Dear Parents and Students,
We have
reached our last full week of the first semester! Next week will only be four
days long, as next Friday will be the first day of our Chinese New Year
vacation. To celebrate Chinese New Year at school, we have a number of activities,
including art, calligraphy, and even maths!
Speaking of Maths, we completed yet another topic
this week, and had our Topic 11 test on Thursday. We have already begun topic
12, which shifts our attention to decimals. We will continue with decimals next
week.
In
our Literacy Workshop, we spent most of our time drafting,
revising, and publishing or Instructions. We have also been studying adjectives, including comparatives and
superlatives. We will continue with adjectives next week, and we will also have
some fun reading our next story, Heatwave!
In Science, we
have been reviewing all we have learned about force, notion, speed, and
velocity. We finished the week by previewing what we will be studying next
week; electricity! As mentioned in the blog last week, students may use the
electric kits provided in class, but if you buy your own, you can keep it, and
take it home with you. A picture of the kit and a link to further details is
included at the bottom of this post.
In Social
Studies, we have continued our study of the states of the New England
and Middle Atlantic areas in the American Northwest. While investigating the
areas, we have also been making comparisons between American cities and cities
in Japan and Taiwan, and how advances in technology has made long distance
commuting possible.
We finished our week by saying goodbye to
Sohyun, who is leaving Taiwan to begin a new exciting chapter of her life. Good
luck Sohyun, we will all miss you!
I hope you
all enjoy your weekend, and I will see you all Monday. Please remember to wear red on
Wednesday, and bring your chopsticks on Thursday!
Important Dates:
Mon-Thu, Jan 28-31: Chinese Week:
Monday: Chinese Paper Cutting
Tuesday: Calligraphy
Wednesday: Dress in RED; Zodiac Clay Animals
Thursday: Dumpling Day - bring chopsticks!
Fri-Sun, Feb 1-10: Chinese New Year vacation – School closed
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