Still In China... Be Home Soon!

Hello from China! It's a beautiful day in Shanghai - the temperature is 11 degrees Celsius! We hear its not very nice in Winnipeg - wish you were here! This week in China we learned about the Zodiac animals. Did you know why the cat isn't a zodiac sign? The cat didn't even finish the Jade Emporer's race... The winner was the rat and thats why the rat is the first year in the Chinese calendar!

We practice Tai Chi in a quiet park. Tai Chi is like karate but calm and relaxing. It works on your health, balance and relaxation. It's like meditating!

Today we learned the numbers in Chinese and made our own Chinese Counting Books!

We've been doing in math in China too. We're still learning about place value. Some of our centres this week were a card game with building numbers, the Smart Board and of course, the Ms. Moffatt station. (Ms. Moffatt's side note: I love that all the kids cheer when they hear they are coming to my station! It's my favourite!)

Next week in China we are going to learn how to use CHOPSTICKS and we are going to make our dragons for CHINESE NEW YEARS!

It was an awesome week and we can't wait for next week!

Love,
Room 40