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Three more sleeps…

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…yes, correct, there ARE three more sleeps ’til Spring Break, but it is more than Spring Break I am excited about this week.

There are just three sleeps until our third visiting author visit for the school year. Ji-li Jiang, acclaimed author of Red Scarf Girl, will be presenting to our 4th grade students at 8.30 am, and our 5th grade students at 10.45 am.

Ji-li is flat out this week speaking at other international schools across Shanghai including Concordia, Dulwich, Western International School and Suzhou Singapore International School, as well as at Puxi campus tomorrow. She will be sharing slides and stories with us, as well as taking us through the stories of Red Scarf Girl (5th grade) and The Magical Monkey King: Mischief in Heaven (4th grade).

The students may have the opportunity to purchase Ms. Jiang’s books, as I know she was trying to bring some copies of books that are hard to get here, like Red Scarf Girl. The books will cost 50 rmb and I recommend you leaving the money with Ms. Stella, Ms. Joji or I as soon as possible as whatever she has with her will most likely sell out quickly.

We also have Red Scarf Girl on our kindles, ipads and as an audiobook on the ipods too.

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Like I said… three more sleeps…

One week ’til our first author arrives

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Excitement is building as the count-down continues as our first visiting author, Anne Sibley O’Brien arrives in Pudong next week.
We are fortunate at SAS to have many wonderful authors visit us from all around the world; they bring with them energy, talent and enthusiasm for their craft. Students will be able to purchase books and have them signed, listen to stories and participate in workshops with Anne who will begin her week in the Elementary School with a presentation for our first and second graders.

Throughout the week, more sessions will be delivered to our grade levels as well as some workshops for a few art classes and homerooms as time allows. Anne will also be working in the Middle and High School so I am sure you will see her somewhere around the school next week, please make her feel welcome.

A highlight of the week for me will be our United Nations Celebratory Luncheon on Tuesday October 23rd. Our Library Pages will be serving dishes that they have made with their family, representing the countries they call home. Our Elementary Teachers will join Anne Sibley O’Brien in the library to share this meal, listen to entertainment from our Elementary Musicians and contribute a donation to the ESTC campaign, providing for other children to also have greater access to food.

Please check out a list of the workshops Anne may be delivering here.
Anne Sibley O’Brien Full Info

Below is information regarding the books that will be on sale in our Elementary Library.

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Below is the schedule for the Elementary School, a larger one is linked here.
Elementary ASO Schedule

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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