Week March 9
你好！ Hello! First Grade Mandarin Parents,
Thank you to those who have already sent in sanitizer supplies. I really appreciate it. This week, we discussed how we usually pay for the goods in America and some students shared how parents paid in China, Korea, India, Jimiad and South America. I also shared the ways to pay for goods in Taiwan. In math, we learned counting coins and numbers in different activities and we wrote math solving problem in Mandarin.
As you know we will close school for two weeks, beginning Monday, March 16th and continuing through Friday, March 27th. I will be sending out additional information regarding your child’s online, distance-learning schedule as I have further information. We have several students absent today and I have attached weekly homework as usual and extra assignments for future online learning materials and assignments. If your child is absent today, please print them out. Please plan ahead, to the greatest extent possible for your family, to have the resources and supplies needed to ensure these LTSC days are efficient and effective: computer/laptop/tablet with audio capability (microphone or video cam not needed), ability to connect to the Internet (wifi or device data), your child’s login information (most importantly for Google Classroom and/or Clever), paper, pencils, and if at all possible, a printer (please make sure to ensure you have enough ink/toner). If you do not have Internet connectivity, please reach out to me to make me aware; I will do my best to find alternative arrangements for work completion.
*Reminder: Report Card sent home today
Thank you for your ongoing patience as we all work together through this difficult time. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let me know.
I wish you all good health and safety during the upcoming weeks!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
Week March 2
你好！ Hello! First Grade Mandarin Parents,
Thank you all for sharing me the working photos and sending used magazines and they helped a lot for this unit. In Mandarin, we wrote the sentence’ I will be a (job) when I grow up’. Our students’ handwriting is neat and make progress in writing. In math, we learned money with place value and counted money.
Next week, we will focus on expressing how to buy food and ask the price. We will do more role-play, buyers and sellers. The activity will combine our language and math. In addition, we will talk about why parents work, what is income and how it helps a household.
*Reminder: We will have a quiz- Job
*Reminder: Return report card envelope
*Reminder: Register for ICSAtlanta’s Race Weekend( check the details from school email)
*Reminder:
The CDC and DPH have been very consistent in urging the following measures for all Georgians to help prevent the spread of any respiratory virus:
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• Stay home when you are sick.
• Cough or sneeze into your elbow or use a tissue to cover it, then throw the tissue in the trash.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let me know.
Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
你好！ Hello! First Grade Mandarin Parents,
Welcome back to school after winter break! Our third grade students helped us with writing stories and our students did an awesome puppet show. I am working on uploading unit 4 photos and videos and will share the google drive on the weekend.
We talked about goods and service and will connect to parents’ job next week. If you have any photos about your job, please let your child send in or email me. We will be learning producers and consumers next week. In Mandarin, we continue learning the food and also talk about job. In math, we will continue learning money with place value. We also make problem solving questions in Mandarin.
*Reminder: Book Fair in UC and flyer sent home yesterday
*Reminder: Read Across America- your child can dress up at a favorite Dr. Seuss on Monday
*Reminder: Register for ICSAtlanta’s Race Weekend( check the details from school email)
As always, if you have any questions or concerns,please feel free to let me know.
Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
情人节快乐！Happy Valentines’ Day! First Grade Mandarin Parents,
Thank you so much for all your great support at Chinese New Year celebration event. We had so much fun! We are so blessed to have a very supportive Mandarin group parents.
We will do puppet shows today and on the first day after winter break. We practiced yesterday and our students did a great job. After the break, I will upload the videos and photos to you.
There will be no school on the week of Feb 17th. After the break, we will start our new unit, which focuses on the economy. We will be learning needs and wants, goods and services in social studies. In math, we will learn money and coins to calculate. In Mandarin, we will have a quiz about sports. We will learn food topic and learn to ask for the price and answer the price. It will have a connection with math standard.
*Reminder: Feb 17-Feb 21 (No School)
*Reminder: We will have a quiz about Sports
Resources for next unit:
Sports:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ta07y15Ces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH-sFPyY74w
Coins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUYJHL2muN8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW3qqKffdnM
Need and Want:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okczqyr5TII
Goods and Services:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhR4VtfgNWU&list=PLeId7qZSQcJUu8AG8Cgt668-0lYdsADwf
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Have a great winter break!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
Week Feb 3
你好！Hello! First Grade Mandarin Parents,
Our Chinese New Year event will be on tomorrow from 1-4 pm. Please join us and celebrate the year of the mouse.
