Week 7

1. Homework 10/12

Review and fix Week 7 test.
(We will have no tests to study next week because we will only have 2.5 days. But we still need to do reading homework. )

* Writing Homework will not be sent back home again until Monday. (We collect it on Friday and return it on Monday.)
* Fewer of them forgot to turn in homework than last week. Hope there will be zero for the later weeks.

2. Fun Run was really fun today. We had great time this morning!!! Thumbs up for everyone who ran very hard today.

3. Another great thing I wanted to say is that they did very well in the test today. Great job.
 
4. Remember we have two kinds of test formats because we learn a new lesson for two weeks. A test sample will be sent home for reference on the first day of every week and we always have tests on Fridays. If that Friday is a holiday, then the test will be on the next Monday.

Test format for the first week of a lesson

Then Test format for the second week of a lesson

   

5. We have finished our first Chinese lesson in the new level (3A) and  most of them are very familiar with the new Chinese words now. But they still need to work on the story reading more to be more fluent readers and speakers. For the homework, I ask them to read the stories in the blue story book (marked as Extended Practice Book) that goes home. They need to read the part of texts with pinyin first and read the other part of the same story without pinyin so they can be able to learn to recognize words.

It is very important to review at home. Because, in class, we read the story together and found that students who remember to practice reading at home can read more fluently and can catch the meanings of phrases more quickly. Practice makes perfect after all.

(Our Extended Practice Book)

 (Stories with pinyin followed by stories without pinyin, as shown below)

Also the flashcards they have help reading a lot. They need to study both the front side and the back side of the cards so they can retrieve word meanings quickly when they see them or hear them.

6. Reminder of our new Chinese packet:
All blue materials, including flashcards, are meant to be kept at home so they can practice.
Yellow flashcards should be brought to school when they are required to and this will mark in they daily planner.

7. No school on 10/18 and 10/19