玉鈴老師的班

• 5/31 Closing Ceremony and End-of-Year Picnic, 11 am - 3:30 pm at Cabin John Regional Park 

I was absent today. Teacher Amy substituted me for the Final Test. All the children did very well. The results follow:

• 100: 5
• 90-99: 2
• 80-89: 3
• Absent: 1

I will hand out the test and Summer Packet when we meet on 5/31. Please do summer homework and review what we've learned this year in summer! The knowledge is not returnable!

• 5/31 結業式暨期末聚餐, 11 am-3:30 pm at Cabin John Regional Park 

今天舉行期末測驗。我因事請假，由 Mandy 的媽媽王靖代課。王靖問我是不是有個職業叫做「專業考試代課老師」？她可以去應徵耶！（我期中考也找她代課）

王靖先幫小朋友複習，之後就開始考。事後她告訴我小朋友今天都好棒，字卡每個人都全對（除了 Justin 缺考以外），大家在2：30之前也都寫完了，每位小朋友在家都有複習，考試時也都沒問什麼問題，比期中考好太多了，她都沒放水，她覺得小朋友真是太棒了！（我想經過兩次考試代課的訓練，王靖已經進入可以勝任當正式老師的狀況了！哈，我又幫台灣學校順利募得一位生力軍了！）

果然如王靖所言，考試成績相當好：

• 100: 2
• 90-99: 6
• 80-89: 1
• 缺考：1

下次再見面是5/31 結業式暨期末聚餐，我會發回考卷，還有暑假作業，小朋友在暑假的時候要記得複習，不要把這學期學的又還給我喔！

• 5/17 Final Exam
• 5/24 No School: Memorial Weekend
• 5/31 Closing Ceremony and End-of-Year Picnic, 11 am - 3:30 pm at Cabin John Regional Park 

Teacher Amy checked homework. Maxine told me she left it at home. I said that's ok. She could always make up next time. The homework was about a survey of sports in your family. Kids were very excited to tell Teacher Amy the favorite sports of their family.

We reviewed lesson 9 Uxntong 運動 (Exercise) and did the excise in the textbook. I also reviewed flashcards of lessons 6-9. Most kids could recognize and say the words correctly.

I reviewed Taiwanese Alphabet consonants part. "j" was still difficult for the kids to pronounce.

We talked about "Honesty". I wanted them always to be honest with their parents, even though they did something wrong. Annika said she knew Adam and Eve wasn't honest because they ate the apple. I said right. They shouldn't have done so. I told them the made up story about George Washington and his father's cherry tree （華盛頓砍倒櫻桃樹）。It takes courage to admit your own mistake. Everyone has to be responsible for themselves.

We made two mice, a big one and a small one. Children liked to play the two mice face to face, ie. mouth to mouth. Today is Mother's Day. I said the big mouse was like your mom, and the small one was like you. I told them that you could give your mom real kisses after class was over.

 Homework are:

• 學習單 複習三 (What is the child doing? Please say it in Taiwanese. Please mark the things that you do everyday.)
• Please make and recognize語詞ㄤ仔標 in the back of the textbook.
• Memorize flashcards of lessons 6-9.
• Listen to the CD and learn to sing lessons 6-9.

See you next week!

• 5/17 期末測驗
• 5/24 停課一次 (Memorial Weekend)
• 5/31 結業式暨期末聚餐 11 am. - 3:30 pm. at Cabin John Regional Park

一上課我們先複習小考的生字，一個禮拜沒上課，我再重新幫他們拆字記憶，有些字就顯得容易記多了。

今天我們結束第12課「唱歌」，每位小朋友都輪流到台上做會話練習，大家爭相舉手，落落大方，很高興一年來小朋友的台風進步這麼多。

五月的德目是「誠實」。除了「誠實為最上策」(Honesty is the best policy.) 之外，我還是跟他們說了經查證後證明為編造之事的「華盛頓砍倒櫻桃樹」的故事。我告訴他們重點不是這件事的真假，而是這個故事的「誠實」部份是值得學習的。當然我不要他們故意去砍櫻桃樹，而是在生活中他們難免都會有做錯事的時候，不要怕被責罰而編造謊言或推諉責任，我們要敢作敢當，勇於認錯，更重要的是絕對不要對父母親說謊。

當我講到華盛頓砍倒櫻桃樹時，反問他們：如果你是華盛頓，你該怎麼辦？Ryan 給了我一個「腦筋急轉彎」的答案：用 tape 把它黏起來，真是經典！Stephanie 問：如果那時候還沒發明 tape 呢？於是用 glue, "honey" 的答案都出現了，真是想像力豐富的一群孩子！

最後我們「男女對抗」：認字卡比賽。我把這學期教的112個生詞全部拿出來複習，居然沒有一個生詞是回答不出來的！我不得不佩服有兩三位小朋友的「實力」，真是快、狠、準！第一場比完，我讓小朋友自己算分，女生差一分（咦，不是112個嗎，應該差雙數呀？），她們不甘願，要求三戰兩勝，只剩5分鐘就下課了，於是我這次翻得更快，佔用了一點下課時間，結果讓女生扳回一成，一比一平手；若要真的再決勝負，就有待明年若我還繼續教他們班時再見分曉了！結束後人人有獎。我提醒他們先洗手再去吃點心。回家作業：

• 3頁的補充教材
• 第10-12課課文讀三遍 
• 認讀第10-12課的字卡

我們下週見！