Curriculum night - Yinghua Academy
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Welcome to 2D class!
I am so pleased to be teaching second
grade at Yinghua Academy as your child’s
teacher this year. I am looking forward to a
successful year, full of new learning
opportunities, challenges and great
experiences with your kids.
Xie Lasohi
09/16/2014
We will talk about:
Communication tool: classroom webpage
Curriculum Map
Responsive classroom
Classroom Schedule
What our students need to grasp in second grade (Chinese)
Examples of Chinese Homework
8 Steps of Model Drawing and Example (math)
Classroom rules
Homework Policies
Classroom Expectations
Communication tool: classroom webpage
(update weekly with news, event announcement, and daily homework)
To access the classroom pages:
1. Go to www.yinghuaacademy.org
2. Choose Classroom Pages from the dropdown menu
entitled Current Families.
Password: 2014newyinghua
3. There will be a list of classroom teachers. Choose Xie
Laoshi – 2nd Grade D
4. Keep this page for your reference and remember to
check these pages regularly to stay current with what is
going on in the classroom!
2014-2015 Second Grade Curriculum Map (1)
Chinese Language Arts
Math
September
Home, Sweet Home
Understand story development: beginning,
middle, and end
Understand sequence of daily events
Correct use of conjunctions
Introduction of poems and rhymes
Write a Children’s Poem
Numbers to 1000
Review concepts
Comparing numbers
Thousands, hundreds, tens and
ones
Addition & Subtraction
Meanings of addition and subtraction
Subtraction without renaming
October
Seasons and Our Life
Restate the sequence of events or
ideas in a text and summaries
Recall incidents, characters, facts,
and details of stories and other
texts
Understand what a complete sentence is
and identify subject and predicate in
simple sentence
Sentence patterns for describing
position/location
Addition & Subtraction
Addition with renaming
Subtraction with renaming
Length
Measuring in meters , centimeters, yards,
feet, and inches
Weight
Measuring in kilograms, grams,
pounds, and ounces
November
The Environment Around me
Self Control and Manners
Express and discuss academic
topics at the paragraph level
Compare and contrast two or more
characters
Describe people’s appearance
December
Traditions
Understand “point in time” vs. “
period of time”
Write a greeting note
Introduce a list of commonly used measure
words
Understand the position of the location
word in a sentence
Social Studies
Science
Friends and Communities
Recognize that people belong to a variety
of groups
Understand community living
Where We Live
Working with maps and globes
Name your continent, country, and
community
Family History
Concept of family trees
Friends and Communities
Recognize community helpers
Recognize different occupations
Our World
The seven continents
Locate Canada, United States,
Mexico, and Central America on a
map
U.S. Flag
Current and earlier versions
Revisit five senses
Scientific Method and Inquiry
Asking and answering scientific
questions by making
observations and doing
experiments
Multiplication & Division
Understand and master basic concept of
multiplication
Understand and master basic concept of
division
Understand multiplication and division as
inverse operations
U.S. History
The Origin of Thanksgiving:
Pilgrims and the May Flower
Understand national historic
holidays
Cycles in Nature: the Water Cycle
Water coverage on Earth
The Water cycle: evaporation and
condensation, water vapor,
clouds, precipitation
Facts for Numbers 2 and 3
Multiplication tables of 2 and 3
Division by 2’s and 3’s
Directions
Find directions on a map: east, west, north,
south
Early Civilizations: China
Geography
Culture
Chinese New Year
Early Civilizations: India
Indus River and Ganges River
Hinduism, Buddhism
Weather and Measurement
Weather can be described in
measurable quantities
Measure and record temperature
Insects
Insects and people
Characteristics
Life cycles: metamorphosis
Social insects
Cycles in Nature: Seasonal Cycles
The Four Seasons and
Earth’s Orbit around the
Sun (one year)
Seasons and Life Processes
Cycle s in Nature: Life Cycles
The life cycle: birth, growth,
reproduction in plants and
animals
2014-2015Second Grade Curriculum Map (2)
Social Studies
Science
January
Traditions
Read Chinese folk stories
Understand the history of Chinese New
Year
Write spring couplets
Chinese Language Arts
Review Addition & Subtraction
Finding the missing number
Methods for mental addition
Methods for mental subtraction
Math
Chinese Zodiacs
Characteristics of the twelve zodiac animals
Freedom for All: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the dream
of equal rights for all
Human Body: Muscular and
Digestive Systems
Names and function
The digestive and excretory systems
Taking care of your body
February
Directions
Understand and follow directions
Understand and read maps
“location” words
Facts for Numbers 4, 5 and 10
Multiplication and division by 4’s, 5’s, and
10’s
Basic Geography Concepts
Spatial Sense – working with maps and
globes
Geographical terms and features
Magnetism
Magnetism poles and field
Law of magnetic attraction
Orienteering
March
Spring and Growth
Understand seasonal changes
Describe changes in human body with
growth
Understand and use punctuation: colon
and double quotation
Money
Adding and subtracting
combinations of bills and coins
Fraction
Recognize and name halves and
quarters
Recognize and write fractions
Environment
Ways that the environment influences
people
Humans both adapt to, and change, the
environment.
