China

Second grade students "traveled" to China through videos, books, crafts, activities, music, language, and food this week. On Monday and Tuesday, each student went to all of the four classrooms to learn about the written language, oral language, culture, and geography of China. On Wednesday and Thursday, classes celebrated the Chinese New Year with a festival of fried rice, chow mein noodles, moon cookies, fortune cookies, vanilla ice cream, mandarin oranges, and green tea. We tried our hand at using chopsticks but spoons were also available. We made hats to wear during our celebration. I'll have photos to post soon. If you have a birthday, we can now sing to you in Chinese! Also on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, students completed more activities learning additional information about our four goals. During storytime we listened to Chinese storybooks and discussed our current weekly reading comprehension skill. Next week we will finish up the storybooks, any activities we didn't have time to complete, and watch a movie where we will see all that we have been learning about. Then we're on to studying about Abraham Lincoln.
Do you think the Groundhog will see its shadow? We'll be checking on that!