Week 19 Newsletter: Grade 4
(January 2nd- January 5th)
This Past Week’s Events
This week the grade 4’s continued their study of Canada and mapping out the country. The students were able to explain where items were located on a map using the directions north, south, east and west. Then, students were tasked with describing items on a map as well as in the real world with words such as, between, next to, above and below. These prepositions are crucial for communicating locations in English. All these skills allow students to navigate through maps and through the world around them in English.
At the end of the week, we reviewed for the final exam next Tuesday, January 9th. The exam will cover what we learned in our country unit and some of our Canada unit. Students will review topics such as, housing, clothing, transportation, map reading and prepositions. Students can use the weekend to further study the material in preparation for the exam.
Next Week’s Expectations
At the start of next week, students will review for and take their final exam. After exam day, we return to our study of Canada. We will begin identifying and describing important places in the country of Canada. We will learn about cities such as, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Exploring the important places in Canada will help students better understand the greater world outside Taiwan as well as gain important knowledge that will aid students should they chose to travel abroad one day.
Key Words
Verbs / Canada Words / Prepositions and Directions / Spelling Wordsto go
to be
to visit
to travel
to drive / Canada
Ontario
Quebec
province
Toronto
Vancouver
Montreal
city
culture / between
beside
above
below
next to
across
North
South
East
West /
- flag
- city
- from
- country
- Canada
- across
- beautiful
- below
- above
- visit
Key Social Conventions
Where would you like to visit?I would like to visit ___.
Whose _____ is this?
It’s ______.
It’s ______.
Where are you from?
I am from ______. / Where would you like to visit?
I would like to visit Canada.
Whose flag is this?
It’s Quebec’s flag.
It’s blue and white.
Where are you from?
I am from Toronto.
Homework
With the 3x3 homework grid, we encourage students to choose a different row each time to ensure they are completing a variety of tasks each week.
Raz Kids Recommendations
There is no raz-kids homework this weekend. We want students to utilize the weekend to study for their exam the following Tuesday.
However, reading should be a part of every child’s daily routine. As teachers we know the importance of instilling good reading habits in children. To help your child to adopt good reading habits, we recommend you to give your child the time to read for personal interests such as in a public library or even at home on Raz Kids.
As a common practice, Children should be given the opportunity to choose books of their own interests and to read in a relaxed environment. We hope that you can support your child’s love for reading by allowing for this this time in their daily routines.
Sincerely,
The Grade 4 Teachers
光仁小學ESL雙語班週報–四年級
第一學期第十九週
本週重點(01/02 ~ 01/05)
這週，四年級學生繼續探索更多關於加拿大的事物，並學習如何在地圖上標出位置。學生能夠運用東，西，南，北方位來描述地圖上物品的位置。老師也同時考驗學生，讓他們使用between（在…之間）、next to（在…旁邊）、above（在…之上）、below（在…之下）等介系詞描述生活中事物的方位。當我們用英語來描述地點時，這些字詞是非常重要的。這些技能可以讓學生以英語的思維思考地圖方位及周邊的世界。
週五，我們複習了下週二(1/9)期末考的內容。考試範圍包含我們學過的”國家’’單元以及部分“關於加拿大”的單元。學生將會複習像是房子、服飾、交通工具、地圖瀏覽以及介係詞等主題。他們也可以先利用週末的時間複習，為期末考做準備。
下週重點(01/08 - 01/12)
週一，他們將會為期末考做複習，而週二，我們將進行本學期的期末考。考試結束後，我們將回到加拿大的主題，學生將學習辨認以及描述加拿大的重要城市，一同了解多倫多，蒙特婁和溫哥華等城市。探索加拿大的重要地點將有助於他們更多元的了解台灣以外更廣闊的世界，並獲得重要的知識，讓他們思考在未來是否想至這些地方旅遊。
主題字彙
Verbs / Canada Words / Prepositions and Directions / Spelling Wordsto go 去
to be 成為
to visit 參觀
to travel 旅遊
to drive 開車 / Canada 加拿大
Ontario安大略
Quebec 魁北克
province 省
Toronto 多倫多
Vancouver 溫哥華
Montreal 蒙特婁
city 城市
culture 文化 / between 在…之間
beside 在…旁邊
above 在…之上
below 在…之下
next to 在…旁邊
across在…對面
North 北邊
South 南邊
East 東邊
West 西邊 / flag 旗子
city 城市
from 從…
country 國家
Canada 加拿大
across 在…對面
beautiful 漂亮的
below 在…之下
above 在…之上
visit 參觀
主要句型
Where would you like to visit?你想去哪裡參觀？
I would like to visit ___.
我想去參觀______。
Whose _____ is this?
這是誰的______？
It’s ______.
它是______的。
Where are you from?
你來自哪裡？
I am from ______.
我來自______。 / Where would you like to visit?
你想去哪裡參觀？
I would like to visit Canada.
我想去參觀加拿大。
Whose flag is this?
這是哪裡的旗子？
It’s Quebec’s flag.
這是魁北克的旗子。
It’s blue and white.
它是藍色與白色的。
Where are you from?
你來自哪裡？
I am from Toronto.
我來自多倫多。
作業
關於九宮格的作業單，我們鼓勵學生每次選擇不同行的作業，以確保他們每週都能完成多樣性的練習。
Raz Kids推薦書籍
本週沒有raz-kids的作業。希望他們可以利用這個週末來複習下週二的考試。
然而，閱讀應該是每個學生應養成的每日習慣，而身為老師，我們知道灌輸良好的閱讀習慣對孩子而言是很重要的。為了幫助您的孩子養成良好的閱讀習慣，我們建議讓他們運用圖書館的書或是Raz Kids，閱讀自己有興趣的書籍。
在孩子們練習時，我們應給予他們機會，選擇自己感興趣的書籍，並讓他們在輕鬆的環境中閱讀。我們希望家長協助孩子，在日常習慣中培養對閱讀的熱愛。
誠摯地，
四年級老師