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이건 그냥 재미로 올리는건데요..^^ 저희 둘째 꼬마가 1학년인데 선생님이 가끔 학부모들한테 이메일을 보내거든요..그냥 뉴스레터 같은건데 학교에서 지금 뭘 공부하고 있고 전달할 사항, 준비물 같은걸 적어서 장문의 편지(?)를 보내곤 하는데 오늘 아침에 이메일 열어보고 제가 그 긴 이메일을 읽다가 지쳐서 잠시 쉬는중이랍니다..ㅎㅎ
내용은 대충 과학시간엔 요즘 뭘하고, 수학시간엔 뭘하고 이런 내용인데 정말 아침에 출근해서 선생님이 이런 편지쓸 시간도 있으시다니 대단해요..^*^
이렇게 긴 이메일은 처음봐요...한국말로 썼어도 읽다가 지칠정도인데 저걸 영어로 보내니 저희같은 외국인들은 읽기도 전에 나가 떨어지지 않겠어요? 다른 이메일이 이렇게 길었으면 읽지도 않을텐데 또 학교에서 벌어지는 일이라 나중에 뭘 갖고 오라고 하는건 아닌지 해서 꼼꼼하게 읽어봐야 한답니다..
외국에서 애들 키우려면 이런게 애로사항이라면 애로사항이예요..T.T.
저거 다 읽을 생각하니 오늘하루가 갑갑해지네요..ㅋㅋㅋ
한국에서 기러기 가족으로 오시는 분들중에도 엄마가 영어가 안되서 고생하는 분들이 많거든요..애만 학교보내면 끝이 아니라 학교 돌아가는거, 준비물은 알아야 하니 처음 오시는 분들은 어려울만하죠.
제가 아침에 이메일 받고 어이가 없어서 구경하시라고 한번 올려봐요~~~~미국 선생님들은 학부모한테 편지를 어떻게 쓰나~ 하고 재미로 보시라구요..
Dear Families:
Happy early Valentine’s Day to everyone. I would like to thank you in advance for everyone who helps contribute to making the Valentine’s Day party a success. We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on the 14th.
There have been so many exciting things happening in Room 21 over the past few weeks and the weeks to come will prove similar. The PTO helped support a new classroom activity. With their support we were able to purchase a class set of Scholastic News. We have been lucky enough to work on Scholastic News the past two weeks and it is something the children look forward to each week. This is an activity that will continue through until the end of the year thanks to the PTO’s support.
Also, we will be having a student teacher joining our classroom starting in two weeks and continuing through the beginning of May. The new student teacher will have a similar role as Miss Dremel did last semester. The new teacher will work with all the students, but will also be working with some students on an individual basis for a class project. We look forward to providing this opportunity for one Penn State student and receiving everything he or she has to offer.
As many of you know, we have begun our Land of Make Believe unit. The students have truly embraced this unit and are very excited about all of the activities we have done thus far. Many children have brought in fairytale books from home to share with their friends. Due to their excitement and lack of time in the day to read every book brought in, the students have brainstormed a solution. They would like to continue to share their stories with their friends by creating a sharing bookshelf. If your child chooses to bring in a fairytale book to share with their friends, please make sure to put his or her name on it.
As we began our journey in the Land of Make Believe, we took off on a scavenger hunt after reading: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. The children found that there were many folktales and fairytales that they haven’t heard of and will look forward to learning about. Last week and this week, we have been studying Little Red Riding Hood. Throughout the week, we have used these books to examine different elements of a story. For example, we read two versions of Little Red Riding Hood and compared the two. We discussed what a traditional tale is versus a contemporary tale. Also, we examine the beginning and end, the element of threes, good and bad characters, magical events, royal people and places, the setting, and whether it started with ‘once upon a time.’ The students have also been and will continue to listen to similar folktale stories at the listening center and then we will compare those books to stories we read aloud at snack time. For example, last week the students listened to a version of the Little Red Hen and then we read several different versions and compared the stories.
I have included a schedule of the topics we will be covering during particular weeks as we progress through our unit.
Now through- February 9th we will study the Red Riding Hood and the Little Red Hen
February 12th- February 23rd- we will study books containing princes and princesses
February 26th- March 8th- we will study Hansel and Gretel
March 19th- March 30th- we will study the Three Little Pigs
In the language arts centers, several of the station groups have been busy writing plays and making puppets. Thus far, three plays have been written: A Day at the Zoo, The Bamboo Mystery and Chicken Little. We’ll look forward to more plays being written and performed from other groups in the future. In addition to our plays, the children are beginning a new word study program called making words. The children will be working on this with Mrs. Stark. She will give the children approximately 5 to 8 letters and ask them to make words using the letters they have in front of them. Based on the letters used in the classroom lesson, there will be a follow-up activity given for homework. If you have any questions with the activity as it comes home, please let us know.
