March 2011

简讯
Chinese Newsletter
March 2011

Following are the concepts and activities that will be taught at school in the month of March:

中文(Chinese)

• We have started to use My First Chinese Reader to teaching reading.
• We have learned Lesson 1 (Hello), Lesson 2 (What Is Your Name) and Lesson 6 (I Love My Family) so far.
• We will be learning My First Chinese Reader Lesson 3 (What is Your Nationality) and Lesson 5 (I Go To Da Hua Elementary School) in March.
• We learn how to recognize and make simple sentences by using key words. The flash cards for the above lessons will be posted on http://yunjones.wordpress.com/.
• If you are interested, My First Chinese Words and My First Chinese Reader can be found on www.betterchinese.com. Better Chinese provides free trial sign up, which gives you access to free online lessons for a month. After you log in, go to Online Lessons, choose Elementary School, you will see My First Chinese Words and My First Chinese Reader.


数学(Math)
• We had our Block 7 Math Assessments on February 4th. 11 students (morning class) and 10 students (afternoon class) received perfect grades on Block 7 assessment. The average grade was 93% (morning class) and 91% (afternoon class).
• We had our Block 8 Math Assessments on February 25th. 14 students (morning class) and 10 students (afternoon class) received perfect grades on Block 8 assessment. The average grade was 96% (morning class) and 93% (afternoon class).
• We will have our Benchmark III Math Assessment on March 18th.

The following will be taught in class in March.
Objectives:
• Students will acquire number sense and perform simple operation with whole numbers.
• Identify simple relationships among whole numbers up to 100.
o Is 70 greater than or less than 80?
o What is the expanded form for 99?
o What number is one less than 55?
o What number is one more than 89?
o What number is 10 less than 100?
o What number is 10 more than 66?
o Which number sentence will help you quickly solve 8+8?
1) 8+5 2) 9+8 3) 10+10
o What number sentence has the same sum as 9+9?
1) 10+10 2) 10+9 3) 10+8
o What number has 4 tens and 9 ones?
1) 21 2) 49 3) 38
• Make reasonable estimates of the quantitative difference between the two sets of objects.
o Luke has a box of pencils, his brother Sonny has a bigger box of pencils. Without counting, just estimate, how many pencils mores does Sonny have than Luke?
• Model, describe and illustrate of the meaning of addition and subtractions and use these operations to solve problems.
o Justice has 9 black hats, 4 red hats and 5 orange hats. How many hats does Justice have altogether? How many more black hats does Justice have than red hats?
• Use a variety of models, including objects, length-based models, number lines and the ten-frame to describe problems types (part-whole, compare, combine and separate)
o Johnny counts to 8. Thomas counts to 10. How many more numbers does Thomas count than Johnny?
• Commute basic operations facts (up to 10 +10) and the related subtraction facts using strategies.
• Students will understand simple geometry and measurement concepts as well as collect, represent and draw conclusion from data.
• Identify the appropriate tool for measuring length, weight, capacity, temperature and time.
• Measure the length of objects using nonstandard units and count the units using groups of tens and ones.


科学(Science)和社会学 (Social Studies)
We will be learning about Changes In My Neighborhood, Life Cycle of Frogs and Butterflies in March.