Learning Updates for Feb10-12

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

This is a short week, no school on Thursday and Friday. We will be celebrating friendship/valentine’s day and we will also have curling tournament during gym class this week. J

Reminders提醒:

Feb.12 pm Friendship & Valentine’s day celebration.

Plant project: We have planted tomatoes 🍅 in our classroom last week!!! J our plants will likely to harvest in 60-70 days. Be prepared for some tasty tomatoes coming home!!

There will be weekly updates(pictures) on the growth of our plants on my blog.

Feb.3-12 – Rocks and Rings Curling Residency. Kids are learning how to play curling.

Pictures of our curling classes will be posted the end of this week. Stay tuned for more pictures!

Feb.13-14 No School for students- Teacher’s convention days

Feb.19 Opera performance @ 1:30pm in the gym

Feb.26 Shared Assembly @10am in the gym

Mandarin Home Reading: With the weekly homework (Mandarin writing& reading, math, science) and dictation words practices at home. I have decided NOT to send home-readings for students. However, that does not mean students will not work on readings in class. I will continue to have one-one guided reading time with students each day.

This week (Feb.10-13)

Mandarin中文:

This week, we will learn the next three consonants j q x in pinyin, and we will play conversational games to practices the new vocabularies.

This month, we will start learning about vegetable, food and shape words. We will also continue to learn about pinyin (6 vowels + next 4 consonants j q x z c s).

This week, we will learn the next three consonants j q x in pinyin, and we will play conversational games to practices the new vocabularies.

Pinyin songs we listen in class:

Vowels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edVATBAlumc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvTjm2gGM7w&pbjreload=10

Consonants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6OTKUwOeHg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptuAFkw8Kno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAQBjOsvHZc

Below are the vocabularies we are learning this month.

Grade 1 & 2

 胡(hú)萝(luó)卜(bo)🥕(carrot) 西(xī)兰(lán)花(huā)(broccoli)  西(xī)红(hóng)柿(shì)/番(fān)茄(qié)🍅(tomato)

牛(niú)奶(nǎi)🥛(milk) 果(guǒ)汁(zhī)🍹(juice) 三(sān)明治(míngzhì)(sandwich) 喝(hē)(drink) 米(mǐ)饭(fàn)(rice)

面(miàn) 条(tiáo)(noodles) 沙(shā)拉(lā)(salad) 面(miàn) 包(bāo)(bread)

喜(xǐ) 欢(huan) 吃(chī)(like to eat) 爱(ài)吃(chī)(love to eat) 他(tā)(he) 她(tā)(she)

圆(yuán)的(de)(round items) 长(zhǎng)的(de)(long items) 大(dà)的(de)(big items)

小(xiǎo)的(de)(small items) 圆(yuán) 形(xíng)(round shape)

          长(zhǎng) 方(fāng) 形(xíng)(rectangle) 三(sān) 角(jiǎo) 形(xíng)(triangle)  正(zhèng) 方(fāng) 形(xíng)(square)

Pinyin: 4 tones:

ā  á  ǎ  à,  ō  ó  ǒ  ò,  ē  é  ě  è, ī  í  ǐ  ì, ū  ú  ǔ  ù

Vowels: a    o    e     i     u     ü

Consonants we are learning this month: b   p   m   f   d   t   n   l g  k  h  j  q  x  z  c  s  zh  ch  sh  r

Grade 2s Pinyin: review vowels, consonants and start learning about compound vowels:  ai  ei  ui  ao  ou  iu  en  in  un

Math数学:

Grade 1: So far, Grade 1s have learned the differences between length and height, capacity(volume) and weight(mass). This week, grade 1s will be learning how to identify the differences between 2D shapes and 3D objects. We will play different learning games to help them sort 2D Shapes and 3D objects.

  

Grade 2: Grade 2s will be learning about how to estimate, measure and record the length, height, distance around or mass of a given object. This week, grade 2s will also be working on identify the differences between 2D Shapes and Objects, they will learn to use attributes to sort 2D Shapes and 3D objects.

Science科学:

Grade 1s will be making a 4-season cycle wheels craft to finish this chapter!! J

Grade 2s will be testing their boats, and see if it floats on water.