Reading 1: The Man Who Invented Basketball

 Hello students and parents,


  The first story that we will be going over this semester is called "The Man who invented Basketball" that covers the life and success of James Naismith. James goes through many transformations during the younger years of his life and was initially more focused on making money as a lumberjack than he was at studying in his senior high school. After that, he realizes that he wants more out of life and ends up finishing his high school years and goes on to studying at McGill University in Montreal which is a famous school in Canada. McGill University is considered one of the top 3 universities in Canada and is on par with many of the Ivy League Schools in the USA. 

James Naismith attended there to study philosophy and Hebrew with the hope of becoming a minister later in life, but he has friends who wanted to play rough sports such as rugby and lacrosse with him. While James was dedicated to the study of philosophy and eventually got into McGill University's seminary graduate school, his love for playing sports increased with time. 

Therefore, James Naismith eventually ended up working at a YMCA in Massachusetts, USA. During that time, he realized that students were often really bored during the winter with all of the interesting sports being during the summer time. He was inventive and remembered some games that he played as a child and used two peach baskets and a soccer ball to create the new sport of basketball in 1891.

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Grade 4- I2

Grade 4- I2   Hello everyone, I'm Mr. Peppo and I'm from the state of Ohio in the USA. I've been teaching in Taiwan for five years and I hope that we have many great memories in our class this year. I'm proud to be here at Xinmin School and I hope to improve students' abilities, knowledge, and help them to develop their curiousity about the world. If anyone has any questions then feel free to ask me. Best wishes, Mr. Peppo.
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Day 8-More Reading Activities and Reminder to Bring the Books

 Hello parents, We continued to read through the book's text about how the Canadian James Naismith created the sport of basketball for his PE students in Massachusetts, USA, and how it spread to locals, students nationwide, and was also quickly adopted by women. James' wife was a woman who played the sport that he invented before they even met. While his students were originally reluctant to try a new sport, they quickly changed their minds and stopped grumbling. It's an inspiring story, and it seems that students are enjoying it. As for our homework, I told students that they have two days to finish it. 1. Write Week 3's Vocabulary Words x2 (#1-25) (Finish by Friday) 2. Optional: Chinese Translation 3. Finish the reading in Reading Street (Pages 30-39) Also, please remind students to bring the book to class every day.
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Day 12-"Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest" Introduction, Expository Text, Homework, and Sensay

 Hello students and parents, Today, we went over the first couple of pages on the text and I asked students to write down the word "expository text" with the definition being "gives information about the real world" for further study since it might be useful later on. After that, we talked about the preliminary parts of their "Scavenger Hunt" worksheet for bookwork/homework. I assigned it for homework today. Also, I added the "Ten Important Sentences" onto the Sensay website so please use it as a way to practice speaking and the sentences that I'll utilize for next week's test. They might also be helpful for the Scavenger Hunt worksheet so check them out.  As for homework: 1. Write Week 4 Vocabulary words 15-25 x2 + definitions (x1) 2. Optional: Chinese translations 3. Scavenger Hunt worksheet (finish by next Friday 9/27) 4. Recommended: Sensay "Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest" Ten Important Sentences practice
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