Farewell, Katrina! Good luck in Canada!

Happy Birthday Jim, Yebin, and Koharu

Wear Red Tomorrow For Chinese Week

Base 10 Fractions and Decimals

Chinese Week, January 23 - 25

Monday, January 23: Chopsticks Day

Tuesday, January 24: Calligraphy Day

               Wednesday, January 25: Wear Red

Week 19 Update

5^th Grade Weekly Update

Dear Parents,

We’ve reached the end of the last full week of the first semester and what a good week it has been. We were finally able to enjoy our Fun Day due to cooperative weather conditions. Thank you to all of the parents who came out to enjoy the day with us.    

What we learned this week

Maths: Topic 9 – Fractions and Decimals

Literacy: Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers – Summarization/ Public Speaking: War

Science: Chapter 3 – Growth and Survival

Social Studies: Chapter 7 World War I

What we will learn next week

Maths: Topic 9 – Fractions and Decimals/TOPIC TEST

Literacy: Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers – Summarization/Writing a story (Focus on characters and plot)

Science: Chapter 3 – Growth and Survival

Social Studies: Chapter 7 World War I/Chapter Test

Announcements:

Student of the Week:

Well done, Anita Chen! Please refer to the Student of the Week page on the blog to find out more.

Dojo Masters:

Thanks for all the hard work this week. Please see the Dojo Masters page on the blog to find out who our list of masters is this week.

Reminders

1.     Semester 1 clubs ended on Monday. Semester 2 clubs will start on February 20.

2.     Please be aware that the first semester ends on January 25. Your child will receive his/her Report Card on this date. The Lunar New Year holiday will follow and school will reopen on Thursday, February 2.

Have a good weekend!

Mr. Robus

Thank you, Richard, for sending this interesting video about how to deal with rejection.

What I learned from 100 days of rejection | Jia Jiang

Interesting. He died one day after his 111th birthday

Zhou Youguang, Architect Of A Bridge Between Languages, Dies At 111

Spelling Week 18

Spelling Words

1. poem
2. idea
3. create
4. diary
5. area
6. giant
7. usual
8. radio
9. cruel
10. quiet
11. diet
12. liar
13. fuel
14. riot
15. actual
16. lion
17. ruin
18. trial
19. rodeo
20. science

Academic Words:

1. trench
2. warfare
3. communism
4. isolation
5. adaptation
6. protection
7. equivalent
8. common

Challenge Words

1. appreciate
2. variety
3. enthusiastic
4. realize
5. eventually
6. mischief
7. actual
8. offered

Happy Friday the 13th

Week 17 Update

5^th Grade Weekly Update

Dear Parents,

Welcome to the end of the first full school week of 2017. It has been a fun-filled one that included our annual field trip to the China University of Science and Technology. Here is what else we got up to this week.   

What we learned this week

Maths: Topic 9 – Fractions and Decimals

Literacy: Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers - Summarization

Science: Chapter 3 – Growth and Survival

Social Studies: Chapter 7 World War I

What we will learn next week

Maths: Topic 9 – Fractions and Decimals

Literacy: Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers – Summarization/Writing a story (Focus on characters and plot)

Science: Chapter 3 – Growth and Survival

Social Studies: Chapter 7 World War I

Announcements:

Student of the Week:

Well done, Yu Shimono! Please refer to the Student of the Week page on the blog to find out more.

Dojo Masters:

Thanks for all the hard work this week. Please see the Dojo Masters page on the blog to find out who our list of masters is this week.

Reminders

1.     Monday, January 16 is the last day of first semester clubs.

2.     Our Fun Day was postponed to Wednesday, January 18^th. Weather permitting; we will hold the event on this date next week.

3.     Please be aware that the first semester ends on January 25. Your child will receive his/her Report Card on this date. The Lunar New Year holiday will follow and school will reopen on Thursday, February 2.

Have a good weekend!

Mr. Robus