Finally, a photo update! (April 20-26)

Here are the pictures from last week, including the outing! I passed the limit on the number of photos in  one photo album, so April's photos can be  found in PART ONE and PART TWO. We took soooo many pictures this month!!

Outing to Taipei American School's food fair! Watermelon Class has been very excited about this outing! Even with the rainy weather, everyone was very happy and enjoyed the day ^____^

There were many different foods to try. Melody tried a cute elephant cookie!

There were also many games to play, and you can win so many prizes. Allen loved playing games the most. He won so many new prizes this day!

Michelle spotted a nail designs booth and got her nails painted purple with pink flowers. Beautiful!!

We all really had a lot of fun on this eventful, drizzly day :D

Teacher Coco's Theme Class

 We practiced our sentence patterns and learned new games we can play! Telephone and Jobs on the Bus are some of our favorites.

Phonics Class

This week, we learned "oa" long O, and  finished reading our "ai" long A worksheet.

Art Class

For Earth Day, we talked about how to keep our Earth clean recycling paper that we don't want. We painted  Earth with our hands in the shape of a heart :)

Toys Day

Allen smiled nicely and looks very handsome on the stage! It shows very clearly that he enjoyed talking about his Angry Birds drawing  book.

Park Day - Chicken Park

It was a VERY HOT day, but everyone still had so much fun running around. Drinking water when we finish playing feels very comfortable!!

Science Class

 This was our Sink/Float experiment. First, we picked 5 objects from the classroom that we want to check. Then we predicted whether or not they will sink or float. We filled up a tub of water and tried it out. The plastic plate was the most surprising result, because it can sink AND  float!!

Cooking Class: Hot Dog Octopus

We cut hot dogs and cooked them to look like little octopus! Some people said they look like flowers. Either way, they were very yummy.

1-2-3 say OCTOPUS!

Silly Math Class

Video Post: Playing BOMB!

I can not finish uploading all of last week's pictures, so here is a video of Watermelon Class playing BOMB! with Teacher Coco from last week ^___^ Enjoy!

April: Jobs People Do

Sentence Patterns
Who works in the post office? A postman works in the post office.
Where does Daddy work? He works in the company.
What is his job?  He is a pilot. (her/she is, your/I am, their/they are, our/we are)
What can construction workers do? Construction workers can fix roads.

Vocabulary
Jobs:  police officer, doctor, dentist, salesperson, teacher, pilot, postman, fireman/firefighter, cook, businessperson,  housewife, construction worker, vet, coach, astronaut
Places:  post office, fire station, company
Verbs:  help, fix, bring, build

Storybooks
Everybody Works
My Teacher Can  Teach... Anyone!
Communities

Skit
Who Are  You? What Can You Do?

Phonics
Long E "ea"
Long O "oa"
Long A "ai"
Long E "ee"

Science: Matter (Solid and Liquid)
Reader: Matter is Everything
Experiments: goop and sink/float
Vocabulary: solid, liquid, sink,  float

Cooking Class
Yakult Green Tea
Hot Dog Octopus

Special Events
4/4-5: Tomb Sweeping Holiday - No School
4/11: Birthday Party
4/20:  Outing to TAS Food Fair

Reading Videos: Jobs

Here are videos of Watermelon Class reading these past few weeks' sentence patterns!

Keep reading!

A Week in Photos: April 14-19

Don't forget tomorrow is our outing to Taipei American School! Please arrive at school on time at 9:30. Our bus will leave promptly at 9:40.

Here are some photos from this week! The rest can be seen in the APRIL PHOTO ALBUM. Have a wonderful weekend!

Theme Class: we learned many possessive pronouns this week! We made sentences with jobs and pronouns.

 Phonics Class: this week, we practiced reading "ai" long A words. Watermelon Class loved playing with magnetic letters! This week, Allen won Snakes and Ladders, and got to be Little Teacher for the rest of the game. He was very happy!

Art: different jobs wear different hats to work. Can you name the four jobs we made?

Toys Show and Tell: Show and Tell was great, but Watermelon Class loved playing police officers with Apple Class afterward! 

Park Day: Allen's mommy told us about the "chicken park", so we went to check it out. There really are chickens! Michelle and Allen were very curious to see them. Melody was afraid, but Michelle and Allen offered to protect her from the chickens by saying "shoo fly, don't bother me!" 

Science Class: making GOOP. It is sometimes solid, and sometimes liquid. But Teacher Micky put too much water so it was not real goop （〃・・〃）

Cooking Class: yummmmmy yogurt green tea (-＾〇＾-）

 Music and Morning Exercise: we played Pat-a-Cake and made it a game. Watermelon Class also led a song together during morning exercise. It was so much fun!

A Week in Photos: April 8-12

Here are some photos from this week! The rest can be seen in the APRIL PHOTO ALBUM. The lyrics for Pat-a-Cake have been added to the MUSIC PAGE. Enjoy! Have a wonderful weekend, stay dry!

Theme Class: we talked about the different jobs that our family members have! Allen didn't know how to say his grandpa's job, so he explained it very well! Excellent! 

Phonics Class: we learned a new game "Snakes and Ladders" and started reading "ea" words!

Art Class: paper chain people. There were four people, which is perfect to color as Watermelon Class! Fun!

Toys Show and Tell

Park Day: it has been raining all week! We played in the indoor playground. Melody and Eurabella had a tricycle race!

Science Class: solids and liquids. What happens to ice if you leave it outside? We observed an ice pack turn  into water. Is ice a solid or liquid? Is water solid or liquid? 

Birthday Party: happy birthday Keanu! We sang "happy birthday" to him and celebrated with Apple Class. Chocolate cake was so yummy!! ^_^

This week we welcomed a new friend to Watermelon Class, Eurabella! Today was her first time to be Little Teacher, and she did an excellent job! I like her pillow so much!!!

A Week in Photos: Apr. 1-3

Here are some photos from last week! The rest of the photos can be found in the APRIL PHOTO ALBUM. Enjoy!

Theme Class: our new theme is JOBS. Teacher Coco introduced 9 different occupations that we will talk about this unit. Some, we are familiar with, and some we are learning for the first time.

Art Class: colorful crayon scratching. We worked on this art project throughout 2 days because of some absences. Michelle and Melody enjoyed scratching off the black to reveal the beautiful colors underneath. It was like MAGIC! ^_^

Toys Day and Park Day: Michelle represented Watermelon Class during our Show and Tell. She did an excellent job speaking in front of the audience.It was raining a lot last week, so we spent our Park Day in the indoors playground.

Science Class: we tried to make our rockets fly with balloons, and they flew for a little bit. But we spent more time trying to blow up our balloons ^_^ We had a new visitor: Bryan. Everyone welcomed  him and enjoyed speaking English with him, and he did the same! Maybe we will see him with us in Watermelon Class in the future!