The children looked wonderful in their Chinese costumes today. Sadly, my camera was not working, so I didn't get any photos. Yesterday we went to the Early Childhood Center (ECC) where they showed us their costumes and the Chinese teachers did a fan dance for us.
Today we all went to the theater to see an amazing Chinese New Year show which included amazing acrobatics. A few photos are below.
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| SAS Chinese teachers performing the Fan Dance |
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| ECC children parade in their Chinese costumes |
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| This woman was incredibly flexible! |
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| She went through the ring in several different ways. |
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| The Dragon Dance |
This photos of the class with Santa was taken when I was away so I thought I'd put it here for you all to see.
So what have we been learning about, other than Chinese New Year?
- We have done quite a lot of work with tens and ones in math.
- We discovered features of nonfiction texts e.g. index, table of contents, maps, labels, diagrams, photos, glossaries and captions. Next week the children will make a nonfiction book about themselves, so can you please send a photo of your child on Wednesday? (You will not get it back!) Either send the actual photo, or email me one photo that I can print. A photo taken during the holidays would be perfect, but any other fairly recent photo will be great too. Just one photo per child please.
- We learned the rules for writing letters to people. They love to write letters to each other and post them in the classroom mailbox.
- We have been reading many of the hilarious books written by Helen Lester, my favorite children's author. This class would have me read 3 or 4 of the books in a row if they could! Here is a link for more information about Helen Lester and her books.
Have a great long weekend,
Debbie
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