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News of the Moment

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Mark your calendars!
The much anticipated dance showcase is just around the corner!  Please join us for an afternoon of amazing performances featuring ES, MS and HS students.  Be prepared to be wowed with broadway, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, reggae, k-pop, ballet, contemporary and more!

Mark your calendars!

The much anticipated dance showcase is just around the corner!  Please join us for an afternoon of amazing performances featuring ES, MS and HS students.  Be prepared to be wowed with broadway, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, reggae, k-pop, ballet, contemporary and more! Two of our 5KP students and my own daughter Hannah are involved in this performance, I am looking forward to encouraging our students to live their dreams.

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Yearbooks are selling like hotcakes!
 To avoid disappointment, we would like to stress that we only are selling 300 Yearbooks. Once this figure is reached, Yearbook sales will close.
If you did not receive a yearbook form, you are able to pay directly to the cashier so just give the cash to me, and I will make sure you get your yearbook.

Important Dates and Events
• Band and Orchestra concert – Friday, May 11th at 1:15 p.m.
• All Day Field trip to Jinshan Peasant Painting Village – Friday, May 18th
• Memoir publishing party – Tuesday, May 22nd at 8:15 a.m.
• Grade 5 Soccer Day – Tuesday, May 22nd
• China Alive all-day field trip – Thursday, May 31st
• Fifth Grade United Nations Day – Friday, June 1st at 10:30 a.m. (parents are welcome)
• Step Up Day – Friday, June 1st
• The Wonder Years: Puberty Week – June 4 to June 8
• Summer Sizzler – Thursday, June 7th
• Moving Up Day – Friday, June 8th
• Last Day of School – Tuesday, June 12th – School closes at 11:30 a.m.

We’ve started looking at Unit 12 in Math which focuses on rations and factorization. We will complete this unit and work on selected skills that the Middle School Math Department have said would benefit our students before they transition to sixth grade.

In Social Studies we are loving our Cultural Studies Unit. If you have a vpn, try and watch this video at home.

Our Memoirs Unit is going well in Writer’s Workshop, the kids are trying out many different ideas to stimulate their thinking for writing their own Memoir, which we will present to you on May 22nd, I hope to see you here.

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Your presence is requested…

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…SO many times over the next month, you may want to come and camp out in the tent I’ve put up in our classroom!
However, there are a couple of events I’d really like you to attend if possible.
May 22nd is our soccer day, the last one for elementary, the 6th and final soccer day for some of those kids that have been here
since 3rd grade. Games kick off around 10 and whether or not you attend is up to you and your child; you can come for a little
while too, it doesn’t have to be the whole day. More details to follow on Soccer Day.
That morning, from 8.15, we are having our final writer’s celebration for our Memoir Unit which the kids have been working on for
the last two weeks now. I would LOVE for you to attend that session in our classroom.
The Friday before that, May 18th is our Field Trip to Jinshan Peasant Painting Village and I am short of volunteers, meaning, I have
not heard from anyone, so please e mail and let me know if you can chaperone 5KP with me that day, I am excited about this trip.

…SO many times over the next month, you may want to come and camp out in the tent I’ve put up in our classroom!

However, there are a couple of events I’d really like you to attend if possible.

May 22nd is our soccer day, the last one for elementary, the 6th and final soccer day for some of those kids that have been here since 3rd grade. Games kick off around 10 and whether or not you attend is up to you and your child; you can come for a little while too, it doesn’t have to be the whole day. More details to follow on Soccer Day.

That morning, from 8.15, we are having our final writer’s celebration for our Memoir Unit which the kids have been working on for the last two weeks now. I would LOVE for you to attend that session in our classroom.

The Friday before that, May 18th is our Field Trip to Jinshan Peasant Painting Village and I am short of volunteers, meaning, I have not heard from anyone, so please e mail and let me know if you can chaperone 5KP with me that day, I am excited about this trip.

