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Upcoming Dates
9/28 - 10/20 - Small Prize Donations collected for Childhood
Cancer Awareness.
October 9: Pulcinella Restaurant Night, 5 pm - 8 pm
October 10: Walk/Bike to School
October 11: Interims sent home
October 12: Munchkins with Moms, 8:15 am & PTA Meeting, 9 am
October 12: Family Fun Night: Bingo, 6 pm - 8 pm
October 26: Basketball Blowout, 6 pm - 8:30 pm
Walk/Bike to School Day - Oct 10th
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) will participate in International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, October 10, in an effort to promote physical activity and reduce traffic congestion and pollution near schools.
Students and employees are encouraged to bike or walk to school and work on October 10. Parents are encouraged to accompany their children.
Online School Payment Portal
We are now utilizing My School Bucks for payment of school fees. The fees will include payments for field trips, grade level t-shirts, and assorted fees for grade level instructional material (Time for Kids, Studies Weekly). These fees can be found in My School Bucks under the School Store. In order to process payments for all above-mentioned items, please make sure to submit payment promptly by the due date for your grade level. My School Bucks link can be found at the top of our Chesterbrook Website throughout the school year.
UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS
Kindergarten - Ticonderoga Farms - October 16th
$11.95. Due by October 15th
1st Grade - Hidden Oaks - December 11th and 12th
$7.00. Due by October 31st.
2nd Grade - Museum of Natural History - December 7th
No payment due.
3rd Grade - Baltimore National Aquarium - October 11th
$56 per person. Payment asap.
4th Grade - Jamestown/Williamsburg - November 2nd
$65.00. Due October 31st.
Fitness Focus
Motivating Kids to Get Fit
Parents and caregivers play an active role in encouraging
children’s health.
Eating healthy foods is a key factor in maintaining their overall well-being.
But, this should be balanced with regular physical activity.
Children who are physically active on a regular basis:
- Are less likely to become overweight
- Have a decreased risk of developing type 2 diabetes
- Have reduced blood cholesterol levels and lower blood pressure
- Have higher self-esteem and reduced incidences of depression and anxiety
- Are more likely to build strong bones and muscles
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Are more attentive in school
We
know why children need to be active, it’s time to get them up and
moving. Here’s how:
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Focus on fun, Limit TV and computer time
- Choose fitness or activity-oriented gifts
- Schedule play dates
- Go to the playground
- Get fit as a family and encourage walking or biking to school
- Be a model of fitness and look for fitness activities at your school
Autumn flies by in a flash, so take advantage of
the crisp weather and beautiful foliage with this list of fun things to do:
- Rake leaves
- Go apple or pumpkin picking
- Go on a hike to see the fall colors
- Go to a corn maze
- Play some football
- Plant bulbs in the garden for the
spring
- Run in a fall race like the MCM kids
run or Mclean 5k
- Jump in a pile of leaves!
What’s Happening in PE?
Kindergarten is learning to MOVE!
Ask them to show you their Locomotor skills!
1-6: Movement & Throwing and Catching
4-5: Also Biking if weather permits
We’ve wrapped up fitness for this QTR!
Chinese Characters
1st grade: We sang classroom rule song and
the song你好吗 (ni hao ma?) and practice how to
say how are you? 你好吗 (ni hao ma?) I’m fine, thank
you! 我很好，谢谢! (wo hen hao, xie xie). We also did a Chinese
number 1 – 10 exercise. Ask your kid to show you how to count
Chinese numbers from 1 – 10 with the body gesture. It helps them remember how
to write the Chinese number characters.
2nd grade: Students are currently learning
Chinese pronouns. We started with singular personal pronouns (我, wǒ, I; 你,
nǐ, you; 他, tā,
he; 她, tā, she) and practiced to use
them in sentences to make a statement. Students also learned plural personal
pronouns by adding 们 (men) to the singular forms. We
used games, worksheets, and songs in class to practice.
3rd grade: We
discussed and made rules for Chines class at the beginning of the year.
Students are currently learning vocabulary related to school. They have
learned to name people, places, and things in a school using Chinese. They
will also learn to say different subjects they take at school using Chinese.
Ultimately, students are expected to be able to use Chinese to talk about
what they do at school and what they like or dislike about school.
4th grade: We talked about the classroom expectations
and classroom procedure. Students also
set goals in writing and speaking to improve their Chinese. There are many
ways to review Chinese at home, they can go to blackboard to review what we
have learned, check out Chinese books/videos from our school library and even
come to my office (Rm 424) to check out Chinese textbooks and Chinese story
books and bring home to read. Please encourage your child to reach their
goals!
5th grade: We talked about the classroom expectations
and classroom procedure. Students also
set goals in writing and speaking to improve their Chinese. There are many
ways to review Chinese at home, they can go to blackboard to review what we
have learned, check out Chinese books/videos from our school library and even
come to my office (Rm 424) to check out Chinese textbooks and Chinese story
books and bring home to read. Please encourage your child to reach their
goals!
6th grade:
We talked about the classroom expectations and classroom procedure. Students also set goals in writing and
speaking to improve their Chinese especially by the end of the school year,
there is a Jr. PALS assessment (speaking and writing). I would highly
recommend parent to encourage your child to spend more time at home to review
and practice writing characters, check out blackboard for what we have learned
after each lesson. Thank you for your support.
How to
practice Chinese on Blackboard
(Log in to Blackboard 24/7 ->
035-schoolinfo-1819-YR: CES School Information->Chinese LTC)
Blackboard is a great learning tool for
children to review what they learn in class. On blackboard, each grade levels
have their own folders. Children can click on the folder to find the topic that
they are learning right now. Besides, there
are many learning resources links, songs, videos and games. Please check out
the Chinese-LTC on blackboard! If you have any question or concerns, please
feel free to contact us!
谢(xiè) 谢(xiè)!
Thank you for supporting the Chinese
program!
Pik
Kei (Peggy) Leung (1st, 4th, 5th & 6th
grades) Yina Chang (2nd
& 3rd grades)
中 秋 节 快 乐 Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) is a harvest festival, celebrated in China and other East Asian countries, such as Vietnam and Singapore. It’s always in September or October, on month 8 day 15 of the Chinese lunar calendar.
In 2018, it’s September 24th (Monday). Please check out the Chinese-LTC on blackboard for the Mid-Autumn Festival videos.
1st grade: We talked about the legend story of the Mid-Autumn Festival and wrote the character moon 月.
2nd & 3rd grade: Students listened to the story of Hou Yi and Chang'e (the legend that is believed to explain the origin of the celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival). Students discussed and retold the story. We also discussed popular Mid-Autumn Festival traditions and customs.
4th, 5th & 6th grade: We talked about the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese people eat a special food called mooncake 月饼to celebrate with their families. We made mooncake shaped oil diffusers to celebrate the festival. You can add few drops of essential oils to the mooncake and make it smells great and very relaxing!
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Interim Reports
Interims for 1st - 6th grades will be sent home for all students on Thursday, October 11th. Kindergarten teachers will share student progress at individual conferences on November 5th and 6th. If you have any concerns regarding your child's progress please contact your child's teacher. If a conference is needed, teachers are more than happy to coordinate.
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