Piñatas

Piñatas, Piñatas

It's day two and our progress is quite impressive if I dare say. All we're missing now are some more ribbons, paint in the facial features, add on some surprises here and there and we might have what I recognize as an octopus, a rabbit, and an ox? 

Awesome job guys!!

Dear Parents,

It has come to my attention that our kids are not completely familiar with the synonyms of our weekly vocabulary for; promise-assurance, agree-approval, evil-wicked. Due to the fact that we have only cursorily gone over the synonyms, I have decided to award 3 points for mistakes on these questions.

Secondly, after numerous in-class explanation and exercise, some students are still failing to grasp the ideas behind our focus tenses. I'm wondering if I can solicit our parents' help in explaining these concepts to our kids at home in Chinese.

Past Tense- An action that took place in past time, i.v. (irregular verb) eat:ate, r.v. (regular verb) walk:walked.

Present Tense- something that is true and doesn't change, an action that always happens, a habit, and action currently taking place. He eats ice cream when it's hot, He is happy with his toy

Future Tense- To say what one will do, to make a prediction about what will happen. I will go to Japan next week.

Present Progressive- An action taking place at the moment of speaking. He is working on his homework. Is, am, are  +  verb+ing.

Needless to say, the last Unit Review Test results were less than ideal, but with attention to detail and persistence, I'm sure our kids can get the hang of it.


Thanks and study well,

Arthur

G3 Spring First Monthly Exam Test Scope

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. 3/13 Tuesday- Vocabulary Review Test 3/16 Friday- Listening and Reading Test 3/21 Wednesday- Written Test Test Scope: Vocabulary Focus: Week 1 ~ Week 4 (Communication Book) Reading Street Stories- Unit 2: The Bremen Town Musicians and One Good Turn Deserves Another Grammar Focus: Plural Nouns, Possessive Nouns, and Simple Past, Present, Future and Present progressive Tenses Phonics Focus: Long a Vowel Combinations Multiple Syllables Study well