Final Exam

Dear Parents, The Final Monthly Exams are upon us once again, hereafter is the exam schedule and test scope. Please remind our kids to go over vocabulary and reading stories listed in the test scope. 1/03 Wednesday- Vocabulary Review Test 1/05 Friday- Listening and Reading Test 1/02 Tuesday- Written Test Test Scope: Vocabulary Focus: Week 13 ~ Week 20 (Communication Book, the typo and misprint puts week2 of Scarcity at week 20 page 41) Reading Street Stories Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends Abraham Lincoln Scarcity Grammar Focus: Common Nouns, Proper Nouns, Singular and Plural Nouns, Contractions Phonics Focus: R controlled Vowels; er, ir, ur, ar, or, ore and oar Study well

Dear Parents,

It has come to my attention that certain behavioral issues are affecting our class as a whole. Although I am generally lenient, willing to listen and try to be patient with our students, I would draw the line when misbehavior poses a potential danger to others. I was informed that misbehavior in art class yesterday caused a pair of scissors to miraculously fly out of the window. I do not know the hows and whys of this incident but I believe we should make a point to our kids that they should also draw their line at dangerous behavior and tell an adult about it when they see such behavior.

Our class dynamic makes this group rambunctious, playful but at times too talkative for their own good. It's is a fine balance between being dry and boring to loud and out of control. As we continue with practice in listening and self-control we shall continue to keep safety as the utmost priority.

Please have a short talk with our kids at your convenience about matters of behavior as it pertains to the safety of self and others around us

Sincerely,

Arthur Tsay

Dear Parents,

We have concluded our Second Monthly Exam and you'll be receiving the hard copies for you to sign tonight. Please have the students bring them back to file away in their learning portfolios.

I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the following students for achieving the top five Test score averages of our class; Yvonne Lin, Nini Lu, Tiger Yu, Wendy Lo and Nicholas Chen, keep up the great work, you are being great examples for the rest of your classmates.

Additionally, I would also like to congratulate and encourage our most improved students of the month; Jimmy Lee, and Teresa Chen, keep up your diligent effort and in time you'll be top of the heap.

I would also like to remind the rest of the class that our online component assignments need to be completed and encourage them to put their focus on the tasks at hand each day, each class if they want to see real improvements in their learning progress.

Dear Parents, The Second Monthly Exams are upon us once again, hereafter is the exam schedule and test scope. Please remind our kids to go over vocabulary and reading stories listed in the test scope. 11/14 Tuesday- Vocabulary Review Test 11/17 Friday- Listening & Reading Test 11/22 Wednesday- Written Test Test Scope: Vocabulary Focus  Week 6 ~ Week 11 (Communication Book) Reading Street Stories Henry and Mudge, A Walk in the Desert, The Strongest One. Grammar Focus Subjects, Verbs, Objects, and Time Subject/Verb Agreement (I go vs he goes) Phonics Focus Consonant Blends (pg 29, 34) Consonant Diagraphs (pg 53, 58) Declarative, Interrogative (pg 43) Inflected Endings (41, 46) Imperative, Exclamatory (pg 55, 60) Study well

Mexican Halloween- Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

 Dear Parents,

In celebration of Halloween and in conjunction with our Global Education theme for experience class this year we are hosting two events next Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday, we will be hosting a costume party in class, our kids are welcomed to come to school in their costumes to join in the fun. On Wednesday, we will introduce the Day of the Dead, All Saints' Day, and All Soul's Day festivities to our kids. We'll also host a burrito tasting to introduce Mexican cuisine to the class.

Hereinafter is a brief cookware and utensil list we'll need the students to supply; 

Burrito Feast

List of materials:

Cookware and Utensils-

·       3 hot plates

·       2 frying pans, 1 saucepan

·       Knives, and cutting board

·       Sanitary gloves

·       Paper plates

The Food list will be supplied by the school

  

Food Ingredients-
butter

·       12 flour tortillas 

·       Cooked rice (enough for 12 bowls)

·       2 cans of cooked black or pinto beans 

·       1 head of lettuce 

·       2 jars of ready-made salsa (mild and spicy)

·       Assorted vegetable for sautéing (mushrooms, onions, and peppers)

·       Cilantro (1 bunch) 

·       Hard tofu (for pan frying) 

·       4 pieces 200g. chicken breasts 

·       1 container of Sour cream (if possible)

Looking forward to next week, happy Halloween!!