This week we had our first science activity in our new unit, Magnets. The children were given a bag of materials and asked to sort them. The groups of students sorted the objects into many different categories. After discussing the different ways children sorted from colors to what the materials were made out of to shape, we spent the greatest amount of time discussing the different objects that were sorted into two groups: magnetic and nonmagnetic. From this activity we will develop wonderings or questions students have regarding magnets. Based on these wondering the students have about magnets, we will perform experiments to test their questions and provide answers with evidence to their wonderings. Our schedule will be determined based on their wonderings, but I have included a tentative schedule. I thought these dates would help you foster conversations around the experiments that we conduct based on the skills that will be covered. Please keep in mind that these dates may possibly change based on what they are interested in learning about magnets.
February 12th- 16th- types of magnets and magnet safety
February 19th-23rd- exploring what things in the room are magnetic
February 26th- March 2nd- magnetic attraction through objects
March 5th-9th- magnetic strength
March 19th-23rd- magnetic strength, attraction and repelling
In math we have been working in our latest book, Quilt Squares and Town Blocks. The children have enjoyed working with our pattern blocks so much! Several students have asked that I include in the newsletter a place in which you might purchase pattern blocks. I have found several different online companies that carry the pattern blocks. Should your child have this desire, the two websites I found that had the cheapest price were: TeachingSupplyStore.com which has a set of 100 pattern blocks for $8.06 or orientaltrading.com which has a set of 100 pattern blocks for $8.95.
The students have used the pattern blocks through the past ten lessons. They would use the pattern blocks to fill an outline shape and record how many of each pattern block shape they used and the total number of shapes all together. Children also had time to make their own designs using pattern blocks with a given amount of shapes. Then students had the opportunity to design their own shapes. We moved back to pattern block fill-ins, where the students had to fill a shape using pattern blocks. Revisiting this topic, students had to find at least three different ways to fill a given outline. Then the class would have discussions on how their friends used different blocks to fill a particular outline. In addition to the pattern block activities, the children have begun sorting 2-D shapes this week. The children cut out shape cards and played Guess My Secret Rule as a class. Then the students worked in pairs to create a poster that showed their favorite way to sort the shapes. Next week, the children will be working on designing quilt squares using squares and triangles. They will then take the squares and repeat their squares to create quilt designs, both on paper and on the computer. After working on quilt squares, the students will begin to compare and construct 3-D shapes next week.
At the end of the week, we will describe the characteristics of Geoblocks and build and copy shapes made with interlocking cubes. The following week, the children will use Geoblocks and try to match the blocks to pictures of the blocks. Near the beginning of the following week, the children will learn a game called Blocks in a Sock. The children will try to identify a Geoblock by feeling its shape without looking at it. Toward the end of February, we will be asking for assistance in our math activity. The children will be given homework, in which they have to bring in a box from home that is wrapped. The children will then take the Mystery Boxes and talk about what kind of boxes these mystery boxes might be and why. After these discussions, the children will begin constructing their own boxes out of paper. Leading into the month of March, the children will have the opportunity to build a block town out of Geoblocks. The children begin by building small constructions with Geoblocks and then try to draw what they built as accurately, as they can. Discussions will take place about what was different from a 2-D drawing compared to a 3-D drawing. After this lesson the children will trade the pictures they drew and a partner will have to construct a building to match the picture drawn. Next, the children will begin discussing the buildings in State College and make a plan for our own classroom town. Then each pair of students will select a building for the classroom town, draw and build it. We will place each building on a large street grid. Finally, the children will begin to give directions on how to get from one location to another. The class will develop a code for giving directions and students will use this code to record trips through the class town. After this unit we will focus on a mini Probability unit.
Many of the Flat Stanley’s that were sent out to friends and family have begun to make their way back to Room 21. Thank you to all the families that have participated. We have received Flat Stanley’s from Washington, Florida, Ohio, Texas, New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania. There are still a lot more Flat Stanley’s to return. We will continue to leave the map up and add the pictures and information to our wall as the Flat Stanley’s arrive. The children have enjoyed learning and comparing so many far off and wonderful places. Please feel free to stop in and see the adventures Flat Stanley has taken.
