Things are Different in China

Good afternoon, Class!

It looks like you had so much fun at your stuffed animal party!  I’m so proud of you all! I hear you will be working toward a game party next. What a fun idea.  It always makes me happy to see your smiling faces.

Mrs. Salisbury tells me that you would like to learn some Chinese words. Here are a few that you can practice:

•        Hello = Ni hao (knee how)
•        Thank you = Xie xie (shay shay)
•        one = yi (like the letter E)
•        two = er (like the letter R)
•        three = san (like sahn) 

The Chinese people do not celebrate Thanksgiving or Christmas. I’m planning a lesson about Thanksgiving right now so that they can learn more about it. Part of my job is to share American culture with the students. I will not be at the school on Christmas, so I won’t have the chance to share that holiday with them.

I am so excited to hear that you are beginning to write sentences! How exciting! I can’t wait to read some of them. 

Here are two things that are very different in China:

The writing is very different. The Chinese people use characters to represent their words. But, guess what? You can't stretch them out if you don't already know them. I don't know how to read anything in China!

In China, if it's your birthday, you do not get gifts from your friends; you give gifts to your friends. The girl in the black sweater gave me a piece of chocolate for her birthday!

It has finally started to get cold here, but we haven’t had any snow yet. I hope you are all keeping warm!

Love,

Mrs. Heflin