Please read through the following:
#1. Please drop all tents and tables by 11:00 am, Feb.8, 2020 at front office at Lower Campus.
#2. Please drop all food and supplies by 12:30 pm, Feb.8, 2020 at front office at Lower Campus.
#3. Check the attached program schedule and drop your child at the assigned time. (Preferably 10 minutes before your scheduled performance time.) There will be an announcement in intercom to let everyone know the next performance and class that need to go to start preparation.
#4. Please drop off your child at the hallway that leads to the gym . We label an “X” on the map.
After the performance, you can go to the same spot to pick up your kids. There are signs on the wall.
#5. The entrance to watch the performance is going through the back top area. There will be tents if it rains. It labels on the map as well.
#6. Each ticket costs $1.00. We accept cash and credit cards. Credit cards transaction needs to be above $25.00. Once you purchase the tickets, you cannot return them.
#7. All parents’ volunteers please check the spreadsheet of volunteers’ time and location on the wall to get the information.
#8. If you purchased the Mandarin track shirts, which were sent home this Thursday, please wear it on Saturday.
Dress code: a long red sleeve T-shirt!
RSVP :
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0849aaa72ca0fb6-20204
Food and Supplies Donations:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0849aaa72ca0fb6-20205
Volunteer Sign up link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0849aaa72ca0fb6-cny2020
Fashion Show Participation Link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0849aaa72ca0fb6-20202
In the coming week, we will focus on summative assessment, which requires speaking, reading and writing or copying story line. It is about a puppet show by using cardboard and we will make sound according to the plot. I will help students with storyline about animals or others.(rubric attached) In Mandarin, we will review animals vocabulary. We will not be assessing vocabulary next week.
Please see the attachment about Chinese New Year celebration performance schedule and map.
2020-02-01-09-29-36_CNY Performance Schedule 2020
*Reminder: Our class performance time is at 1:45 and please drop off your child on the place that map shown before at 1:40.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Have a great day!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
Chinese New Year Celebration Event
Strep Letter from Nurse
Week Jan 27
你好！Hello! First Grade Mandarin Parents,
We discussed how to present Chinese New Year song by movement and dancing. They are so adorable and do an awesome job. We learned about emergency sound and we also tell the different sounds of ambulance and police car in America and China. That is interesting. Thank Mr. Welch for being Watch Dog and we love him.
In the coming week, we will make some musical instrument with recycled materials so we NEED empty water bottles and paper towel rolls. If you could help to collect them and bring them on Monday, it will be very helpful. In math, we will still work on writing time in half hours. Please let them practice telling time at home, especially in half hours. We also continue to practice addition and subtraction. In Mandarin, we will focus on Chinese New Year vocabulary and make paper lantern.
Please see the attachment from email about Chinese New Year celebration performance schedule.
*Reminder: Practice Chinese New Year performance song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJSWrNFKVSY
*Reminder: Chinese New Year Community Event information
ICSAtlanta’s Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) celebration is coming soon! This year’s celebration, the Year of the Mouse , will be on Saturday, February 8th, 2019 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM at the lower campus.
Please sign up the below links, with your help and support, our event will be more successful.
RSVP :
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0849aaa72ca0fb6-20204
Food and Supplies Donations:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0849aaa72ca0fb6-20205
Volunteer Sign up link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0849aaa72ca0fb6-cny2020
Fashion Show Participation Link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0849aaa72ca0fb6-20202
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
Yearbook Order Information
It’s that time of year again — YEARBOOK TIME!
Deadline for purchase March 27th
To order your yearbook, click here:
http://jostensyearbooks.com/?
(Or visit schoolannual.com:
Click on “Buy your student’s yearbook.”
Enter school name, city and state.
Place your order!)
To buy a graduation ad for K, 5th ad 8th, visit the School Store:
https://www.icsatlanta.org/
Week Jan 20
中国新年快乐！Happy Chinese New Year! First Grade Mandarin Parents,
The Chinese track will have our 4th Fashion Show of Chinese New Year outfits.
If you have some outgrown Chinese New Year outfits, please consider donating them to the school. These can be dropped off at the front office at either campus. The Chinese track will hold a sale of these CNY outfits on the morning of January 28th at the Upper Campus (times to be announced). This will be a great opportunity to purchase a gently-used Chinese New Year Outfit at a great price to participate in the show! We may also offer new outfits for purchase. Please drop off you gently-used CNY outfit donations by Monday, Jan. 27th.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
Week Jan 13
你好！First Grade Mandarin Parents,
We celebrated our 100th day of school by writing what we would do if we had 100 bucks. I am glad our students are kind and most of them would like to send it to family or the poor people. They are very helpful and nice. We also talked about their outfits for centenarians in Mandarin. This week, we learned how the light affected our life and we started talking about shadows(size, position and length). Our students can bring the flashlight next Friday and we will have an experiment in the classroom.
In the coming week, we will have a short week so we have no quiz in Mandarin. We will go outside to observe shadow and measure our shadow by our foot on the different times of the day. Hopefully, the weather will be good to observe the shadow. In math, we will continue partitions and measurement with manipulative. We will learn about telling time in hours. Please practice at home with your child to say in English and we learn in Mandarin soon.
*Reminder: No school on Monday
*Reminder: Practice Chinese New Year performance song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJSWrNFKVSY
*Reminder: Bring flashlight on Friday
*Reminder: Chinese New Year Community Event information
ICSAtlanta’s Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) celebration is coming soon! This year’s celebration, the Year of the Mouse , will be on Saturday, February 8th, 2019 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM at the lower campus.
The Chinese track will have our 4th Fashion Show of Chinese New Year outfits.
If you have some outgrown Chinese New Year outfits, please consider donating them to the school. These can be dropped off at the front office at either campus. The Chinese track will hold a sale of these CNY outfits on the morning of January 28th at the Upper Campus (times to be announced). This will be a great opportunity to purchase a gently-used Chinese New Year Outfit at a great price to participate in the show! We may also offer new outfits for purchase. Please drop off you gently-used CNY outfit donations by Monday, Jan. 27th.
Pre-orders for our Chinese Track long-sleeved shirts are now available on our school store or go to the following link:
https://app.etapestry.com/cart/InternationalCharterSchoolofA/default/index.php
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
~Chinese New Year Celebration Information~
ICSAtlanta’s Lunar New
The Chinese track will have our 4th Fashion Show of Chinese New Year outfits.
If you have some outgrown Chinese New Year outfits, please consider donating them to the school. These can be dropped off at the front office at either campus. The Chinese track will hold a sale of these CNY outfits on the morning of January 28th at the Upper Campus (times to be announced). This will be a great opportunity to purchase a gently-used Chinese New Year Outfit at a great price to participate in the show! We may also offer new outfits for purchase. Please drop off you gently-used CNY outfit donations by Monday, Jan. 27th.
Pre-orders for our Chinese Track long-sleeved shirts are now available on our school store or go to the following link:
https://app.etapestry.com/
你好！First Grade Mandarin Parents,
We will start a new unit, ‘How We Express Ourselves’- we will learn about light first. In Mandarin, we will review body parts and our school supplies. In math, we will work on writing our questions in Mandarin and we use our ways to solve addition and subtraction questions and start the new topic- partition or fraction.
Week Dec 16 
你好！First Grade Mandarin Parents,
We had lots of fun on Holiday party yesterday. Thank Winnie, Farah for setting up the party and thank you all for bringing delicious food.
Thank you for all the parents who sent me the gift cards and gifts. I am so blessed and touched. You are so generous and nice. I will make good use of it and have a GREAT BREAK. Thank Winnie, Cyan and Ali for collaborating to make our class party and class events so successful.
We had a great week wrapping up unit 3. On wax museum, our students did an awesome job. I am so proud of their performance. I already sent the google link about unit 3 photos and videos for you. I hope you already enjoyed it like me.
I will assign Mobymax online homework and it is optional if your child would like to practice during the break.
Please check your child’s agenda today and we have the report card in it. If your child is not at school today, please stop by the front desk if you have a chance during the break or after the break.
After the break, we will start a new unit, ‘How We Express Ourselves’- we will learn about light and sound. In Mandarin, we will review body parts and our school supplies. In math, we will work on writing our questions in Mandarin and we use our ways to solve addition and subtraction questions. In addition, we will talk about our new year revolution as well.
I will see your child on Jan. 6th.
I wish you all have a great, safe break and happy new year!
Week Dec 9
你好！First Grade Mandarin Parents,
-Subtraction multiples of 10 using a number line
-Subtraction multiples of 10 using ten frames
Week Dec 2
你好！First Grade Mandarin Parents,
你好！First Grade Mandarin Parents,
*Reminder: Our students are not allowed to bring toys in school. It will distract their learning.
你好！First Grade Mandarin Parents,
你好！First Grade Mandarin Parents,
This week, we talked in detail about Thomas Jefferson in reference Mount Rushmore and Monticello as well as the Declaration of Independence. Our students worked hard and they started to think about whom they will dress up on Wax Museum. If you have relevant books or other materials, please let your child bring to the class for this unit.
In the coming weeks, we will learn about Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacagawea. In Mandarin, we will have a quiz about days of the week, month and year. We will learn about fruits. Besides, we will start to work on culture exchange activity in Chung Ming ES in Taiwan. How exciting! In math, we will make some artwork to help them in addition, subtraction skills and the concept of ones and tens.
*Reminder: Please clean and return any clothing borrowed from the clinic. The lower campus clinic is in need of regular fit, Navy or Khaki uniform pants, in sizes ranging from 6 to 14. It would be much appreciated. (message from the clinic)
*Reminder: Martinstag Celebration is at 4:30-7:00 on Nov. 9
*Reminder: Save the date–Wax Museum at 8:00 am on Dec.17th.
*Reminder: Fall Giving Campaign is still going on!
Please see www.icsatlanta.org/fallgiving
Thank you for your generous donations!
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
你好！First Grade Mandarin Parents,
Next week, we will start our new unit about historical figures. We will begin with talking about how historical figures shape our lives today and we will introduce Benjamin Franklin first. In Math, we will continue counting in ones, twos, fives, and tens and we will work on tens and ones while comparing numbers with the correct symbols. In Mandarin, we will connect with social studies and we will learn timeline(year, month and day) and say them in Mandarin.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Have a nice weekend!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
We are wrapping up our second unit! We will be working on our summative assessment all of next week. The students will work in groups to build the continents and oceans on a shoe box and the four basic landforms (mountains, deserts, valleys, and coasts) in 3D shapes on top of them. After that, we will be presenting our work in front of the whole group and I will be asking some questions about what we built. (Check email from Hsu Laoshi)
*Reminder: Send in one shoebox next Monday
*Reminder: Remember to return the envelope with signature next Monday
*Reminder: It is time for our annual Fall Giving Campaign!
Please see www.icsatlanta.org/fallgiving
Messages from our school-
We are excited about our upcoming celebration of Red Ribbon Week, October 21-25. Red Ribbon Week is a nationally recognized effort to encourage students to life healthy lives by making Really Excellent Decisions and staying drug free. At ICSAtlanta, we will celebrate our decision to make safe and healthy choices through a week of fun and education. Each day we will have theme that focuses on the healthy choice of the day.
Monday-You are a STAR! We will kick off Red Ribbon Week by showing pride in ourselves as we walk down the Red Carpet into school!
Tuesday-Keep Calm and Stay Healthy! Let’s talk about Mindfulness
Wednesday– Shake it To and Fro, Just Say No!- Let’s talk about staying healthy through MOVEMENT!
Thursday-Good Nutrition is our Mission! Let’s talk about staying healthy by eating healthy!
Friday– Your Future is BRIGHT! Let’s show our excitement for our bright futures by wearing neon colors!
On Friday we will celebrate our bright futures by wearing NEON colors at both campuses! Please remember to review our Out-of-Uniform policy found on page 13-14 of the Student Handbook: https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/be7f6c_74e6b6d688c44683a39427396efa65c3.pdf
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Have a nice weekend!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
Fall conference is coming next week. We will dismiss at 12:00 next week. Thank you for most of you who have signed up to come to a conference. Please do following this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b4facad2baafa7-first and attend our conference on time. I am looking farward to seeing you again.
Since the hours next week at school are short, I will focus on landforms and review Mandarin lessons we learned past weeks such as the topics of family, age, nationality and home address. We will have a quiz about five oceans
In math, we will connect some of landforms to 3D shapes, compare quantities with shapes and learn symbols of greater than, less than and equal.
We are going to have a project about landforms. Please send in shoeboxes for your child next week. We will start to make our project after next week.
*Reminder: Our class book fair purchasing date is on Oct.15th
*Reminder: Report card sent home today and please return the envelop with signature next Monday
*Reminder: It is time for our annual Fall Giving Campaign!
