A Few More Videos

Learning More About China

Tao came in again today to teach us some basic Chinese language.  Students practiced basic phrases and how to count 1 -10.  Below are some videos of the students speaking.

Chinese High School Schedule

Our guest teacher, Tao shared with us her high school schedule.
Students begin their day at 7:00am.  They have 40 minute classes with 10 minutes between classes.  Students have a lunch break from 12:10-2:10.  From 7:00-7:30pm they have a dinner break and then back to class until 9:00pm when they go home.  WOW, you should have seen the students when she spoke of this schedule!!  Below are some pictures:

The Amazing Race Comes to Hinesburg

Students in my homeroom played a game in social studies modeled after the show, "The Amazing Race".  As a way of learning how to use latitude and longitude, pairs of students raced around the world in their atlas to find various locations first.  Along the way came "road blocks" that only one team member could perform.  Ask your son/daughter about the game.  Congrats to Brenna and Lily for winning the game!

First Seven Days Complete!

Wow, hard to believe we have been in school for only 7 days!  Students have been so great getting back into the groove of things!!  We had a special guest on Friday afternoon, as our visiting Chinese teacher came in to share pictures of her home town in China!  You will find some pictures of our visit below.