Learning Updates for Nov.4-8 十一月四日至八日

 Hi kindergarten friends and families,

This week, we had the privilege of attending the Remembrance Day assembly. We talked about the meaning of the poppy, why it’s a symbol of remembrance, and how grateful we are for the freedoms we enjoy, like coming to school each day. Have an awesome fall break!

这周我们参加了学校的“和平纪念日”集会。大家一起讨论了罂粟花的意义，为什么它象征着纪念和感恩，还感受了能自由地来学校学习是一件多么宝贵的事情。祝大家秋假愉快！

Important Reminders重要提醒:

1. School resumes on Thursday, Nov.14. 学校下周四恢复上课！
2. Monday/Wednesday class have school on Friday, Nov. 15 下周五是周一/周三班上课！
3. Veterans Food Bank Drive 退伍军人食品银行募捐  Until November 22, the Grade 2 Team is collecting new, unopened non-perishable food and home care items for the Veteran Food Bank of Alberta. Donation boxes are at the front of the school. Suggested items include canned meats, coffee, flour, pasta, rice, juice boxes, body wash, and all-purpose cleaner. Thank you for supporting our veterans and first responders! 从现在到11月22日，我们二年级班级会为阿尔伯塔退伍军人食品银行收集捐赠，欢迎大家带来未开封的非易腐食品和日常家居用品，学校前门有捐赠箱。推荐物品：罐头肉、咖啡、面粉、意面、大米、果汁盒、沐浴露、清洁剂等等。感谢大家对退伍军人和一线工作人员的支持！

This week (Nov.4-8) 本周学了什么: 

Mandarin 中文：

1) How to write (People/person) 如何写人https://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%BA%BA

2) What's your name song? 你叫什么名字？

1.       Song 1:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZMc8JJYA94&ab_channel=LittleFoxChinese-Stories%26SongsforLearners
         Song 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhmjwL3Xpt0&ab_channel=LittleFoxChinese-Stories%26SongsforLearners
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3. 3) Number song 数字歌：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5JRtTnGp4s&t=98s

English 英文:

1) How to print letter i: https://www.youtubeeducation.com/watch?v=cf99aUUH_ho

2) How to print letter n: https://www.youtubeeducation.com/watch?v=KdTKEnd79u0

3) Rememerance day song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Gu3Xe1yrw

Math 数学：

1) What is estimation: https://www.youtubeeducation.com/watch?v=xnUkIsdvfGY

2) Counting 1-10: https://www.youtubeeducation.com/watch?v=mb5n2o-NWSQ

Fun songs our students like:

1) I like to eat apples and bananas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_JQwhPKzdI

2) Personal space song: https://www.youtubeeducation.com/watch?v=V3yCGb9m_Oc

If you would like to review items we have learned, feel free to go to the previous posts.

Have fun learning! ❤️

Ms.Fan 凡老师

Learning Updates for Oct.28-Nov.1 十月二十八日至十一月一日

 Hi kindergarten friends and families,

This week, we had so much fun celebrating Halloween and Hope you have an awesome weekend! 这周我们开心的庆祝了万圣节，祝大家周末愉快！

Important Reminders重要提醒:

1. No school on Friday, Nov. 8 下周五是不上课！
2. Skate Residency 轮滑课 All students will have multiple opportunities to participate in this residency during the designated Physical Education class. Skates and helmets will be provided by our residency, but you are able to bring your own helmet if you wish to.  If you would like to volunteer and have your police clearance, please contact me or sign up ( please click the link below)所有学生将在指定的体育课时间有多次机会参加本次的轮滑班。我们会为学生提供滑冰鞋和头盔，如果您愿意，也可以自带头盔。如果您有意愿参与志愿活动并且已经完成了无犯罪记录证明，请联系我或者通过以下链接报名。 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wdY5IRBz5kSxpxMZLn8NzUe-LV3m0K_MQT3Im1ettQ0/edit?usp=sharing
3. Veterans Food Bank Drive 退伍军人食品银行募捐  Until November 22, the Grade 2 Team is collecting new, unopened non-perishable food and home care items for the Veteran Food Bank of Alberta. Donation boxes are at the front of the school. Suggested items include canned meats, coffee, flour, pasta, rice, juice boxes, body wash, and all-purpose cleaner.Thank you for supporting our veterans and first responders! 从现在到11月22日，我们二年级班级会为阿尔伯塔退伍军人食品银行收集捐赠，欢迎大家带来未开封的非易腐食品和日常家居用品，学校前门有捐赠箱。推荐物品：罐头肉、咖啡、面粉、意面、大米、果汁盒、沐浴露、清洁剂等等。感谢大家对退伍军人和一线工作人员的支持！

This week (Oct.28-Nov.1) 本周学了什么: 

Mandarin中文:

• We learned to say “What’s your name? My name is…” in Mandarin (你叫什么名字？我叫。。。)
• We learned to print Chinese number 9 九 and 10 十！
• We read a book about animals introducing themselves in Mandarin
• We continue to recognize and order number 6-10 in Mandarin, we played a few games about it! (六，七，八，九，十)

Here are the links to the songs and story:

1. How to write 9 如何写九https://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%B9%9D
2. How to write 10 如何写十 https://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%8D%81
3. What's your name song? 你叫什么名字？
4.       Song 1:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZMc8JJYA94&ab_channel=LittleFoxChinese-Stories%26SongsforLearners
         Song 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhmjwL3Xpt0&ab_channel=LittleFoxChinese-Stories%26SongsforLearners
5.      4) Hello song 你好歌：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_rDIzj6DRE
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English 英文：

