Panda Bears Newsletter – May 14, 2010

May 18, 2010 by  
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Dear Panda Bear Families,

Language: What are the parts of a car (family car)?
What kinds of cars do you see on the road everyday when you go out? We have discovered cars (汽车), dump trucks (砂石车), garbage trucks (垃圾车), …

Panda Bears Newsletter – May 3, 2010

May 6, 2010 by  
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No. 12 Bamboo Garden Panda Bear Newsletter.

Dear Panda Bear Families:

Language: (What is made from trees?)
How important is a tree to us, to our earth? We had an open discussion about what is made from trees. By looking …

Winnie Bear Newsletter – May 3, 2010

May 6, 2010 by  
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Dear Winnie Bear Families,

For the past two weeks, we continued our inquiry on “Trees.”

Language: Vocabulary
We reinforced vocabulary that was taught throughout this inquiry. We also spent some time webbing and brainstorming with the children about what can …

Panda Bear Newsletter – April 15, 2010

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Dear Panda Bear Families,

Language:
After picking up seeds from the park, we discussed the many different kinds. From the docent, Miss Shu of Tilden Botanical Garden, we realized that leaves have a lot of different shapes. We had objects …

Winnie Bear Newsletter – April 15, 2010

April 16, 2010 by  
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Dear Winnie Bear Families,

In addition, to continuing our “Tree” unit, the past two weeks have been filled with special activities. On Thursday, April 1st, we had a whole school egg hunt. On Tuesday, April 6th, Shu Wen, a docent …

Panda Bears Newsletter – March 26, 2010

April 7, 2010 by  
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No.10 Panda Bear Newsletter March 15-26, 2010

Dear Panda Bear Parents,

Language:
By looking at the trunk poster, what are we missing? We discussed what is missing on the poster. Branches(树枝), leaves(叶子), flowers(花), fruit(水果), blossom(花苞), roots(树根). After learning the different …

Winnie Bear Newsletter – March 26, 2010

April 2, 2010 by  
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Dear Winnie Bear Families,

For the past two weeks, we continued our “Tree” unit.

Language: Vocabulary
Below is a list of theme specific vocabulary words that have been introduced:
1.Blossoms – 花苞(hua bao)
2.Bark – 树皮(shu pi)
3.Seed – 种子(zhong …

Winnie Bear Newsletter March 12, 2010

March 18, 2010 by  
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For the past two weeks, we started our “Tree” unit.

Language: Vocabulary
Below is a list of theme specific vocabulary words that have been introduced:
1.Tree – 树(shu)
2.Leaves – 树叶(shu ye)
3.Branch – 树支(shu zhi)
4.Trunk – 树干(shu gan)…

Panda Bear Newsletter March 1-March 12

March 14, 2010 by  
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No.9 Panda Bear Newsletter (March 1-March 12)

Language:
1. What is “it” on the poster? What do you think “that” is? What do you think “it” looks like? When do you see “it”? Is “it” food? Can we eat “it” …

Panda Bear Newsletter Feb.1-Feb.26

March 14, 2010 by  
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NO. 8 Panda Bear Newsletter Feb.1-Feb.26 (Winter break, Feb.12-19)

Language: 十二生肖的故事 (12 animals)
We talked about the story of the 12 zodiac animals. The story shared how people decided on the 12 animals for calculating the years. We introduced the …

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