Healthy Diet
The “food pyramid”
Vitamins and minerals
April
Modern and Olden Times
Stories of migration to America’s
west
Describe differences between
present and past
Understand and use simple
machines
Time
Tell time to the 5-minue mark
Time Intervals
Capacity
Measure and estimate in liters,
cups, pints, quarts, half-gallon,
and gallon
Compare measurements
Westward Expansion
Pioneers head west
Native Americans
Immigration and Citizenship
Land of opportunity
the meaning of “e pluribus Unum”(合众为
一)
Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
Millions of newcomers
The idea of citizenship
Earth and Space Science
Measure, record and
describe weather conditions
using common tools.
Temperature, precipitation,
sunrise/sunset, and wind
speed/direction.
Four Seasons
Appreciating the beautiful planet
May/ June
Visit Other Countries
Understand the basics of Japan
(location, time zones, cultures/arts)
Use known vocabulary/sentences to
share own travel experiences
Graphs
Picture Graphs
Geometry
Flat and Curved Faces
Describe and extend
Area
Counting Square Units
Introduce a Modern Country: Japan
Geography
Culture
Simple Machine
Lever, pulley, wheel-and-axle,
inclined plane, wedge, screw
Friction
Responsive Classroom
Community Building
Social Language Learning
Academic Language enrichment
Classroom Schedule
(2D)
What our students need to grasp
in second grade Chinese
Characters (字)
Write 220 Chinese characters related to the 2nd grade curriculum
using correct stroke order.
Phrases (词)
Use characters to make words/phrases.
Understand Chinese character relationship: Synonyms, Antonyms,
homonyms, polyphones, etc.
Sentence (句)
Recognize and write complete sentences
Paragraph (段落)
Essay (短文)
Examples of Homework
8 Steps of Model Drawing
1. Read the entire problem.
2. Decide who is involved in the problem.
3. Decide what is involved in the problem.
4. Draw unit bars of equal length.
5. Read each sentence, one at a time.
6. Put the question mark in place.
7.Work computation to the side or underneath.
8. Answer the question in a complete sentence.
Addition Example: Alicia had $6 more than Bobby. If Bobby had $10, how much did they
have altogether?
Step one: Read the entire problem
“Alicia had $6 more than Bobby. If Bobby had
$10, how much did they have altogether?
Step two: Decide who is involved in the problem.
Alicia
Bobby
Step three: Decide what is involved in the problem
Alicia’s money
Bobby’s money
Step four: Draw unit bars of equal length
Alicia’s money
Bobby’s money
Step five: Read each sentence, one at a time.
A
“Alicia had $6 more than Bobby.”
Alicia’s money
$6
Bobby’s money
B
“If Bobby had $10,….”
Alicia’s money
Bobby’s money
$10
$6
C
“… how much did they have altogether
Step six: Put the question mark in place
Alicia’s money
$10 $6
Bobby’s money
$10
?
Step seven: work computation to the side or
underneath.
$10+$6=$16 $16+$10=$26
Step eight: Answer the question in a complete
sentence
Alicia and bobby had $26 altogether.
Classroom Rules
Hopes & Dreams
Safety
Be Respectful
Listen to the teacher and follow directions
attentively
Keep hands to yourself
Work hard and do your best
Water bottle
Snacks
Please have your child
bring a water bottle to
school. Having a water
bottle reduces the
frequency to walk back
and forth from the
drinking fountain and
classroom.
There is a brief snack
time scheduled each
day for students to
have simple snacks in
the classroom. Please
send healthy and nutsfree snacks with your
child, if he/she would
like to have snacks in
school.
Homework Policies
• Homework (math and Chinese) most nights in 2nd Grade
• 30 minutes of English book reading and Chinese word
book each night
• Make sure your child has distraction-free homework
time and a set homework place
• We provide 15 to 20 minutes of free time per day for
students to complete part of their homework and ask
questions
Please check and sign your child’s takehome folder daily. Remind your child to hand in
the homework on time.
Classroom Expectations
•Always try
•Do your best
•Cooperate and help others
•Respect people and property
•Manage yourself!
•Classroom Agreement (rules)
Contact me by:
[email protected]
I look forward to working closely with you
and your child! Thank you in advance for your
continuous support and cooperation.
Xie Xie!