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Spring Semester-Week 12

 Story Summary: The Man Who Named the Clouds   As a boy, Luke Howard wondered about the weather and daydreamed about clouds, and ended up creating a scientific system for naming clouds.  Luke Howard was born in the city of London, England in the late 1700s.  As a young boy, Luke noticed that some clouds were feathery, some were puffy, and others looked like gray blankets. He started keeping a weather journal at the age of ten. Luke had three younger brothers and a younger sister. Many of the siblings and half-siblings worked hard in the family's ironworks business and studied hard as well. Many others in London also kept weather journals to learn what caused clouds and weather for curiosity and to advance science. In the 1700s, the causes of weather were still a mystery, and sailors relied on signs. They might rely on pinecones and on rhymes to predict the weather. One such rhyme was "Red at night, Sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning." Luke and...

Spring Semester Week 11

 Week 11: What Jo Did  1 basketball (n.): a game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a metal ring   2 whopping (adj.): very large, impressive   3 height (n.): a measurement of how tall a person or thing is   4 backboard (n.): the board behind the basket or another object   5 dribble (v.): to move a ball by bouncing it   6 nervously (adv.): showing feelings of being worried and afraid about what might happen  7 puzzled (adj.): showing confusion because something is difficult to understand  8 embarrassment (n.): the feeling of being foolish in front of others  9 encourage (v.): to make someone feel more confident or hopeful  10 demonstrate (v.): to show examples of it by doing it   11 dunk (v.): to jump high in the air and push the ball down through the basketball net   12 disgust (n.): a strong feeling of dislike ...

Spring Semester Week 10 (includes story summary)

 Week 10: What Jo Did Story Summary: This story is about a young girl named Joana Marie who loves to play basketball. Her parents bought a basketball hoop, but the rim was too high so she learned how to dunk a basketball when she was little. One day, she wore a baseball cap to cover her hair, and a boy with a Bulls tank top approached her after losing his basketball near her house. A group of boys thought Joana (Jo) was a boy. She introduced herself as Jo and the boy with red hair introduced himself as TJ. They boys invited her to play ball with them Jo made a jump shot during a ball game which impressed the boys. The Bulls fan said that he never even saw Michael Jordan jump as high as Jo did. Jo told them that she practices a lot with her dad. A kid with a Lakers jersey tried to demonstrate how to dribble a basketball. After she made the dunk shot, her hat fell off and all of the girls were surprised when they found out the Jo is actually a girl. Video:  https://www.youtube.c...

Spring Semester Week 9

 Week 9: Oral and Listening Exams this week Written Exam on Week 10 Review Activities: Vocabulary and Spelling:  https://wordwall.net/resource/90198541 Vocabulary Meaning and Story:  https://wordwall.net/resource/90043440 Reminder: Finish all unfinished homework from Spring Semester 2025 Weeks 1-9 now Week   9 Homework  回家功課   Monday Mar. 31st 1. Review Worksheet-Monday Tuesday Apr. 1st 1. Review Worksheet-Tuesday Wednesday Apr. 2nd 1. Review Worksheet-Wednesday Thursday Apr. 3rd 1. Review Worksheet-Thursday Friday Apr. 4th 1, Review Worksheet-Friday 2. Finish all Sensay recordings 3.Finish all unfinished worksheets 4. Finish all reading assignments (reading worksheets) 5. Finish all vocabulary writing assignments in the Bubble book

Spring Semester Week 8 + Exam Scope Notice

  "Letters Home from Yosemite" Story Summary   This story is an expository text that explains the history, geography, and scenery of Yosemite National Park which is located in California, USA.  Yosemite is America's third national park and it is not too far from San Francisco, California. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant which deeded the land to California. It became a national park in 1890. One of the first Americans to visit Yosemite was a Scottish-American scientist (naturalist) named John Muir. He wanted Yosemite to become a national park. American explorers and settlers had been visiting the Yosemite area since the 1830s and 1840s, but Native Americans had been living in the area for about 10,000 years. The Miwok Indians were still living there when American explorers visited in the 1830s. Yosemite National Park has several key areas such as Yosemite Valley, Badger Pass, Bridalveil Fall, El Capitan, Happy Isles, Mirror Lake, and Tenaya Can...