April 1, 2020

2nd Grade

Brief List

  1. Both Grades: Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-9:20am  Join Zoom Meeting:    https://zoom.us/j/827117199
  2. 2nd grade Zoom Meeting @ 10:00-11:00am  Join Zoom Meeting:  https://zoom.us/j/646812722
  3. Create a Chinese character art
  4. Word Test

Detailed Instruction

#3. Create a Chinese character art

#4. Word Test

Practice this week’s words to produce. Students should use the character practice sheet (p.1-2 in Mandarin worksheet packet) to practice those words. Some of you might need to go to https://quizlet.com/_88pvzg?x=1qqt&i=2eu679 to review these words’ pronunciation.

Once you are ready for the test, go to https://flipgrid.com/e88259cf Watch my video. I have given all the instructions in the video. Write down the words that I have said in a paper. Record yourself showing me this paper.

3rd Grade

Brief List:

  1. Both Grades: Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-9:20am Join Zoom Meeting  https://zoom.us/j/827117199
  2. 3rd Grade Zoom Meeting @ 11:00-12:00  Join Zoom Meeting  https://zoom.us/j/359101959

  3. Create a Chinese character art

  4. Word Test

Detailed Instruction

#3. Create a Chinese character art

#4. Word Test

Practice this week’s words to produce. Students should use the character practice sheet (p.1-2 in Mandarin worksheet packet) to practice those words. Some of you might need to go to https://quizlet.com/_88pvzg?x=1qqt&i=2eu679 to review these words’ pronunciation.

Once you are ready for the test, go to https://flipgrid.com/e88259cf Watch my video. I have given all the instructions in the video. Write down the words that I have said in a paper. Record yourself showing me this paper.

March 31, 2020

2nd Grade

Brief list

  1. 2nd grade Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-10:00am  
    Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/742553830
  2. Both Grades: Zoom Meeting @ 10:30-10:50
    Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/804614726
  3. Do Fill-in-Blank sheet for 20 minutes
  4. Watch 汉字的动画 and respond in flipgrid

 

Detailed Instruction

#3. Do Fill-in-Blank sheet for 20 minutes

Find the fill-in-blank sheet (p. 6 in the Mandarin worksheet packet). Try to do it yourself. If you need help, please listen to my audio below. If you have any questions/confusions, please circle the part that you are confused with. If you encounter ones that you don’t know the answer, you may leave them blank. We will go through this sheet and answer your questions on Wednesday. You may stop doing it after 20 minutes. Afterwards, please send me a picture of your work.

#4. Watch 汉字的动画 and respond in flipgrid

  • Watch my introduction video here: https://flipgrid.com/7b1de2a3 In the video, I have given them the following instructions. “Watch next step’s video. There are lots of characters’ pictures in it. On the right bottom side, it will show the picture and its corresponding character. Choose three fun, special or interesting ones that you like. Draw them on a piece of paper and write their corresponding characters beside the picture.”
  • Watch this fun video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxWCAnaKjds
  • Go to https://flipgrid.com/7b1de2a3 Record yourself showing the three pictures and their corresponding characters.

3rd Grade

Brief List

  1. Both Grades: Zoom Meeting @ 10:30-10:50
    Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/804614726
  2. 3rd grade Zoom Meeting @ 11:00-12:00  
    Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/359101959
  3. Finish Fill-in-Blank sheet
  4. Watch 汉字的动画 and respond in flipgrid

Detailed Instructions:

#3. Finish Fill-in-Blank sheet

Find the fill-in-blank sheet (p. 6 in the Mandarin worksheet packet). Try to do it yourself. If you need help, please listen to my audio below. If you have any questions/confusions, please circle the part that you are confused with. If you encounter ones that you don’t know the answers, you may leave them blank. We will go through this sheet and answer your questions on Wednesday. After you finish it, please send me a picture of your work.

#4. Watch 汉字的动画 and respond in flipgrid

  • Watch my introduction video here: https://flipgrid.com/7b1de2a3 In the video, I have given them the following instructions. “Watch next step’s video. There are lots of characters’ pictures in it. On the right bottom side, it will show the picture and its corresponding character. Choose three fun, special or interesting ones that you like. Draw them on a piece of paper and write their corresponding characters beside the picture.”
  • Watch this fun video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxWCAnaKjds
  • Go to https://flipgrid.com/7b1de2a3 Record yourself showing the three pictures and their corresponding characters.

