Transcript Welcome to 2C class! grade at Yinghua Academy as your child’s

Welcome to 2C 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 for each student.
Cheng Lasohi
09/10/2013
Who is Cheng Laoshi
 My name is Ye Cheng (Cheng Laoshi).
 Recently graduated from the University of MN with a
MA in Educational Psychology.
 This year is my first year at Yinghua. Prior to Yinghua, I
taught at Huaxia Chinese Academy in EP, and also did
a year of school counseling internship in Minneapolis
and St. Paul Public Schools in K-12 level.
 I am from Guangzhou, China. Besides Mandarin, I
speak Cantonese as well. I have been moving to
Minnesota for two years, loving this place!
We will talk about:
 Communication tool: classroom page
 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 page
(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: 2013yinghuarocks
 3. There will be a list of classroom teachers. Choose Cheng
Laoshi – 2nd Grade C
 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!
2013-2014 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
2013-2014 Second 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
(2C)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Morning Meeting
8:45-9:12
2C Homeroom
2C Homeroom
2C Homeroom
2C Homeroom
2C Homeroom
Period 1
9:15-10:05
English
Morris/Gill
Music
Jhou
Chinese
Cheng
English
Morris/Gill
Math
Cheng
Period 2
10:08-10:58
Art
Byram
English
Morris/Gill
PE
Thune
Science/Social Studies
Cheng
English
Morris/Gill
Period 3
11:01-11:20
Chinese
Cheng
Chinese
Cheng
Chinese
Cheng
Chinese
Cheng
Chinese
Cheng
Period 4
Lunch11:25 – 11;45
Recess 11:50--12:20
Period 4
Lunch11:25 – 11;45
Recess 11:50--12:20
Period 4
Lunch11:25 – 11;45
Recess 11:50--12:20
Period 4
Lunch11:25 – 11;45
Recess 11:50--12:20
Period 4
Lunch11:25 – 11;45
Recess 11:50--12:20
Period 4
Lunch11:25 – 11;45
Recess 11:50--12:20
12:20-12:57
Chinese
Cheng
Chinese
Cheng
Music
Jhou
Chinese
Cheng
Chinese
Cheng
Period 5
1:00-1:45
Math
Cheng
Math
Cheng
English
Morris/Gill
Math
Cheng
Chinese
Cheng
Period 6
1:48-2:33
Chinese
Cheng
English
Morris/Gill
Math
Cheng
Chinese
Cheng
PE
Thune
Period 7
2:36-3:21
Science/Social Studies
Cheng
Science/Social Studies
Cheng
Science/Social Studies
Cheng
Science/Social Studies
Cheng
English
Morris/Gill
PM Homeroom
Homework Lab
3:24-3:45
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.

Word (词）
Use characters to make words.
Understand Chinese character relationship: Synonyms, Antonyms,
classification, multiple meanings

Sentence (句）
Recognize and write complete sentences

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Paragraph (段落）
Essay (短文）
Examples of Homework
8 Steps of Model Drawing
 Read the entire problem.
 Decide who is involved in the problem.
 Decide what is involved in the problem.
 Draw unit bars of equal length.
 Read each sentence, one at a time.
 Put the question mark in place.
 Work computation to the side or underneath.
 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 take
home 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
Making good choices
•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!