In addition, to reading all of our fairytales and folktales at read aloud, we have also been preparing for our author visit at the end of March. J. Patrick Lewis is the visiting author this year to Radio Park. He is a poet among many things. We have read one of his books and will read excerpts from some of his other books each week. After spring break, the students will take some time to study and create their own poetry. Our goal is to have a love display of poetry the week J. Patrick Lewis visits Radio Park. If you or your child is interested in learning more about our visiting author here is a link to his website. http://www.jpatricklewis.com. He has included a list of the books he has written, photos from his life, as well as riddles that I will share some with the children as we prepare for his visit.
I hope that everyone has a Happy Valentine’s Day.
Sincerely,
Happy early Valentine’s Day to everyone. I would like to thank you in advance for everyone who helps contribute to making the Valentine’s Day party a success. We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on the 14th.
There have been so many exciting things happening in Room 21 over the past few weeks and the weeks to come will prove similar. The PTO helped support a new classroom activity. With their support we were able to purchase a class set of Scholastic News. We have been lucky enough to work on Scholastic News the past two weeks and it is something the children look forward to each week. This is an activity that will continue through until the end of the year thanks to the PTO’s support.
Also, we will be having a student teacher joining our classroom starting in two weeks and continuing through the beginning of May. The new student teacher will have a similar role as Miss Dremel did last semester. The new teacher will work with all the students, but will also be working with some students on an individual basis for a class project. We look forward to providing this opportunity for one Penn State student and receiving everything he or she has to offer.
As many of you know, we have begun our Land of Make Believe unit. The students have truly embraced this unit and are very excited about all of the activities we have done thus far. Many children have brought in fairytale books from home to share with their friends. Due to their excitement and lack of time in the day to read every book brought in, the students have brainstormed a solution. They would like to continue to share their stories with their friends by creating a sharing bookshelf. If your child chooses to bring in a fairytale book to share with their friends, please make sure to put his or her name on it.
As we began our journey in the Land of Make Believe, we took off on a scavenger hunt after reading: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. The children found that there were many folktales and fairytales that they haven’t heard of and will look forward to learning about. Last week and this week, we have been studying Little Red Riding Hood. Throughout the week, we have used these books to examine different elements of a story. For example, we read two versions of Little Red Riding Hood and compared the two. We discussed what a traditional tale is versus a contemporary tale. Also, we examine the beginning and end, the element of threes, good and bad characters, magical events, royal people and places, the setting, and whether it started with ‘once upon a time.’ The students have also been and will continue to listen to similar folktale stories at the listening center and then we will compare those books to stories we read aloud at snack time. For example, last week the students listened to a version of the Little Red Hen and then we read several different versions and compared the stories.
I have included a schedule of the topics we will be covering during particular weeks as we progress through our unit.
Now through- February 9th we will study the Red Riding Hood and the Little Red Hen
February 12th- February 23rd- we will study books containing princes and princesses
February 26th- March 8th- we will study Hansel and Gretel
March 19th- March 30th- we will study the Three Little Pigs
In the language arts centers, several of the station groups have been busy writing plays and making puppets. Thus far, three plays have been written: A Day at the Zoo, The Bamboo Mystery and Chicken Little. We’ll look forward to more plays being written and performed from other groups in the future. In addition to our plays, the children are beginning a new word study program called making words. The children will be working on this with Mrs. Stark. She will give the children approximately 5 to 8 letters and ask them to make words using the letters they have in front of them. Based on the letters used in the classroom lesson, there will be a follow-up activity given for homework. If you have any questions with the activity as it comes home, please let us know.
This week we had our first science activity in our new unit, Magnets. The children were given a bag of materials and asked to sort them. The groups of students sorted the objects into many different categories. After discussing the different ways children sorted from colors to what the materials were made out of to shape, we spent the greatest amount of time discussing the different objects that were sorted into two groups: magnetic and nonmagnetic. From this activity we will develop wonderings or questions students have regarding magnets. Based on these wondering the students have about magnets, we will perform experiments to test their questions and provide answers with evidence to their wonderings. Our schedule will be determined based on their wonderings, but I have included a tentative schedule. I thought these dates would help you foster conversations around the experiments that we conduct based on the skills that will be covered. Please keep in mind that these dates may possibly change based on what they are interested in learning about magnets.