 

Art

Mrs. Groothuis has updates on her art blog. Check it out and have some fun. 

http://blogs.zcs.org/lgroothuis/

March 30, 2020

2nd Grade

Brief List

  1. Both Grades: Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-9:20am

    Join Zoom Meeting    https://zoom.us/j/827117199

  2. 2nd grade Zoom Meeting @ 10:00-11:00am  

Join Zoom Meeting   https://zoom.us/j/925923505

3. Finish 4 things on Khan Academy. (25 minutes)

4. Character Practice (15 minutes)

Detailed Instructions

#3. Finish 4 things on Khan Academy.

Visit https://zh.khanacademy.org/ Watch 2 videos and do 2 exercises. See the list below.

Videos:

  1. 55个的数数
  2. 整数的大小比较

Exercise:

  1. 55个的数数
  2. 3位数的大小比较

#4. Character Practice

Students practice writing this week’s words to produce (p. 1-2 in their Mandarin worksheet packet) for 15 minutes. If they are done with that sheet, please send me a picture of it. I will give them feedbacks during the next zoom meeting. If they are done with that sheet and hasn’t reached 15 minutes of practice, please use another blank sheet of paper to practice these words.

3rd Grade

Brief List:

  1. Both Grades: Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-9:20am

    Join Zoom Meeting

    https://zoom.us/j/827117199

  2. 3rd Grade Zoom Meeting @ 11:00-12:00

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/359101959

3. Finish 2 things on Khan Academy (15 minutes)

4. Answer Questions on Flipgrid (10 minutes)

5. Character practice (15 minutes)

Detailed Instruction:

#3. Finish 2 things on Khan Academy.

Visit https://zh.khanacademy.org/  Watch video: 比较分母相同的分数. Do exercise: 比较分母相同的分数. If needed, you may watch the video again to help you understand better.

#4. Answer Questions on Flipgrid

Go to https://flipgrid.com/31843ac6 Watch my video which tells students my two questions, and record yourself answering the following two questions: 1. For 3/6 and 5/6, which one is bigger? 2. How do you compare these two fractions?

#5. Character Practice

Students practice writing this week’s words to produce (p. 1-2 in their Mandarin worksheet packet) for 15 minutes. If they are done with that sheet, please send me a picture of it. I will give them feedbacks during the next zoom meeting. If they are done with that sheet and hasn’t reached 15 minutes of practice, please use another blank sheet of paper to practice these words.

 

 

March 27, 2020

2nd Grade

Brief List

  1. Both Grades: Devotion Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-9:20am
    Join Zoom Meeting
    https://zoom.us/j/385324589
  2. 2nd grade Zoom Meeting @ 10:00-11:00am  
    Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/908563706?pwd=REE1YitUYTh6b2EybnBqb1huNzNLQT09

3. Do Khan Academy Math (20 minutes)

4. Listen to 《有磁性的太极狗》 twice on Ichinesereader

Detailed Instruction

#3. Go to Khan Academy.

Watch video: 加减问题(海星).

Do exercise: 100以内加减法应用题(3).

#4. Listen to 《有磁性的太极狗》 twice on Ichinesereader. I will give the instructions below to the kids during 9:00 zoom meeting time. This is for your information.

  • Go to Ichinesereader and log in. (The kids should be able to log in easily. If not, you may find the log-in credentials on my blog under resources.)
  • Go to assignment

  • Click the Folder

  • Listen to 有磁性的太极狗 twice

3rd Grade

Brief List

1. Both Grades: Devotion Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-9:20am
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/385324589

2. 3rd Grade Zoom Meeting @ 11:05-12:05am 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/3759563621
3. Practice 4’s and 8’s multiplication facts on https://www.timestables.com/ (20 minutes)
4. Listen to 《有磁性的太极狗》 twice on Ichinesereader

Detailed Instruction

#3. Practice 4’s and 8’s multiplication facts on https://www.timestables.com/ If your kids are good at 4’s and 8’s, he/she may choose to practice other number’s multiplication facts. (20 minutes)

#4. Listen to 《有磁性的太极狗》 twice on Ichinesereader. I will give the instructions below to the kids during 9:00 zoom meeting time. This is for your information.

