September 30-October 3

REMINDERS

• October tuition is due October 1st: $500 + $23.75 for Ms. Chessie. I have sent home an envelope in your child's folder or emailed an invoice to you.

• Monthly taekwondo lessons with Pastor John will start on Wednesday October 2nd!

IMPORTANT DATES

• 10/1: October tuition due

• 10/25: Field trip to the pumpkin patch! Please click here to fill out the interest form.

• 11/18-11/28: NO SCHOOL, Mrs. Annie's vacation days and Thanksgiving break

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING

Themes: Emotions

We will start our new unit about emotions: what they are, what each one looks and feels like, what we can do to feel (or stop feeling) a certain emotion. We will do this through Circle Time, center activities, books, and songs!

Letter of the Week: C

Our first letter of the week will be "C"! We will practice recognizing the letter name and sound and writing the letter using different materials.

If your child would like to bring an item from home or a photo of something that begins with the letter "C" for "Show-and-Tell", please make sure the item can fit in their school bag.

Here is the weekly "Show-and-Tell" schedule:

Monday: Mrs. Annie

Tuesday: Ari, Aria, and Chloe

Wednesday: Ellie, Kingston, and Malee

Thursday: Max and Zian

Color of the Week: red, màu đỏ

Our first color of the week is red, or màu đỏ! We will practice identifying the color, finding and sorting objects with that color, and naming the color in English and Vietnamese!

https://youtu.be/61Q2w2LXB5I?t=728&feature=shared

Math: Counting from 1-10

We will practice counting in English and Vietnamese from 1-10 in various ways: number of students voting on our question of the day, people in the room, objects in front of us and more!

https://youtu.be/61Q2w2LXB5I?t=1284&feature=shared

Shape of the Week: circle, hình tròn

We will practice recognizing circles, naming objects that are shaped like circles, and drawing circles (they are similar to writing the letter "C"!).

Art/Science/Social Studies

Last week we created a paper mosaic of our names. This week we will continue to practice self-portraits with different emotions. We will use circles for our heads and eyes, and we will talk about how different colors can represent different emotions (like in the movie "Inside Out"!)

Taekwondo with Pastor John!

Pastor John of Lakeridge Lutheran Church has graciously offered to teach 30-minute taekwondo classes to our students on the first Wednesday of every month! Here is what class will look like:

Class Schedule

1. Opening Greetings

2. Meditation for Focus

3. Stretching and Warm-Up

4. Board Breaking Practice

5. Body and Mind Control Exercises

6. Closing Greetings

What Will They Learn?

1. Basic Korean Phrases

   1. How to count from one to five in Korean

   2. How to say ‘hello’ in Korean

   3. How to say ‘thank you’ in Korean

   
   

2. Martial Arts Techniques

   1. How to punch and kick properly

      
      

3. Body and Mind Control

   1. Focus and controlling their body

AT-HOME PRACTICE AND TIPS

Practice colors and shapes by:

• Sorting a group of objects into the same category: all the red objects or all the objects that are circle-shaped

• Hide and Seek: finding objects around the house with a certain color or shape

Practice manners by:

• Asking for something politely before taking it:

  • "(Person's name), may I please have (object)?"

  • "(Person's name), cho con xin (object)?"

• Saying thank you when you receive it:

  • "Thank you, (person's name)!"

  • "Cám ơn (person's name)!"