Lovin' the Easy Breezy Weather...

 It is finally Autumn! One of my favorite seasons because that’s when Starbucks bring back the Pumpkin Spice Latte. The weather was absolutely perfect this week especially during recess time. We didn’t have 19 sweaty little kids like we usually do! I changed the “summer” classroom tree this week and surprisingly, no one in class even noticed it until I mentioned it! Last year when I changed it, the following day almost all my students noticed it right away. I like to change the tree every season so it helps the students see how trees change with every season.

We received our new class pet this past Wednesday. He is a little Fire Bellied Toad that likes to eat crickets. We have not yet given him a name yet but we will have him for 2 weeks.

In class this week, we started our unit on matter. We learned the 3 states of matter and categorized them. As a class, we agreed that a solid has a definite shape and size. If we touch it, we cannot put our hands through it. A liquid is something that we can pour and will fill the shape of its container. Lastly, a gas is something that does not have a definite shape or size. We even have our own hand motions to help us remember each state of matter.

Solid=Chấ́t đặc

Liquid=Chất lỏng

Gas=Chất Khí

 We started a new fashion statement with butcher paper and did a lesson with our “3 states of matter outfits.” I showed the kids pictures and they had to go type that picture on the outfits of the appropriate matter it belonged to.

In Vietnamese Language Arts, we have been working on our 6 sight words.

Thây- See

Thích- Like

Thương- Love

Có- Have

Ăn- Eat

Uống- Drink

We practiced writing sentences with our sight words for the first time this week. I gave the kids the options to copy the sentences the class came up with or come up with their own this week. Surprisingly, a lot of them decided to come up with their own which made me really happy to see. The sticker means that they read to me their sentences.

In math this week, we worked on subtraction word problems. We discussed about specific keywords that will help us know if we are adding or subtraction. When we add, our number gets bigger and our picture will build on. When we subtract, our number gets smaller and we cross out. We also circle the numbers we will need to solve the problem.

(Samuel has 17 shirts. Samuel gave Duong 7 shirts. How many shirts does Samuel have left?

(John has 20 oranges. He ate 6 oranges. How many oranges does John have left?)

Silly Quote of the Week:

Me: “What’s something that’s a solid?”

J: (Flexes his biceps and points to his muscles) This is solid. 

I noticed that sometimes some of my Vietnamese accents don't show up so it looks like the word is misspelled or the word looks funky :-/ It might be doing this depending on the internet browser being used. I will try to fix this but bare with me for now please! 

 Lots of new announcements for this month under the "Announcments" page!