  • Go to Ichinesereader and log in. (The kids should be able to log in easily. If not, you may find the log-in credentials on my blog under resources.)
  • Go to assignment

  • Click the Folder

  • Listen to 有磁性的太极狗 twice

March 26, 2020

2nd Grade

Brief List:

1. 2nd grade Zoom Meeting @ 10:00-11:00am 

2.Both Grades: Pinyin Instruction. Zoom Meeting @ 1:30-1:50pm

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/336371364

(Students may do the followings before Zoom meeting.)
3. Watch Bible Flipgrid introduction video (10 minutes)
4. Watch Bible Video (25 minutes)
5. Record your response to the Bible Video in the Flipgrid (10 minutes)

Detailed Instruction

#3. Go to https://flipgrid.com/fb3da1e2 Watch my Introduction video to the Bible video.

#4. Go to https://www.fuyin.tv/html/110/20483.html Watch the Bible video about Joseph in Egypt.

#5. Go to https://flipgrid.com/fb3da1e2 Record yourself answering one of the following questions. 1. What touched you in the video? 2. What is this video/story about? (summarize the story)

3rd Grade

Brief List

1. 3rd Grade Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-10:00am 
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/456658538
2. Both Grades: Pinyin Instruction. Zoom Meeting @ 1:30-1:50pm
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/336371364
(Students may do the followings before Zoom meeting.)
3. Watch Bible Flipgrid introduction video (10 minutes)
4. Watch Bible Video (25 minutes)
5. Record your response to the Bible Video in the Flipgrid (10 minutes)

Detailed Instruction

#3. Go to https://flipgrid.com/fb3da1e2 Watch my Introduction video to the Bible video.

#4. Go to https://www.fuyin.tv/html/110/20483.html Watch the Bible video about Joseph in Egypt.

#5. Go to https://flipgrid.com/fb3da1e2 Record yourself answering one of the following questions. 1. What touched you in the video? 2. What is this video/story about? (summarize the story)

Music

Mr. Schonewill has been posting new stuff to the music blog:

March 25, 2020

Dear parents and students,
Welcome to day #5. Please see detailed instructions below for each grade level.

3rd Grade

Brief  to-do list:

1. 3rd grade Zoom Meeting Time: 11:45 am-12:45 pm

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/413928553

2. Weed Activity (25 minutes)

3. Word test (20 minutes)

4. Read-aloud Zoom Meeting time: 2:00pm- 2:20pm 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/998621031

Detailed instruction:

#2. Weed Activity.

Materials needed: weeds in your yard, a ruler/tape measure.

I will give all the instructions in the zoom meeting. This is for your information. They will go to your yard and pull out 10 weeds. They will measure the length of each weed roots, and record it on a sheet. Then they need to make up two/three fractions sentences describing the weeds. For example, 2/10 of the weed roots are longer than 3 inches. 8/10 of the weed roots are shorter than 3 inches. They will write their sentences underneath the recorded data. They will keep this “record-and-sentence” paper, and show me tomorrow in the zoom meeting. Below is a picture of a sample “record-and-sentence” paper. They might need it for reference.

#3. Word Test.

Practice last week’s  words to recognize Take out the words to recognize sheet, watch my video https://flipgrid.com/2126d26c to practice these words until you are ready for the test. Or you may review all the words on the quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_87raat?x=1jqt&i=2eu679

Practice last week’s words to produce. Students should use the character-practice sheet to practice those words. Some of you might need to go to https://quizlet.com/_87raat?x=1jqt&i=2eu679 to review these words’ pronunciation.

Once you are ready for the test, go to https://flipgrid.com/e88259cf Watch my video. I have given all the instructions in the video. Write down the words that I have said in a paper. Record yourself showing me this paper and reading words to recognize .

2nd Grade

Brief To-do List:

1. 2nd grade Zoom Meeting Time: 10:00-11:00am 
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/3966832712
2. Word Test (20 minutes)
3. Read to self on Level Chinese(20 minutes)
4.Read-aloud Zoom Meeting time: 2:00pm- 2:20pm 
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/998621031

Detailed instruction:

#2.Word Test.

Practice last week’s  words to recognize Take out the words to recognize sheet, watch my video https://flipgrid.com/2126d26c to practice these words until you are ready for the test. Or you may review all the words on the quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_87raat?x=1jqt&i=2eu679

Practice last week’s words to produce. Students should use the character-practice sheet to practice those words. Some of you might need to go to https://quizlet.com/_87raat?x=1jqt&i=2eu679 to review these words’ pronunciation.

