no Homework 12/20

No homework home this week! 
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 
We will start again after New Year.

Sincerely,
LinSmith

Math and Chinse/ How to set up your computer to type in Chinese

Dear Parents:
At this point, your child should know subtraction and regrouping very well. know how to rounf a number, how to read time on a clock, and memorazing mutplication chart 2-9.  We are learning about fraction on module 5.
We are learning pynin , students will learn how to type Chinese by using pynin at the end of December.










  1. How to add Chinese language and typing system in Mac computers:


  1. Go to “System Preferences”
  2. Go to “ Language and Region”
  3. Go to “Preferred Language”
  4. Click “+”
  5. Select “Chinese, Simplified” from the list
  6. Click the language and press “Keyboard Preferences” bottom
  7. Select “Input Sources” on top, and click “+” to add typing system from the list.
  8. Select “Chinese, Simplified” on the left and “Pinyin- Simplified” on the right and press Add.
  9. Now, on the top of the screen you will see the US flag. When you click the flag, you will see the “Pinyin – Simplified” has been added. Students can choose either English or Pinyin – Simplified to type.




  1. How to add Chinese language and typing system in PC computers:


  1. Go to “Control Panel”
  2. Go to “Region and Language”
  3. Go to “Keyboard and Langauges”
  4. Click “Change Keyboard”
  5. Go to “General”, go to “Installed Services” and click “Add”.
  6. Select “Chinese (Simplified, PRC)” and double click it. Choose “Chinese (Simplified)- Microsoft Pinyin New Experience Input Style” and click into the box to add the input method. Click “OK” to add it into the computer.
  7. When you open a doc, excel file, or the website, you will see “En” on your screen next to the tool bar. Click it and you can choose “CH”. The input typing style you add will be shown here. Choose it to begin to type Chinese.



Great onlin support at home

Dear Parents,


Big thanks to our wonderful school district, here are great online support at home. Feel free to use them any time. Your child can use ipad for these practice as well.




Chinese:
Mandarin Matrix
https://www.mandarinmatrix.com/page/school/student/login.aspx


Math:
Dreambox


https://play.dreambox.com/login/6twa/p89t
ipad school code:  6twa/p89t




Your child will bring both website login info home today.




Enjoy.
Sincerely,
Snow LinSmith

Friday, November 16, 2018

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Working on listening in the car-- Chinese radio station

Here is a good way to train your child's listening. :)


AM 1060
The Chinese language time is usually in the morning.