This Past Week's Events

Week 9 Newsletter - Grade 3

(October 23rd – October 27th)

This Past Week's Events

The grade 3s have started to work on a new project: creating a country. The students have been creating different homes for their countries based upon the environmental conditions with their countries. Some students have had to contend with issues related to extreme heat, extreme cold, frequent typhoons, and frequent earthquakes amongst others. The students have been working in groups to make a viable country and will continue to work together in the coming weeks.

This week students also learned to about countries and continents. Students learned about the different types of housing found in the various regions of the world. They also learned how to describe their own homes and how to speak about where they live in terms of address, neighborhood, and city.

In addition to this work, the students have received homework in the same format as the previous week. This was a chance for the students to review and practice some of the new words that continue to be a bit difficult for them.

Next Week's Expectations

Next week we will continue our new unit on cultures around the world. We will take the time to look at the ways transportation differs between countries, as well as the ways in which they are similar. We will be looking at the types of transportationin different countries around the world. From there we will look at why transportation is different in different places.

We will also begin reviewing for the upcoming midterm examination. The exam will take place during the first full week of November. Students will be asked a wide array of questions covering all topics previously covered in the class. This includes but is not limited to character traits, hobbies, class subjects, housing, countries, and continents. This week’s homework will give the students an opportunity to practice and review previous subject matter.

Key Words

Australia
Asia
North America
South America
Africa
Europe
Antarctica
Taiwan
Japan
India
United States of America
Canada
France
United Kingdom
Germany
Australia
New Zealand
Nigeria
Egypt
South Africa
China
Brazil
Peru
Argentina
Mexico / apartment
house
door
window
wall
hallway
shelter
subject
science
math
English
Chinese
social studies
polite
honest
dishonest
caring
mean
engineer
artist
plumber
electrician
teacher
Doctor
read
watching
movie
listening
music / station
airport
subway
ticket
taxi
bullet train
scooter
bus
train
plane
monorail
hard-working
history
physical education
art
music
health
draw
picture
play
instrument
sports
games
learn
study
test
difficult
easy
challenge

Key Social Conventions

What is the difference between ______and ______?
Where is ______located?
It is in/at ______.
Where do you live?
I live at ______.
What does your house look like?
It is ______and ______.
How do you get to school?
I use a/the ______/ What is the difference between Canada and Taiwan?
Where is Taipei 101 located?
It is in Taipei.
Where do you live?
I live at No.1, Jiade Road.
What does your house look like?
It is small and comfortable.
How do you get to school?
I use the bus

Homework

This coming week we will be using the same homework board of the past two weeks.

One activity "Using Verbs" will give the students the chance to practice how to use verbs when they're talking about different sets of people. Please ensure that your child uses all three verbs in the activity and completes it by creating 21 separate sentences.

Another activity "Belonging to" will help the students practice using 's to show possession.

A third new box is called "Questions and Answers" where students will make questions using the key words, and write the answers to them. Please note that each weeks “Questions and Answers” section will ask the students to use a specific category from the keywords list.

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F: The Food Chain

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Sincerely,

The Grade 3 Teachers

光仁小學ESL雙語班週報– 三年級

第一學期第九週

本週重點(10/23 - 10/27)

三年級的學生開始學習他們新的作業:設計一個國家。學生根據他們國家的環境條件，設計了不同的家，有些學生不得不面對極熱、極冷、頻繁的颱風、頻繁地震這類的相關議題，學生藉由小組討論一起設計一個國家並於接下來幾週繼續合作。

本週學生們也學了國家和不同的大陸，學生們學了在世界不同地區不同類型的房屋，他們也學了如何去描述他們自己的家和如何說出他們住的地方的地址、鄰近地區和城市。

除了上述課程外，學生們也收到了與前一週相同格式的作業。這是一個讓學生複習和練習較深字彙的機會。

下週重點(10/30 – 11/3)

下週我們將持續新的單元:世界各地的文化，我們將花時間來研究各國之間的交通運輸方式，學習各國的相似處及不同處。我們將學習世界各國的交通運輸種類，然後了解為什麼不同地方使用不同的交通工具。

我們也會為了即將到來的期中考試做複習。期中考試將在11月的第二週舉行，學生們將被問到以前在課堂上所有學習主題的各種問題。會包含學過的主題但並不只限於性格特質、興趣愛好、科目、住房、國家和洲(大陸)。這週的回家作業將給學生一個練習和複習以前課程的機會。

下週主題字彙

Australia澳洲
Asia亞洲
North America北美洲
South America 南美洲
Africa 非洲
Europe歐洲
Antarctica南極洲
Taiwan 台灣
Japan日本
India印度
United States of America美國
Canada加拿大
France法國
United Kingdom英國
Germany德國
Australia澳洲
New Zealand紐西蘭
Nigeria奈及利亞
Egypt埃及
South Africa 南非
China中國
Brazil巴西
Peru祕魯
Argentina阿根廷
Mexico墨西哥 / apartment公寓
house房子
door門
window 窗戶
wall牆壁
hallway走廊
shelter候車亭
subject 科目
science 科學
math數學
English 英文
Chinese 中文
social studies社會
polite禮貌的
honest 誠實的
dishonest不誠實的
caring 關心的
mean惡劣的
engineer工程師
artist藝術家
plumber水管工
electrician電工
teacher老師
doctor醫生
read讀
watching正在看
movie電影
listening正在聽
music音樂 / station車站
airport機場
subway地鐵
ticket票
taxi計程車
bullet train子彈列車
scooter摩托車
bus公車
train火車
plane飛機
monorail單軌
hard-working努力的
history 歷史
physical education 體育
art 美術
music 音樂
health健康
draw畫畫
picture照片
play玩
instrument樂器
sports運動
games遊戲
learn學習
study念書
test考試
difficult困難
easy簡單
challenge挑戰

主要相關句型Social Conventions

What is the difference between ______and ______?
_____與_____有什麼差別？
Where is ______located?
______位於哪裡？
It is in/at ______.
在______
Where do you live?
你住哪?
I live at ______.
我住在_____。
What does your house look like?
你的房子看起來怎麼樣？
It is ______and ______.
它____且____。
How do you get to school?
你怎麼去學校?
I use a/the ______
我搭______。 / What is the difference between Canada and Taiwan?
加拿大與台灣有甚麼差別？
Where is Taipei 101 located?
台北101位於哪裡？
It is in Taipei.
在台北。
Where do you live?
你住哪?
I live at No.1, Jiade Road.
我住在Jiade路1號
What does your house look like?
你的房子看起來怎麼樣？
It is small and comfortable.
它小且舒適。
How do you get to school?
你怎麼去學校?
I use the bus
我搭公車。

作業

下週我們將使用與過去兩週相同的作業表。

其一為「使用動詞」，將讓學生們練習與不同的人說話時動詞應如何使用。請確認你的小孩在作業中使用3個動詞並寫出21個句子。

第二為「屬於」的應用，將讓學生們利用’s來練習表達所有權。

第三個新的項目稱之為「問與答」，學生們將嘗試用主題字彙問問題，並寫下答案。請注意每週的「問與答」單元會讓學生從單字表裡使用特定種類的字彙。

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