• This week, we learned to to sound out letter i and n
• We continue to practice blending sounds & segmenting a word, for example: i-t---it, p-i--p---pip, f-a-m---fam
• We read two fun books: one called There was an old lady who swallowed some leaves, and talked about things we see in Fall time, for example, pumpkins, leaves changing colors, wearing warmer clothes and another fun Robert Munsch book called mmmmm Cookies. 1) Letter i sound:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UhOZGyF1LcL66X2dpDn-SyucBR1NeAs7/view?usp=drive_link 
• 2)Letter n  sound: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10Ti59TUxRV9UPogL2CgQo9c25NNpFm58/view?usp=drive_link 
• 3) Read aloudbook: -“There was an old lady who swallowed some leaves” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cis5MTpITRQ&ab_channel=StoryTimeOutLoud
• 4) Read aloud book: "mmm cookies" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdegF_kNg90&ab_channel=TheBookworms

Math数学 & Science 科学

• We continue to practice making patterns, we made a Halloween pattern art with paint and sponges.
• We continue to practice counting 1-10 and 10-1 every day and recognizing numbers from 1-10.
• We had a science experiment and used baking soda and colorful vinegar to paint our Halloween pumpkins, we even added some googly eyes 👀！
• We talked about one of the seven sacred teaching- brave and discussed about when do we feel brave?

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

Ms.Fan 凡老师

Learning Updates for Oct.21-24 十月二十一日至二十四日

 (Oct.21-24)十月二十一日至二十四日

Hi kindergarten friends and families,

This week was very busy and fun! We learned that everyone is special in their own way, just like the elephant Elmer!  Hope you have an awesome weekend! 这周我们学习了每个小朋友都是不一样的，每个人都是很特别的，都有不同的闪光点。祝大家周末愉快！

 

Important Reminders重要提醒:

1）  Monday/Wednesday class have school on Friday, Nov. 1 下周五是周一/周三班上课！

2）  Skate Residency 轮滑课（VOLUNTEER NEEED 需要家长志愿者）All students will have multiple opportunities to participate in this residency during the designated Physical Education class. Skates and helmets will be provided by our residency, but you are able to bring your own helmet if you wish to.  If you would like to volunteer and have your police clearance, please contact me or sign up ( please click the link below)所有学生将在指定的体育课时间有多次机会参加本次的轮滑班。我们会为学生提供滑冰鞋和头盔，如果您愿意，也可以自带头盔。如果您有意愿参与志愿活动并且已经完成了无犯罪记录证明，请联系我或者通过以下链接报名。 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wdY5IRBz5kSxpxMZLn8NzUe-LV3m0K_MQT3Im1ettQ0/edit?usp=sharing

3）  Halloween Dance 万圣节跳舞活动: We are having our upcoming Halloween celebration this Thursday afternoon and Friday morning to support our Grade 6 students as a fundraiser for their end-of-year camp. Donations of $2 are appreciated but not required. We'll be offering popcorn as a fun snack, so no need to send treats. Please log in to Healthy Hunger to order. Students are welcome to wear costumes, though we discourage costumes with masks for safety during activities. Costumes should be brought in a bag, and students will have time to dress up. 我们将在本周四下午和周五早上举办万圣节庆祝活动，以帮助六年级学生为他们的年度露营活动筹款。欢迎捐赠2加元（不强制捐款）。活动中我们会提供爆米花作为零食，因此不需要额外带零食。请登录Healthy Hunger平台来为孩子预订爆米花。学生们可以穿上万圣节服装，但为了安全，我们不建议佩戴面具。服装请装在袋子里，学生将有时间换装。

4） Great Pumpkin Event 雕刻南瓜活动

It is time once again for THE GREAT PUMPKIN EVENT at Midnapore School! Families are invited to carve pumpkins at home and bring them into the school on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. The school community will vote on their favorites for prizes and bragging rights. We hope to see your creativity come through this year! Midnapore学校一年一度的南瓜活动又来了！我们邀请各位学生和家人一起在家里动手雕刻南瓜，并在下周二和周三带到学校展示。大家会投票选出自己最喜欢的作品，获奖的学生会拿到奖品，还有在学校里展示的机会！期待看到大家的创意作品！

  

This week (Oct.21-24) 本周学了什么:

 

Mandarin中文:

• We learned to say “My name is…” in Mandarin (我叫。。。)

• We learned to print Chinese number 7七 and 8 八！

• We continue to recognize and order number 6-10 in Mandarin, we played a few games about it! (六，七，八，九，十）

Here are the links to the songs and story:

1)How to write 7 如何写七

2)How to write 8 如何写八

3)   What's your name song 你叫什么名字歌

4)   Hello song 你好歌

5)   Number song 数字歌

English 英文：

• This week, we learned to print lowercase p and f
• We continue to practice blending sounds & segmenting a word, for example: a-t---at, c-a-t----cat, m-a-p---map
• We read two fun books: one called Don't Hug Doug, which taught us about the importance of asking for consent before hugging or touching others, and another called Elmer the Elephant, which focused on celebrating how each of us is unique and special in our own way. We should be happy with who we are！

Here are the links to the songs and story:

1)How to write p

2)How to write f

3) Read aloud book "Don't hug Doug"

4)   Read aloud book "Elmer the elephant"

Math数学 & Science 科学

• We continue to practice making patterns, we worked on ABAB pattern.

• We continue to practice counting 1-10 and 10-1 every day and recognizing numbers from 1-10.

• We talked about fall and discussed the differences between summer and fall. What changes do we notice? (leaves, colder weather, wearing jackets, etc.)

 

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

 

Ms.Fan 凡老师