Once you are ready for the test, go to https://flipgrid.com/e88259cf Watch my video. I have given all the instructions in the video. Write down the words that I have said in a paper. Record yourself showing me this paper and reading words to recognize .

#3. Read to Self on Level Chinese for 20 minutes

Log-in website: https://app.levelchinese.com/login?next=/

Please find log-in credentials here: https://blogs.zcs.org/dzhang/category/resources/

Spanish

Mrs. Novakowski has given some Spanish distance learning materials in her website: https://blogs.zcs.org/lnovakowski
Second graders can go to any of the read-to-me books or songs to practice things we have already learned.

Third graders gets an assignment through google classroom on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  They can also reference things on the blog.

March 24, 2020

Dear parents,

Welcome to our second week of distance learning. Because of today’s zoom meeting, we are going to shorten today’s learning time to around 1.5 hour. If you want your kid to do more, check out the “extra work” section.

Mandarin

A brief list of what to do:

  1. Watch a video story and retell it.
  2. check out my response to your story.
  3. Practice words to produce. Test tomorrow!
  4. Practice words to recognize. Test tomorrow!

Detailed instructions below. 

  1. Watch a story in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OObbonjWCwM Record yourself retelling the story here: https://flipgrid.com/e3c693f6 (around 10 minutes)
  2. Check out my response to your story here: https://flipgrid.com/958c2234 Greta’s is here: https://flipgrid.com/3f2bdf8f Ethan K.’s is here: https://flipgrid.com/5c7536f2 (3 minutes)
  3. Practice last week’s words to produce for 15 minutes. Students should use the character-practice sheet that they have done last week to copy and practice those words on another blank sheet of paper. Some of you might need to go to https://quizlet.com/_87raat?x=1jqt&i=2eu679 to review these words’ pronunciation. We will have a test for these words tomorrow.
  4. Practice last week’s  words to recognize Take out the words to recognize sheet, watch my video https://flipgrid.com/2126d26c to practice these words until you are ready for tomorrow’s test. Yes, we will have a test for words to recognize tomorrow.

2nd Math (40 minutes)

Brief list:

  1. Watch videos on Khan
  2. Go through quizlet list
  3. Do exercises on Khan

Detailed instructions:

  1. Go to Khan Academy. Watch the videos. I have listed the names of all the videos below.
             1.加减法等式填空问题
             2.减法问题:网球
             3.加法问题:栅栏
             4.减法问题:积雪
             5.减法问题:蜡笔
2. Go to quizlet https://quizlet.com/_88kzg0?x=1qqt&i=2eu679 and go through all the words.
3. Go back to Khan Academy. Do the exercises. I have listed the names of all the exercises below.
               1.填空100以内的加减
               2.100以内加减应用题(1)
               3. 100以内加减应用题(2)

3rd Math

A brief list of what to do:

  1. check out fraction feedback
  2. Watch my video and do worksheets
  3. Answer my questions in Flipgrid.

Detailed instructions below. 

  1. Check out my written/video feedback here: https://flipgrid.com/01b24b63 (5 minutes)
  2. Take out Math worksheet packet (that I passed out on Monday), turn to p. 359. Watch my video https://www.wevideo.com/view/1622096554  and follow my direction in the video. In the video, I’m teaching a new math lesson. Once in a while I ask them to pause for a while to finish the part that I ask them to do and then continue the video. (about 25 minutes)
  3. Go to https://flipgrid.com/96e6f2ba Watch my video and reply what I have asked you to do in the video. There are three things that I ask them to do. 1. Do you have any questions for today’s lesson? 2. Show me your homework in the video. 3. Compare 1/3 and 1/6, and explain how you compare it. (10 minutes)

Extra Work

  1. Watch the Bible story video here: https://www.fuyin.tv/html/110/20482.html
  2. What touched you most in the video? What did you learn? Write down your response. Or draw a picture to show your response. Show your writing/drawing and read/explain your writing/drawing in a video here: https://flipgrid.com/706bb721

Art and PE

Check out Mrs. Groothuis’ art blog. http://blogs.zcs.org/lgroothuis/

PE blog has updates here: zcspe.blogspot.com