Sunday, March 30, 2014

Mar 31-Apr 4

 

Parents,

 

A HUGE shout out to Miss Larsen as she is finishing up at Alpine Elementary. We have enjoyed working with her and will miss her! Many thanks for her service at our school and helping to make it a great place for our students to grow.

 

A HUGE welcome to Mr. Perdue who starts after Spring Break. We know lots of good things are in store with him.

 

Check out the instagram profile for our class @AEChineseImmersion.

 

I hope you enjoy your Spring Break next week. Please read lots of good books. Reading tests start as soon as we get back!

 

Reflex math logins will be coming home soon. I’ve had some issues getting the parent logins to print. If you have practiced math facts at a rapid pace for 15 minutes, please sign this off on the BINGO sheet for Math Madness.

 

Friday is school Spirit Day. Students can have crazy hair. It is also PTA popcorn day for 50

Cents.

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

Dear Parents,

 

Thank you to all of you who sent the pictures and the videos of your children’s pets or toys.  The kids had a fun time sharing the pictures and videos with their classmates. They were able to tell their classmates about the item in Chinese.

 

Thank you for your support.

 

Homework

Math-Chapter 8 Measurement and Time (3 sheets)

Chinese- Reviewing lesson 1-16, lesson 17 reading & writing

Reading- Continue reading 20 minutes daily. Find a fun poem, and memorize it with expression.

 

 In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 9 Geometry-plane shapes

Chinese- Lesson 20 How much?

Science & Social Study-Sun & Moon

Writing- Back to the Basics, punctuation, capitalization, legible handwriting, and spacing

Language Arts- Writing a summary

Reading-  Review of retelling, connections, author’s purpose, most important event in the story and why.
Phonics- Double consonants w/ing endings Y says e
Spelling Words: puppy, little, rabbit, letter, soccer, dinner, yellow, happy, funny, sunny

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

 

 

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Mar 24-28

 

Parents,

 

A big thank you for Mrs. Hamaker! She is finishing her student teaching in our classroom this week. We wish her luck!

 

I’m excited to tell you about a new instagram profile, made just for our class! I will keep it private, so only parents of the students can see it. I will update it with pictures, videos, book recommendations, etc. Please follow us! @AEChineseImmersion

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

Dear Parents,

 

This coming week I would like to have the children bring photos or a short 2 minute videos of their pets.  It can be their own pet or a family members pet. We will then have a sharing activity throughout the week.  Please note we do not want them to bring the pets, just a photo or short video please.

 

If they do not have a pet or family pet they can share a photo of their favorite toy if they would like or a photo of something they like.  You can email me the photos or short video to me at hungpeiliston@alpinedistrict.org

 

Thank you for your support.

 

Homework

Math-Chapter 8 Measurement and Time (3 sheets + 1 sheet of My Schedule)

Chinese- Reviewing lesson 1-16

Reading- Continue reading 20 minutes daily. Find a fun poem, and memorize it with expression.

Math Madness Week- Lots of extra math activities and ideas will be coming home, we encourage your child to participate.

 

 In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 8 Measurement and Time

Chinese- Lesson 17 Lovely pets

Science & Social Study-Economic Choices

Writing- Informative Writing with 3 details and closure

Language Arts- Informational Text (glossary, index, headings, captions, etc.)

Reading-  Inferences (Learning things from the text when it doesn’t come right out and say it. aka: reading between the lines)

Phonics- compound words (continue to review r controlled vowels)

Spelling Words: into, sometime, someone, anyone, anything, something, inside, become, birthday, without


Miss BreAnn Wayman

 

 

Sunday, March 16, 2014

March 17-21

 

Parents,

 

I’m excited to tell you about a new instagram profile, made just for our class! I will keep it private, so only parents of the students can see it. I will update it with pictures, videos, book recommendations, etc. Please follow us! @AEChineseImmersion

If you would like your child to opt-out of this, please sign the document below and send it to school with your child.

 

Auditions for the school talent show are Tuesday. (If your child returned the permission slip to participate.)

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

Dear Parents,

 

Last week, the students started learning to tell time and draw the time (hour and half-hour). In the first grade, the students need to know the hour and half-hour.  You can help your child learn by looking at the clock and telling & drawing the time at home. Thank you for your support and help at home.

 

Homework

Math- Chapter6 two digit addition & subtraction (2 sheets)

Chinese- Reviewing lesson 1-15, lesson 16 reading & writing

Reading- Continue reading 20 minutes daily. Find a fun poem, and memorize it with expression.

Social Studies- Helping students understand economic choices and saving money for a bigger item.

 

 In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 8 Measurement and Time

Chinese- Lesson 17 Lovely pets

Science & Social Study-Economic Choices

Writing- Informative Writing with 3 details and closure

Language Arts- Informational Text (glossary, index, headings, captions, etc.)

Reading-  Inferences (Learning things from the text when it doesn’t come right out and say it. aka: reading between the lines)
Phonics- r in charge! Contractions with ‘ll, ‘m and ‘s
Spelling Words: girl, first, shirt, nurse, after, I’ll, I’m, it’s, she’ll, he’s

 

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

 

 

Parents/Guardians,

 

        @AEChineseImmersion instagram profile will be set to profile. Only parents of students will be allowed to access posts.

       If you do NOT want your child to be included in posts on instagram, please sign and return this form before March 14, 2014.

 

____ I do not want my child included in the Chinese Immersion instagram posts.

 

_________________________           ________________________

             Student Name                                    Parent Signature

 

Sunday, March 9, 2014

March 11-14

 

Parents,


No School Monday! See you Tuesday!

 

I’m excited to tell you about a new instagram profile, made just for our class! I will keep it private, so only parents of the students can see it. I will update it with pictures, videos, book recommendations, etc. Please follow us! @AEChineseImmersion

If you would like your child to opt-out of this, please sign the document below and send it to school with your child.

 

If you find a good book, and would like to recommend it to the class, please email a short review and photo. I’d love to post it to our class blog!

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

Dear Parents,

 

The Term 2 report card doesn’t include the Chinese language part. We already discussed the student’s Chinese learning skills at the parent/teacher conference. I had mentioned that I will send the Chinese learning report with the Term 3 report card during the parent/teacher conference. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for your support.       

 

Homework

Math-Chapter 6 two digit addition & subtraction (3 sheets)

Chinese- Reviewing lesson 1-15

Reading- Continue reading 20 minutes daily. Find a fun poem, and memorize it with expression.

 

 In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 8 Measurement and Time

Chinese- Lesson 16 I like sports

Science & Social Study-Motion (push & pull) 

Writing- Informative Writing with 3 details and closure

Language Arts- Verb and Noun Match, homophones and homographs (words that look the same, or words that sound the same)

Reading-  Inferences (Learning things from the text when it doesn’t come right out and say it. aka: reading between the lines)

Phonics- r in charge! Contractions with n’t

Spelling Words: park, yard, party, before, store, isn’t, didn’t, wasn’t can’t, don’t

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

 

 

Parents/Guardians,

 

        @AEChineseImmersion instagram profile will be set to profile. Only parents of students will be allowed to access posts.

       If you do NOT want your child to be included in posts on instagram, please sign and return this form before March 14, 2014.

 

____ I do not want my child included in the Chinese Immersion instagram posts.

 

_________________________      _________________________

             Student Name                               Parent Signature

 

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Watch Dog Dads Rock!



Not Pictured: Glen Christensen

Peek at Valentine's Day






Dr Seuss Mini Read-a-thon
Thanks for having a birthday Dr Seuss! We love an excuse to stop everything and read your great books!

FLASHCARDS!!!

Hooray!! We now have Chinese flashcards you can print at home and practice. Click on the link below to access them.

These are organized by lesson as taught in class. They have the Chinese word on the front, pinyin and English translation on the back.

Thank you Mrs. Walker (our afternoon Chinese aide)!!!!

Chinese Flashcards Folder

Sunday, March 2, 2014

March 3-7

 

Parents,

 

On Tuesday, I would like to have a Dr. Seuss mini-marathon to celebrate his birthday today. Students are encouraged to bring Dr. Seuss books from home (labeled with name), and a snack for themselves. They may also bring a small pillow or blanket.  

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

In the interconnection lesson, the students learned how to say “teeth” in Chinese. The students are continuing to learn how to add & subtract two digits in Math. The students learned body parts like hair, eyes, nurse, ears, … in the Chinese lesson.     

If you have any question, please let me know. Thank you for your support.       

 

Homework

Math-Chapter 6 two digit addition & subtraction (3 sheets)

Chinese- Reviewing lesson 1-14, lesson 15 reading & writing

Reading- Continue reading 20 minutes daily. From one book, choose two characters and compare their experiences.

 

 In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 6 two digit addition & subtraction

Chinese- Lesson 16 I like sports

Science & Social Study-Dr. Seuss and Motion (push & pull)  

Writing- Informative Writing with 3 details and closure

Language Arts- Verb and Noun Match

Reading-  Genres (fiction (fantasy, realistic) and non-fiction, Dr. Seuss

Phonics- ou and ow

Spelling Words: about, how, now, down, clouds, count, out, shout, ground, south

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

Alpine Elementary
First Grade