There are two fund raising events coming up in the next month.
The first is on Friday, January 29. We are raising money for Earthquake victims in Haiti. Students can wear their pajamas and donate to a school fund. Click here to find out more.
The second is Wear Red Day, which is later in February. The students can wear RED to help raise money for Heart to Heart, to help pay for heart surgeries for needy children in China.
Both fundraisers ask for 10 RMB but of course, your family can give more. For more information please read the Dates Coming Up Blogroll, and refer to our blog.
WRITING
The Students have been working hard in planning their comics. They are now ready to begin writing on their panels. We have been learning that there’s more to comics than just drawing pictures and writing words. We will be excited to share our end products.
READING
Guards and Ayis reading
We had a great time on Monday with SAS READS! Both Puxi and Pudong SAS schools, Dropped everything at 9:00 to read for 15 minutes. It was very exciteing to know that all students and teachers throughout our schools were READING! We LOVE reading!
During Reading time this week the students are enjoying reading a variety of graphic novels / comics as research to help support their learning process of how comics are developed.
WORD STUDY
This week we are studying the digraph blends thr and shr. This is when a digraph (2 letters making 1 sound such as th or sh) and a single consonant combine to make a digraph blend. Ask your child about their Phoneme map sounds.
MATH
Continuing with Unit 6 this week, the lessons will include measuring angles in degrees, exploring the properties of symmetric figures and line segments, and exploring the the concepts of congruence, and decimals.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We are enjoying learning about map, globes, continents, compass roses, and oceans. The students will begin their rough draft of creating a community map, using map keys, a compass rose for direction. We will be crating an original map using the computers soon.
CHINESE
Our Chinese New Year Assembly is coming up in February. Please be sure to send your child to school with appropriate clothing and come to our assembly on February 9 at 1:30pm. Read the Blog post for more details.
FINALLY
Encourage your child to wear their house t-shirt each Friday for School Spirit Day. They get points for their house each time they wear their shirt. Go EAGLES!
Have a great week…eat something yummy, read a good book, and tell someone special, “I love you!”
Sarah Toa
DATES COMING UP
Monday Day 6 PE, Art
Tuesday Day 1 Counselor
Wednesday Day 2 PE, Art
Thursday Day 3 Music, Library Checkout
Friday Day 4 PE
Homework Assignment
I got this great idea from Mr Salsich in Deans Mill School in Stonington, Connecticut, USA.
We have been getting visitors from all over the world, and they have left us great comments. It’s now our turn to check out their blogs and leave them some comments.
When you leave a comment, be sure to have an adult check your spelling and see if they need to put in an email address. Give a compliment about what you liked and maybe ask a question or make a connection. Don’t forget to say you are from Mrs. Toa’s class when you sign your name (first name only).
Check out Mr Salsich’s class. They have been doing a lot of work with Voice Threads.
Mr. Baker’s class is at Hokowhitu School in Palmerston North, New Zealand. They are called year 4, which is the same as Grade Three. They have just started their school year so the information on their blog is very new.
Other great blogs to check out are our grade two teachers Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Speece, Mrs. Dixon,
Finally, a personal favorite of mine, the blog I have been following for the longest, and our reading buddies, Mrs Hossack in first grade. She has great ideas!
These are just some of the great blogs that I have found. You can always explore the links on the side to visit any of the other blogs we follow.
If you see something great from another blog remember where it is and let me know. Maybe we can check it out in class and get some ideas to make our blog better!