Teacher’s Corner

News from Mrs. Jao’s Class

Dates to Remember

What another busy month we had in March with our visiting

singer and song writer, Jim Valley; making kites with the Master

Kite Maker, Mr. Hsieh; the PTA Book Fair; Portfolio Conferences

and Spring Break. I hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing

Spring Break. I went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to attend the

annual Teachers’ Conference and see the sights of Kuala

Lumpur.

We have finished our study of Air and Weather.

Our last topic study for the school year is rain forests. Through

the study of the rain forests we hope students will develop an

understanding of the interdependence of all living things and the

impact that human beings have on the world’s environment.

We are creating a rain forest in the second grade hallway and

are learning lots of cool facts about the animals, plants and

people that live there.

We will be exploring these enduring understandings:

•All living things are interdependent

•Humans have a positive and negative effect on the

environment.

•Rain forests are an essential part of the world ecosystem.

You can talk about these questions with your child:

•”A living thing or a diamond ring,” which has more worth?

• Do human beings help or harm the rain forests?

• Why should we save the rain forest?

Curriculum Corner

Reading: Reading about clouds and different kinds of weather

Math: Patterns in Counting, Doubles and Halves and Number Grids, Extending Complements of 10, Collecting Data and Finding the Median, Making Graphs and Frequency Distributions Writing: Drafting and Publishing Fiction and Non Fiction pieces and Poetry

Spelling: Long vowel sounds and the different spelling patterns; words with c, k or ck and the consonant clusters with l and r

Theme: Activities to learn about what makes weather, different kinds of weather and the people who study weather - meteorologists

April 18 No School/Teacher In Service

April 21 – 25 GEO Week

April 23 6:30 – 7:30 PM Family Night with

environmentalist, Thom Henley, LS Library

April 24 8:30-1:00 Field trip to the Taipei zoo to visit the

Rainforest

Mrs. Jao’s Photo GalleryMaking Kites

Mrs. Jao’s Photo GalleryKitemaking

Day 1Day 1 MusicMusicDay 2Day 2 Mandarin & PEMandarin & PEDay 3Day 3 Library & MusicLibrary & MusicDay 4Day 4 Mandarin, PE &Mandarin, PE &

Computer Computer Day 5Day 5 ArtArtDay 6Day 6 Mandarin, PE &Mandarin, PE &

ComputerComputerDay 7Day 7 Music & GuidanceMusic & GuidanceDay 8Day 8 Mandarin & PE Mandarin & PE Day 9Day 9 Library & ArtLibrary & ArtDay 10Day 10 Mandarin & PEMandarin & PE

Mrs. Jao’s Specials Schedule

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Day 1

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Day 2Swimming

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Day 3

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Day 4Swimming

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Day 5

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Day 6Swimming

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Day 7

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Day 8Swimming

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Day 9

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No School

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Day 10SwimmingGEO WEEK

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Day 1

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Day 2Swimming

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Day 3Field Trip to zoo

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Day 4Swimming

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Day 5

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Day 6Swimming

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Day 7

May 1

Day 8Swimming

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