A big thank you to Annette for recommending the book Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse to me last Thursday. I finished the book this morning Annette, I couldn’t put it down. Although this book is now twenty years old and I had heard of it over the years, it took a student telling me enthusiastically how much they enjoyed it, for me to finally pick it up and read it. Thanks also to Aavia and Erika who told me about the Jean Craighead George book, My Side of the Mountain. I read it earlier last week and thoroughly enjoyed the adventures of Sam Gribley as he set off alone into the wilderness and look forward to reading the next two books in the series.

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Enjoy a great long weekend 5KP families. Read something wonderful! Enjoy your time together.

Here is the latest list of dates for you to keep in mind… Busy days ahead!

  • No School for May Day – Monday, April 30 and Tuesday, May 1
  • Girls Scout Presentation – Thursday, May 3rd at 8 a.m.
  • Eagle Leaders Retreat with Puxi Eagle Leaders – Friday May 4th
  • Battle of the Books – Final Battle – Friday, May 4th
  • Band and Orchestra concert – Friday, May 11th at 1:15 p.m.
  • All Day Field trip to Jinshan Peasant Painting Village – Friday, May 18th
  • Memoir publishing party – Tuesday, May 22nd at 8:15 a.m.
  • Grade 5 Soccer Day – Tuesday, May 22nd
  • China Alive all-day field trip – Thursday, May 31st
  • Fifth Grade United Nations Day – Friday, June 1st at 10:30 a.m.
  • Step Up Day – Friday, June 1st
  • The Wonder Years: Puberty Week – June 4 to June 8
  • Summer Sizzler – Thursday, June 7th
  • Moving Up Day – Friday, June 8th
  • Last Day of School – Tuesday, June 12th – School closes at 11:30 a.m.

8 weeks to go!!!

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The Visiting Authors for April start rolling in tomorrow, read Mrs Boyer’s blog for more details and don’t forget to send your child in with cash if you wish to buy some books, the library will not be holding any this year, you’ll need cash up front. Here are the books that will be on sale over the next week:

Screen shot 2012-04-19 at 1.33.31 PMSo much is happening right now, well done to all the kids for completing their ERB  tests and beginning the final round of ASA’s for the year, they’ve also submitted their elective choices for 6th grade which was pretty exciting. This week is zooming by and in 8 more weeks, most of us will be on vacation. But between now and then there is a lot going on that I need to tell you about. Hold on to your hats and mark these dates on your calendar!

  • ERBs – Second session – Thursday, April 19th
  • Author Visit –  Kazu Kibuishi – Friday, April 20th at 10:45 a.m. in the library
  • Celebrate Graphic Novel Day – dress up as your favorite comic book character or wear an  am amulet – Friday, April 20th
  • Author Visit-Phil Bidner 8.15 am in the library
  • Exercise Your Mind Day – dress up in your favorite sports outfit – Monday, April 23rd
  • Alumni speak to 5th grade at 10.45 about life at SAS over the last 100 years.
  • Author Visit –  Kevin Lewis – Tuesday, April 24th ; Kevin’s talk is at 10:45 a.m. in the library
  • Hats Off to Reading Day – wear your favorite hat to school – Tuesday, April 24th
  • Fifth Grade Track and Field Day – Wednesday, April 25th (between 10 and 2, feel free to come and watch and cheer your child on)
  • Wacky Wednesday – wear wacky clothes, hair and shoes day – Wednesday, April 25th
  • Pajama Day and Cuddle Up with a Good Book Day – Thursday, April 26th
  • Rock Star Day – Friday, April 27th
  • Fifth Grade Photo Day – Don’t forget to wear your house shirt!! – 9:45 a.m. on Friday, April 27th
  • Unit 10 Math Test – Friday, April 27th (e mail coming with details)
  • No School for May Day – Monday, April 30 and Tuesday, May 1
  • Eagle Leaders Retreat with Puxi Eagle Leaders – Friday May 4th
  • Battle of the Books – Final Battle – Friday, May 4th
  • Band and Orchestra concert – Friday, May 11th at 1:15 p.m.
  • All Day Field trip to Jinshan Peasant Painting Village – Friday, May 18th
  • Grade 5 Soccer Day – Tuesday, May 22nd
  • China Alive Field Trip to Qibao
  • Step Up Day – Friday, June 1st
  • 5th grade Cultural Studies/United Nations Day June 1st 10.30
  • Summer Sizzler – Thursday, June 7th
  • Moving Up Day – Friday, June 8th
  • Last Day of School – Tuesday, June 12th – School closes at 11:30 a.m.

