English September and October Newsletter

Dear Grade 9 parents and students,

This month in English we have focused on the following skills:
- skim and scan reading
- finding unknown vocabulary through the use of context clues
- proper capitalization rules for general English
- proper capitalization rules for titles
- proper writing for numbers in English

Moving into October, we will be focusing on the following skills:
- selecting points for summary
- paraphrasing
- annotating texts
- understanding and tone, mood and purpose in writing

All of these skills will be utilized in our end of unit novel read. We will be reading Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.

If you have any questions about homework, projects, or general news, all of our class information is on our Google Classroom website, which all of the students have access to.

As always, please email me if you have any other questions.

Regards,

Mr. Chris

G9 JNL Newsletter September

Dear G9 Parents,

I hope you have been good in the nice season after hot summer.
And in the next month, there will be held Sports Day.
I hope we can meet and talk at the event.

In September, there are the topics which students learned in this month below.
-Introduction
Almost students already know routines  and class rules in my class. So JNL class goes very well.
-Tsuki no kigen wo saguru
This is written about the origin of moon. The main theme is to think logically with some data and make hypothesis. After this, they wrote an essay according to what they learned about paragraphs.
-Tsukurareta monogatari wo koete
This is written about images which people make. People got language but language sometimes works to tell wrong information. So we need to re-think common thing whether it is right or not.


In October, they will learn below
-Hihyo no kotoba wo tameru
-Darekano kawarini


Many students are adjusting in a new G9 environment.
Sometimes they might be very busy or (and) confuse because of it.
At the school, we all encourage them to adjust.
Also I really appreciate you for your everyday support.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.



Best regards,
Mr. Higa

Monthly Musical Update

Dear Parents,

Grade 9 has had a great start to the year in Music Class.  We looked at a variety of different music from different genres and talked about how to choose quality music for performing. As a class the students selected a song and divided up the parts among themselves. They’ve been busy learning their own parts and deciding how to best perform them.  We are also starting to take a look at music history, and learn about why and how music functions both within past and present societies.

Musically yours,

Ms. Shay

PHYSICS 

Announcement Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Title: Grade 9 UNIT TEST

Name of the Unit: P1. Motion

Date for the test: Monday, September 25, 2017

Calculator

Dear parents,

If have already bought a scientific calculator, please ignore this message. For those whose did not buy yet, I advice Sharp El-509M model. Your children need a calculator to solve questions.

Thanks

This is the Amazon link to buy it.