note to parents

Hi parents,

I am letting you all know I have been sick for the past few days, and will not be coming to school on Thursday 3/28 and Friday 3/29. I will stay at  home and rest. The weather changed so much recently, and it suddenly got so cold and rainy. It is awful for everyone's health! I know some students haven't been feeling well and coughing too, so please take care! I am sorry for missing out on 2 days of class, and I miss Watermelon Class, but our health is very important. I will get rest, and be back at school on Monday!

Teacher Coco will continue teaching theme class, and Teacher Mandy will help me teach my classes.This week's photos will not be uploaded today. I will upload them early next week.

See you soon, and take care
Micky

March Outing Announcement

Dear Parents,

We will go on a school outing to Taipei Astronomical Museum in Shilin (士林天文科學館)  and watch a 3D movie on Wednesday, March 27. Please come to school on time at 9:00 am. We will leave school right after breakfast. Please bring a water bottle with a strap for carrying. Also, wear school uniforms and a jacket if needed. Leave everything else (school bag, lunch bag and communication book) at home. We will have lunch there.

This time, we have the chance to invite you to the outing.  If you would like to join us, please let teachers know as soon as possible. Thank you!

A Week in Photos: Mar. 18-22

Here are some photos from March 18-22. There are MANY MORE in the March photo album. Enjoy!

Phonics Class: short and long vowels, and writing sight words. Great job, this week!

 Neighborhood Walk and Park Day: we have so much fun outside!

 Theme Class: drawing maps, and identifying places in our neighborhood. 

Toys Show and Tell: the audience is looking forward to toy introductions

Science Class: we made paper rockets! ZOOM!

Art Class: using colorful tissue paper to make spring flowers. Very beautiful!

Cooking Class: yummy seaweed tofu soup. Students helped cut tofu into small pieces.

March: In The Neighborhood

Here is what we've done and what we're doing this month!

Storybooks
Swing High, Swing Low
The Most Perfect Spot
What a Treasure!

Vocabulary
Prepositions: through, up, down, under, over, low, high, next to, behind, in front of, by
Actions: see, buy, play, eat, read, sleep, pray
Neighborhood: traffic light, apartment, road
Places: department store, market, restaurant, pet store, temple, book store, pharmacy, bank
Science: sun, moon, planets, earth, stars, rocket

Sentence Patterns
Where do you want to go in the neighborhood?
I want to go through the park. I want to go up the ladder.
Where can you pray?
I can pray at the temple.
Where is the egg tart shop?
The egg tart shop is next to the pharmacy.
Who is your neighbor?
Allen is my neighbor.

Phonics
Sight Words: said, very, us, your
Writing sight words
Introduction to short and long vowel sounds

Skit
Introducing Our Neighborhood

Science: SPACE
Space Vocabulary Book
Planets Poster
Paper Rocket
Rocket Experiment

Art
Neighborhood Diorama
Marbled Flower
Tissue Paper Spring Flowers
Easter Bunny

Cooking
Orange juice
Cream cheese & strawberry crackers
Seaweed tofu soup
Boiled eggs

Special Events
3/27: Outing to Astronomical Museum
3/31: Easter

Video: In the Neighborhood

Here are videos of Watermelon Class students reading our sentence patterns from the neighborhood! Great job! Keep reading :) They look very serious in the video, but were all smiles and laughter right after I pressed "stop" haha!

A Week in Photos (Mar. 11-15)

Here are some photos from March 11-15. There are MANY MORE in the March photo album. Enjoy!

Theme Class: we brainstormed so many things that we can do in different places in our neighborhood!

Phonics Class: new sight words and new vowel sounds

Art Class: shaving cream and food coloring flowers. Beautiful! Can you guess how we painted them?! Ask Watermelon Class to find out!

Toys Show and Tell: Watermelon Class loves to interact with the audience during their toys introduction :)

Park Day: we have fun! Melody was a great big sister, and helped Keanu roll his sleeves and put on his jacket ^_^

Science Class: we made a poster of the stars and planets in SPACE for our classroom. 

Cooking Class: cheesecake strawberry crackers. This was our first time trying cream cheese. Some liked it, and some did not. But it's fun to try new foods!

A Week in Photos (Mar. 4-8)

Here are some photos from March 4-8. The rest are in the March photo album. Check it out!

Theme Class: learning directional words!

 Phonics Class: listening to the different between short and long vowel sounds. Start with A and E!

 Art Class: making  neighborhood dioramas. They turned out so great!

Park Day! Allen brought his binoculars to look for a nest in the trees. Too bad we couldn't find any :(

Science Class: SPACE theme! We made space books with the new vocabulary we learned.

Cooking Class: orange juice. Squeeze hard!

Paper Dolls Skits - Videos

Here are the videos of Watermelon Class reading their skits with their paper dolls. Everyone did such a great job!

Bye bye!

Photo Update: Feb. 18-Mar. 1)

Sorry parents, my computer containing photos February 18-21 is broken! :( I am still trying to recover the photos. Here are photos from February 22 to March 1. You can find many more photos in the FEBRUARY PHOTO ALBUM. Collages can be found in the COLLAGE ALBUM.

Jared's last day in Watermelon Class. We miss you!

February Outing: Strawberry picking farm

Cooking Class: fruit salad. Mix mix mix!

Music Class: Watermelon Class loves to sing and dance!

Theme Class: making paper dolls and putting on a puppet show

"I am a princess!" ^_^

Writing and Math Class

Theme Class: playing in different places. Let's go to the amusement park!