English Language Arts (ELA)Purple GroupWe started January off by revising what we learned before Christmas. We played games where theyhad to group the flash cards pictures according to the matching pictures and letters - the childrenhad fun learning practically. Recently I noticed that the children were ready for a bit of a challenge.They had been very diligent with their singing of the alphabet song and so I introduced a song thatcombined the letter, the phonetic sound as well as a word that starts with that letter. We have

In January, Dae Yoon

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Orange Group We started off this month talking and sharing about the adventures we had during the winter break. The students wereexcited to share their experiences with their friends. We then reviewed some of the work that we covered in the monthsbefore, such as, adjectives, CVC words and sight words. We will continue to review concepts that we have covered thisschool year throughout this month. We also practiced writing the alphabet while using our pointer finger to leave spacesbetween them. The students are enjoying ELA story time. Most of the books kept in line with our theme of the month.Keep up the awesome effort Orange Group!

Green GroupThis month we completed the 6th reading skills unit which focused on; story comprehension, the –ish word family,categorization and the initial consonant blend /sw/. The ten opposite word pairs for January were; fiction/fact, odd/even,full/empty, difficult/easy, sky/ground, shallow/deep, night/day, go/come, dirty/clean, and sell/buy. Some of the words thatcame up in our group discussions were; ‘Australia’, ‘seaweed’, ‘cellar’, ‘if’, ‘customer’, ‘appointment’, ‘billiards’, ‘tabletennis’, ‘bison’, ‘private’ and ‘public’. We have been reading The Smurfs Phonics Fun book series which reviews the shortand long vowel sounds. Keep up the strong effort Green Group. You are speaking and reading English beautifully thesedays! Super proud of you all.

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Dear Parents,

A new year is upon us - welcome 2020. As we enter the last few weeks of the school year we lookforward to graduation with mixed feelings. We are very proud of our graduates, they have learnedand grown so much this year but we are also sad to see them go, as are the younger students.Soon we will begin our preparation for graduation. I would like to appeal to all parents, if possible,please avoid your child being absent in February. We hope to make many happy memories for allour students but we need time to do so. The 2020 graduation ceremony will be on Wednesday,February 26th at 10am. The families of our graduates, please make a note of this important date.Finally, we would like to extend the warmest of greetings to all our SIS families for the upcomingLunar New Year. We wish you good health, happiness and prosperity in the coming year!

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We made bird feeders

completed letters Qq, Rr and Ss and we will move on to letters Tt, Uu and Vv soon. We will continue with matching, spokenword and clay inspired activities for center time in the weeks to come, as well as some new worksheet center work. PurpleGroup are showing great improvement and I am so proud of them!

Center TimeIn January all our centers are based on our theme, ‘My Bodyand Teeth’. Week 1; Skeletal Systems Count (Math), My BodyBingo (Game), and Dental Play Dough. Week 2: Teeth NumberMats (Math), Health and Body vocabulary matching cards, andGo Fish (Game), and My Body Letter Mats (Literacy/alphabet).Week 3: My Body’s Internal Organs (Group Art Project), WordCards - Build a Word (Literacy/theme vocabulary words), andCavity Number Cover (Math). Week 4: Germ Shape Spin andCover (shape identification), Human Body Play Dough, andSyllable Work Out (Literacy).

Looking Ahead at February

Important DatesGraduation CeremonyWednesday 02.26

Theme• Hearts• Graduation

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Activity ClassThe children have been so enthusiastic since they came back from the winter breakand they have had fun exploring their bodies. I loved linking their activity lessons tothe theme and we played vocabulary games such as ‘Body Part Four Corners’ and‘Body Part Drop the Cone’ -this game tested their aim and ball skills along withreinforcing the theme vocabulary. The children had fun testing their lungs with theactivity where they had to blow a cup across the table. We have been reading abouthow to live healthy lives through books titled; My Healthy Body by Bobbie Calmanand Teeth by Pete Jenkins. Our gym days have been filled with yoga activities to helpthe children with their balance and we have been playing active games such as dodgeball, bump and lightning bolt to get their bodies moving with agility.

Theme Education Our theme for January is My Body and Teeth. In week 1 welearned the names of the different bones and muscles in ourbody. We also learned how bones and muscles help our bodywork. In week 2 we learned the names of some of the majorinternal organs in our body. We also learned about ourrespiratory, circulatory and digestive systems. In week 3 wefocused on the Lunar New Year. We made a money pouch as ourcraft. In week 4 we will focus on health and hygiene. We will learnon how to keep our bones, muscles and organs healthy. Thetheme songs for this month are “The Bones Song” and “The HeartSong”.

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04월 4/1 ~ 4/25 10월 9/25 ~ 10/24

05월 4/26 ~ 5/23 11월 10/25 ~ 11/20

06월 5/24 ~ 6/21 12월 11/21 ~ 12/17

07월 6/24 ~ 7/18 01월 12/18 ~ 1/30

08월 7/19 ~ 8/26 02월 1/31 ~ 2/27

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Introducing the 2020 Graduates