1. Teacher’s Corner News from Mrs. Jao’s Class Dates to Remember What another busy month we had in March with our visiting singer and song writer, Jim Valley; making kites with the Master Kite Maker, Mr. Hsieh; the PTA Book Fair; Portfolio Conferences and Spring Break. I hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing Spring Break. I went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to attend the annual Teachers’ Conference and see the sights of Kuala Lumpur. We have finished our study of Air and Weather. Our last topic study for the school year is rain forests. Through the study of the rain forests we hope students will develop an understanding of the interdependence of all living things and the impact that human beings have on the world’s environment. We are creating a rain forest in the second grade hallway and are learning lots of cool facts about the animals, plants and people that live there. We will be exploring these enduring understandings: All living things are interdependent Humans have a positive and negative effect on the environment. Rain forests are an essential part of the world ecosystem. You can talk about these questions with your child: ”A living thing or a diamond ring,” which has more worth? Do human beings help or harm the rain forests? Why should we save the rain forest? Curriculum Corner Reading: Reading about clouds and different kinds of weather Math: Patterns in Counting, Doubles and Halves and Number Grids, Extending Complements of 10, Collecting Data and Finding the Median, Making Graphs and Frequency Distributions Writing: Drafting and Publishing Fiction and Non Fiction pieces and Poetry Spelling: Long vowel sounds and the different spelling patterns; words with c, k or ck and the consonant clusters with l and r Theme: Activities to learn about what makes weather, different kinds of weather and the people who study weather - meteorologists April 18No School/Teacher In Service April 21 – 25 GEO Week April 236:30 – 7:30 PM Family Night with environmentalist, Thom Henley, LS Library April 248:30-1:00 Field trip to the Taipei zoo to visit the Rainforest

2. Mrs. Jao’s Photo Gallery Making Kites

3. Mrs. Jao’s Photo Gallery Kitemaking

4. Day 1Music Day 2Mandarin & PE Day 3Library & Music Day 4Mandarin, PE & Computer Day 5Art Day 6Mandarin, PE & Computer Day 7Music & Guidance Day 8Mandarin & PE Day 9Library & Art Day 10Mandarin & PE Mrs. Jao’s Specials Schedule 7 Day 1 8 Day 2 Swimming 9 Day 3 10 Day 4 Swimming 11 Day 5 14 Day 6 Swimming 15 Day 7 16 Day 8 Swimming 17 Day 9 18 No School 21 Day 10 Swimming GEO WEEK 22 Day 1 23 Day 2 Swimming 24 Day 3 Field Trip to zoo 25 Day 4 Swimming 28 Day 5 29 Day 6 Swimming 30 Day 7 May 1 Day 8 Swimming May 2 Day 9 February February MaMa April