Learning updates for Sept.3-6, 2024

Sept.3-6 九月三日至六日

Hello 你好(nǐ hǎo) kindergarten friends and families,

 

Hope you are having a great weekend! 周末愉快！

 

Important Reminders 重要提醒:

Sept.12 (Thurs 星期四): Terry Fox at Midnapore School.We are excited to announce that our school community will be participating in our annual Terry Fox run.  We will be gathering as a school community on Thursday at 10:30am in the gym.  Shortly after we will be participating in our school-wide run.  Please make sure your child has comfortable clothing and a water bottle for this day.  As a school community we will be collecting toonies for Terry.  If you’re able to, please bring a toonie to school and we will be collecting to reach a school goal.

 

Sept.26 & 27 Midnapore meet the teacher open house. We are excited to welcome all our Midnapore families to our September welcome back Open house.  Please come visit our learning space on September 26th, between 4-6 PM. At this time, you will have the opportunity to tour our school, visit your child's classroom and enjoy the Calgary YYC food trucks.  We have requested 4 food trucks to join us for this evening so that families can enjoy some time together. Teachers will be booking 1-1 meetings on Friday, September 27th with those families who require a more detailed meeting and those who have IPP documents to review.

This week (Sept.3-6) 本周学了什么：

 

Mandarin中文:

• We are learning about how to greet in Mandarin (Hello-你好, Goodbye 再见)
• We are learning to count in Mandarin (from 1-5 一，二，三，四，五）

Here are the links to the songs and story:

1. Hello song 你好歌：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_rDIzj6DRE
2. Number song 数字歌：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcLNmRgCpAE
3. Number 1-5 story 数字故事：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_5IVWep-mE&t=74s

 

English 英文：

• We are working on recognizing and printing our name.
• We are beginning to explore letter sounds and line formation in preparation for printing. 
• We learned to draw horizontal lines, vertical lines, circle, curved lines.
• We learned about voice on and voice off sounds
• We learned to be a good listener through a fun social story!
• We build “Mat man” and did a self-portrait!

Here are the links to the songs and learning videos:

1. How to draw lines and curves：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTScSdG9lMA
2. Social Story: Be a good listener: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGaSqdpy8HM
3. Mat man song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcGs7__1XFs

 

Math数学:

 

• We read a fun book called “The very hunger caterpillar” and did some fun finger painting to learn about representing number 1-5. 

Here are the links to the songs and learning videos:

1. Story: The very hunger caterpillar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY
2. Counting song (from 1-10 and 10-1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-cfDsHCGA

 

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

Ms.Fan 凡老师