Monday, October 28, 2013

Re: 1028-1101 Chinese class

 

Parents,

 

On Halloween day, we will have a school wide parade. You are invited to come and see us! We will be walking through the gym shortly after 1:30.

 

A little Halloween note: Please send your child to school in their costume. They will wear them all day. Please do not send any weapons or masks. In the excitement of the day, many students have lost/broken little pieces or accessories to their costumes, therefore, we ask that you please keep these at home.

 

Spelling Spectacular envelopes are due Friday, also October reading calendars.

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

Dear Parents,

 

During the last two weeks, the students have learned how to say Halloween and other related things like bats, pumpkin and ghost in Chinese. The school will have some fun activities for the students on Thursday (Halloween).  I hope you and your child have a fun Halloween.

 

Homework:

Math- Subtraction homework (3 sheets)

Chinese- Reading lesson 4

Reading: Continue reading 20 minutes every night, and record on the October calendar. Due Friday!!!

Life Skill: Know how to tie shoelaces. There may be a pop quiz with a reward!  

In class, we are learning:

Math- Addition strategies to 20

Chinese-Lesson 5 I go to Dahua Elementary School

Science & Social Study-Natural sources and uses of water (sink or float)

Writing- adding detail to our writing, adjectives, giving a story a sense of closure

Reading-Stop and Think (Does it make sense? Look right?)

Phonics- short vowel sound with ck

Spelling Words: sick, sock, truck, neck, black, back, come, no, so, went

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

 

 


Miss BreAnn Wayman
Alpine Elementary
First Grade


On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Rebecca Liston_alpine <hungpeiliston@alpinedistrict.org> wrote:


Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Monday, October 21, 2013

Re: 1021-1025 Chinese class

 

Parents,

 

Lots of hard work is happening everyday at school and at home! We are seeing the affects in the classroom. Thank you for helping us have a successful year!

 

Spelling Spectacular ends Friday. This week the words are a bit trickier. Please help your child practice at home.

 

A little Halloween note: Please send your child to school in their costume. They will wear them all day. Please do not send any weapons or masks. In the excitement of the day, many students have lost/broken little pieces or accessories to their costumes, therefore, we ask that you please keep these at home.

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

Dear Parents,

 

Last week our social study topic was fire safety. The students brought home a piece of paper that was "A message of fire safety" checklist. Please look at the checklist with your child.

I can see the students' Chinese skills improving daily. Thank you for your support.

 

Homework:

Math- Subtraction homework (2 sheets)

Chinese- reading and writing lesson 4

Reading: Continue reading 20 minutes every night, and record on the October calendar.

Life Skill: Know how to tie shoelaces. There may be a pop quiz with a reward!  

In class, we are learning:

Math- Subtraction concepts/story problem/number sentences Language Arts- "Stop and Think" reading strategy, Does it make sense? Does it look right?

Writing- End punctuation . ? !; beginning, middle, end

Phonics- Sight Words (refer to list in homework folder), intro to silent e makes the vowel say its name. (make)

Chinese- Lesson 5 I go to Dahua Elementary School

Social/Science study- Environment sustainable elements of life

Spelling Words: of, did, flag, Alpine, like, all, first, pot, add, one

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

 

 


Miss BreAnn Wayman
Alpine Elementary
First Grade


On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Rebecca Liston_alpine <hungpeiliston@alpinedistrict.org> wrote:


Sunday, October 13, 2013

Re: 1015-1018 Chinese class

 

Parents,

On Tuesday, we will send home the Spelling Spectacular information. We will test the first 10 words Friday, and the next ten the end of next week. Please practice these at home.

 

We will be working on writing narratives for only 3 more weeks. In those weeks, we will learn how to use temporal words (first, then, next, finally) and adding detail to our stories.

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

Dear Parents,

 

The Chinese lessons are getting harder and harder. Please help your child review the lessons at home by using flash cards or the better Chinese online learning program. If you have any questions about how to use the BetterChinese online learning program, please let me know. Thank you for your help.

 

Homework:

Math- Subtraction homework  (3 sheets) and "I can write to 120."

Chinese- Lesson Review 1-3

Reading: Continue reading 20 minutes every night, and record on the October calendar.

Life Skill: Know at least two phone numbers to contact parents, and home address.

In class, we are learning:

Math- Subtraction concepts/story problem/number sentences

Language Arts- "Stop and Think" reading strategy, Does it make sense? Does it look right?

Writing- End punctuation . ? ! and determiners (a an the)

Phonics- Sight Words (refer to list in homework folder)

Chinese- Lesson 4, What is your nationality?

Social/Science study- Fire Safety

Spelling Words: has, had, wet, sun, but, top, pot, red, him, pin

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

 

 


Miss BreAnn Wayman
Alpine Elementary
First Grade


On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Rebecca Liston_alpine <hungpeiliston@alpinedistrict.org> wrote:


Sunday, October 6, 2013

Author and illustrator of Clementine!

Mrs. Chadwick, Ms. Washburn, Mrs. Call, Miss Wayman and Mrs. Ruesch at For the Love of Reading conference. We all LOVE reading!

Art with Mrs. Baer

Oct 7-9


Parents,

What a great week we had! Conferences were very enjoyable, as each student showed off, and we work together to set goals for this year. We appreciate the work you do at home, to help school be an enjoyable and successful experience for your child.

No school Thursday, Friday and next Monday. Enjoy your fall break, and READ A GOOD BOOK. J

Next week, we will be sending home our Spelling Spectacular words. This is our school's fundraiser. Students will be given 20 spelling words, in two weeks to study. Watch for more info coming home next Monday.

This week we will be reviewing everything we have learned this year. Short vowels, nouns (common and proper), verbs, narrative stories, spaces, letter placement, addition and subtraction.

Reading calendars were due last week. If you didn't send yours in, please get it in this week.

A note from Mrs. Liston,
Dear Parents,

Last Monday, we had a great opportunity to meet a group of elementary students who were from China. The students were very excited to meet with them and make new friends. This past week, we had a good parent/teacher conference.  Thank you to all of you who were able to come. The students were very excited to show off their Chinese skills to their parents.

The BetterChinese online learning program is a tool to help your child review the lessons that they had learned in class. If you already ordered the program, please help your child spend 5 to 10 minutes every day to review the lessons at home.

Homework:
Math- Subtraction homework
Chinese-reading lesson 3, and writing lesson 3 (Some students already finished their Chinese writing homework in class, so they don't have Chinese writing homework this week.)
Reading: Continue reading 20 minutes every night, and record on the October calendar.
Life Skill: Know at least two phone numbers to contact parents, and home address.

In class, we are learning:
Math- Subtraction concepts/story problem/number sentences
Language Arts- "Stop and Think" reading strategy, Does it make sense? Does it look right?
Writing- Writing a letter to someone
Phonics- Review of all short vowels
Chinese- Lesson 4, What is your nationality?
Social/Science study- Then and Now
Spelling Words: has, had, wet, sun, but, top, pot, red, him, pin

Miss BreAnn Wayman



Miss BreAnn Wayman
Alpine Elementary
First Grade


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Rebecca Liston_alpine <hungpeiliston@alpinedistrict.org> wrote: