Jan 13-17

 

Parents,

 

It's pretty amazing to get to work with your children everyday. They impress me with their ability to help each other, and continue to push hard to learn. Thank you for the privilege to have them in my class.

 

This week, I will continue to do reading testing. These results will be shared with you at parent teacher conferences (Feb 5-7), and will help me instruct your child on their level.

 

We would like to welcome Mrs. Hamaker into our English classroom. She is a student teacher from UVU. She will be with us until the middle of March.

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

We started "Speaking Chinese only" in Chinese class. Please check the DoJo point and encourage your child to speak Chinese in the class and practice Chinese at home. We would also like to encourage you to help your child review Chinese through using the online program or flashcards (you can print the flashcards from our blog http://chinesewithlistonandwayman.blogspot.com/2013/03/flashcards.html   Chinese Flashcards Folder).

If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for your hard work to help your child.

 

Homework

Math- Graphing (3 sheets of graphing)

Chinese- Reviewing 1-9 and reading & writing Lesson 10

Reading- Continue reading 20 minutes daily, ask students to tell you their favorite part of the story and why. Please encourage thoughtful responses, not just because "it's funny".

 

In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 7 Graphing

Chinese- Lesson 11 I like to eat fruit.

Science & Social Study- Martin Luther King Jr.

Writing- persuasive/opinion writing (3 reasons to support)

Language Arts- plot

Reading-review and testing (favorite part, connections, retell) Character Traits

Phonics- oi and oy (long o sound)

Spelling Words: boy, toy, join, soil, moist, point, joy, that, very, two

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

 

Jan. 6-10

 

Parents,

 

Welcome back! We are excited to get back to work, and to see all those smiling first graders! We have missed each one of your children and hope you all had a wonderful break.

 

This week, I will begin reading testing. After this is done, I will adjust students take home reading levels, Raz-kids, and reading instruction. Please help me insure your child is "warmed up" and ready for this test. Continue to read with them nightly for at least 20 minutes.

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

Happy New Year! In January, my teaching goal will focus more on students speaking Chinese in class. Please check your child's Do-Jo point more often and encourage him or her to speak Chinese in Chinese class to earn more Do-Jo points. You can encourage your child to speak Chinese in Chinese class by giving him or her small rewards daily or giving him or her bigger rewards weekly. Having the students speaking Chinese in Chinese class is one of main goals in the Chinese Immersion program.    

 

Thank you again for all of your support and please continue helping your students to learn Chinese.

  

Homework

Math- no homework

Chinese- Reviewing 1-9

Reading- Continue reading 20 minutes daily, ask students to tell you their favorite part of the story and why. Please encourage thoughtful responses, not just because "it's funny".

 

In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 7 Graphing

Chinese- Lesson 10 what is in the backpack?

Science & Social Study- Martin Luther King Jr.

Writing- persuasive/opinion writing (3 reasons to support)

Language Arts-adjectives, conjunctions (and, but, or)

Reading-review and testing (favorite part, connections, retell) Character Traits

Phonics- ay and ai (long a sound)

Spelling Words: away, play, day, stay, say, rain, wait, mail, train, sail

 

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

 

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

Alpine Elementary

First Grade

On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Rebecca Liston_alpine <hungpeiliston@alpinedistrict.org> wrote:

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!!! :)

A special gift from Avery Willis and Random House Publisher!!!

Re: 1216-1220 Chinese class

 

Parents,

 

This Friday, Dec. 20^th, you are invited to see our school sing Christmas songs at 10 am in the gym. Each grade will come in separately.

 

Please note, we will not need volunteers in our classrooms this week. Thank you for your continued support and help. The students enjoy it almost as much as the teachers.

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

Thank you to all the volunteers who have helped out this year.  This week we will not need any volunteers to come help because there are a lot of activities going on at the school.

Merry Christmas and thank you for your support.

  

Homework

Math- addition & subtraction to 20 (3 sheets of addition & subtraction and 1 sheet of subtraction fluency practice)

Chinese- Reviewing 1-8 and reading-Lesson 9

Reading- Stock up on books for the break. You will need lots of reading materials! Continue reading 20 minutes daily

Life Skill-know home address, phone number (at least one), and how to tie shoes

 

In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 4 Subtraction strategies to 20

Chinese- Lesson 10 what is in the backpack?

Science & Social Study-Review  

Writing- persuasive writing (3 reasons to support)

Language Arts-adjectives, conjunctions (and, but, or)

Reading-making predictions

Phonics- review

Spelling Words: review (no test Friday)

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

 

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

Alpine Elementary

First Grade

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Rebecca Liston_alpine <hungpeiliston@alpinedistrict.org> wrote:

Re: 1209-1213 Chinese class

 

Parents,

 

Mark your calendars for December 20^th. We will have a Christmas Sing Performance (whole school). Details to come!

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

This week the children learned about eating healthy in Science and Social Studies.

In math they practiced adding and subtracting higher numbers and increased their fluency. In Chinese, we finished lesson 8 (What date is it today?). Please continue helping your child practice Chinese at home by using the online program (animation) or flash cards. 

 

The students had a good time making Christmas ornaments on Friday. Thank you to all the parents who were able to help with the activity. 

 

I would also like to thank all the parents who were able to help tutor the children in math and Chinese during the week at the school.

 

If anyone has any questions or concerns please contact me directly.

Thank you for your support.

  

Homework

Math- addition & subtraction to 20 (3 sheets and 1 sheet of addition fluency practice)

Chinese- Reviewing 1-7, reading & writing lesson 8    

Reading-Continue reading 20 minutes daily

Life Skill-know home address, phone number (at least one), and how to tie shoes

 

In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 4 Subtraction strategies to 20

Chinese-Lesson 9 what day is it today?

                     Lesson 10 what is in the backpack?

Science & Social Study-Harmful Substances  

Writing- persuasive writing (3 reasons to support)

Language Arts-conjunctions (and, but, or)

Reading-making predictions

Phonics- ch and wh (consonant digraphs)

Spelling Words: March, who, when, where, why, what, lunch, much, do, see

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

 

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

Alpine Elementary

First Grade

On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Rebecca Liston_alpine <hungpeiliston@alpinedistrict.org> wrote:

Re: 1202-1206 Chinese class

 

Parents,

 

I hope you all enjoyed your time with your families during the Thanksgiving holiday. It's hard to believe we only have 3 weeks of school before we are off for Winter Break. We have a lot to learn in that short time.

 

November reading calendars are due by Wednesday this week. Watch for December calendars on Monday.

 

Mark your calendars for December 20^th. We will have a Christmas Sing Performance (whole school). Details to come!

 

A note from Mrs. Liston,

Dear Parents,

 

Starting January 15, 2014, the students will be required to speak Chinese only in the Chinese classroom. We will begin to encourage the students to speak Chinese only and not speak English in the Chinese classroom. Thank you for your support.

   

Homework

Math- no homework (Parents can go to the website http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do to help your child practice subtraction- Chapter4)

Chinese- Reviewing Lessons 1-7  

Reading-Continue reading 20 minutes daily

Life Skill-know home address, phone number (at least one), and how to tie shoes

 

In class this week, we are going to learn:

Math- Chapter 4 Subtraction strategies to 20

Chinese-Lesson 8 what date is it today?

Science & Social Study-Benefits of nutrition & physical activity  

Writing- persuasive writing (3 reasons to support)

Language Arts-pronouns, past, present and future verb tense

Reading-Review of all reading strategies (Leap Frog, Running Start, Puzzle, Stop and Think, Say & Slide, I Spy)

Phonics- blends with r

Spelling Words: brown, green, pretty, grab, grin, frog, from, put, she, they 

 

Miss BreAnn Wayman

Alpine Elementary

First Grade

On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Rebecca Liston_alpine <hungpeiliston@alpinedistrict.org> wrote: