Happy Chuseok!  ^^

October Newsletter

ACI 1 News Date: October 4th - November 2nd
Special Note: Dear parents, We’ve had a great start to our ACI program this month! We spent the month learning how to talk about our day schedules, ordering events, comparing and contrasting information, and how to organize information in useful ways. We also discussed how countries are different from Korea, and what is important in having a country. Now that you and your child have become familiarized with the ACI schedule and daily routines, we will be launching with full force into the curriculum, which will consist of weekly science, math, and English lessons to help improve your child’s fluency. Please continue to work and support your child as much as possible in this program! *Please note that the first Thursday and Friday will be review days due to Chuseok.*	Science: Unit 2: Animal Lifestyles Now that our students have learned how to become scientists, they will be using their newfound science skills to learn about different animal lifestyles. Week 1: Introduction * The students will discuss what a lifestyle is, and how all animals and even people have different lifestyles, habits, and needs. Week 2: Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals * We will be learning about nocturnal animals (animals that are awake at night), and diurnal animals (animals that are awake at day) Week 3: Extreme Animals * Some animals like to live in extreme conditions, such as extreme hot or cold!  We will learn how they adapt to these places. Week 4: Creating Our Own Animal * Our final project will review all the things we’ve learned to create an animal and animal lifestyle.
Math Unit 2: Number Relationships Now that we can recognize and create our own patterns and sorting rules, we can learn more about number relationships. This unit, we will be learning how to count, and how to organize different numbers, making groups of 10 and using groups of 10 to help us count to higher numbers.	English Language Arts: Unit 2: Beatrix Potter This month, we will be reading Beatrix Potter, a biography on the life of the author who wrote the story of Peter Rabbit. Week 1: Beatrix Potter Topic: Students will be learning about what a biography is and reading a biography about Beatrix Potter. Week 2: Characters Topic: Students will begin understanding what makes a character and how to create a good character. Week 3: Plot Topic: We will be discussing what makes a plot and what the parts of a plot are so we can create our own stories. Week 4: Creating a Story Topic: We will be creating our own stories, just as Beatrix Potter created Peter Rabbit!

Family Presentations

Hey everyone!
Tomorrow we will be doing short 3 minute presentations about our families!
Here are some tips to remember when speaking in front of a group. ^^



Try to LOOK at your audience (the people listening) as much as possible.

Don't speak too quietly or loudly. You want them to hear you, but not hurt their ears!

(This is Kory teacher!)

Don't read your paper to the class or hide behind it. They will pay more attention if they feel like you're talking to THEM. 

The Scientific Method

Hi everyone!

This week, one of our spelling words is the "scientific method". It's a very important concept that we'll be using all year for science. If you need a little help remembering, here is a great song! ^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA86dYxrg4Q