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.