Saturday, November 26, 2011

Week 15 news

Next Wednesday(Nov. 30th), we'll have the Block 4 Math Test(Place Value 1-1000). Please be ready for that!
Next Friday, we'll have a Christmas Party in the afternoon. Then, we'll be off track for one month!
Wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Friday, November 18, 2011

Week 14 News

Things we did this week:
Chinese--We almost finished L10. While I was teaching L10, I had kids find out where those phrases are and circle them, than draw a little picture next to each phrase. Besides, we did some body movement and gestures while we were practicing reading. (We had fun with that! ) Hopefully, that'll help kids remember more about what they have learnt from school.
Math--We worked on "Place Value to 1000".(Thanks to Mrs. Milne for cutting all the base ten cards for the class! We really appreciate your help!)
Interconnection-- We talked about different life in Cambodia, which is very different form life in USA.
Up Coming Events:
Thanksgiving is coming next week! Remember we'll have Thursday and Friday off, and kids will go home at 1:55 on Wednesday. I wish you all have a great Thanksgiving!!
Mrs.Chang


Sunday, November 13, 2011

Week 13--Thank you all for coming to the Parent-Teacher Conference!!

Dear Parents,
I'm so glad that I finally got the chance to meet with you this Wednesday and Thursday. Thank you all for coming! And thank you for willing to help your kid with their Chinese learning which is not so easy. I appreciate all you do! If you have any suggestion or question, please feel free to contact me!
Recently I've received all the "Media Release Form" form all my parents. That means I could post some class photos on my blog!~~~YA!~~~
This weekend, I've posted the Halloween photos. Please go on to the "Class Photo" page and take a look. (Click on one of the big photos, the photos will become smaller for you to look at.)
Mrs.Chang

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Week 12- We had a great Halloween!

This Monday, we had a wonderful Halloween!!! Thank to many parents that came for help with our Halloween party! We appreciate it!
(I took lots of pictures on that day and I really want to share with you through posting on this blog. However, I haven't got all of the "Media Release Form" from parents. Only 80% came back to me. )


Our first Parent-Teacher Conference is coming on next Wednesday and Thursday.
I'm looking forward to meet you!


Thank you so much for all you do.


Mrs.Chang

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Week 10-11

Things We did:
Chinese: Students are getting better in Chinese Character wring while we kept practicing on this.
Math: We have been working on Place Value during these weeks.
Interconnection: Google Earth introduction.
Reminders:
Please make sure your child don't bring any toy (ex. pokeman cards, football, etc.) to school.
Upcoming Events: 
We'll have Banchmark 1 Text on November 1st, and Parent-Teacher Conference on November 9th and 10th.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Week9--Help your child with their Chinese Character writing

Dear Parents,
This year, we have two Chinese textbooks. (Textbook 1B and Textbook 2A.) There are 10 lessons in Textbook 1B, and  12 lessons in Textbook 2A. Each lesson contains about 8-10 Chinese Characters which students are supposed to be able to write.
During the past few weeks, we spent a lot of time correcting their writing homework cause most of the kids didn’t follow the stroke sequence when they are practicing writing the Characters. Remember, we only have at most 55 minutes of Chinese Literacy Class everyday. I don’t really want to spend too much time on this. I need your help! Kids needs your help!
In order to fix this problem, recently I’ve finished building one of my blog pages called ”Characters”. On this page, you could see Chinese Characters of each lesson. Click on each Character, you can be linked to the website of the Character’s sound and stroke order. Please have kids practice with this first, then write their homework worksheet that I give on Fridays.  If you couldn’t go online, you could at least make sure your child follow the stroke sequence by looking at stroke order printed on each worksheet. Believe me, if they “draw” characters in their own way, it’ll be much harder for them to remember.
I understand that you are busy, and kids are just starting to learn their English writing. Chinese Characters may not be easy for them to memorize. However, if we insist on practice one or two Characters per day, little by little, kids could eventually master in Chinese writing!
I’m expecting your help. And I appreciate it!
If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at: jenny7002252002@yahoo.com.tw
Thank you.
Mrs. Chang  10/14/2011

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Week8--A Letter to Patents--online homework instructions

Dear Parents,
Please see below for some instruction of how to do our online Chinese homework on our Chinese Class Blog.
1.      Click on the “”Homework” tab, we have two online Chinese homework here.
2.     Click on the “Mrs.Chang’s  Light Classroom” link, practice Chinese at home with your child and have them record their voice every week. ( Students have done this kind of homework in their first grade, you should be familiar with it.)
3.     Click on the “新加坡小学华文 Textbook 1B”.
4.     Click on the first green button, you’ll see “一上“and “一下then click on the blue one,”一下
5.     There are ten orange buttons on this page. Those are lesson6~lesson15 of our Chinese textbook(1B). If you click on one of those buttons, you’ll see some buttons show up in the middle of the ellipse.
The first one,”课文”, is the main article of the lesson; The third one,”我爱阅读”, is the  minor article of the lesson; The second one,”听听唱唱”, is the song of the minor article. (Most of the lessons works well with these three functions.)
Using this website, your Child can hear how to pronounce all the words/sentences of each lesson at home! And you could chose whether to show the Pinyin or not while they are practicing reading.
Please make sure they go on to this website to practice their listening, reading, and speaking everyday. I’ll also give out the copies of each lesson’s articles. Please sign your name to show your kid has finished his/her reading practice everyday.
If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at: jenny7002252002@yahoo.com.tw.  You are more then welcome to come to school, I’ll be glad to show you how to use it.
Thank you.
Mrs. Chang  10/06/2011

Week7 News

Week 7 (Sep. 26~ Sep. 30)News
1.Things We Learnt This Week--
Chinese Literacy--Reviewed Lesson 6; Introduced and practiced some vocaburaries and Characters of Lesson 7.
Math-- Reviewed  even and odd; meaning of" ≠";   Symbols such as □,△, or ◇ in an addition or subtraction equation represent a number that will make a statement true.
Interconnection--Review 7 continents of Earth; Prcaticed saying East, West, South, and North in Chinese, we played a game and made a craft; 
Story telling-- "Pumpkins are everywhere."
Other--Own Face Drawing for Class T-Shirt. 

2.Notes and Reminders
We have new classroom rules this week--Students who follows direction, participates in class, or did something good will win a star. Those who  hand in their homework on time will win two stars; Those who wear appropriate shoes especially on Thursday for P.E. class will win one star, too. 
The one who win the most stars during each day will be given a "Super Student Award" to show their parents.When students have 30 points, they can draw a prize. Please give your kids a BIG HUG if they win the award or the prize.

 3.Upcoming Events--

Next Friday, we'll have the Block 2 test on Math. Please be ready for that.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Welcome To Our New Class Blog!!!!

I am happy to introduce our new class blog.  This will be a way for me to update you on things going on in class, and things you can be doing at home to help your student progress in learning Chinese. 

Please sign the waiver that is being sent home.  This will allow me to post pictures from class on this blog.  You can choose to "follow" the blog, but I also ask that you check the blog every Monday for updates. 

I look forward to having this blog to help us communicate.


Mrs. Chang