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Smile…

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Smile… is what I did every time I saw one of your posts come up on my screen while I was away 5KP. I am so impressed and proud with your excellent blogging, linking, editing, posting skills. I won’t lie and say I actually missed you… I was pretty busy cheering Hannah on at her swim meet and catching up with our Manila friends, BUT I did smile whenever I thought of you working away back here in Shanghai.

Thank You

You will be rewarded by many exciting treats tomorrow…

Parents, in news for you…

If you have the time to see Race to Nowhere this Wednesday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel, Thumb Plaza, Pudong I highly, strongly, enthusiastically, encourage/suggest/plead for you to do so. I saw it two weeks ago and found it incredibly informative, moving, and scary! Please e mail me if you want more details or go to the school website http://www.saschina.org to rsvp. Since watching the movie I have been encouraged to re-think the way I give homework and have had many discussions with the students about how they spend their after school time. I do not believe that keeping the child busy at home between school and bed time is necessary unless it is to practice skills learned in class that day, study for a test, or read/learn about something that is of interest to the child. I do not believe in homework for the sake of it, in homework to prepare them for more homework later or in homework as a way to help the child become more organized. I do believe that organization, good study habits and time management are essential skills for many students to have to improve their success at school, but I don’t think that giving them more busy homework is going to necessarily help them in that area. I would love it if you saw the film and wanted to talk to me about it. I really enjoy your children, and realize that they are just that, children, and want them to enjoy their time with me, and with YOU, after school in their often too busy lives.

Here are a couple of other events to add to your already full diaries… (Jane Goodall…what an opportunity!)

Blog Janes Journey Movie Profile

Would you like to come to a party?

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and now, as Porky Pig would say….

“That’s All Folks”


News of the Moment

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I passed!!! 

Finally, on test number 5, I have been allowed to drive on the roads of Shanghai. Thanks for your support parents and especially students and thanks for the celebratory treats to share today, brownies AND caramello koalas, hooray for Matthew and Kevin!

We now have all the students safely returned after Spring Break. It has been fun for the class to hear what everyone got up to over the week-long vacation; we are certainly very fortunate people to go to some of the places we travel to; the list of cities visited over the break was certainly impressive… New York, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guilin, Sanya, Hong Kong, Bali, Egypt, Seoul, Phuket, Sydney, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Singapore, Siem Reap, Xi’an, Hangzhou and Huangshan just to name a few. Honestly, these travel destinations read like a lonely planet guide book. I hope we don’t take for granted the exciting life we lead.

Math: We are working on Unit 9 and the students are focused on learning about Area and Volume.

Science: In Science the class are really enjoying phase one of our Invention Convention Unit. They each have a booklet to work from for the LEGO unit and over the last few days they have learned about structures and forces, levers and rigid shapes. This combined with the work they are doing in our Reading is getting them very enthused in preparation for phase two of the Invention Unit when we will make our own inventions.

Reading: We are looking at graphic novels about various inventors in our Reading Groups and the students are relishing their roles as discussion director, fact finder, succinct time-liner and character captain. Ask them which role they took on today and which inventor they are currently learning about.

Writing: The students are looking at how to be more descriptive in their writing in preparation for the E.R.B. tests. Please see attached an informational letter regarding the Educational Records Bureau (E.R.B.) Writing Assessment Test. The test is administered over two days, April 14 and 15, for approximately 60 minutes each day and will be completed by all Pudong students.  The objective of this test is to determine how well our students write in comparison to commonly accepted measures. The E.R.B. is a standardized test that has both validity and reliability. It is used in schools across the U.S. and around the world.

ERB letter to parents

Here are some news items for you

‘The Book Fair is Coming!!’

Shanghai Book Traders  BOOK FAIR
When:  Wednesday-Friday, April 7th-9th,
Time: During school hours, close early on Friday 2 p.m.
All third graders will be attending the book fair on Thursday, April 8th from
9-9:30.

Money should come to school with your child that day.

SAS Gala flyer is attached here and the main details are below.

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