Sunday, June 21, 2015

6/7 Last Day of School

On the last day of school, we did our final exam, graded and reviewed all the questions.  Each student was awarded an end-of-year certificate afterwards, for their excellent job done this year! For those who were absent today but would like to receive this certificate, please contact me individually and arrange a pick-up later.

Here are some sample questions in our exam today:

 
一、听一听、圈一圈  Listen and mark what you hear.  

t a –  d a             k u n –  k e n             l a n –  r a n              j i n – x i n 

chui – shui         shang – shuang           tiao – diao               qian – jian

                                                          
 
                                     西                       


二、汉字加法  Character addition  













 
                                                















 
                                                 

五、选词填空   Filling the blank   (16)


                                          

 
 




1.   我们星期 (          )   (          )  中文学校。
2.   小朋友们起得 (          )
3.   “老师,再(       )!”
4.   我喜欢吃菜,也喜欢吃         )。
5.   到了(      )天,农民收了很多玉米。
  1. 周末,爸爸带我(       公园(       )。
  






 








It is amazing to see how much the students have changed/grown throughout the whole year! I really enjoyed our weekly meetings and wish to continue working with you next year. But we have to say goodbye and move on to a new school year! It's both sad and exiting. Luckily, we have such a great, supportive community, from families to school administrators and teachers.  I am sure all of you will be in good hands next year no matter which class you move into. I wish you all bright future and achieving big in your endeavors!

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

5/10 - 5/31 Class Review and News for the Last Class


We were able to finish the textbook lessons by May 3 and left the past three lessons for review. During our review sessions, we did the following:

1) Working together, we went through the exercise pages of our textbook 1 - 74.

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2) Played games such as "Character Math," "Beat the Teacher," "Character Bingo," etc. 



3) Two little friends did their Show-and-Tell and Q&A. 



4) Wrote messages on Mother's Day and discussed what we like to do with Mommies. 


 

5) Read stories, such as  《抱抱我的妈妈》、《Yes和No》。

 

6 ) We reviewed all the songs we learned and worked on a handout sheet that has all the Chinese characters we've practiced writing this year. 

7) We also learned a new poem: 唐诗《画》

Wow, that was a lot of accomplishment in merely six 45-minute classes! 

We are going to have a final exam on 6/7, the last day of school. The students don't have to prepare for the exam. But if the students are willing, they may finish the exercises in our textbook, page 75 and forward at home prior to Sunday. In the class, we may spend more time reviewing the exam questions than actually taking the exam. It is just a way to collect some feedback information regarding how the students have progressed so far (and what are the remaining problems), rather than a formal assessment. So please don't stress the students out by emphasizing on this particular task when talking about this upcoming last-day-of-school. 

Last but not the least, have fun at the school party that will occur right after the after-school classes! It has been such a rewarding school year for me, teaching this wonderful group of kids at the Chinese School! I wish you all a fun-filled yet relaxing summer and keep up with your great work in learning Chinese!!! 

 

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Urgently Need Your Comment/Response/Information/Contribution ;-)

Dear C1a Families,

The NewStar Chinese School will host an annual end-of-school-year party this coming Sunday, 4:30 to 7:30 pm at Davis Community Park. It's very likely that you already knew this news and are planning accordingly.

However, in order to ensure the success of this event, we need your contribution. Please take only one minute of your precious time, leave a message/comment at the bottom of this blog post, or email me, with the following info:

Will you attend this party? 
If so, how many people are attending and are you going to pay for the $10 for the whole family OR bring a food item to share?

Your contribution is highly appreciated!

I'm excitedly looking forward to seeing you there.  It surely will be a fun experience for the whole family on a Sunday, summer evening!

Che Laoshi