10. HAUSAUFGABE (HOMEWORK) (Math is on the second file)
10/22/2015
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This week started beautifully again – with nice weather and time outdoors. The rain
forced us to have indoor picnics and gym-recesses.
Math: We continued working on skip counting did some testing and concluded
chapters.
German: We worked more insistently on spelling and completed the body parts test.
Science: We had fun completing further experiments on gravity – with control and
evaluation. Gravity in the universe (inter-planetary approach) will be next.
Music: As usual, the students learned with the CSCC.
PE: The children worked on their fitness in the gym with the PE teacher. They also
got graded.
On Tuesday the students learned from our school nurse about the importance of
washing hands, especially during this cold season.
On Wednesday Kaiser Permanente offered an entertaining and informative one-hour
play on healthy habits. The children had a great time watching.
I’d like to encourage you to help your kids to turn in all their homework. I still have
three students who did NEVER turn in ANY homework this trimester. Please catch
up by Tuesday – it matters.
We have been writing many tests these two weeks – as usually at the end of a
trimester. In case your kid has been absent, he/she might need to catch up next week.
Have him/her well rested and prepared to study Monday/Tuesday nights.
On Monday we will be going on our field trip (serious lunch needed!). I hope that all
the parents signed up. Your child can have school lunch only if you signed him/her
up for it by Tuesday morning. We are looking forward to all the children having a
great time. Our advanced thanks to the chaperones! We just need to remind them that
we CAN’T provide transport nor entry tickets for more persons than our students this
year.
On November 11th we will celebrate St. Martin’s Day with a lantern walk and sweets.
We will craft the lanterns on November 9th. Please see, complete and return the
attached flyer.
Have a beautiful weekend and a great week,
Häufigkeitswortschatz–Kurzwörter & A- und E-Wörter
(frequents short words) & a- and e-words
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NOTE TO THE PARENTS:
You can start making vocabulary cards at home by printing out these forms from
your e-mail attachment. Kids like to spell and (self-) control their spelling, and the
practice will help them a long way.
The hard copy of this homework will only show a word list that contains the same
words – you can use that to study, in case you can’t print anything out.
Please keep your kids writing!!!
Have your children write at least 10 words/one paragraph each day (journal, letters,
ideas/phantasy stories, wish lists) – either in English or in German. Encourage
them to write orderly and praise them. Love/passion for both, reading AND
writing, will make school much easier/enjoyable for them.
Mental Math is going to be a major subject for the next few years. Thus,
please, use any possibility to skip count with your children: first graders should be
proficient with at least 2s and 5s up to 100. By the end of the year, second graders
should be able to count from 2s to 12s up to 144 and more, and know about the
place values of ones and tens (and hundreds). Please, practice simple addition and
subtraction (second graders might want to practice multiplication/the times table).
For Science please have them work with scales – probably mainly in the kitchen –
and to estimate weight. We will focus more on measuring gravity – that’s why
awareness for inertia, traction, acceleration and physical forces in general would be
of interest. Age appropriate science shows online and on TV might reinforce their
interest. Just don’t let them have too much screen time.
I hope that you can enjoy their singing. Singing in German reinforces their
confidence, motivation and language skills. Most kids in class love dancing: have
fun!
That said, you don’t need to return any homework for week 10.
Repeated thanks for sending your children to my class every day. I did enjoy all of
them for this trimester, and I hope that they had some fun learning. We focused on
creating a motivational basis for more assessment-driven work for the rest of this
school year.
I would love more communication with the parents: my suggestion would be an
parents-teacher meeting once a month on Mondays after school – parents wouldn’t
need to come in extra for it. Minutes could be drafted and send to the working
parents who won’t be able to attend. Please let me know your take on this.
In the new semester I will have a website presence with links, homework and
current information. You will be able to use online references any time at home.
Birgitta Day.-
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GVA 2nd Annual St. Martin Lantern Walk
St. Martin and the Lantern Walk
Saint Martin initially worked as a Roman legionary but was later appointed the
third Bishop of Tours. According to lore, he was a modest and altruistic man.
The legend of how he saved a homeless person from freezing to death by giving
him half of his cloak is known to children in all parts of Germany.
Many children build their
own lanterns in the runup to November 11. On the
evening of St. Martinʼs
Day, there are lantern processions
(Martinsumzüge or Laternenumzüge) in
towns and cities all over Germany. They
are often led by an actor impersonating the Saint, who is usually dressed up
as a Roman soldier riding on a horse.
Please join us in our GVA Lantern Walk
Date of the lantern walk: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. (We will
meet at the main entrance of GVA.)
Dress in warm clothes! After the lantern walk, we will have cookies and something
warm to drink. Parents can either make their own lanterns at home or make one at
the craft day at the school cafeteria.
Parents who would like to make a lantern at the school will need to purchase a
lantern kit, which costs $7 and has everything you will need to make one lantern.
(Includes lantern rod, light, and craft materials). Cash only please!!!
Parents are invited to make their own lanterns at the school:
Monday, November 9, 2015, 1:00– 3:15 p.m.
Please check how many lanterns you would like to purchase, sign the slip and return
it to the school by Monday, November 2, 2015.
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Please turn this portion into the PTO Lock Box
across the hall from the office.
o Yes, I would like to join the lantern walk and make a lantern at the school. The
amount of $______ is included for ____ lantern kit(s).
Name of parent:
_________________________________________________________________
Name of child(ren):
_______________________________________________________________
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