<p class="ql-block">Having your children in Little Dragon Summer Camp in 1st week has been an excellent</p><p class="ql-block">experience. Children, teachers, and volunteers have all done their parts in making this an amazing start of our Little Dragon Summer Camp. We want to thank our students for their great behavior, and we were really happy to see students connect with each other and become respectful and responsible young scholars.</p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(22, 126, 251); font-size:20px;">晨会 Morning meeting</span></p><p class="ql-block">Morning meetings always started with warm and interesting greetings. Everyday students played games to get to know each other better and practiced their speaking skills. Over the course of the week, we learned to say names and compliments, discuss mythical creatures (like dragons!), and play minigames in Chinese.</p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(22, 126, 251); font-size:20px;">中文课 Chinese Language Arts</span></p><p class="ql-block">The Chinese language arts was organized in four kinds of learning types. It started with a short instruction time then moved to game time that was followed by a reading practice, then the class ended with a paperwork of various types of writing practice. On Monday, we reviewed the most common-used radicals and learned about character construction with those radicals. Students played group games to find correct radicals for their character cards. On Tuesday, the focus was on a classic book, Should I Share My Ice Cream, and practiced analyzing the fictions’ elements. Students were challenged to think deeply about main characters, background, plots, and solutions. On Wednesday, students were introduced to more than twenty ice cream flavors! A bingo game helped students improve their listening skill. We also spent some time reviewing the basic initials and enhanced students’ understanding of how these initials work to indicate the characters’ meanings. Thursday was ice-cream making day! Each student got at least one chance to take charge of one part of the complicated project. Students were so engaged and couldn’t wait to enjoy their own ice-cream. Finally, on Friday, students finished the little dragon brochure and then read another interesting ice- cream book semi-independently.</p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(22, 126, 251); font-size:20px;">篮球课 Basketball</span></p><p class="ql-block">Student practiced how to use hard dribble control the ball. Children in four small groups rotated around the court to practice shooting ball skill, the Right side three-step layup, the Left side three- step layup, and passing skills.</p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(22, 126, 251); font-size:20px;">休息时间 Break Time </span></p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(22, 126, 251);">英文课 English Language Arts</span></p> <p class="ql-block">Group A</p><p class="ql-block">Students learn sign words. With prompting and support, they learned to ask and answer questions about key details in different stories.</p> <p class="ql-block">Group B</p><p class="ql-block">Students read nonfiction, fantasy and realistic fiction short stories and texts. They used these reading to learn vocabulary, reading comprehension, and plot structure.</p> <p class="ql-block">Group of 4-5 Graders</p><p class="ql-block">Students read classic texts and answer multiple-choice and open-response questions.</p> <p class="ql-block">Group of 6-7 Graders</p><p class="ql-block">Students are engaged by discussing the fantasy books they read. Then, they write narratives to develop imagined experiences or events using narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.</p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(22, 126, 251);">科技应用课 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)</span></p><p class="ql-block">Over the week, students learned how to follow scientific protocols and prepare — Ice Cream! We began by separating egg white and yolk; our students were very creative when getting this job done! The next was to learn about grams and how to make ballpark estimations. On Wednesday, students became familiar with the tools and materials they would be using and learned to sort them. They were then able to make their delicious desserts and enjoy their hard work!</p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(22, 126, 251); font-size:20px;">活动中心 Activity Center</span></p><p class="ql-block">An activity center was allotted to help students develop their strengths and interests. It was also used for recreation and socializing. Children were able to create friendship bracelets and paper cranes, while also playing board and math games.</p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(22, 126, 251); font-size:20px;">化学课 Chemistry</span></p><p class="ql-block">This week we learned what chemistry is, why chemistry is important. We also learned about atoms and molecules, period table, physical properties, and density. We did the following experiments:</p><p class="ql-block">1. Reactions between baking soda and vinegar</p><p class="ql-block">2. Water drops on pennies (hydrogen bond and adhesive forces) 3. Finding iron in cereal</p><p class="ql-block">4. Finding density of irregular shape solid.</p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(22, 126, 251); font-size:20px;">好玩的活动 Fun Activity -Maze</span></p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(22, 126, 251); font-size:20px;">好玩的活动 Fun Activity-Swimming </span></p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(22, 126, 251); font-size:20px;">特色活动 Feature Activity Wendy’s Wiggle, Jiggle and Jam!</span></p><p class="ql-block">Our children walked to watch the concert of Wendy’s Wiggle, Jiggle and Jam! in Maple Grove outdoor audience center. It was a great activity to build up excitement and keep our young scholars entertained. Wendy came with her guitar and sang about things that kids love, like cookies, frogs, turtles, presents, and more.</p> <p class="ql-block">We appreciate your support and thank you again for sending your children to our Little Dragon Summer Camp! We are looking forward to seeing you in the following weeks or in July/August of next year.</p>