Week 3/1-3/5

Dear parents,

Time is flying.  We can't believe it is the beginning the March.  The RISE test window is opening 3/16 for Language Arts, Math, and Science.  The schedule is not yet set up, but when we know the dates we will let you know.  You can help your child to get ready for RISE by reviewing material learned this year. Plan daily around 5-10 minutes to review each subject and to retain the concepts that they have learned.  Don't leave it until the last minutes!

Friday schedule: Both Red & Blue classes need to come in school from 11:15 a.m. to 1:35 p.m. 

Online students will have regular Friday zoom meetings at 10:30-11:00 a.m., please tell your child open the camera so I can track their absence. I have noticed during the class time, I asked students to participate or asked questions, most of time I didn't receive any response from some of students. 

English:

In math the students are continuing in their learning of multiplying decimals. They will have a quiz in the middle of this week so please have them review and ask questions if needed.

The students are also starting to write a narrative so I ask them what they are writing about. Finally they are continuing to read through "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind."

Chinese:

Students will learn new lesson MMXI2 U4.2 网咖 (Internet Cafe)

Homework: Will be posted on Monday

Science:

Last week, students were learning water cycle and how it relates to the weather, density and atmosphere layers.  This week students will continue learn the difference between weather & climate.

Homework: Will be posted on Monday

Science solar system test: Thursday

Science vocabulary:

air pressure (空气压力 kōng qì yā lì), forecast (预报 yù bào), humidity (湿度shī dù), meteorologist (气象学家 qì xiàng xué jiā ), meteorology (气象学 qì xiàng xué)  precipitation (降水 jiàng shuǐ)  prediction (预言 yù yán ) severe weather (恶劣天气 è liè tiān qì),   atmosphere ( 大气层 dà qì céng), troposphere (对流层 duì liú céng), stratosphere (平流层 píng liú céng ), mesosphere (中间层 zhōng jiān céng), thermosphere (增温层 zēng wēn céng), exosphere (外气层  wài qì céng)

The Troposphere: This is the lowest part of the atmosphere - the part we live in. It contains most of our weather - clouds, rain, snow. In this part of the atmosphere the temperature gets colder as the distance above the earth increases, by about 6.5°C per kilometer. 

The Stratosphere:This extends upwards from the tropopause to about 50 km. It contains much of the ozone in the atmosphere. 

The Mesosphere:The region above the stratosphere is called the mesosphere. Here the temperature again decreases with height, reaching a minimum of about -90°C at the "mesopause".

The thermosphere: This lies above the mesopause, and is a region in which temperatures again increase with height. This temperature increase is caused by the absorption of energetic ultraviolet and X-Ray radiation from the sun. 

The Exosphere: The region above about 500 km is called the exosphere. It contains mainly oxygen and hydrogen atoms, but there are so few of them that they rarely collide - they follow "ballistic" trajectories under the  influence of gravity, and some of them escape right out into space.

Kind regards,

Mrs.McFarland & Mr. Behmer