玉鈴老師的班

• Saturday 5/2 Mother's Day Party at Wheaton Church
• Sunday 5/3 Field Day at Churchill High School 
• 5/10 Regular class
• 5/17 Final exam and Happy Hour Dinner

Welcome back, Annika!

Today we did two types of craft for Mother's Day. The craft was not easy, but the children did it! They all look forward to presenting their surprise to their dearest mother.

I reviewed lessen 8 HQr peng’iuo 好朋友 (Good Friends), and started lesson 9 Uxntong運動 (Exercise). Vocabularies were: iu'erng游泳 (swimming)、phaq nakiuu拍籃球 (play basketball)、zQx thefzhaw做體操 (gymnastics)、koxng paxngkiuu/ koxng iafkiuu摃棒球/摃野球 (play baseball)、thad khakiuu踢足球 (play soccer)、zao跑步 (jogging).

When the children saw the picture of basketball, they all said phaq kiuu. Humm..., very good! They still remembered what they learned before. But this time I taught more specifically in verbs vs. the types of balls. We had soccer, basketball and baseball in this lesson.

I also talked about the virtue "modesty", and explained the meaning of 滿招損，謙受益。

See you Saturday! 

• 5/2星期六Mother's Day Party at Wheaton Church
• 5/3星期日Field Day at Churchill High School 
• 5/10 Regular class
• 5/17 Final exam and Happy Hour Dinner

我一進教室就有小朋友跟我說她沒有準備小考的字，我說沒關係，今天我就把字留在黑板上當作他們辛苦準備母親節表演的獎勵。

我們複習了第12課課文，並講解了「滿招損，謙受益」的意思後，就開始作「立體母親卡」。我的樣本是一個立體的心，但是我鼓勵孩子自己創作。Ezra 先跟我要了額外的紙張做試驗，他要做一個立體的媽媽，咦，這個孩子很聰明，一試就成功，他還做了立體蛋糕等。接著愷菱也很快用她的方法做出立體卡片，和愷菱坐在一起的Anica, Mandy和Stephanie也參考愷菱的方法，做出漂亮的卡片。Jessica自己坐一桌則用她的方法在卡片上畫出許多溫暖的心。Ryan 的形狀設計很特別，他將來的理工方面一定很強。Daniel 很認真的做出他的卡片，字寫得整整齊齊的。Jonah是第一個做好卡片的人，他的卡片上有兩個女人的稱謂。Justin想在卡片上做很多立體的東西，但是最後沒黏好就又變成平面的了，我知道心意到就好！

最後我們再練習「媽媽的眼睛」，等著星期六的表演了！

回家作業：

• 練習唱和表演「媽媽的眼睛」 
• 習作B本 p. 35-37
• 2頁的補充教材(optional)
• 第十二課課文讀三遍 
• 全新版華語習寫字：第十二課
• 認讀第十二課的字卡

下次上課考「首穿進林跟河」六個字，大家要練習喔！

我們星期六見！

Welcome back, Aaron!

Teacher Amy checked homework. I reviewed lesson 7: PhutQo 葡萄 (Grapes). I gave each child a fruit card and asked them to come to stage and introduce their fruit, eg. name, color, taste and whether they liked it or not. Kids all did this very well.

I reinforced the virtue "modesty". Don't brag, but also don't be too humble. We don't exaggerate our ability and we don't hide it, either. Be confident while you can do a good job.

I reviewed Taiwanese alphabets. There were still some consonants that were hard to pronunce, like "j", "g", "c", "z". I'll keep practicing them in class.

We started lesson 8:HQr peng’iuo 好朋友 (Good Friends). Vocabularies were: satbuun雪文 (soap)、chiwkin’ar/ bixnkyn手巾仔/面巾 (towel)、khykQf齒膏 (toothpaste)、khybirn齒抿 (toothbrush)、sQefhoatzefng洗髮精 (shampoo)、sQefchiuo洗手 (wash hands)、sQefthaau洗頭 (to shampoo).

Kids were familiar with soap, towel, toothpaste, and toothbrush which Teacher Chia-Yu taught them before. The most difficult one is shampoo. But at the end of class, a couple kids memorized the pronunciation. They are really quick learners!

Homework are:

• 學習單 8好朋友 (What does she need for cleaning? Say them in Taiwanese.)
• Made flashcards of lesson 8.
• Listen to the CD and learn to sing lesson 8.

See you next week!

今天小考的字比較難：「歡躺寬平頂」，複習之後有兩位女生寫不太出來，有一位就問我她可不可以看書？我說可以呀，我想她以後應該就不會忘記那個字了！

我講到謙虛除了不驕傲、不炫耀以外，也不能太過謙卑，要適時表現你自己的能力，顯現自信，這是我們台灣孩子比較欠缺的一點。

接著我們教第12課「唱歌」。唸過課文後我讓孩子表達聲音的摹寫，例如：小溪「嘩啦嘩啦」、肚子「咕嚕咕嚕」、雷聲「轟隆轟隆」等。有幾個孩子這方面的想像力很豐富，一直舉手回答，到後來讓我想到 Dr. Seuss 寫的 Mr. Brown Can Moo！真是聲音摹寫的代表作。

這課的生字有：聽、美、句、過、微、首、穿、進、林、輕、跟、河。習寫過生字後，小朋友很高興結束一本書了！

剩下的時間我們和三班一起練習母親節表演的歌曲。這次比上次熟練多了，相信下禮拜再練習一次，就可以上台表演得很好了！

回家作業：

• 習作A本 p. 35-37
• 2頁的補充教材(optional)
• 全新版華語習寫字：第十二課
• 做第十二課的字卡

我們下週見！

Today we had 曉婷 (Victoria's mom) sub for Teacher Amy. Welcome and thanks, Hsiao-Ting.

We checked homework first. Children wrote 5 times of zaxng, zhaix, say, and joah at home. Most of them forgot how to say zaxng and zhaix. I know it's very different to English. I reminded them: z pronunced as ㄗ, and zh as ㄘ。It seemd a bit easier for them now.

The virtue for April is: Modesty （謙虛）。Kids still didn't know the meaning of modesty. I replaced it with humble, and some kids got it. For those still puzzled I said a story 「誰的本領有用」to help them understand.

We started lesson 7: PhutQo 葡萄 (Grapes). Vocabularies were: phutQo葡萄 (grape)、thQar桃仔 (peach)、phoxngkQr蘋果 (apple)、kam’ar柑仔 (tangerine)、sikoef西瓜 (watermelon)、kinciQf香蕉 (banana)、lyar李仔 (plum)、leborng檸檬 (lemon)、lai’ar梨仔 (pear)、onglaai旺來 (pineapple).

I believed all the kids had seen these fruits and knew the taste. I asked them what color was the fruit and if they liked it when I taught one. Basically there were pros and cons for every fruit. To my surprise was that Yen-ui didn't like watermelon. I've never heard anyone didn't like watermelon!

We did the activity in textbook, then we ran out of time. I'll review the Taiwanese Alphabets next time.

Homework are:

• 學習單 7 葡萄(What fruits made this person? Say them in Taiwanese.)
• When your family eats fruit, ask your child/ren what the fruit is in Taiwanese.
• Made flashcards of lesson 7.
• Listen to the CD and learn to sing lesson 7

See you next week!

放了一個春假，回來一上課，連我都快要忘記小考這回事了！不過真金不怕火煉，有準備的同學仍然寫得又快又好，當然我還是先複習一下，免得那些和我一樣忘記要小考的小朋友哭出來。

這個月的德目是「謙虛」，我講了一篇閱讀測驗「誰的本領有用」，順便考考孩子的聽力。（杏芬，潔如因為晚到，又自願小考，所以我在講閱讀測驗時，她正在考試，因此沒寫到閱讀測驗，妳在家可以替她補上。）

今天我們結束第11課「房子」，教了標點符號「，」和「。」，還讓小朋友用「……喜歡……，……也喜歡……」造句；小朋友都說得好好聽：我喜歡讀書，我也喜歡寫字。希望他們到高中時也能這麼說！

最後我們練習了母親節要表演的歌曲，雖然媽媽們早就知道我們要表演什麼，不會有驚喜，但是你們該感動孩子們練習時的認真（除了Ezra 和 Justin 以外，下課後額外被我留下來練習）。Anica 問：「我們能練習幾次？」當我回答：連今天3次時，她緊張的巴不得馬上把每個動作都記起來！每個孩子都想把最好的表演獻給媽媽，對母親的愛無意間表達得淋漓盡致！

回家作業：

• 習作B本 p. 32-34
• 2頁的補充教材(optional)
• 全新版華語習寫字：第十一課
• 認讀第十一課的字卡

下次上課考「歡躺寬平頂」五個字，大家要練習喔！

我們下週見！