Week 10 Highlights

Dear Parents and Students,

I can't believe that our second week together has already come to an end. Time really flies! Here are the highlights of this week:

• Both 402 and 403 students read  'Snake Hunt' this week and they've learned that most snakes are actually harmless! There are only 4 types of snakes that are venomous. I also found out that quite a few students had experience holding/ snakes before. How brave! ....even I wouldn't dare.
• We wrote about 'The Best Things about Being a Student' in writing class and many students wrote about making new friends. I'm happy to know that students are building meaningful relationships with one another. 
• We played 'Whose eye is this?' in grammar class. I displayed zoomed in pictures of animals' eyes and the students had to guess what animal the eye belonged to while practicing utilizing possessive cases (i.e. It's the ostrich's eye. The eye of the ostrich). I'm impressed with how many they've gotten correct!
• In math, we learned about parallel lines, perpendicular lines, squares, and rectangles. Many students were surprised to learn that a square can also be a rectangle but a rectangle can't be a square. Whoa...What?
•  I filmed Good Morning English (GME) with Sean, Winston, Tyler, and Charlene...and I have to say that this bunch made me laugh. We had to re-film it quite a few times because Winston and Tyler wouldn't stop making us laugh! Oh well, at least we got it done. Good job, team!
• In Science, we learned about 'Forces' and I pushed a backpack and a computer mouse to show how mass affects the movement of an object. The mouse obviously won the race. 
• I would also like to point out that this week's spelling scores has significantly improved for both 402 and 403 students. I am so happy to see all of you putting your best effort. Please keep up the good work!

Well, this is a brief overview of this week. I really want to thank all the students who are starting to open up to me and participate more in class. I also want to thank all parents for being a vital part of each student's learning journey. Let us learn and grow together even more next week!

With greatest regards,

Ms. Wendy