ICSAtlanta relies on the support of our families and the community to provide an innovative educational experience for our students. We do not sell cookie dough or gift wrap, but we do ask that each family give as you are able during the Fall Giving Campaign. Our goal is 100% participation for $100,000! We can reach our goal if we receive $125 for every student. Each class with 100% giving participation (with a donation of $25 or more) will receive an ice cream party and the teacher will receive a prize! Your donation will count for the homeroom of every child in your family. We have great giving incentives like an exclusive ICSAtlanta blanket and free entrance to the pasta dinner and silent auction in March. You can make a one-time donation or sign up for monthly donations. Your total anticipated donation between now and May will be counted towards these incentives. Please see www.icsatlanta.org/fallgiving and make your donation today!
As always, if you have any questions or concern, please let me know.
Have a nice weekend!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
Welcome back from Fall Break! I hope you all had a restful Fall Break with your family.
Thank you for most of you who have signed up to come to a conference and talk about your child’s behavior and academic progress. If you have not done, please do following this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b4facad2baafa7-first
In the coming week, we will start introducing comparing quantities with shapes. We will introduce five oceans and express our home address in Mandarin. We will have seven continents quiz next week and your child can study the vocabulary by Quizlet.
*Reminder: Spanish Heritage Celebration is on Oct. 6th at the ICSAtlanta lower campus.
As always, if you have any questions or concern, please let me know.
Have a nice weekend!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
In the coming week, we will focus on seven continents and saying home address in Mandarin. In math, we will continue with 2D and 3D shapes and their defining attributes. We will focus more on 3D shapes. We will look at real life monuments from all over the world and discuss which 3D shapes they have. In addition, we will have shapes hunting and sorting activities.
We will have our fall conference soon in October. Please sign up one time slot below the link. If you are not able to find the time slot to fit your schedule, please let me know.
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋节快乐！
In the coming week, in Mandarin, we will talk about nationality and will have family members quiz. In Social Studies, we will learn continents’ names and show where it is and some facts. Every one will make his own house by paper shapes and paper bag. We will build our own “city” together. In math, we will make 3D shapes by different materials.
Week Sep 3rd
Week Aug 19th
As always, if you have any questions or concern, please let me know.
Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
Week Aug 12th
Good morning First Grade Mandarin Families,
It was so nice meeting most of you in Curriculum night. Thank you for all to fill up my class wish list. I am so lucky to have your child in my class this year!
In this week, we made our own thermometer and learned how to read the temperature. We went outside to observe the temperature change and discussed why the temperature changed.
In the coming week, we will learn another weather instrument, rain gauge and we specifically focus on how we use these tools to measure. We will learn some weather events. In Mandarin, we will make seaons poster. In math, we will do more practice about graphing.
We will have our first weather vocabulary quiz next week. The vocabularies are included, cold, hot, temperature, spring, summer, fall, winter, rainy, windy, rainy, snowy, thermometer, and Fahrenheit. You will find the attachment, the quiz example in my email.
You can also find 2019-2020 Curriculum Night PPT for your reference in my email. I will assign Clever online homework soon. When AI online account is ready, I will send it to you.
*Reminders: go to our class Quizlet and Clever to check if it works for your child.
*Reminders: If your child did not have an agenda yet, he/she will have an index card home with color from today and you will see how he/she is doing evey day. Remind your child to bring the index card back evey day.
As always, if you have any questions or concern, please let me know.
Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
Week Aug 5th
Dear First Grade Mandarin Families,
- Reminders
As always, let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
Week Aug 1st and Aug 2nd
Dear First Grade Mandarin Parents,
Welcome back to school! We had an exciting first week of school. Our kids have adjusted school very well. I am so proud of them! In the past two days, we welcomed new students and introduced each other. We got to know well the school environment and classroom routines.
In the next two weeks, We are going to review some daily talk and will screen the students’ Mandarin proficiency level and math ability. It will help me to understand our students’ learning needs and differentiate the instruction.
In the next week, we will start our first PYP unit. ! We will inquire into the weather and weather changes. In Math, we will review addition and subtraction within 10. We will start with graphs, mainly we will create a weather graph and will update it every day. We will also work on number recognition and number dictations. In Mandarin, we will review counting to 100 in Mandarin first and start to practice writing basic Mandarin strokes.
Our school will let you know when the agenda is ready to purchase. When we have the agenda, please check it daily and initial it
Our kids will not bring the orange folder today and we have no homework this week.
*Reminders: Tennis shoes on Tuesdays and Thursdays (PE)
*Reminders: Please also check my Blog weekly
(Photo protect password sent by email)
I will see you soon on Curriculum Night– at 5:00pm on Aug 13th and I will talk about more our class!
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Ms. Hsu
First Grade Mandarin Class Open House–
When: 3:00-5:00 on July 30th
Where: #137