按月存檔：11 月 2016

第十一週

希望大家都渡過了一個美好的感恩節。再兩個星期的中文課，我們又要放三個星期的假期。小朋友一定很期待！ 這兩個星期我會把第五課教完。讓大家在假日時，有機會復習。
I hoped everyone had a good vacation.  With two more weeks of Chinese schools, we will have a break for another three weeks!  The kids must be looking forward to the Christmas holidays.  I am going to finish Lesson 5 before the holidays, so you can review the lessons with them.
請跟小朋友說一聲，星期六我們有第四課小考。考題還是會由作業本出。
Please tell the kids that we are going to have a quiz for Lesson 4 this coming Saturday.  As always, questions will be from the homework.
最後，這星期下課時請到211教室接小孩。我們第四節有茶道課。謝謝！
Finally this Saturday, please come to Room 211 to pick up your kids after school.  We will have “art of tea / tea ceremony” in the last period.  Thank you.

第十週

上個星期的期中考，小朋友大部分表現的都很不錯。期中考的結果跟第二課的考試差不多。如果您對小孩子在上課的情況有疑問， 請不用客氣來跟我溝通。
Most kids did well in last week’s exam.  The result is similar to our quiz for Lesson 2.  If you have any questions regarding your kid’s progress, please feel free to contact me.
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我們下兩個星期都不用上課，一直到12月3日才有課，所以我會發兩週的功課。我希望小朋友們都已經養成寫中文功課的(好)習慣。我們的教材從第四課開始有些字就沒有拼音或注音了，目的是要讓小朋友認中文字。有時候在家裡可以用課文來考考自己的小朋友。
We won’t have classes for the next two weeks.  Class will resume on December 3rd.  I will hand out two weeks worth of homework this week.  I hope that your child has formed a (good) habit of writing Chinese homework.  From Lesson Four and on, pin yin and zhu yin have been completely eliminated from some words.  It is to force kids to recognize Chinese characters.  This is a good way to gauge how much your kid knows as compared to what he/she supposes to know.
這個星期六在餐廳有素食日的活動。希望參加的家長及小朋友們，要記得帶餐具。
This Saturday is the Vegetarian Day.  Free vegetarian lunch will be served in the cafeteria.  If you are participating, please bring your own bowl and utensil.
最後，這星期第四節是我們最後的扯鈴課。希望小朋友喜歡！
Finally, this week is our last Chinese Yo-Yo class.  I hope the kids will enjoy it.
提早跟您說聲感恩節快樂！
(Very) Early Happy Thanksgiving!

第九週

這禮拜六很忙喔!  我們有第一次期中考，小朋友第四節有扯鈴，還有學校向我們借10分鐘來說明今年的主要活動: 素食日。詳情請看 http://tzuchiacademyseattle.blogspot.com/。家長不需要感到特別壓力，我們鼓勵小朋友(和大家)吃得健健康康。
It’s going to be a busy week.  We will have our first exam, we also have Chinese yo-yo and finally, the school asked for 10 minutes of our time to kick off a year-round event named “Eating veggies, planting trees and loving the earth”.  For more information, please check http://tzuchiacademyseattle.blogspot.com/.  Please do not feel pressure to oblige or comply.  Ultimately, we want everyone to eat healthy and care for the environment.
有一位老師之前給我們一個國家地理頻道的電影叫《洪水來臨前》, 由李奧納多狄卡皮歐出任聯合國和平大使來說故事/事實。線上限時免費觀賞到11/6為止 （中文字幕版）。 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CY8LD9er7lE
One of the teachers passed out this link for a documentary movie called “Before the flood”.  It’s about the environment and has IMDB rating of 8.5/10.  It’s free to watch on the following Youtube National Geographic channel  – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90CkXVF-Q8M
我們的字卡要發到第四課嘍! 請小朋友好好的運用。有一副字卡後面有筆順可以作參考。每一課有兩副，可以用來玩 memory game。第四課的說故事是有關孫悟空的故事。在家裡可以跟小朋友談談更多孫悟空的傳説喔!
We will be giving out flash cards for lesson 4 this week.  One set has stroke order in the back.  Each lesson has two sets so you can use it to play memory game.  Lesson 4’s story is about Sun Wukong.  You can read more stories about this Chinese mythological figure to your kids.