News of the Moment

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House Shirt: Do you need a new one?

Returning students can purchase new House Shirts tomorrow,Tuesday, September 6th through Thursday, September 8th, 2010. Returning students who have out grown, lost, or worn out their old shirts can buy a new shirt for 50 RMB. Students who are new to SAS this year will receive their House assignment and shirt – Bears, Falcons, Dolphins or Pumas – this week.

Mid-Autumn Festival

For those of you new to Shanghai, or to Chinese culture, you can find out more about the Mid-Autumn (Moon Festival) here. The festival is the reason that school will be closed for us all next Monday, enjoy your break. In the meantime, thank you to the parents who will be joining us in Project Area 5 this Wednesday at around 9.15 (our session starts at 9.30 am) We look forward to seeing you help us celebrate the Festival with our Chinese teachers leading the way.

Founders Day Celebrations

I am sure by now you have heard that this is SAS’s 100th year! What an amazing year to be able to say you were a student at our great school. We are hoping that every 5th grader, and indeed every Elementary and Middle school student and staff member will dress up in appropriate clothing for that day. We will be participating in a whole school assembly as well as a large parade and we would love to see you there (you are also welcome to dress up). Costume ideas could include wearing long socks and black shoes with short pants, braces over a white button-down shirt or a dress from the period around the early 1900’s. Some suggestions are below modeled by an up and coming young starlet!

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Dear Parents,
Please reserve Friday, September 23rd, for Date with Dad event.  We are planning an exciting events for Dads and Kids to play together. Moms, plan on having tired husbands and children coming home and talking about the games, art activities, and dress-up photo opps!  Students are bringing home the information/sign up sheet today.  Please return no later than next Tuesday.  Plan on fun!
Sincerely,
Barbara Boyer
Jeanine Merrill
Rachel Baydo
Scott Hossack

If you would like me to help you out with ideas, let me know as I have been using a tailor from the Science and Technology market and she is very good. She has made many of the costumes you will see the teachers wearing on that day and her name is Shanna, stall number K3-25 close to the car-park underneath the Science and Tech museum.

Date with Dad

Dear Parents,

Please reserve Friday, September 23rd, for Date with Dad event.  We are planning an exciting events for Dads and Kids to play together. Mums, plan on having tired husbands and children coming home and talking about the games, art activities, and dress-up photo opps!  Students are bringing home the information/sign up sheet today.  Please return no later than next Tuesday.  Plan on fun!

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Sincerely, Barbara Boyer. Jeanine Merrill, Rachel Baydo, and Scott Hossack

Dates to Remember:

  • Math Test for Unit One – Friday September 9th
  • Moon Cake Making in Project Area 5- Wednesday September 7th at 9.30 am
  • Open House – Wednesday, September 7th from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
  • After School Activities Forms Due Back – Thursday, September 8th
  • Mid-Autumn Festival – No School on Monday, September 12th
  • Founder’s Day Parade – Friday, September 16th
  • Date with Dad Night – Friday, September 23rd

Events Coming up, Dates for your Calendar

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1. Treat Day is Tomorrow and it is 5th grade’s turn to bake; please do so if you are able, thank you!

2. Our Class Photo is tomorrow, Thursday the 20th of January

3.Walking With the Dinosaurs

When:  Friday, January 21,2011

(Chaperones, please meet us at the grade level project area, by 8:45.)

Where: Expo Culture Center (Mercedes-Benz Arena)/ 1200 Expo Avenue, Shanghai

How:   All parents must come to school, ride the bus and then they may leave the play with their children as long as they have informed their child’s teacher prior to departure.

Lunch:   Students must bring a packed lunch.  We will have a picnic lunch on the bus.

Why: To learn about theatrical events and enhance our migration unit.

Description:

“After years of planning, the award-winning BBC TV series, Walking with Dinosaurs, comes to life in a stunning theatrical event. Internationally renowned designers have worked with scientists to create 15 life-size dinosaurs, including the terror of the ancient terrain, Tyrannosaurus-Rex! Be amazed and thrilled as the greatest creatures ever to walk the earth return before your eyes.”

4. Coffee Connection hosted by the Shanghai Community Center

Come hear special guest Laura Cowan, SAS MS Counselor, share about “The Special Challenges Faced by Third Culture Kids”

When: January 21, 10am-12pm

Where: Community Center Shanghai Pudong Center

Greenhills Clubhouse, 2/F

418 JinXiu East Rd (near intersection of Bai Hua Rd)

Jinqiao, Pudong, Shanghai 200135

The closest subway station is Yunshan Lu Station, Line 6.

上海 浦东 金桥 锦绣东路418弄 云间绿大地会所2楼 (靠近白桦路)

最近的地铁站是6号线云山路站

Phone: (021) 3382-1770

Contact: Ron Mona

To Register for this FREE event, please visit: http://www.communitycenter.cn/events_coffeeconnection.asp

5. Chinese New Year Celebration

This year, SAS Pudong will host a school-wide Chinese New Year Celebration on Thursday, January 27. You are invited to join us for a Traditional Chinese Lunch with your child followed by a fantastic show of Authentic Chinese performances. You will also have a great opportunity to enjoy various exhibitions of your children’s artwork and progress on their Chinese learning. Please come and enjoy a great celebration, a perfect way to start your Chinese New Year Holiday.

When and where is the Chinese New Year Celebration?

Date: Thursday, January 27

11:30 AM- 12:30 PM: Traditional Chinese Luncheon served in both school cafeterias* Please see note below

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Traditional Chinese Performances In High School Gym

Complimentary Bus Transportation: Depart 10:00 A.M. from Jinqiao Starbucks; Return at 3:00 P.M. to Jinqiao Starbucks

Traditional Chinese Dress is encouraged!

What is Chinese New Year?

Chinese New Year also called the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival is the most important holiday among the Chinese. This year, year of rabbit, the festival begins on February 3rd, which is the first day (Pinyin: chu xi) of the first month (Pinyin: zheng yue) in the Chinese calendar and ends on February 17th with the Lantern Festival that is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year’s Eve is the day for all family members to gather for a reunion dinner. Food for the dinner will include items such as pork, duck, chicken and sweet delicacies. The family ends the night with firecrackers. Early the next morning, the children greet their parents by wishing them a healthy and happy new year and receive money in red envelopes(Hong Bao). Lion and dragon dances are some of the traditional performances throughout the country. This year, in addition to these performances, SAS Pudong has invited many other distinguished performers such as sand dances and Peking opera face change, etc.

How do I buy tickets?

This is FREE, no tickets necessary. This celebration is an opportunity for SAS Pudong to treat all parents, students and teachers with a great show.
Also, for the latest information, click here for the PTSA General Blog.

Thank you,

The Chinese New Year Celebration Committee

*Please note: due to space constraints for this special event, parents are requested to enjoy the Luncheon with your children in their regularly assigned cafeteria. Parents will view the Traditional Chinese Performances following the Luncheon; all students will view a morning performance prior to the luncheon.

Reminders for Next Week

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A note from Mrs Denton for the Band Students

Band Bonanza – Next Friday March 20th.

Concert – 2:15 PM in the MS Gym 

(Upstairs from the auditorium)

Parents are welcome to attend!

Students should wear black pants/skirt and a white shirt.

Wednesday is our Invention Convention Day, please join us in our Grade 5 Corridor if you are able from

8.30-10.30 am (invitation is on last post)

Thursday is our Goldberg Junkyard Wars Day, students can continue to bring in as many clean and useful recyclable goods for this fun event for the students; they are really looking forward to it.

Friday is our Band (Pudong) and Strings (Puxi) extravaganza. Please join us if you can.

All of these things are written about in more detail on recent posts.

We will be having our Unit 9 Math test next Thursday, the class should be revising each day over the subject matter they are being taught in class.

