玉鈴老師的班

• Next week 11/30 No School! 

這個月的德目是「仁慈」，我以「別人仁慈對我，我就要常懷感恩的心」相應即將到來的感恩節作為這個月的總結。

Amy 老師幫孩子們檢查作業，並換上新的 bQo-iaokirm「不要緊」 (never mind) 的圖片。很抱歉我的 mxbiern khexkhix 「不客氣」 (you are welcome) 印錯了，所以下次上課再發給小朋友。當 Amy 老師要幫 Eric 和 Jason 換圖片時，赫然發現他們已經有了，原來是媽媽看了我的 e-mail 後就自動幫他們列印了，好認真的媽媽！我發現淵威的爸媽也有把我每個禮拜的 blog 內容都列印下來，還有許多家長每周定時幫孩子做作業和複習字卡！家長如此認真的態度，真讓我感動，也更能提起勁用力的教！

今天我們很快把第八課的歌唱一遍，進入第九課 chviar langkheq 請人客 (Be my guest!)。我根據孩子們去年學的 My 100 words 挑出相關的生詞來複習：binzhngg 眠床 (bed)、tu’ar 櫥仔 (cabinet)、sQefbixntaai 洗面台 (basin)、beftharng 馬桶 (toilet)、ciaqpng 吃飯 (eat)、tQh’ar 桌子 (table)、y’ar 椅子 (chair)、phorng’ie 沙發 （sofa）、thang’ar 窗戶 (window)、mngg 門 (door)。結果除了新的 tu’ar 櫥仔 (cabinet) 和 ciaqpng 吃飯 (eat) 以外，他們全部都記得，真是「好厲害的紅螞蟻」！佳瑜老師，妳應該很欣慰了！

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接著忙碌的雙手開始了！我放著CD，讓孩子邊聽邊說/唱，我們開始做「火雞」。我的樣品是6年前我家老大3歲半時手腳的大小，他們小時候我每年感恩節都幫他們做一「張」火雞，他們就會知道這一年他們的手腳又長大多少，我個人覺得相當有紀念價值，若有興趣的家長可以在家幫孩子再做一張比較精確好看的，留作紀念。（我們家還有爸爸媽媽的，兩隻大火雞帶著兩隻小火雞走在牆上，很溫馨的畫面！）

既然做了火雞，就順便教他們火雞的台語，還有我們的「火雞母」，希望孩子不要反過來嫌我們是嘮叨的火雞母才好！我有一篇轉載的「父母的有效期限」，覺得很有道理，在這裡與你們分享：http://yulinghungchen.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post_29.html

• Next week 11/30 No School! 
• 請察看這次發回改好的補充教材作業，上面有您孩子 Christmas 的 wish list. 供您參考。

好快又到感恩節了，記得去年 Ryan 才說要感謝那隻被我們吃的火雞，怎麼一年又過了？！這個月的德目是「仁慈」，我以「別人仁慈對我，我就要常懷感恩的心」相應即將到來的感恩節作為這個月的總結。

謝謝美雲（愷菱的媽媽）幫我整理發回改好的作業，幫我省下不少時間來上課，事實證明愷菱這學期進步神速，一定和媽媽在課堂裡幫忙有關，想要孩子進步更快的媽媽們可以考慮喔！

今天我們先小考。Daniel 很誠實的告訴我他沒有複習小考的生字，我說沒關係，我們先複習一下，要孩子們像 Cam Jensen （很好的 Mystery Fiction，請到圖書館借閱）一樣專心把字記起來，結果大家都考得很好。

接著我們上第六課「新年到」，事關新年拿紅包的文章，大家都讀得很起勁。我拿出大小紅包各一個來玩遊戲，我把紅包分別給不同的小孩，由他們隨便傳，等大紅包追上小紅包（兩個紅包都在同一張桌子上時），那個小朋友就要上台念課文，結果兩位幸運的小朋友是愷菱和 Naia，而她們都念得非常好，台下的小朋友也很熱心的幫著念呢！

今天教的生字是：新、年、恭、喜、街、舞、獅、龍、奇。Mandy 說媽媽看到「舞龍舞獅」嚇一跳，這麼難的字怎麼寫呀？Well, 孩子們，回去秀給媽媽看喔！

最後我拿出1-5課的字卡，抽籤把孩子分成兩組比賽，Jonah 則當小老師幫我翻字卡，結果居然兩組同分，於是我拿出今天才教的第六課字卡最後決勝負，果然新教的就不太會了，於是勝負分曉，依序選螢光棒，閃亮的孩子高興的去吃點心了！

Homework:

• 習作A本 p. 17-19
• Supplementary writing pages (optional)
• 全新版華語習寫字：Write words for lesson 6
• Recognize flashcards of 2-6

We'll have quiz next time (12/7) on words: 新、年、恭、喜、街。Please have your child practice writing them.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you and see you in two weeks!

Teacher Amy checked the homework, and oops... a child forgot to do it.

In the previous weeks we talked about helping others as kindness. Today I said kindness doesn't have to be a motion. Simply forgiveness is also an expression of kindness, and it's hard to do.

I taught lesson 8: hQfsu kekiarm zQx 好事加減做 (Be helpful). The words we learned were: tQsia/loflat多謝/勞力 (thanks)、mxbiern khexkhix 不客氣 (you are welcome)、sitlea/phvaysex失禮/歹勢 (sorry)、bQo-iaokirn不要緊 (never mind)、siuxkhix生氣(angry)、khaux/hao哭 (cry)、zeahoe再會 (Good-bye).

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I asked the kids what they could do to help others. Everyone got to come to stage to "announce" their "talent". We have kids who can help with dishes, cleaning up, mopping floor, even cooking! Oh, I should borrow them sometimes when I need a break with housework! 

Then the fun part began! I grouped the kids to Team A and Team B to compete with the flashcards recognition. I showed a card and the one who raised hand first and answered correctly in Taiwanese won a point for their team. All the kids were so focused and quiet. Teacher Amy gave all the kids stamps after the game as they all did a great job!

Usually there are a couple of students late for class a few minutes every time. I didn't pay much attention to it until today. Naia is always on time for class. Today she was 5 minutes late, and she came to me to say sorry. I was awakened. Yes, isn't keeping on time a basic virtue that we should possess? If we can not make it, at least we should feel sorry. 回想自己在美國久了，習慣美國自由的上課方式，學生在課堂上自由走動視為平常，遲到早退更視為家常便飯，反而會替他們找理由。可是我這種態度對嗎？從小所受的嚴謹的生活規範哪裡去了？記得4年前剛帶孩子來台語學校的時候，麗如老師很以我們學校特立的活潑的上課方式為傲，學生不用死板板坐在椅子上接受填鴨式教學，當然學生很喜歡來上課，因為他們有相當程度的自由，愛發言就發言，不發言也沒關係，老師絕對尊重學生的意願。可是隨著孩子年齡的增長，我發現在沒有壓力下的教學對他們的學習助益有限，因為學習語文畢竟不是一項容易的課題，沒有幾個孩子會把它當成自己的興趣來學習，久而久之他們的程度就跟不上了，所以我上課會小考，積沙成塔。還有我們孩子會面臨的一個問題就是現在在學的字會寫，但以前學過的字會認卻寫不出來，這就是練習頻率的問題了。試想我們自己受中文教育近20年，到來美國後雖然還常看中文的報章雜誌，但拿筆寫中文的機會已很少了，偶爾寫個中文便條我自己都會卡住，想不出正確的字該怎麼寫。連我自己都這樣了，我怎麼忍心要求一個禮拜只上一個半小時中文課的孩子學過的字不會忘呢？不過有心的家長倒是可以鼓勵他們多閱讀課外讀物，如果怕生字太多，我每個禮拜發回去的閱讀測驗是個很好的題材。那是加州一個規模龐大的中文學校針對我們的教科書「全新版華語課本」所量身定做的。每篇的內容都與課文有關，其中的字如果在第一冊或第二冊該課以前學過就沒有注音，如果對孩子而言是生字的話就會有注音在旁邊，所以這篇閱讀測驗對他們而言是非常好的複習教材。

There are still some students forget their pencils or quiz sheet every time. Others, like Jessica, Naia, Mandy always prepare extra pencils and are very willing to lend it to their classmates. I am very happy with their generosity and good friendship, but I also need to think of something to help those forgetful students. Hum..... to make it their own responsibility, I told them I would take away a stamp from their award sheet if they forget to bring it every time. I hope this will work.

In the previous weeks we talked about helping others as kindness. Today I said kindness doesn't have to be a motion. Simply forgiveness is also an expression of kindness, and it's hard to do.

We practiced flashcards and followed by quiz. I know some kids studied hard at home, and it showed up the results. I am pleased the kids care about it. That's a way the motivation from.

I paired up the students to practice conversation. I found they can read the text（課文）very fast, but they still need time to read the conversation（看圖說一說）. I think practice is the issue. 

We sang the song "Twinkle twinkle little star"「小星星」. After the Chinese version they automatically translated it into English version and sang fluently.

We made a Christmas tree to take home today. There are twinkle twinkle lights on it. It's a beautidul ending for this lesson 「耶誕樹」！

Homework:

• 習作B本 p. 14-16
• Supplementary writing pages (optional)
• 全新版華語習寫字：Complete writing words for lesson 5
• Recognize flashcards of 2-5

We'll have quiz next week on words: 站、客、愛、閃、燈。Please have your child practice writing them.

Thank you and see you next week!

Teacher Amy checked homework for the kids and gave award. A girl forgot to do homework and appeared upset. Dear parents, please remember to help with your child's homework. They are really proud that they did the homework!

I read a story 「猴子判官」to let the kids know they have to be careful about good and bad people. Our kids like to listen to stories. They were so quiet and curious what would happen next.

Then we did craft: 「愛心小精靈」。Some kids (mostly girls) are very patient and have good hands to do the craft all by themselves. Nevertheless Teacher Amy and I were still very busy in helping tape the broken papers. I have to admit that it's not easy to tear the paper out from the book.

We play 語詞ㄤ仔標。Not like what we did in childhood, I asked the kids to spread out all their cards on the table. They needed to show me the picture when I called a name. It's also kind of review vocabularies we learned before. Overall the kids did very well.

Homework is

Last week I reminded parents to prepare pencils for your child. This week there is a boy who even forgot to bring his school bag. That is my child. Ha, ha... very bad example

Kids turned in homework. Most of them did all the homework. Great job! As I said, every child is individual. Parents can decide if your child is able to do the optional writing homework.

I reviewed the words 變房裡對坐 and had quiz. I found some kids liked quiz. Ezra was late but he voluntarily asked Naia the words and test himself. Stephanie was also late. Due to the limited time, I told her she could skip quiz this time. After class her mom told me Stephanie prepared very hard for quiz. Oh, I should have let her tried it!

Today I taught lesson 5 「耶誕樹」。The words we learned were: 耶、誕、棵、站、客、包、禮、物、閃、燈、掛、愛。I also reviewed flashcards of lesson 1-4 to make sure they don't forget what we've learned before.

As the the virtue, I read a story 「猴子判官」to let the kids know they have to be careful about good and bad people. Our kids like to listen to stories. They were so quiet and curious what would happen next.

Homework is:

• 習作A本 p. 14-16
• 2 Supplementary writing pages (optional)
• 全新版華語習寫字：Write words for lesson 5
• Recognize flashcards of 2-5

We'll have quiz next week on words: 耶、誕、包、禮、物。Please have your child be familiar with writing them.

Thank you and see you next week!

Following "Sense of Humor" we have "Kindness" as our virtue for November. Most kids went "trick-or-treating" and collected lots of candies on Halloween. This is the kindness of people who distributed their love to others. I told the kids: Treat others the way you want to be treated （己所不欲，勿施於人）。

We reviewed lesson 6: hQfphvixsay好鼻師 (The best nose!)。Kids could sing the song very well and were much familiar with the flashcards now. Then we taught their exciting lesson: pviarsaux摒掃 (Cleaning up). The new words we learned were: svaf衫 (shirt)、khox褲 (pants)、sQefsengkhw洗身軀 (take a bath)、chitpQlee拭玻璃 (wipe glass)、purnsQx糞埽 (trash)、luothokhaf濾塗跤 (mop floor)、voafti碗箸 (bowl & chopsticks)、zhux厝 (house). 

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Some parents might find the clothes of your child was very dirty this week, because they performed the song so hard that they mopped the floor with their elbows and knees. (Sorry, they had so much fun that I just couldn't stop them!)

We planned to play ㄤ仔標 today but we didn't have enough time. Please help your child to write his/her name on every card, so he/she won't lose any next time when we play.

Homework is

Please prepare at least two pencils and an eraser for your child in class. Thanks. 

Following "Sense of Humor" we have "Kindness" as our virtue for November. Most kids went "trick-or-treating" and collected lots of candies on Halloween. This is the kindness of people who distributed their love to others. I told the kids: Treat others the way you want to be treated （己所不欲，勿施於人）。

We reviewed the words for quiz：雪地片漂亮。As Tuesday is Election Day, I adopted democratic vote to decide if we should leave the words on blackboard for reference. As a result 6 yeses to 4 nos, so I left the words for the kids to "copy".

Then we practiced reading and conversation. I explained the importance of "radical", and gave some examples, eg. 土＋也＝地；人＋也＝他；水＋也＝池。Once we learned 「也」we can add different radicals to form different words. Knowing the meaning will help the kids to visualize the words easier.

Today I started some additional writing practice. Due to the time limit we were unable to finish it. Please do the rest at home.

Homework:

• 習作B本 p. 11-13
• Supplementary writing pages (optional)
• 全新版華語習寫字：Finish writing words for lesson 4
• Recognize flashcards of 2-4

We'll have quiz next week on words: 變、房、裡、對、坐。Please have your child be familiar with writing them.

Thank you and see you next week!