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November 19, Tuesday

 Today's lesson  1. Phonics: long a/e/i sounds that spelled in"ei/eigh", vocabulary and meaning.       Completed RWN p.349, 354.  ei/eigh words 2. Comparative and superlative adverb, completed RWN p.353  3. Review Irregular verb table: Group 1-4 (will be included in Friday's quiz) 4. Today the class had a chance to visit the library for Singapore Exhibition to learn about Singapore.     They learned about a few famous landmarks such as Merlion, Garden by the Bay. They learned about some famous food, desserts, curry, spicy crabs and bak kut teh (the pork soup). The size of Singapore and the currency of Singapore as well.  5. There is a minor change on the homework arrangement, please kindly see the changes in red below.  G4A2 Week 13 Communication Book 11/18 Monday 1.      Copy Week 13 VW #13-25 x 3, definition x 1, make 6 sentences 2.      Sign and correct unit test paper (VW x5) 3.      Sensay homework #13 4.      Savvas hom

November 18, Monday

 Today's lesson  1. Review Week 13 vocabulary, POS and definition  Week 13 VW     in Spanish: the beginning "j" has the "h" sound. So the correct pronunciation for jalapeno is:  /  hɑː.ləˈpeɪ.njoʊ / 2. Review some common mistakes in the writing assignment and test:      thank vs thankful      thank (v.) someone : I thank my parents for always taking care of me.      thankful (adj.) for: I am thankful for my parents who always take care of me.     mistake: I ate finished lunch.  / I watched finished the movie.  (Don't put the word "finish" ~ that is Chinese direct translation!)  correct sentence: After I finished eating lunch.   / After I finished watching the movie.  the word "eating" and "watching" in the sentences above are not verbs, they are gerunds. By adding "ing" to a verb, it becomes a NOUN .  e.g.: I go swimming (n.).          I go to swim(v.) .  adding the suffix "ure/ture" to make a noun: mixtu

November 15, Friday

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 Today's lesson 1. Week 12 Unit Test  2. Irregular verb table by groups: Group 1- 2.  3. KET Cambridge test introduction, explained worksheet #3  4. Homework:  11/15 Friday 1.   Copy Week 13 VW #1-12 x 3, definition x 1, 6 sentences 2.   Preview Reading Street p.296 – 310 3.   Worksheet #3 4.   Google Classroom 1.       bakery (n.): a place where bread, cake, cookies are made and sold 2.       ingredient (n.): one of the things that are used to make a food, product, etc. 3.       batch (n.): a group of things or people 4.       mixture (n.): something made by combining two or more things 5.       dough (n.): a mixture of flour, water, and other ingredients that are baked to make    bread, cookies, etc. 6.       braided (v.) : to weave together three or more parts of something 7.       boil (v.): to become too hot that bubbles are formed in a liquid and ri

November 14, Thursday

 Today's lesson  1. Review Unit Test: Reading Street story Goodbye 382 Shin Dang Dong and adverbs.  2. Adverb:      special attention: some words have same spelling for adjectives and adverbs     fast - fast: I run fast. (adverb- run is an action verb)                      He is a fast runner. (adjective - "be" verb)     hard - hard: We study hard.  (adverb- study is an action verb)                         The Unit Test is very hard. (adjective - "be" verb). The adverb in this sentence is: VERY       special note on "be" verb: if there is only 1 verb ("be" verb ) in a sentence, then it is usually an adjective.          The boy is  ("be" verb)   always (adv.)  good(adj) in his tests.          The boy is doing  (present continuous tense) well (adv.) in his test. (The "be" verb here is called "auxiliary verb") 3. Completed RWN p. 340, about poem.  4. Homework:  11/14 Thursday 1.   Worksheet

November 12, Tuesday

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 Today's lesson  1. Reading Street story: Goodbye 382 Shin Dang Dong, the differences between Korea and America in the story 2. Review Worksheet # 1 part E.  3. Adverb -  An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb (for e.g. he sings adverb (for e.g. ended loudly), an adjective (for e.g. very tall), another too quickly), or even a whole sentence (for e.g. Adverbs often end in -ly, but some (such as Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella). fast) look exactly the same as their adjective counterparts. 4. School outing, no leveled class tomorrow.  5. Homework:  11/12 Tuesday 1.      Worksheet #1 2.      Google Classroom 11/13 Wednesday 1.   School outing no class 2.   Google Classroom

November 11, Monday

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 Today's lesson 1. Week 12 VW and definition   VW and definition 2. Part of speech review: adverb (go with action verb)and adjective (go with "be" verb) 3. Compound words  4. Phonics the "al" sound: "au/aw/al/augh/ough" 5. Review the quiz paper for correction  6. Communication book:  G4A2 Week 12 Communication Book 11/11 Monday 1.      Copy Week 12 VW #13-25 x 3, definition x 1, make 6 sentences 2.      Sign and correct quiz paper 3.      Sensay homework #12 4.      11/15 Unit Test: 1.      WK 11-12VW, definition and FITB, 2.      Phonics “au/aw/al/augh/ough” 3.      Compound words 4.      Adverb vs adjective 5.      RS Story: Goodbye 382 11/12 Tuesday 1.      Worksheet #1 2.      Google Classroom 11/13 Wednesday 1.   School outing no class 2.   Google Classroom 11/14 Thursday 1.   Worksheet #2