Week of 10/29 - 11/2

This week curriculum:
Chinese- 1BL10 做体操
Math- Topic 5 Place Value to 100

Dear Parents :
We are very excited to announce the addition of Pearson SuccessNet to our educational curriculum
here at SOUTHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Pearson SuccessNet offers you the opportunity to look inside your child's day-to-day learning.

How to get started? It's as easy as 123!
Success at school can be a shared learning experience!
As a partner helping your child make the most of learning, Pearson SuccessNet offers the right tools for you and your child. It all begins with a simple login at the web site.

How to access the Web site:

1.     Access your Internet browser - (For your reference, Pearson SuccessNet Internet and System Requirements can be found at http://knowledgebase.pearsonschool.com/kmp/article/AA-04713).

2.     Enter the URL (site address) -- http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com

3.     Then, use the following information to get started in Mrs. Oreno's Red Class classroom:

Your child's user name: your child class’s color and number
Your child's password: math@123
Note: User name and password are case sensitive

4.     Congratulations! You should see your home page.

You will be amazed at how motivated and excited your child will be to share in the interactive learning experiences while studying at home. Watch as your child "teaches" you how to access the resources we utilize in the classroom.

Sincerely yours,

Wu Lao Shi

P.S.: If you ever run into technical difficulties, there is a Pearson SuccessNet online help connection to serve you. You can reach them at http://support.pearsonschool.com.

Important note:

After you login to www.pearsonsuccessnet.com with your child’s login and password, you will see the main screen. To view the assignment, click on To Do in the right hand corner.  After clicking on it, you will get a list of current assignments and online test.

Week of 10/22-10/26

Parents,

We are going to have Math Benchmark test on Monday Oct. 29.  Please help your understand how to solve these math problems.

Thanks!  Wu Lao Shi

Math Review Guide

1.          Practice addition and subtraction

For example: ___ + 10 = 17

                                      12 - ___ = 6

                                      17 - 6 = ____

                             14 = 9 + ____ + 1

2.      Doubles

          For example: 7+8=

          Show a way to find the sum for near double(doubles + 1)

The answer should be 7+7+1=15

3.      Story problems with more and fewer

          For example:

·        Evan has 15 stickers.  Thomas has 6 stickers. How many more stickers does Evan have?  Show the picture and write equation.

·        When Mary started the year, he had 18 crayons.  When the school year finished, he had 5 crayons left.  How many crayons did Mary use during the year?

Draw a model to represent the story.

Write the equation to solve the problem

·        Tom has 13 balls in his room.  His friend Tanner has 7 balls.  How many fewer balls does Tanner have? Write the equation that helps solve this problem.

                

4.      Multiple number addition

          For example: Solve.  2 + 6 + 4 + 3= __________

          Show the steps to solve this equation above.

Find the 2 numbers that add up to 10 first.  In the equation above it is 6+4=10 then add the remaining numbers.

5.      Repeat addition:

For example: Mrs. Wu asked her students to stand in three groups with four students in each group. How many students does she have altogether? _______________

Draw the picture and write the equation.

Week of 10/15 - 10/19

There are printable and interactive Chinese vocabulary flash cards available through our class blog. 

The printable Chinese vocabulary flash cards are available on the class blog Skydrive share.  I made these so you can print them out for your children to practice at home.   These do not need to be turned in. These flash cards are located in the 1A -2B Printable Flash Cards Folder under the class Skydrive: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=78c920ca2076c3ae&id=78C920CA2076C3AE!330.  We are on 1B L9.  One section is I can read, and one section is I can write.

The online flash cards are on the class blog under the Flash Cards tab.  With these flash cards you can hear the character pronunciation along with other learning activities.  There are also 2 games available for your child to play and review the characters.

Please spend time practicing addition and subtraction up to 20 with your child.  There are also review worksheets you can download under the homework folder (Topic 4 Review) on Skydrive: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=78c920ca2076c3ae&id=78C920CA2076C3AE!330

Austin has earned a Show and Tell coupon in our red class.  He brought his 2 pets to our class last Friday.  The pictures will be in the pictures folder on Skydrive.

Week of 10/8-10/12

Dear Parents,

I am going to have a new format for the Chinese homework.  Every 2 weeks we will go over one Chinese lesson.  The homework will have 2 different parts.

The first part will be “I Can Write”.  The students will need to be able to write these characters without any help.  The writing sheet is with the parent’s guide will have the stroke order for the characters.  You can also go to the “Stroke Order” page on our class blog to view an animation of the stroke order for each character.   There is also an option to hear the pronunciation of the character by clicking on the speaker icon.

The second part is “I Can Read”.  The students will need to be able to read these characters.  There is a “Flash Cards” page on the classroom blog that will have links to online flashcards.

I will be sending a parent’s guide sheet with these 2 lists home on the Monday at the beginning of these 2 weeks.  This will allow the students to be able to practice reading and writing Chinese characters every day. The writing will be due on the second Friday after the assignment was sent home.

Next Monday we will start 1B Lesson 9.  So next Monday I will send home the parent’s guide and the Chinese character practice writing sheet. 

For Math, please review number 10 facts with your child. With this letter I have a flash card set for addition and subtraction to 10.  For example, show the card with 1 on it and have your child to figure out what number added to 1 makes 10.  So the answer would be 9.  Also practice this with subtraction. For example, always start with 10 and show the card with 2 on it. And have your child subtract the number on the card from 10 and have them give you the answer. The answer to this example would be 10-2=8.

Please also help your child memorize adding double numbers. For example, 1+1=2, 2+2=4, 3+3=6, 4+4=8, 5+5=10,….all the way up to 10+10=20.