Mrs. You‘s 1st Grade Newsletter
Mandarin Immersion-Week 3,Aug 16-20
Green and Blue Class
math
Model 1 Sums and differences to 10
Topic B continues the process of having the students compose and decompose. We describe put-together situations (pictured to the right) with number bonds and count on from the first part to totals of 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. As We represent all the partners of a number, We reflect and see the decompositions, “Look at all these ways to make 8. I can see connections between them.”
Through dialogue, We engage in seeing both the composition invited by the put-together situation and the decomposition invited by the number bonds. Expressions are another way to model both the stories and the bonds, the compositions and the decompositions
Science
Unit 1: Light and Sound
Guiding question: What do we see when we look into a place where all the outside light is blocked from getting in?
This week in the science lessons, we find a solution using classroom available materials to design and build a smaller scale classroom with our teacher. Then we use the scale to make observations and find the evidence to explain that we need the light to see things. We plan and carry out an investigation to produce data and use our observations as evidence to support the claim that light is needed to see things.
Mandarin
Mandarin Matrix NOVICE 1
Book:
Mandarin Matrix Novice 1 level Unit 1 Book 2 上楼梯 Going upstairs
Synopsis:
During a playdate, Dad asks the children to play upstairs.
He asks the children to walk up and down the stairs carefully instead of running. Meanwhile, the sink upstairs overflows. What will the children say about Dad rushing upstairs to stop the running water?
New Vocabulary:
me我, you你, good好, plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns 们, can 可以
Language Comprehension:
- Identifyandunderstand我,你,好,们,可,以
Recognize greetings (e.g. 你们好!)
Understand the meaning and usage of affirmative-negative questions (e.g. 好不好?)
Identify and understand the usage of verb+directional complements (e.g. 上去, 下来, 下去)
Understand the meaning and usage of a proposition (e.g. 你们上去,好不好?)
Understand the meaning and usage of the reduplication of adjectives (e.g. 你们好好走下来。)
Language Use:
Ask and answer affirmative-negative questions
Take turns making and answering to propositions using 好 and 可以
Match the words: 左, 右, 上, 下 to the supporting visuals
Match the right phrases to the supporting visuals.
Write the words 我 and 们 in the correct stroke order
Match the text to the supporting audio
Upcoming
Week 4, Aug 23-27
Math
MODULE 1 Sums and Differences to 10
Topic C: Addition Word Problems
Lesson 13: Tell put together with result unknown, add to with result unknown, and add to with change unknown stories from equations.
Topic D: Strategies for Counting On
Lessons 14–15: Count on up to 3 more using numeral and 5-group cards and fingers to track the change.
Lesson 16: Count on to find the unknown part in missing addend equations such as 6 + __ = 9. Answer, “How many more to make 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10?”
Topic E: The Commutative Property of Addition and the Equal Sign
Lessons 17: Understand the meaning of the equal sign by pairing equivalent expressions and constructing true number sentences.
Science
❓ Weekly Essential Question(s)
What can we see in any place without any light in that place?
Where else do people use materials to block light from getting to a certain spot or place?
📑 Weekly Standard(s)
1.P2U1.1 Plan and carry out investigations demonstrating the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light and predict how objects with similar properties will affect the beam of light.
Mandarin
Review Unit 1 Book 1 and Book 2
Book:
Mandarin Matrix Novice 1 level Unit 1 Book 1 我们可不可以坐下? Can we sit down? and Book 2 上楼梯 Going upstairs
New Vocabulary:
me我, you你, good好, plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns 们, can 可以
Language Comprehension:
- Identifyandunderstand我,你,好,们,可,以
Understand the meaning and usage of affirmative-negative questions (e.g. 好不好?)
Identify and understand the usage of verb+directional complements (e.g. 上去, 下来, 下去)
Understand the meaning and usage of a proposition (e.g. 你们上去,好不好?)
Understand the meaning and usage of the reduplication of adjectives (e.g. 你们好好走下来。)
Language Use:
Ask and answer affirmative-negative questions
Take turns making and answering to propositions using 好 and 可以
Match the words: 左, 右, 上, 下 to the supporting visuals
Match the right phrases to the supporting visuals.
Write the words 我 and 们 in the correct stroke order
Match the text to the supporting audio
Curriculum Questionnaire, due by Sunday, August 22
Our curriculum night is coming next week. Let Mrs.Tsau and Mrs.You know if you have any questions about our curriculum by finishing the questionnaire below. We will try our best to answer them on curriculum night.
Curriculum Questionnaire:
This questionnaire is for general questions only. If you have student-specific questions, feel free to email us.
If you have no questions, we will see you next Wednesday.
Wednesday, August 25, Curriculum night
You can review the curriculum introduction video start on Wednesday. An email related to this will be sent out by the school later.
Friday Aug 27, Early release
Contact us
Mrs. You
Yóu Shūqí lǎoshī.
Miss. Annie, Shuqi, You
Email: Shuqi.you@dvusd.org
Website: https://www.dvusd.org/Page/52696
Location: Gavilan Peak classroom 210
Phone: 623-445-7436
Mrs. Tsau
Email: lisa.tsau@dvusd.org
Website: https://www.dvusd.org/Page/4570
Location: Gavilan Peak classroom 211
Phone: 623-445-7437