Dear Parents,

Welcome back from the Chinese New Year holiday, the weather has been really nice this week, we all enjoyed going to the outing on Tuesday, to the Sun-Yat-Sen memorial hall to see the delicate Chinese New Year decorations. Because this year is the year of the Tiger, we saw many lantern decorations and good sayings related to the theme of the Tiger. And because it is the lantern festival this Sunday, we all made glutinous rice balls with mini chocolate fillings, and we ate them for snack, everyone had a mouthful of the sticky rice balls and liked them very much.

This week, we completed:

Math – we learned about numbers that are before, between, and after another number. We also learned about even and odd numbers.

Reading – We worked on the workbooks on the two stories, “The Shopping List”, and “Yasmin’s Ducks”.

Phonics – We identified rhyming long a words.

Tops – We did writings on the workbooks, of where things are located and about furniture.

Art – We made colorful lanterns.

This week,

Adam – This Monday, Adam was reluctant to come to school after the Chinese New Year holiday, but after about ten minutes, he was all smiling again, and he felt happy to see his classmates.

Emily – Emily has been working efficiently, she finishes work fast and can quickly comprehend the work we do.

Erin – Erin works a little slow; she didn’t get to finish work on time.

Ethan – Ethan has been quite active and cheerful.

Joyce – When Joyce is doing work, sometimes, she would look at others’ work. She needs to do work more independently.

Melissa – Melissa is really sweet, she gives hugs to teachers. She does need to focus in class though; sometimes she would drift off and do something else when we are writing.

Paige – Paige writes neatly, and she is able to complete work on time. She is more comfortable speaking with her classmates.

Terry – We are very happy to see Terry come back to school, his classmates missed him. Terry focuses well, and he does his work nicely, and he was able to do work independently.

Have a great weekend!

Teacher Jennifer

Dear Parents,

Happy Valentine's day! Hope everyone will have a sweet and lovely one, and also have a great Chinese New Year!

This week, we completed:

Math - we learned about ordinal numbers through twentieth, counting first, second, third, forth, fifth, sixth, and so on.

Phonics - we learned words with the long "a" sound, and we also differentiate the long "a" and the short "a" sound.

Tops - We did our workbook on different home settings, like "living room", "bedroom", "kitchen", "bathroom", and the preposition, "under", "in", "on".

ESL - we learned about the order and sequence in a story, which came first, next, and last.

Reading - we read the "Yasmine's ducks" story, it says that in real life, ducks do not get wet because its feathers contains oil, and that oil and water do not mix.

Science - we chose some flower seeds and planted them in the soil and watered them. We also did an experiment on mixing oil and water and each student had a chance to pour water in the oil, and watch the separation of the liquids.

Art - we made Valentine's day cards to bring home, and also we color and made a paper bear. In addition, we made real chocolate to bring home for Valentine's day, each child enjoyed the making process.

This week,

Adam - Adam likes to have his work perfectly done, he cares about not making any mistakes, when he does, he would re-do it. He is a little perfectionist. He pays attention in class. By the way, thank you for bringing cookies from Yi-Lan for everyone!

Emily - Emily has been consistently improving. She not only pays attention in class, she also participates. She does her work nicely and she writes neatly.

Ethan - We saw a movie "Mr. Fantastic fox" and Ethan enjoyed it very much. Thank you for bringing food for everyone in class!

Joyce - Joyce gets excited easily, she would laugh a lot and jumps up and down. During class, she follows direction well.

Melissa - Melissa smiles a lot. I've been sitting next to Melissa in class and make sure she hears me well. I have shared with the class that Melissa has a little ear problem, so that they should speak softly to her.

Paige - She does phonics pretty well, she was able to finish work fast and get the answers right. She has grown more independent, and sometimes when her classmates do something wrong, she would explain and correct them.

Wishing everyone happy holidays!

Teacher Jennifer

Dear Parents,

This week has passed by quickly, and it was the first week of a new semester! This semester we have a lot to learn! It's going to be fun and exciting! Also this month, we have a birthday girl in our class, that is Emily! We celebrated with a cute penguin cake.

This week, we completed:

Math - We did some addition practices.

Phonics - We exchanged some flashcards of particular items and talked about them.

Tops - We went over some high frequency words.

Reading - We read about owls.

Art - We made animal masks and humpty dumpty.

Science - We learned about Weather and Seasons, and that seasons always come in the same order.

This week,

A few of the students apparently has already began their holidays and were absent. Stephanie has switched to the polar bear class.

Adam - He has been talkative in class, he likes to talk to his classmates about random things. He enjoys doing art work, and he puts effort in it.

Emily - She pays attention in class, and she often participates. She does well in Math, and often finishes her work before everyone else.

Erin - She speaks up more in class now. One funny thing is that she tells her classmates that she has a boyfriend named Jay Chou. She has been getting along very well with her classmates and she likes to play with them.

Ethan - He is becoming more independent; however, he needs to catch up with Math skills, he often finishes his work last and he writes slowly.

Joyce - She has been cheerful and she speaks up more in class, she also likes to participate in group discussions.

Melissa - She has been quite sick, so she doesn't seem to have good appetite, hope she gets well soon!

Paige - She is disciplined and obedient, she follows rules and tells other to do too. She does neat work and she writes within the lines. Good job Paige!

Have a great weekend!

Teacher Jennifer