Ending January and Entering February

Ok, y’all. So I have been so busy that I haven’t updated the website in weeks so hope you’re ready for a long post! There's been so much going on that sometimes I forget to take out my camera to capture moments. 

So glad Tet season is over with. The kids did great with their performance. I didn’t get home until 10pm that night of the show and didn’t get out of bed until NOON the day after. I am usually out of bed by 8 on weekends but I was so exhausted that all I wanted to do was be lazy in bed. I hope the kids learned a lot about the Lunar New Year.

We are already thinking of a new theme for next year's show. If you have any ideas you want to share to see next year, please let me know! 

We celebrated the big 100 days of school last week. In math, we did an activity on “If I had $100, I would buy…” Some said that they would buy a car, a house, or even a computer for $100. If only things nowadays were that cheap! We brainstormed ideas like lots of candy, Legos, pets, Yugioh cards, lots of toys, ice cream, or new shoes. 

  

In Vietnamese Language Arts, we wrapped up our unit on NG and NGH words. Next week, we will be doing TH and NH blends.

On February 2^nd, we learned about Groundhog Day. We read some books and watched a video on what happens in Pennsylvania when they determine if we have 6 more weeks of winter or an earlier Spring. If our “6 more weeks of winter” is going to be like how it’s been lately, I sure don’t mind it. What lovely weather we have had lately. We have been working on sequential words in Vietnamese so we did an activity based on the Groundhog and its’ shadow in our journals.

 This past Wednesday, we went to check out the science expo the 5^th graders threw for us. What awesome experiments these kids came up with! The little ones really enjoyed seeing their science buddies there and getting to touch the different experiments. Some even got pampered and got their nails done in the “glow-in-the-dark” nail salon.

We have been working on graphing this past week and will continue for another week. This past week, we did bar graphs but this week we will learn about different graphs.

Our jelly beans graphing assignment

 Our Goldfish graphing assignment! The challenge was working together to complete a graph based on our how many Goldfish they had in their cups with a partner and if they didn’t argue and worked well together, they got to eat their Goldfish when finished. At the end, each and every one of the groups got to eat their Goldfish. : )

February is Dental Health Hygiene Month. We had our friends over at Sunny Hill come over and do a presentation with the kids. 

We wrote about why it’s important to take care of our teeth. We learned vocabulary like:

Plaque

Cavities

Bacteria

Floss

Fluoride

 We will be having our Valentine’s Day party on Tuesday. Bags are ready to be stuffed! Some have already brought in their cards but if your child has not brought any in, they can do so Monday or Tuesday. 

 Mrs. Cardosa did a guidance lesson with the kids on using nice words. They learned that just because you say sorry after saying something hurtful, it is the right thing to do but it doesn’t always necessarily fix everything.It was a much needed lesson because we have had a lot of this happening in class lately.