Skills covered on the unit nine test include:

*plot ordered pairs on a four-quadrant coordinate grid

*understand the concept of volume of a figure

*use a formula to find the volume of prisms

*plot quadrant pairs on a one-quadrant coordinate grid

*identify the base and height of triangles and parallelograms

*use a formula to find the area of triangles and parallelograms

*understand the concept of area of a figure

*use a formula to find the area of rectangles

In Language Arts we are having some fun for the last week of the quarter working on our debating skills; I told the class they are so good at arguing at this age that they should put their debating skills to good use!

Please complete the survey for me today if you are able; I appreciate the feedback and I also still have four parents who have not responded to my e mail about parent teacher conference times.

Have a great weekend.

Important Dates

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This morning the class and I spent some time going through some of the dates coming up and the students wrote many of them in their diary. Here are some dates you may like to add to your own diary.

Important Dates

Visiting Authors

Sheree Fitch and Ralph Fletcher will be here from 3 – 6 March.Ralph Fletcher will be the author we have the most contact with in the Upper Elementary School but if you have students in Lower Elementary you may like to also do some background reading on Sheree too.

Class Photo Reminder

Our class photo is scheduled for Tuesday 17th of February at 11.50pm. Please ask your child to bring any clothing that is to be worn during the photo to school and return the green slip requesting a photo if you would like one, they were sent home yesterday with your child.

Scholastic Book Club

If your child is going to purchase books please ensure the order form is completed correctly and exact money is returned to school by Thursday 12 February

– Feb 12 – Scholastic Book Orders Due

– Feb 17 – Class Photo and Unit 7 Math Test

Unit 7 test information

Skills covered on the unit seven test include:

*understand and apply scientific notation

*understand and apply powers of 10

*understand and apply order of operations to evaluate expressions and solve number sentences

*add and subtract integers

*understand and apply exponential notation

*determine whether number sentences are true or false

*understand the function and placement of parentheses in number stories

*compare and order integers

– Feb 23 – Assembly for Love of Reading  at 2:15

– Mar 3 – Welcome Authors Assembly at 8:30

– Mar 6 – Family Literacy Event 3-5 pm Family Literacy Event

– Mar 18 – Invention Convention

– March 19 – Goldberg Junkyard Wars

– March 20 – Band Bonanza

– March 21- 29 – Spring Break Vacation

News of the Moment in 5KP

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Welcome to the Second Semester of 5th Grade and welcome to our three new students, Jin Woo, Ada and Sonny. We also have Jocelyn back in the class after a quick change of heart last week and we are delighted she will be spending the rest of the year with us.

Students are working hard in class and at home to finalize their Invention Convention Phase 1 Speech so that it is ready to be presented to the class next Thursday and Friday. Next week is also a busy week in regards to the Chinese New Year as we get ready to celebrate Spring Festival with our Chinese New Year concerts. Parents are invited to attend the concert next Thursday the 22nd of January at 1 pm in the auditorium, be there early as the best seats fill up fast.

So the focus over the next couple of weeks will be on finishing our Unit 6 in Math and being tested before the vacation; probably on Thursday or Friday, getting ready for the Chinese New Year concert and preparing for the Invention Convention Speech. In language arts we are studying what makes a book a Newbery Medal winner and reading some books to do some in-class book reports.

Thanks to Mrs Speece for taking these great photos of last Friday’s reading buddies session where 5KP helped 2JS with their research on China.

Reminders for Next Week

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Math Test on Unit 5 is on Monday Morning, December 8th.

Book Report is due on Monday. (Some will present on Tuesday and Wednesday as time permits.

Writer’s Workshop Personal Narrative 2 is due on Tuesday, we have been working on this in class and at home.

Students do not need to bring instruments on Monday but do need them on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The Elementary Holiday Music Concert is on Thursday;Grade K-2 at 10.30 and Grade 3-5 at 1.15 in the Auditorium.

Santa’s Workshop will be visited by our class on Tuesday from 11.00 to 11.30 am. Information was sent home yesterday.

Every day next week students can bring in second hand clothing in good condition for the SAS Clothing drive.

Information about Second Hand Clothing Drive