phone, and listen back to your reading!  

5) write Ms.Fan a letter using 5 words from the list. 

6) label things at home with Mandarin. 

7) make a song using 5 words from the list. 

8) make videos of student using their body to write the characters. 

9) challenge yourself to remember 3 words everyday. 

10) use clay/playdoh to make 5 characters from the list.

6) If you already understand how to recognize and make sentences with the 100 sight words, here is an advanced words list. Please practice reading and recognizing these words. If you need a PDF version of this, please email me. fahildisheim@cbe.ab.ca

Audio：
1) Shape and month    2) Week and year  3) Body parts  4) School words  5) Time of the day

6) Common words to use  7) Direction words  8) Fruits and vegetables  9) Food  10) Money

Suggestions on things to do at home: 
1) make flashcards 
2) make a book (one word per page with a detailed picture and pinyin) 
3) practice writing these words (write it small, write it big, write it using the other hand, write it in bubble letter, write it using different color pencils...) 
4) record your reading in mom/dad's phone, and listen back to your reading!  
5) write Ms.Fan a letter using 5 words from the list. 
6) label things at home with Mandarin. 
7) make a song using 5 words from the list. 
8) make videos of student using their body to write the characters. 
9) challenge yourself to remember 3 words everyday. 
10) use clay/playdoh to make 5 characters from the list.

7) Make a bar graph with your children to talk about temperature. Talking about minus degree零下 （ling xia),  talking about where different temperature should be at on the bar graph.

Audio: Ms.Fan's lesson on Temperature 1
Ms.Fan's lesson on temperature #2

Sentences to ask your child: "今天多少度？” What is the temperature today?

They can reply: "今天是。。。度。” Today is...degree. 

零下 means minus...degree, 零means zero, 下 means below

Math:

Grade 1: 

1) Continue working on one digit-two digit addition and subtraction.

2) Noticing 3D Objects and 2D shapes around you, making 3D shapes with clay or playdoh.

3) Making more complicated repeating pattern (students can draw it out), not just ABABABAB, maybe try AABBAABBAABB or ABCCABCCABCC

4)Noticing repeating pattern in daily life, for example: days of the week, 7 days a week, 12 months a year...

5)  Please work on recognizing money, 5, 10, 50 ,100 dollar bills, and coins.

Grade 2: 

1) Continue working on two digit addition and subtraction questions with & without regrouping. 

2) Making 3D shapes (using paper or playdoh).

3) Noticing repeating pattern in daily life.

4) Put days of the week and months of the year in the correct order

5) Recognize, read, write days of the week and month of the year in Mandarin.

6) Please work on recognizing money, 5, 10, 50 ,100 dollar bills, and coins.

7) Make bar graph, venn diagram, pictograph. Ask child to gather information, maybe asking them to gather information about what does each family member likes to eat? And record their data into a graph.

Science:

Grade 1: We are working on building things. we are currently building houses using recycled items.

Suggestions: watch a science video about building house and talk about what are the essential things we need to build a strong house. 

Talk about different real life professions that associate with house building, for example: architect, construction worker, engineer, plumber, electrician, lawyer, banker...etc.

Grade 2: We are currently working on learning about liquid. 

Suggestions: watch a science video about different kind of liquid, and maybe make a liquid tower at home with your child. Talk about different kinds of liquid have different weight, density. 

Look at shapes of water drops, and other liquid drops.

Draw a picture to explain the difference between liquid, solid and gas.

Learning Updates for Mar 9-13

你nǐ好hǎo Grade 1&2 friends and families,

Hope you are having a great weekend! 周末快乐！Spring 春天 is coming🍃.

Reminders提醒:

Family photo: (If you still have not submit it to me, please email it to me before Mar.10 Tues) Both classes are starting a Mandarin writing project, we need family picture from you all! If you don’t have a printed picture, please email it to me fahildisheim@cbe.ab.ca.

Mar.17 (Tues 星期二): Shared Assembly @ 12:30 pm! All parents are welcome to join us J

Mar. 19 & 20 Student-led parent teacher conference. Mar.19 (3:30pm-7:30pm) and Mar.20 (8am-12pm). Please book your conference time online! (My homeroom will book your conference time under Ms.Fan’s class, Mrs.Yaunish’s homeroom will book under her name)

Mar. 23-27 March break! Enjoy J

Plant project: Our tomatoes are growing!! Yay!! We have planted tomatoes 🍅 in our classroomJ our plants will likely to harvest in 60-70 days. Be prepared for some tasty tomatoes coming home!!

This week (Mar.9-13)

Mandarin中文:

Grade 1: This week, we will be learning and reviewing all the consonants we have learned so far in pinyin, we will continue to learn about the new vocabularies of the month.

In March, we are starting to learn about nationalities and temperature, we will learn many country names, different language names, how to ask nationalities related questions, and also talk about daily temperatures.

Grade. 2: This week, we will be learning the next 3 compound vowels an, en, in in pinyin, we will also learn about the new vocabularies of the month.

In March, we are starting to learn about nationalities and temperature, we will learn many country names, different language names, how to ask nationalities related questions, and also talk about daily temperatures.

Vocabularies for March 三月 (Grade 1 & Grade 2)

哪nǎ(where) 哪nǎ 里li(where) 来lái自zì(come from) 加jiā拿ná大dà(Canada)

美měi 国guó(America) 中zhōng 国guó (China) 法fǎ 国guó(France)

朋péng 友yǒu(friend) 好hǎo 朋péng 友yǒu(good friends/best friends)

英yīng 语yǔ(English) 中zhōng文wén(Mandarin) 法fǎ语yǔ(French)

天tiān气qì(weather) 温wēn度dù(temperature) 度dù(degree)

写xiě(write) 说shuō(speak)

This week’s sentence to practice is “这是我(this is me)。 那是我的朋友(that is my friend…), 我来自(I come from….), 我的朋友来自（my friend comes from…）今天多少度？(What’s the temperature today?) 今天。。。度。(Today is…degree.)

Math数学:

Grade 1: This week, we will build 3D shapes using toothpicks or popsicle sticks and playdoh, and learn more about cube, cylinder, cone, pyramid, sphere. We will talk about three common attributes of 3D shapes (face, edge, corners).

Starting this week, every Wednesday and Thursday, we will start the day with a 15-20 mins Mental math warm up time. We will review skip-counting, number-talk, days of the week, reading calendar, months of the year. I will also start teaching students about different mental math strategies. This week, Grade 1s are going to review simple subtraction with regrouping.

  

Grade 2: Grade 2s will be building 3D shapes. They will also start on a new math chapter “statistics and probability”, we will learn about different kinds of graphs (bar graph, pictograph)

Starting this week, every Wednesday and Thursday, we will start the day with a 15-20 mins Mental math warm up time. We will review skip-counting, number-talk, days of the week, reading calendar, months of the year. I will also start teaching students about different mental math strategies.

Grade 2s will be reviewing subtraction without regrouping/borrowing and we will also learn about subtraction with regrouping/borrowing this week.

Science科学:

Grade 1s will continue working on the building a strong house using the materials provided. We will also learn about “how real houses are built?” we will talk about people who work behind the scene to design the house (architect, house designer) and also people who go on the site to build the house (construction worker, plumber, electrician, etc.)  

Grade 2s will continue working on the new science unit “exploring liquids”. This week, we will be looking at different types of liquids and talk about properties of liquids.