Thursday 22 June 2017

Tuesday 20 June 2017

Wednesday the 21st of June 2017 Summer Solstice

Today's Lesson:

Trolls (continued).
Why we shouldn't use smartphones when walking or driving. (Youtube).
Wearing seatbelts in the car (Youtube).

Today's Homework:

None

Tuesday the 20th of June 2017

Today's Lesson:

'Trolls'

Today's Homework:

None

Sunday 18 June 2017

Monday 12 June 2017

Tuesday the 13th of June 2017

Today's Lesson:

Introduce W18 Vocabulary
M.S pp. 112 - 123

Today's Homework:

No Homework

Sunday 11 June 2017

Monday the 12th of June 2017

Today's Lesson:

Introduce the W18 vocabulary
M.S pp.112 - 123

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday

Friday 9 June 2017

Friday the 9th of June 2017

Today's Lesson:

PACK animal sanctuary in Taiwan.
Movie: 'Hachi A Dogs Tale' (2009) A college professor (Richard Gere) forms a lasting bond with a dog that he finds on a train platform.

Today's Homework:

HWC for Friday

Thursday the 8th of June 2017

Today's Lesson:

Writing: Thank you to all the teachers.

Today's Homework:

HWC for Thursday

Wednesday 7 June 2017

Wednesday the 7th of June 2017

Today's Lesson:

6th Grade Basketball Tournament

Today's Homework:

HWC for Wednesday

Tuesday 6 June 2017

Tuesday the 6th of June 2017

Today's Lesson:

Class Trip to Jinshan Old Street and Paintball Game

Today's Homework:

HWC for Tuesday

Sunday 4 June 2017

Monday the 5th of June 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.96 - 107 'A Simple Gift/A Birthday Giveaway'
Video of Dan West and Heifer International

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday

Friday 2 June 2017

Saturday the 3rd of June 2017

Today's Lesson:

Introduce the W17 vocabulary
M.S pp.96 - 103

Today's Homework:

Review the story

Friday the 2nd of June 2017

Today's Lesson:

Final Exams

Today's Homework:

Preview the next story in M.S pp.96 - 107  'A Simple Gift'

Wednesday 31 May 2017

Thursday the 1st of June 2017

Today's Lesson:

Final Written Exam

Today's Homework:

Review for the Mathematics, Science & Health Exams tomorrow.

Tuesday 30 May 2017

Wednesday the 31st of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

Review for the final written exam

Today's Homework:

Review for the final written exam

Thursday 25 May 2017

Friday the 26th of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

Final Listening Exam

Today's Homework:

Review for the final written exam

Wednesday 24 May 2017

Thursday the 25th of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.86 - 95
Review for the final written exam 

Today's Homework:

HWC for Wednesday
Review for the final written exam next week.

Wednesday the 24th of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

Final Vocab Exam

Today's Homework:

HWC for Tuesday
Review for the Final Written Exam next week

Monday 22 May 2017

Tuesday the 23rd of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

EXP Class trip to Yangminshan (cooking activity)

Today's Homework:

Review for Wednesday's Final Vocab Exam

Monday the 22nd of May 2017

Today"s Lesson:

Introduce the W15 vocab
M.S pp.86 - 95

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday

Review for the Final Vocabulary Exam on Wednesday 24th of May

Friday 19 May 2017

Friday the 19th of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

W14 Vocab Quiz

Today's Homework:

HWC for Friday

Here is the test scope for the final exams.

6th Grade Test Scope for the Final Exams
The third monthly tests will focus on materials and vocabulary taught from Weeks 9 – 1
The table below shows the materials, page numbers, and vocabulary to be reviewed.
My Sidewalks)
pp.8 - 95
Practice Book (Level D)
pp.101 - 116
HWC Handouts
for W9 – W15

Monthly Vocab Exam
Wednesday the 24TH of May 2017
Monthly Listening and Reading Exam
Friday the 26th of May 2017
Monthly Written Exam
Thursday the 1st of June 2017
As long as students review the stories and articles covered in M.S (My Sidewalks), the P.B (practice book). Review the HWC (Homework Cycle) handouts with the vocabulary, synonyms, definitions and word form. There should be no reason for them not to get perfect scores.

