• At the end of the day, we have a reflection time ( 15 mins at the end of the day )

• Use different colors to reflect on the student's mood or feelings to journal at the end of the day. Students can choose their own mood/color

• Learning how to reflect

• Activity on both Language class

Strategy

• Anchor Chart utilize picture clues

• Use Glossary

  
  

• Every day, we focus on the same writing phase (e.g. Mon: circle map, Tue: more thinking map, Wed: Draft, etc.) in both English and Mandarin class.

• We use the same thinking maps adapted from Level Chinese.

• We use the same anchor charts (bridging posters) in both classrooms.

• We will have both English and Chinese writing paragraphs on the final project.

the emotions we will be focusing on are :happy, sad, angry, scared, surprised, shy

we will be using pictures/drawings to connect/describe the emotions.

we will also be practicing how to express emotions using languages.

• Mission statements bridging posters

• Mission statements in both languages (maybe make songs) and students review the statements every day.

• Reward system posters (visual) in both classes.

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English - Our Class is a Family

Mandarin -

• Circle Map as anchor chart

• Rule setting & class expectations

• Week 2

Mission Statements

• Circle Map - Our family mission statement is...我們的使命宣言是...

  • Choose 3 ideas to create mission statement

  • Translanguage after each lesson

• Weeks 3-4

7 Habits Lessons (First 8 Days)

• In the center circle put "My backpack has"

• In the outside circle put "math book, computer, folder, water bottle

Use bubble map:

• In the center circle put "Respect others I will"

• In the outside circle put "listen to mom, liten to dad, listen to teacher...

• UDI: high achievers can do more.

-connecting cubes

-pattern blocks

-counters & 5-frame

-geoblocks

-pollution

-eco-friendly

-earth

-healthy

-transportation

-scooter

-walking

-bicycle

-riding

-car

-electric car

-train

-airplane

-boat

10/1-10/4 & 10/7-10/11 & 10/14-10/18: Concepts about Government (Benchmark Unit 3)

10/21-10/25 & 10/28-11/1 & 11/4-11/8: Continue with Government unit (Focus on Opinion Writing) in Mandarin class & English moves on to Unit 4 (Point of View)

Week of 10/2-10/4 (S day Mon):

Habitats - review & Jane desert; Gemma wetland

Week of 10/7-10/11 &

Week of 10/14-10/18 :

End habitat unit; Start on WIGs & Informational Writing for conferences

Week of 10/21-10/25 (conference week)

Week of 10/28-11/1:

Start PBL

Developing a Nation

(Connection to California History)

Different points of view

Math: Extending Operations to Fractions

(Equal Groups of Fractions

Adding and Subtracting

Addition of Tenths and Hundredths)

• citizen

• community

• responsible

• law

• rules

• vote

Oct 18th - Math: Operations and story problem vocabulary

• addition

• subtraction

• less than

• more than

• compare

• sum

• difference

• data

Nov 14th - Biomimicry PBL:

• shell

• camouflage

• spikes

• cactus

• turtle

• narrator

• beginning

• middle

• end

• setting

Writing

• opinion writing: Would you rather live in the city or country?

• citizen

• community

• responsible

• law

• rules

• vote

Writing Informational