3 hours went fast this afternoon, I felt like I didn’t
quite actually give out enough to fill the children up before they say
adios. Unfortunately I erased my
Teaching Plan at the start of the class by mistake, what a disaster! However I got the map in mind, with the
materials on hand hopefully I didn’t think I lose it too much. But the broadband went funny this arvo, that
disappointed kids a bit, and me too, as I couldn’t quite get the result I
wanted from it. However kids did enjoy
every bits of it. Thanks again to Louis providing our class the wireless
broadband for the use.
We started with drawings as usual awaiting the rest of
class to show up; then it was the BoPoMo section when ready. Reinforcing the 37 alphabets by reciting
them, plus singing the song together, kids were keen! Again and again, girls then boys, then
altogether.. Some of them were quite good actually, thanks to Mummies or
Daddies home playing the video for the children; and they had present confidence
in this section. If your child hasn’t
quite got it yet, please don’t rush him/her into it, they will catch up in time
when they are ready!
Then went on to the Han-Zi animation films-A little
bird (which we only watched half of it, then the internet connection was no
good.) The internet came active again at the 1st recess; I played a
couple of short cartoons-Pororo that already translated into Mandarin which
kept children stayed in class engaged!
At one point I saw Melissa & Louis both sitting
behind the children, helping me out by hand drawing the alphabets for class. I
felt really awful, as if I was a slave driver.. :< Yet we are so lucky to have parent helpers
like that.
We shared a picture book brought in by William, the
underground 100 story house. It surely
was another fantastic story book by the Japanese writer, 岩井俊雄. It’s the squeal of The 100 story house that
we had read last Sat. Children were very
interested in the wonderful illustration on each page. Pity there were 11 kids (plus me 12) sharing
1 picture book, it was hard to maintain kids at their best the whole time, and
the story seemed going on forever. And
yet when the recess bell rang, some children insisted to finish the last 2 pages!
And some were ready for their snacks.
After the story, I had the kids to design & draw
their own houses upon their own wishs. Most of them did, and a couple decided
to work on the Bopomo sheets. We had a
circle time for the Show&Tell, and the rest also had the chances to share
the art works they had made in class. They
also asked to bring their artwork home for showing Mum & Dad.
Ethan was not well today. This was very first time he
didn’t make it to the Chinese Class. Lester and Leanne still needed a little more
time to recover from their cold. :<
We had a new friend today, Nadia, a friend of Milla’s. She tried her best to imitate the Bopomo pronunciation
and sing the song together with everyone, and the fact that she made the effort
of saying it, I was very impressed! It’s
a good start for a little girl learning a foreign language.
Milla was fantastic today. She really tried to say her Mandarin, and
full of enthusiasm. She did really well
when singing the Bopomo song, and got the 37 orders correctly on the chart. I think the maturity helps her a lot. She is ready for challenge.
Jo-Jo was doing great too. She was always pleasant and
so feminine, and knowing what she wanted to do.
She enjoyed working on the Bopomo sheets, and did a great job at
Show&Tell with the Barbie doll she brought in along.
Kahlil was a little quiet at the start, but soon he was
fully woken up from his afternoon sleep,…
until the 3rd hour he started to show a little unsettled. When coloured his airplane, he was the only one
in class did both sides, and did it symmetrically! He also did well at the Bopomo section! Well
done.
Justin was a bit lost without Ethan’s presence, yet he
quickly regained her confidence with Kahlil’s company in class. He was a little shy as usual, but he made sure
you know he needs your attention. He also had the habit to put things into his
mouth to chew. He was fully engaged with
the activity when designing his
Underground Party. Great job.
Angus was full of fun.
He was easily distracted when doing group work, but he could do a great
job on his own if he wanted to. 宇澤想像力很豐富,雖然不怎麼愛寫愛畫,今天的”房子自由設計” 做得很棒, 很有宇澤的風格!!
後來寫字時, 他跟助教老師說幫他一起寫….
哈哈,好好笑J 很可愛
美娥很乖巧,不會大聲說話,但也很有主見, 今天ㄅㄆㄇ讀得很好. 畫畫寫字都很用心..平常group
work時容易分心,但今天不錯. 跟姐姐感情好,每堂休息時間都要去找姐姐, 姐姐也很懂事, 上課了就把妹妹帶回來!
愛雯下午很不一樣, 不停咬東西,髮夾,筆套,衣服上的帶子..
是情緒不安?爸爸來接她時才知道她不舒服. 她的注音符號學得不錯. 一般也都很踴躍發言, 今天卻話不太多. 故事讀完後面的房子設計她卻不太有想法, 也許真的累了.
今天很謝謝馮宇的故事書,更難得的是,我請他不要透露故事內容,所以其他小朋友有機會去發現書中所有的驚奇! 對一個4歲的小男孩是件不容易的事,但他真的做到了, 展現成熟的一面!他設計的房子全程secrecy,用手遮住不讓人看,哈哈… 最後下課時, 我一把被一位家長抓住, 沒機會問他到底他的主題是什麼…
因為有幾位家長不懂中文, 只好請我們2種語言都能懂的家長包涵一下用英文做我的教學日記, 他們肯定也很想知道他們孩子在課堂上學了些什麼. 英文也是我的第2 語言, 所以不足的地方請多指教. 下午珉妃的媽媽來告訴我, 珉妃跟媽媽說想快快長大好到我的班級來上課….
聽了好窩心! 小珉妃真的是個人見人愛的機伶娃娃! 說起話來卻像小大人,超級可愛..
最後把家當搬回車上時遇到玉尹和爸爸,姐姐們朝他們的車走去, 小小玉尹在耍寶^^
跟以往文靜形象大不同! 哈哈, 好可愛真的!
Anies 老師應該教得不錯, 小娃娃開開心心回家!