We were lucky last week to have an ice-cream party (even though we had already had a pizza party) for raising so much money at the UNICEF Carnival.
The Thanksgiving Party was wonderful. We played a game with 3A and then had lots of delicious food to eat.
Thanks to all the parents for preparing the food and joining us to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Mr. Pousen helped us create some great hats with a Thanksgiving theme.
At flag ceremony we received a few awards. We received 1st place in the Field Day Sportsmanship Contest. We also received two 1sts and a 3rd in the Clean up competition. Well done 3B!
In Science we started learning about Rocks and set up a crystal growing activity. Unfortunately, it is not going as planned because no crystals are growing on the nails but some great crystals are growing on the wet string and on the tray where some salt water was spilled.
Well done to all the students who received Homework Machine Awards for always turning in their homework and trying their best.
We have started the Times Table Wizard Quizes and many students have already completed 2 and 3 times tables successfully. Keep up the good work!
In Chinese class the students have worked really hard at memorizing poems and tongue twisters. They performed really well and received a special treat from their teacher.
We had a science activity where the students looked at rocks and tried to match unknown rocks to known igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.The students also had some practice using a balance scale. They estimated which rocks were heavier than others and then weighed the rocks and put them in order from lightest to heaviest.
We also looked at fossils and how they are formed.
In Chinese Social Studies groups of students made posters which promoted one student in the group to become the new Class President.
Gloria’s back on her feet and able to start walking again.
Thank you Nina for helping me put up the balloons after school and thank you Gloria for helping me put up some of the decorations.
Alica, Elijah, Gloria, Jasmine, and Jason put up the first5 decorations on our Christmas calendar and Christmas tree. They also very nervously popped the first 5 balloons in our Christmas count down.
Christmas Plans
Although the Christmas show was canceled due to the risk of H1N1 we still have some great things planned for Christmas.
We took a vote and we will be delaying our 3B Christmas party until Thursday 31st December.
Secret Santas have been chosen and each Secret Santa will secretly give their buddy small notes of encouragement or very small gifts up until our Christmas Day. On our Christmas Day the Secret Santas will reveal themselves and give a gift (between NT150 –NT200) to their buddy with a card telling them who their Secret Santa is. We will play some fun Christmas games too.
Mr. Pousen will help each student to make a Christmas stocking and I have asked Santa Claus to please deliver our gifts on the 31st.
Summary of work planned for the next month. I will update this regularly in case of unplanned changes.
Science
This week we have completed our work on Unit C Chapter 1: Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils and the students have a review worksheet to complete this weekend.
Next week (week 15) we begin work on Unit C Chapter 2: Landforms and Slow Changes to Landforms.
Week 16 we complete Unit C Chapter 2 by looking at Rapid Changes to Landforms and have a test on Unit C Chapter 1 and 2.
In week 17 we begin Unit C Chapter 3 and look at how soils form, different soils and how to conserve it.
In week 18 and 19 there will be a Unit C Chapter 3 test and we will start Unit C Chapter 4 and look at resources and how to conserve them.
In week 20 we will finish of Unit C Chapter 3 and prepare for exams which take place at the end of the week and in week 21.
Math
We are working on multiplication for the rest of this semester.
Western Social Studies
Week 14: Chapter 4
Week 15: Chapter 4 Models of American Citizenship, and National Symbols.
Week 16: Chapter 4 Test and Chapter 5 Describing a Place
Week 17: Chapter 5 What People Add to Places, and People and Their Environment.
Week 18: Chapter 5 Test and Chapter 6 The World in Geographers’ Terms
Week 19: Chapter 6 Physical Processes, and Human Processes
Week 20: Complete Chapter 6 and prepare for exams which take place at the end of the week and in week 21.
English
Week 14: Theme 3 Lesson 13 A Tree is Growing; Grammar – Subject and Object Pronouns, Phonics – Consonants s/c, j/g, dge.
Week 15: Theme 3 Lesson 14 One Small Place in a Tree; Grammar – Pronoun – Antecedent Agreement, Phonics – Syllable Patterns.
Week 16: Theme 3 Lesson 15 Ask the Experts; Review of Theme 3
Week 17: Theme 3 Test and Review
Week 18 – 20: I plan to use “
End of week 20 and week 21: Exams
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