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ALCATRAZ

9.2.2015

First Grade

Monkey Class
Teacher: Ms. Kristina Lau, Liu Laoshi
Teacher Assistant: Ms. Lily Li

Contact Info: klau@yumingschool.org

Parent Portal to Classroom Site: http://YuMing Monkey Class
Website

Meet the Teacher

Kristina Lau Liu Laoshi
From Hong Kong
Been with Yu Ming since 2014
Education:
Bachelor Degree - Sociology & Economics
(The University of British Columbia)
Postgraduate Diploma in Education - Liberal
Studies & Chinese (The University of Hong Kong)
Interests:
Dance, read, swim, bake desserts, explore new places
with my family

First Grade Teachers

Grade Teacher: Kristina Lau

Grade Teacher: Carol Kao
Teacher Assistant: Lily Li
English Teacher: Jennifer Suen
Music Teacher: Laura
Art Teacher: Sandra Chang
P.E. Teacher: Coach Dave
Head of English Language Program: Lisa Jordan
Director of Curriculum and Instruction (Mandarin):
Diana Kong

Monkey Class List

Alana
Cortes

Alexis
Snyder

Angel Wu

Arthur
McClintic

Athena
Tarnas

Carys
Pligavko

Clara
Shum

Ethan
Ching

Geneviev
e Yang

Gio Leung

Giselle
Nguyen

Greer
Callie
Acuna

Isabel Tsui

John Lao

Jonathan
Yan

Monkey Class List

Khalil
Savage

Landon
Marissa
Carmona Wu

Mateo
Tarango
-Sho

Tenoch
Contrer

Noah
Geiger

Penelop
e Wong

Severin
Whittle

Shayna
Chau

Seff
Buhler

Mason
Crisolog
o

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You Can Expect that

I will know your child personally as the unique individual

s/he is.
I will prepare lessons that are stimulating, rigorous and
interactive.
I will work with each child at his/her level, in order to help
him/her achieve our end of year expectations.
I will work with parents and keep you informed of academic
concerns or ongoing behavior issues, before they become
serious problems.
I will reply to emails as promptly as my schedule allows and
based upon urgency. Non-urgent emails may take up to 4
days to reply to.
I will help every child love learning and become a risk taker
in his/her own learning.
I will update the website weekly.

learning progress, important dates, events, readings, important

info, chinese resources

My Expectations of Parents

Be involved in your childrens learning and

education.
Partner with me and maintain an open
communication channel.
Bring your children on time to school (before
8:15)
Provide a quiet place for children to do their
homework and check their class work EVERY
day!!!!
Attend parent-teacher conferences.
November 19 - 20, 2015
March 17 - 18, 2016
Ask your child about school regularly.
Volunteer for school and class events. (art class,

My Expectations of Students

Students should come to school ready to

try their best
Students should practice their CARES
skills

(Confidence, Respect, Assertion, Empathy,

Self-Control)

Students
its hard
Students
Students
Students

should participate even when

should support each other
should never give up
should have FUN learning

Classroom Management
Individual:
(Very Good) = 1 Gotcha
(Needs more effort) = warnings/
reflection time
Group:
10 Stars = gift
Class:
On task = 5 extra minutes of free time
3 warnings = no free time
= Good work

Theme Based Curriculum

We integrate our curriculum based on

individual topics and units, so students will
gain the most learning in class.
* Refer to handout *
Topics
Skillsets
Assessment Dates
Aligned with California Common Core
Standard
Integration of Chinese, Social Studies &

In our class..
We have:
Morning Meetings (greetings, reflection, inspire new learning)
Monday morning sharing
Class Roles (Monitor, librarian, group leader)
We work on:
Dictation (every other week, review sheet)
Math Test (every other week)
Story time
Experiments
Dictionary
Diary Writing
Chinese rainbow sheet, character practice

Fieldtrips
Marine Science Institute
500 Discovery Pkwy, Redwood City, CA
94063
2. Exploritorium
Pier 15, The Embarcadero, San
Francisco, CA 94111
1.

Date: TBA

Schedule
Refer to Handout
Recess 10:20-10:40 (Except Tuesday
9:40-10)
Art class volunteers (Tues 10-10:40)
Morning Sharing (Tues, Wed, Thurs 8:158:45)
Class = Instructional Time

Homework
Handed out every TUESDAY

To be collected every MONDAY

grace period till Friday, thereafter = no

mark

21st Century online access

Homework Club
Purpose: To provide support to those who
need it
Method: By Teachers invitation only
Schedule: 9/9 Wednesday 3:00-3:30
(pickup at the gate)

Questions?

Thank you