November 19-23

This week was highlighted by Fun Day (or fun afternoon) on Wednesday. 
The students seemed to really enjoy doing all the activities created by the 6th
grade students. A big thank you to all the parents for coming out to support the children.


In Math Class this week we completed the unit of study on Number
Concepts and Patterns. Well done to all students on this unit! Next
week in Math we will start Chapter 7 - Plane Shapes. There will be lots of new

Math vocabulary words that we will be learning this chapter related to shapes.

In English, we will complete unit 3 on Nouns and
Pronouns. We will have a quiz on this next Thursday.

In Science we started a new chapter on Animals. Next week we will
continue with this subject, focusing on mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and birds
and how animals have adapted. We will also start a research
project on animals. Each student will pick one animal and conduct
research, put it on a poster and present their animal to the class.
The presentations will start the last week in November.

In Reading this week we read and discussed five different fables. Feel
free to ask your child which was their favorite and if they can
remember all the morals in the stories. Next week we will start a new
unit of study, "Around Town, Neighborhood and Community". We
will read and discuss a story called, "China Town."

Congratulations to Keiji Tung for being this weeks' Student of the
Week. He has shown great improvement in contributions to class
discussions by raising his hand and by always asking when he is unsure
of the answer.

Next week is Thanksgiving. We all have many things to be thankful for.
During the week the second grade class will reflect on what they are
thankful for. Also thank you to all the parents for volunteering to
bring food in for the school's Thanksgiving Celebration. It will start
on Thursday (11/22) at 12:30 in the cafeteria. It will last about an
hour and a half.

November 19-23

Monday - Spelling: write sentences for new words; sailor, doctor, weather, suffer, temper, cellar, collar, beggar, solar, feather (Bonus Words; mammal, reptile, amphibian, reed, blurry)

Thursday - English Unit 3 test on Nouns and Pronouns

Thursday - Thanksgiving Lunch 12:30 - 2:00

Have a great weekend!

James Anderson

2nd Grade Teacher
Hsinchu International School

11/16 Homework

Homework: Read for 20 minutes,
Journal "Describe a typical day in your life. Use 2 sensory details (sight, sound, touch, smell, taste) to make your daily experience come to life.
Spelling Review for quiz

11/15 Homework

Homework: Read for 20 minutes,
Math Review for Chapter 5 and 6 quiz,
English 29,30,
Reading WB 160-162

* Sign Reading Quiz

11/14 Homework

Homework: Read for 20 minutes,
English Grammar WB 19, 21, 22, 23,
Science WB A49 (as much as you can) A50

11/13 Homework

Homework: Read for 20 minutes,
Reading Comprehension WB "The Pet Store",
English - Grammar WB 27-28

* Fun day is tomorrow afternoon (1:15 - 2:55). If the children have the same color clothes as their team color they should wear them but if they do not have that color it is fine, just wear comfortable sports clothes. All the students will receive a headband with their teams color on it.
All students should bring their water bottle and PE shoes. Hat's, sun screen and layered clothes are up to your discretion. If it rains, Fun Day will take place on 11/21. Looking forward to fun afternoon of activities.

11/12 Homework

Homework: Read for 20 minutes
Spelling Write sentences for new words; sailor, doctor, weather, suffer, temper, cellar, collar, beggar, solar, feather Bonus Words; mammal, reptile, amphibian, reed, blurry
Math Review for chapter 6 quiz
Reading WB 156-159


* For the Thanksgiving Celebration many parents have
volunteered to bring in a "Bread" dish.  So far no one has signed up
to bring in sweet potatoes or pies (dessert). Would 
anyone who signed up to bring in a "Bread" dish be willing to switch 
to one of these? 
If you haven't returned the form yet, please do so by 
11/13 so I may find out how many people will be coming. Thank you.

November 12-16

It was wonderful to talk with so many of you during parent/teacher
meetings this week. If you would like to follow up with anything we
discussed please call between 3:00-4:00 pm, write me an email or drop
in before or after class.

It has been a busy week.  For next week we will continue with our
school work as well as having a "Fun Day" on Wednesday afternoon.
Please see my blog post earlier in the week to help remind your child
what color they should wear that day and to see which team they are
on. Please come along to cheer for the students.

In Math, we continued with Chapter 6 "Number Concepts and Patterns."
Next week we will complete this chapter, review and take the Unit 2
quiz (Chapters 5 and 6).

In English we continued to focus on Nouns and Pronouns.  In Reading
next week we will focus on Fables.

This week in Social Studies we concluded Unit 2, "The World Around Us."
The students were interested in this chapter and raised many great
follow-up questions. Well done!

Next week we will start a new Science unit, "Animals Are Living
Things". During this chapter of study the students will give a class
presentation on an animal of their choice. More information to
come....

Thanksgiving Celebration Forms have gone home with your child this
week. Thank you for returning them so quickly. Many parents have
volunteered to bring in a "Bread" dish.  So far no one has signed up
to bring in sweet potatoes or pies and only one for a meat dish. Would 
anyone who signed up to bring in a "Bread" dish be willing to switch 
to an item above that our class is missing?

Congratulations to Veronica Kuo for being this week's Student of the
Week. Veronica has been taking good care when completing school work.
Keep it up.

November 5-9
Monday - Spelling Quiz on railroad, airport, everywhere, homesick,
understand, anything, ourselves, forever, breakfast, whenever. (Bonus
Words: equator, pole, hemisphere, pierce, novel)

Monday Social Studies quiz on unit 2

Tuesday - Math Chapter 6 quiz

Tuesday - Reading quiz on vocabulary

Friday - Unit 2 test (Chapter 5 and 6)

Best Regards,

James Anderson