Soda Bottle Terrarium

                          


Dear Parents,

As you know, next week is sports week so we'll be preparing for the Saturday activity during experience class next week. However, Teacher Jessica and I feel this week and next week is also the perfect time to squeeze in a quick group project to better our children's understanding of habitats and biomes. Before the end of this unit next week I would like to gather all necessary materials to begin our sealed terrarium project.  Each group will create one terrarium. Hereinafter is our materials list;

A 2 liter soda bottle
Small rocks (*2 cup)
Charcoal (1 cup) can be found at a supermarkets or plant store.
Soil (about 3 cups) 
5 different types of miniature plants that can fit in the bottles
**Optional: little people/animals/houses (figures)

I'd like the items to be present by Wednesday next week, that way we can begin the project on Friday.

Please follow this link for further details: Soda bottle terrarium

Dear Parents,

Welcome back, I hope everyone is well rested and had a fun few days with family and friends. Due to two shortened weeks because of holiday schedule and testing, we will not be testing the unit Henry and Mudge until the Second Monthly Exam.

Dear Parents, The First Monthly Exams are upon us once again, hereinafter is the exam schedule and test scope. Please remind our kids to go over vocabulary and reading stories listed in the test scope. 9/26 Tuesday- Vocabulary Review Test 9/29 Friday- Listening and Reading Test 10/02 Monday- Written Test Test Scope: Vocabulary Focus: Week 1 ~ Week 4 (Communication Book) Reading Street Stories- Unit 1: The Twin Club, and Exploring Space with an Astronaut. Grammar Focus: Sentence Structure- Identify subject, verb, object and time in a given sentence Nouns: names for people, places and things Phonics Focus: Short and Long Vowels Consonant S Study well

Dear Parents,

Immediately due this Wednesday for our group experience class project is a short list of materials needed. We'll build 6 rockets, one for each group. As such, we'll assign something for each member of the group to bring to class which we'll do tomorrow.

We'll need the following for each group of students;

• One empty 1 liter soda bottle 
• One roll of duck tape
• On piece of cardboard no smaller than A3 size
• One fist sized lump of clay or Play-Doh
• One standing bike pump as show in the web link
• One ball pin for a pump

Please consult the following link for precise details



For your future reference here's the link for Fry's 1000 sight words;

At this moment, our kids should be able to master the use and understanding of the first 300 words.

Sight words PDF link


Good luck,
Arthur

Week 4 Homework

Dear Parents,

Welcome to week 4 September 18th ~ 22nd.
Below is the written homework to be completed, I'll update it daily as they get assigned to the kids.

I'll post separately the Fry's 1000 sight words I told you about on Saturday and required material for Wednesday's Bottle Rocket Project.


Thanks,
Arthur

  Week 4   Homework回家功課

Monday
✔□1. Reading Street Story:   Exploring Space with An Astronaut                     

✔□3. Write easy definitions for each vocab word                                     

✔□2.Write vocab words 1~8 3 times ___________________________
   □4. Read Ten Important Sentences  

Tuesday

✔□1. ­­­­­Copy easy definition corrections in homework book once___________

✔□2. Sign and bring back Spelling Test____________________________

□3. _________________________________________

□4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______

Wednesday

✔□1. ­­­­Write vocab words 9~15 3 times _______________________________

✔□2. Write easy definition of each word                                                   

□3. _________________________________________

□4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______

Thursday

✔□1. Complete irregular verb worksheet                                                      

✔□2.Unit Review Test tomorrow                                                              

✔□3.Go over story, identify nouns, subjects and verbs. Go over vocab words

□4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______

Friday

✔□1. Write irregular verb worksheet corrections in homework book ___

✔□2. Look over Test scope, study for First Monthly Exams___________

□3. _________________________________________

□4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______

Student’s Weekly Performance學生每週表現

Participation in English英語參與度

□ Excellent  □ Good   □ Fair  □ Needs Improvement

Behavior行為表現

□ Excellent  □ Good   □ Fair  □ Needs Improvement

Homework Completion作業完成度

□ Excellent  □ Good   □ Fair  □ Needs Improvement

Academic Progress學業進步表現

□ Excellent  □ Good   □ Fair  □ Needs Improvement

Important Notice/Parent Communication親師交流道:

A subject is a person or a thing that the sentence is about.

