Dear Parents,
Today we will celebrate the American holiday of Thanksgiving at Tree House by having a traditional feast. We have read about how this tradition started and why we still celebrate it today. This is a time when families come together from far away - except for the teachers living in Taiwan - to share time together and things they are thankful for.
While the food is getting ready, the students will watch a classic Thanksgiving show I watched many times when I was a kid called "Happy Thanksgiving Charlie Brown".
This week we finished up our chapter about animals in science class. We reviewed a lot and took a test.
The Aliens had a lot of vocabulary this week. We reviewed the words and made sentences with the words.
THIS WEEKEND'S HOMEWORK:
1 - Read 'The Busy, Lively, Sleepy, and Quiet Pond' and finish the questions in the student journal.
2 - Study week 12 vocabulary words for 'The BF Club'. They will test on these words on Monday.
3 - Write the new vocabulary words for week 13 into their vocabulary books. They will test on these words next Friday NOT on the Monday test.
I hope everyone will have a great weekend!
All the best,
Teacher Andy
Friday, November 27, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
The BF Club
Dear Parents,
We read a story this week called 'The Best Friends Club' about 2 best friends, Lizzie and Harold. They start a club together but things start to become less fun when Lizzie gets jealous about Harold having other friends. She later realizes that having more friends is more fun than no friends and being selfish. This story is a good lesson to show the students not to be selfish and to share with others.
In science we studied how living things grow and change in different ways. We learned about bears and how caterpillars become butterflies.
The first class took their week 11 vocabulary test on Friday. The second class will take their test on Monday. No new vocabulary to take home this weekend! But they will still have to do student journals. We read 'Giving Thanks Around the World' together in class. This story tells how different countries have harvest celebrations. Next week is Thanksgiving and this story makes good comparisons between the American celebration of Thanksgiving and Full Moon Festival held in Taiwan and China.
Since the rain is spoiling our Fun Day at Da An Park, we will go watch a movie today!
Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe weekend!
All the best,
Teacher Andy
We read a story this week called 'The Best Friends Club' about 2 best friends, Lizzie and Harold. They start a club together but things start to become less fun when Lizzie gets jealous about Harold having other friends. She later realizes that having more friends is more fun than no friends and being selfish. This story is a good lesson to show the students not to be selfish and to share with others.
In science we studied how living things grow and change in different ways. We learned about bears and how caterpillars become butterflies.
The first class took their week 11 vocabulary test on Friday. The second class will take their test on Monday. No new vocabulary to take home this weekend! But they will still have to do student journals. We read 'Giving Thanks Around the World' together in class. This story tells how different countries have harvest celebrations. Next week is Thanksgiving and this story makes good comparisons between the American celebration of Thanksgiving and Full Moon Festival held in Taiwan and China.
Since the rain is spoiling our Fun Day at Da An Park, we will go watch a movie today!
Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe weekend!
All the best,
Teacher Andy
Friday, November 13, 2009
A Letter to Amy
Dear Parents,
This week we read a story called 'A Letter to Amy' about a boy who was nervous about inviting a girl to his birthday party. She would be the only girl there and he was worried about what the boys would think. I told the students they should not worry about what other people think about them and to be confident to do what they feel.
In science we studied how animals get the things they need to stay alive. They need to find shelter to stay safe from other animals.
We read the story 'Warm and Fuzzy' for the take-home readers. In the story 3 sheep help a giraffe stay warm by cutting off their wool. The students are to finish the student journals and bring them back on Monday. The students were given new vocabulary words to write in their vocabulary books. We read the words together in class.
Our song this week was a reggae song by Bob Marley called 'Judge Not'. This song talks about not judging other people because they can judge you too. It's not fair to judge people if you don't know about their situation.
This week was PTA week and I want to thank everyone who came to speak with me about their child. Progress Reports were sent home this week with each student for you to know how your child is doing in the class.
Have a wonderful weekend!
All the best,
Teacher Andy
This week we read a story called 'A Letter to Amy' about a boy who was nervous about inviting a girl to his birthday party. She would be the only girl there and he was worried about what the boys would think. I told the students they should not worry about what other people think about them and to be confident to do what they feel.
In science we studied how animals get the things they need to stay alive. They need to find shelter to stay safe from other animals.
We read the story 'Warm and Fuzzy' for the take-home readers. In the story 3 sheep help a giraffe stay warm by cutting off their wool. The students are to finish the student journals and bring them back on Monday. The students were given new vocabulary words to write in their vocabulary books. We read the words together in class.
Our song this week was a reggae song by Bob Marley called 'Judge Not'. This song talks about not judging other people because they can judge you too. It's not fair to judge people if you don't know about their situation.
This week was PTA week and I want to thank everyone who came to speak with me about their child. Progress Reports were sent home this week with each student for you to know how your child is doing in the class.
Have a wonderful weekend!
All the best,
Teacher Andy
Friday, November 6, 2009
Lemonade For Sale!!!
Dear Parents,
This week we read a story called "Lemonade For Sale" about a group of kids that sell lemonade to fix their clubhouse. I taught them how to identify problems and solutions. We also got to make and drink lemonade and all the kids had a wonderful time doing this.
We learned about different animal groups in science class: amphibian, bird, fish, insect, mammal, and reptile. The Aliens learned special features for each group.
Students are to do their take-home readers and student journals for homework. They also have new vocabulary words to write into their vocabulary books. These should be brought back to class on Monday.
We will do science experiments for Fun Day. Most students get really interested in science so I hope they will enjoy this too!
Have a wonderful weekend!
All the best,
Teacher Andy
This week we read a story called "Lemonade For Sale" about a group of kids that sell lemonade to fix their clubhouse. I taught them how to identify problems and solutions. We also got to make and drink lemonade and all the kids had a wonderful time doing this.
We learned about different animal groups in science class: amphibian, bird, fish, insect, mammal, and reptile. The Aliens learned special features for each group.
Students are to do their take-home readers and student journals for homework. They also have new vocabulary words to write into their vocabulary books. These should be brought back to class on Monday.
We will do science experiments for Fun Day. Most students get really interested in science so I hope they will enjoy this too!
Have a wonderful weekend!
All the best,
Teacher Andy
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