按月存檔：3 月 2017

第二十三週

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以後幾個星期請小朋友帶彩色筆上課。謝謝！
Please bring color pencils/pen for the next few lessons.
期中考的成績比第八課還好，有5+小朋友考滿分。對我來説，這很明顯的表示有一些小朋友對生字還是比較陌生，看得懂但寫不出來。
The result for the midterm last week is better than the result for quiz #8.  This tells me that while some students can recognize new words/phrases, they are not familiar enough yet to write them down.
我們這個星期會把第九課教完，下兩個星期不用上課，4月22日有第九課小考。以我們現在的進度，我們整本課本在學期末前會教完。
This week we will finish lesson 9.  There are no classes for two weeks and when we return on April 22, there will be a quiz on lesson 9.  With how we are doing, we will for sure complete the entire text book.
因為5月20日不用上課，今年的感親恩活動決定縮小舉行。我們原本預計的手語表演不是取消的話就會在結業典禮表演。5月13日我們還是有竹筒囘娘家，在教室裡敬茶。
Now since we don’t have lessons on May 20th, the May celebration will “shrink” so to not take away more lecture time.  Our sign language show if not cancelled, will be performed at the graduation ceremony.  On May 13, we still have “Bamboo Bank Coming Home” event and we will have a tea ceremony in the classroom.
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第二十週-1

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謝謝你們的幫忙。這星期小朋友只花了幾分鐘就把方向的考試訂正完了。
Thank you so much for your effort.  This week, I asked the students to correct their quiz on directions and most of them handed back to me within minutes.
你大概從小朋友的口中聽到這兩週在教室發生的一些事。第一件事是上個星期有一位小朋友跟我們的TA吵架。第二件事是這個星期有一位小朋友拉了警鈴。這兩件事都是下課時發生的，學校也有被告知。
You might have heard from your kids that a couple of incidents happened in our classroom in the last two weeks.  The first incident was that one of the students got into a quarrel with our TA.  The second incident happened today when someone pulled the fire alarm in the classroom.  Both incidents happened during recess and the school was informed.
第一件事發生時我不在現場。在教室裡我跟班上講，只要我們住在一個社會裡, 大家一定會有不同的想法和意見，我們也會有不如意的日子。在這種情況下，我們如何自持是很重要的。我們不能用拳頭解決問題。
I was not there to witness the first incident .  What I told the class is that as long as we live in a society, there are always going to be disagreement.  We will all have bad days.  How we handle ourselves is most important.  We don’t use our fists to solve problems.
第二件事是我們班上的一位男生在下課時拉警鈴。我們花了一些時間在班上討論這為什麼是不對的行為。很幸運的是，警鈴後來自己停了。我們失去了下課休息時間。我們也打擾的隔壁班。
The second incident was one of our boys pulled the fire alarm.  I have a good discussion with the classroom why no one should touch it unless it’s a real emergency.  The class lost a recess and we also disturbed the other 3rd grade class, but luckily, the alarm stopped by itself and did not go further.
發生了這兩件事，我們當然非常遺憾，但這也是好的學習機會。小朋友已經在一起二十週了，有些同學變成好朋友。這是我們很樂見的。大家熟了以後難免會比較勇於表達自己的意見。有時候會吵架，上課也比較難專心。我們還是要試著以正面的態度來上課。我們的小朋友還是一級棒的喔!
These two incidents are unfortunate.  I treated them as good opportunities for all of us to learn life lesson.  Now our students became friends with each other, sometimes it’s hard to concentrate in the class.  Sometimes they get each other in trouble.  I think it’s norm for the class to become more expressive toward the end of the term.  Let’s try to keep the positive energy flowing!  Your kids are wonderful.

第二十週

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星期六請到學校的體育館接小孩，我們最後一堂課是扯鈴。
Please come to the gym to pick up the kids this Saturday.  We will have Chinese yo-yo in the last period.
三月二十五日將是我們第三次期中考。考試的範圍為第六課到第八課。考試題還是以功課為主。
We will have a midterm exam on March 25.  It will cover Lesson 6 to Lesson 8.  As always, it will be based on the homework.
上星期六第七課的小考，考的是認字。這對大部分的小朋友來説比較簡單。有幾位小朋友需要加油喔! 這星期我們會考寫方向。
Last week, the quiz on Lesson 7 focused on word recognition.  Most of kids found it easier.  There are few students who need to catch up.  This week, we will have quiz on writing directions.
這學期有小朋友查字典哭了，有小朋友寫考試哭了，我們一起用愛心來鼓勵小朋友。考試的成績只佔一點點，考試的目的是要讓學生知道老師的期望和自己哪裡需要加强。
We have kids who cried at writing quiz, looking up Chinese dictionary.  Let’s do our best to encourage them.  I have told the class that marks are not as important as how much they learn.
 
 
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第十九週

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這星期六有第七課小考，請小朋友復習。再來，我們這一週要堂堂進入第八課了。
There is a quiz on Lesson 7 this week, please ask your child to review.  We will be learning Lesson 8 this week.
希望大家都有收到有關比賽說明會的email，有興趣的家長，是這星期六早上10：30分在學校餐廳！我等一下會轉發成語比賽的細節。
I hope everyone has received an email regarding various Chinese competitions.  There will be an information session this Saturday at 10:30 am in the cafeteria.  Later on I am going to forward details on Chinese Idiom Competition which will be held in May.