February 12th- 16th- types of magnets and magnet safety
February 19th-23rd- exploring what things in the room are magnetic
February 26th- March 2nd- magnetic attraction through objects
March 5th-9th- magnetic strength
March 19th-23rd- magnetic strength, attraction and repelling
In math we have been working in our latest book, Quilt Squares and Town Blocks. The children have enjoyed working with our pattern blocks so much! Several students have asked that I include in the newsletter a place in which you might purchase pattern blocks. I have found several different online companies that carry the pattern blocks. Should your child have this desire, the two websites I found that had the cheapest price were: TeachingSupplyStore.com which has a set of 100 pattern blocks for $8.06 or orientaltrading.com which has a set of 100 pattern blocks for $8.95.
The students have used the pattern blocks through the past ten lessons. They would use the pattern blocks to fill an outline shape and record how many of each pattern block shape they used and the total number of shapes all together. Children also had time to make their own designs using pattern blocks with a given amount of shapes. Then students had the opportunity to design their own shapes. We moved back to pattern block fill-ins, where the students had to fill a shape using pattern blocks. Revisiting this topic, students had to find at least three different ways to fill a given outline. Then the class would have discussions on how their friends used different blocks to fill a particular outline. In addition to the pattern block activities, the children have begun sorting 2-D shapes this week. The children cut out shape cards and played Guess My Secret Rule as a class. Then the students worked in pairs to create a poster that showed their favorite way to sort the shapes. Next week, the children will be working on designing quilt squares using squares and triangles. They will then take the squares and repeat their squares to create quilt designs, both on paper and on the computer. After working on quilt squares, the students will begin to compare and construct 3-D shapes next week.
At the end of the week, we will describe the characteristics of Geoblocks and build and copy shapes made with interlocking cubes. The following week, the children will use Geoblocks and try to match the blocks to pictures of the blocks. Near the beginning of the following week, the children will learn a game called Blocks in a Sock. The children will try to identify a Geoblock by feeling its shape without looking at it. Toward the end of February, we will be asking for assistance in our math activity. The children will be given homework, in which they have to bring in a box from home that is wrapped. The children will then take the Mystery Boxes and talk about what kind of boxes these mystery boxes might be and why. After these discussions, the children will begin constructing their own boxes out of paper. Leading into the month of March, the children will have the opportunity to build a block town out of Geoblocks. The children begin by building small constructions with Geoblocks and then try to draw what they built as accurately, as they can. Discussions will take place about what was different from a 2-D drawing compared to a 3-D drawing. After this lesson the children will trade the pictures they drew and a partner will have to construct a building to match the picture drawn. Next, the children will begin discussing the buildings in State College and make a plan for our own classroom town. Then each pair of students will select a building for the classroom town, draw and build it. We will place each building on a large street grid. Finally, the children will begin to give directions on how to get from one location to another. The class will develop a code for giving directions and students will use this code to record trips through the class town. After this unit we will focus on a mini Probability unit.
Many of the Flat Stanley’s that were sent out to friends and family have begun to make their way back to Room 21. Thank you to all the families that have participated. We have received Flat Stanley’s from Washington, Florida, Ohio, Texas, New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania. There are still a lot more Flat Stanley’s to return. We will continue to leave the map up and add the pictures and information to our wall as the Flat Stanley’s arrive. The children have enjoyed learning and comparing so many far off and wonderful places. Please feel free to stop in and see the adventures Flat Stanley has taken.
In addition, to reading all of our fairytales and folktales at read aloud, we have also been preparing for our author visit at the end of March. J. Patrick Lewis is the visiting author this year to Radio Park. He is a poet among many things. We have read one of his books and will read excerpts from some of his other books each week. After spring break, the students will take some time to study and create their own poetry. Our goal is to have a love display of poetry the week J. Patrick Lewis visits Radio Park. If you or your child is interested in learning more about our visiting author here is a link to his website. http://www.jpatricklewis.com. He has included a list of the books he has written, photos from his life, as well as riddles that I will share some with the children as we prepare for his visit.
I hope that everyone has a Happy Valentine’s Day.
Sincerely,
Kelli Gratz
amy 
읽다 읽다 지친 선생님의 긴 이메일^^
요즘 복음 찬송 영어 버전 입니다 
최신
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제가 정말 저 이메일을 받고는 입이 떡 벌어졌다니까요...
저도 다 읽지 못했답니다...언제 날 잡아서 천천히 읽어야 할까봐요..T.T.
저건 저희 아이한테만 보낸건 아니구요. 반 전체 학부모한테 보낸거예요..저희 아이한테만 저렇게 보내주면 감동 받죠..^^
저도 읽어보고 다시 들어올께요...^*^