20 to 30 minutes reviewing each day will be enough for them to achieve excellent results.

Thursday the 18th of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.70 - 81

Today's Homework:

HWC for Thursday

Wednesday 17 May 2017

Wednesday the 17th of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp. 70-79
PB pp. 110 - 111

EXP Class: Tree planting

Today's Homework:

HWC for Wednesday

Tuesday 16 May 2017

Sunday 14 May 2017

Monday the 15th of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

Introduce the Week 14 vocabulary
M.S pp.70 - 77 'Becoming and American'

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday

Thursday 11 May 2017

Wednesday 10 May 2017

Thursday the 11th of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.60 - 69 
Basketball NBA/FIBA/ Olympic

Today's Homework:

HWC for Wednesday

Tuesday 9 May 2017

Wednesday the 10th of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.60 - 69
EXP Class: e-waste

Today's Homework:

HWC for Tuesday

Tuesday the 9th of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

Introduce W13 vocabulary
M.S pp.60 - 69 'Immigration/ A Shooting Star From China'

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday

Sunday 7 May 2017

Monday the 8th of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

Classes have been moved to tomorrow morning.

Today's Homework:

No Homework

Friday the 5th of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

W12 Vocab Quiz

Today's Homework:

HWC for Friday

Thursday the 4th of May (May the 4th be with you)

Today's Lesson:

M.S.pp.46-55

Today's Homework:

HWC for Wednesday
Review for the vocab quiz tomorrow

Wednesday the 3rd of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp46 - 55
EXP - e-waste

Today's Homework:

HWC for Tuesday

Monday 1 May 2017

Tuesday the 2nd of May 2017

Today's Lesson:

Introduce the W12 vocabulary
M.S pp.46 - 53 'Sammy The Sofa'

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday

Thursday 27 April 2017

Friday the 28th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

W11 Vocab Quiz

Today's Homework:

HWC for Friday

Thursday the 27th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

W11 Vocab Quiz

Today's Homework:

Review for tomorrow's vocab quiz

Tuesday 25 April 2017

Wednesday the 26th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

604 Experience Class Field Trip to Chushawan and Dugu House
April 24th
Departure time from school
09:30
Arrival time at Chushawan
10:30
Lunchtime:
11:50 – 12:20
Departure time from Chushawan
12:30
Arrival time at Dugu House
12:40
Departure time from Dugu House/Return to
School
14:40


The students will participate in a beach cleaning exercise for 
one hour. Following this activity, we will go to Dugu House,
where the students will learn about recycling first-hand from 
the owner of the house. He will also teach them how we can 
make things from recycled rubbish/trash into something 
useful.

Today's Homework:


HWC for Wednesday


Tuesday the 25th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.34 - 45 'The Secret of Success/Hurdles to Success'
Youtube video of brain surgery and WASPS (Women Airforce Service Pilots)

Today's Homework:

HWC for Tuesday 

Sunday 23 April 2017

Monday the 24th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

Introduce the W11 vocabulary
Explain and demonstrate how students should do their homework in the writing book.
M.S pp.34 - 47 'The Secret of Success'

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday - to be completed in the writing book

Thursday 20 April 2017

Friday the 21st of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

W10 vocab quiz
PB pp.101 - 104

Today's Homework:

HWC for Friday

Wednesday 19 April 2017

Thursday the 20th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.18 - 29

Today's Homework:

Review for tomorrow's vocab quiz

Wednesday the 18th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.18 - 29
EXP Class - E-waste

Today's Homework:

HWC for Wednesday

Monday 17 April 2017

Tuesday the 18th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.18 - 29 'The Wright Report' & '74th Street'

YouTube video of the Wright brothers, early aviation attempts, Concorde and wingsuits.

Today's Homework:

HWC for Tuesday


Sunday 16 April 2017

Monday the 17th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

Introduce W10 vocabulary
M.S pp.18 - 25 'The Wright Report'

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday

Thursday 13 April 2017

Friday the 14th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

W9 Vocab Quiz

Today's Homework:

HWC for Friday

Thursday the 13th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.8 - 17

Today's Homework:

HWC for Wednesday + Review for tomorrow's vocab quiz

Wednesday the 12th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

School Trip to Window On China.

Today's Homework:

No Homework today

Tuesday the 11th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.8 - 17 'The Ferris Wheel/They Didn't Give Up'
Review this week's vocab

Today's Homework:

HWC for Tuesday

Sunday 9 April 2017

Monday the 10th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

Introduce W9 vocabulary
M.S (D6) pp.8 - 17 'The Ferris Wheel' & 'They Didn't Give Up.'

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday

Friday 7 April 2017

Wednesday 5 April 2017

Thursday the 6th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

Mid-Term Written Exam

Today's Homework:

Review for the exams

*I have just graded the mid-term written test papers, and it seems that many students did not review much at all. I understand that they have their Chinese, maths, and social studies exams, but this is the first time I have seen scores like these, in this my third year of teaching 6th grade at Xinmin.


Wednesday the 5th of April 2017

Today's Lesson:

Review for tomorrow's mid-term written exam

Today's Homework:

Review for tomorrow's mid-term written exam

Thursday 30 March 2017

Friday the 31st of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

Children's Day

Today's Homework:

Review for the mid-term written exam

Thursday the 30th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

Review M.S stories and articles for the written exam.

Today's Homework:

Review M.S stories and articles for the written exam.

Tuesday 28 March 2017

Wednesday the 29th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

Review for the mid-term written exam

Today's Homework:

Review for the mid-term written exam

Tuesday the 28th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S  Review vocab weeks 1 - 6

Today's Homework:

Review vocab weeks 1 - 6

Sunday 26 March 2017

Monday the 27th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

Review vocab from week 1 to 6

Today's Homework:

Review vocab from week 1 to 6

Friday the 24th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

W6 Vocab Quiz

Today's Homework:

HWC for Friday

Wednesday 22 March 2017

Thursday the 23rd of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.122 - 133
PB pp.97 - 99

Today's Homework:

HWC for Thursday (do the corrections for any mistakes in this week's homework)

* Just a reminder that the mid-term exam is coming soon. The school has decided that 6th grade will only take the written test this semester, due to the fact that students are under a lot of pressure with entrance exams for junior high schools.

I have added a scope for the written test, which will include questions on vocabulary.

6th Grade Test Scope for the Mid-Term Tests
The Mid-Term test will focus on materials and vocabulary taught from Weeks 1 – 6
The table below shows the materials, page numbers and vocab to be reviewed.
My Sidewalks (D5)
pp.58 - 133
Practice Book (Level D)
pp.89 - 99
HWC Handouts
for W1-W6

Mid-Term Written Test
Friday the 7th of April 2017

As long as students review the stories, articles covered in M.S (My Sidewalks), the practice book. Review the homework cycle handouts with the vocabulary, synonyms, definitions and word form. There should be no reason for them not to get perfect scores.

20 minutes review each day will be enough for them to achieve excellent results

Tuesday 21 March 2017

Wednesday the 22nd of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

Daily Verbs
Moon Facts

Today's Homework:

HWC for Wednesday

Monday 20 March 2017

Tuesday the 21st of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.122 - 133 (reading and discussion)

Today's Homework:

HWC for Tuesday

Sunday 19 March 2017

Monday the 20th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

Introduce the W6 vocabulary
M.S pp.122 - 129 'Saving the Moon Tree'
You Tube video of the Apollo 14 space mission that carried the 'moon tree' seeds.

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday

Thursday 16 March 2017

Friday the 17th of March (St. Patrick's Day)

Today's Lesson:

W5 Vocab Quiz
Continue with house construction

Today's Homework:

HWC for Friday (preview the story in M.S for next week)

It is great to see the effort some of the students are making with the house construction!

Wednesday 15 March 2017

Thursday the 16th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

Daily Verbs
Phases of the Moon
Review W5 vocab

Today's Homework:

HWC for Thursday (write corrections for Mon/Tues/Weds HWC in the writing books) 

Review for tomorrow's vocab quiz

Tuesday 14 March 2017

Wednesday the 15th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.112 - 121
Phases of the Moon

EXP: House construction. Students began constructing houses from all kinds of recycled material.

Today's Homework:

HWC for Wednesday

Monday 13 March 2017

Tuesday the 14th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

Daily Verbs
Phases of the Moon (YT)

Today's Homework:

HWC for Tuesday

*Students need to remember to bring their materials for constructing a house in tomorrow's Experience Class.

Monday the 13th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.112 - 121 'Phases of the Moon/One Moon, Many Myths'

Today's Homework: 

HWC for Monday

Thursday 9 March 2017

Wednesday 8 March 2017

Thursday the 9th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp98 - 107

Today's Homework:

HWC for Thursday

Wednesday the 8th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.98 - 107  'A Sea of Grass/Poetry'
House construction

Today's Homework:

HWC for Wednesday

For next week's Experience Class, the students will need to bring in materials for building a house. This can be popsicle sticks, chopsticks, twigs, clay, styrofoam, cardboard, plastic, string, glue, paper, anything that can be used to construct a floor, walls, roof, doors & windows. 

Thank you for your help

Tuesday the 7th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.98 - 105 'A Sea of Grass'

Today's Homework:

HWC for Tuesday

Sunday 5 March 2017

Monday the 6th of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

W4 vocab introduction.
M.S pp.98 - 105

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday

Friday 3 March 2017

Tuesday 28 February 2017

Wednesday the 1st of March 2017

Today's Lesson:

Introduce the W3 vocab
M.S pp.86 - 95

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday

Friday the 24th of February 2017

Today's Lesson:

W2 Vocab Quiz

Today's Homework:

Preview M.S pp.86 - 95

Thursday the 23rd of February 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.72 - 81

Today's Homework:

Review for tomorrow's vocab quiz

Wednesday the 22nd of February 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp. 72 - 81
EXP 'Teamwork'

Today's Homework:

HWC for Wednesday

Monday 20 February 2017

Tuesday the 21st of February 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp. 80-81 'Sea Turtle Adventures'

Hiking & Camping in Yellowstone
Baby sea turtle's journey to the sea

Today's Homework:

HWC for Tuesday

Sunday 19 February 2017

Monday the 20th of February 2017

Today's Lesson:

Review W2 vocab
M.S pp.72 - 79 'Wits Versus Wilderness'

Today's Homework:

HWC for Monday


Friday 17 February 2017

Saturday the 18th of February 2017

Today's Lesson:

W1 vocab quiz
Introduce W2 vocab

Today's Homework:

Preview the story in M.S pp.72 - 79  'Wits Versus Wilderness'

Thursday 16 February 2017

Friday the 17th of February 2017

Today's Lesson:

W1 Vocab
PB pp.90 - 91

Today I introduced the class to topics for our Global Education Experience. Africa Environmental Issues - climate change/deforestation/water pollution/coal mining/nuclear waste/overfishing/industrial agriculture/air pollution

Today's Homework:

Review for tomorrow's vocab quiz

Wednesday 15 February 2017

Thursday the 16th of February 2017

Today's Lesson:

Daily Verbs
PB pp.89

Today's Homework:

Review for W1 vocab quiz
Homework corrections

Tuesday 14 February 2017

Wednesday the 15th of February 2017

Today's Lesson:

M.S pp.60 - 71
Global Education - Africa - Environmental Issues

Today's Homework:

HWC for Wednesday

We will continue with our African theme on Wednesdays this semester in weeks 3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17, & 19.

Tuesday the 14th of February 2017

Today's Lesson:

Winter Vacation homework - discuss
M.S pp.60 - 71
10 important sentences


Today's Homework:

HWC for Tuesday

Some of the boys in our class did not do the winter vacation homework. They have been told to hand it in by Thursday.