An object is affected by what the subject does.

                                        

Dear Parents,

In response to your request, I'll post on this blog on a daily basis homework assigned each day as the students receive them.

Pleas make sure our kids are on top of it on a daily basis.

Thanks for your attention,
Arthur

Week 3   Homework回家功課
✔□1. Reading Street Story:   Exploring Space with An Astronaut                      ✔□3. Use each word in a sentence                                                              ✔□2.Write vocab words 1~8 3 times each                                                           ✔□4. Read Ten Important Sentences  Sign and bring back Unit Review Test
✔□1. ­­­­­Write 5 sentences using five different nouns for people place and thing □2. _________________________________________ □3. _________________________________________ □4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______
✔□1. ­­­­­Write vocab words 9~15 3 times each                         ✔□2. Use each word in a sentence                               □3. _________________________________________ □4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______
✔□1. Write sentences, underline the subject and circle the object                       ✔□2.  Spelling Test tomorrow, study words 1~15                                       □3. _________________________________________ □4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______
□1. ­­­­­________________________________________ □2. _________________________________________ □3. _________________________________________ □4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______
Student’s Weekly Performance學生每週表現
Participation in English英語參與度	□ Excellent  □ Good   □ Fair  □ Needs Improvement
Behavior行為表現	□ Excellent  □ Good   □ Fair  □ Needs Improvement
Homework Completion作業完成度	□ Excellent  □ Good   □ Fair  □ Needs Improvement
Academic Progress學業進步表現	□ Excellent  □ Good   □ Fair  □ Needs Improvement
Important Notice/Parent Communication親師交流道: A subject is a person or a thing that the sentence is about. An object is affected by what the subject does.                                          ex. John ate a sandwich.                                                    Subject                 Object

Dear Parents,

As of  Friday, September the 8th we have activated all online Pearson student accounts for class 303. Each student was given a user name and password to begin their online work. We also spent two periods today giving them a brief introduction to the updated site so they can navigate it on their own once they are home. This online component to their Reading Street curriculum is a home supplement to their school work. Five days of assignments will be given on a bi-weekly basis for each unit.

At this moment, your child should have with them a small cardboard booklet issued by Pearsonrealize.com. Inside the booklet, you may find your child’s username which is 106303____ followed by a number from 01 to 30. The password is xinmin-s1 all lowercase across the board.

I hope the instructions are clear and easy to understand, please feel free to contact me at my email or just leave a comment on this blog if there are any questions regarding this site or anything else that might be on your mind.

Thanks for your attention,

Arthur Tsay
303 Foreign English Teacher

Let's get started!

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to the Fall semester of 2017 at Xinmin Elementary School!! On a weekly basis, I'll be posting on this blog required homework. Students will copy assignments posted onto their Communication Books (CB) and be expected to return completed items the following day.

I hope all had a fun and memorable summer and here's to a successful semester!

Week 1                   Homework回家功課
✔□1. Reading Street Story:   TheTwin Club                      □2. _________________________________________ □3. _________________________________________ □4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______
□1. ­­­­­________________________________________ □2. _________________________________________ □3. _________________________________________ □4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______
✔□1. ­­­­­Write vocab words 1~8 4times each                         ✔□2. Use each word in a sentence                               □3. _________________________________________ □4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______
✔□1. Write vocab words 9~15 4times each                          ✔□2. Use each word in a sentence                                  □3. _________________________________________ □4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______
□1. ­­­­­________________________________________ □2. _________________________________________ □3. _________________________________________ □4. Read Ten Important Sentences p. ______
Student’s Weekly Performance學生每週表現
Participation in English英語參與度	□ Excellent  □ Good   □ Fair  □ Needs Improvement
Behavior行為表現	□ Excellent  □ Good   □ Fair  □ Needs Improvement
Homework Completion作業完成度	□ Excellent  □ Good   □ Fair  □ Needs Improvement
Academic Progress學業進步表現	□ Excellent  □ Good   □ Fair  □ Needs Improvement
Important Notice/Parent Communication親師交流道: