Thank you so much for the wonderful year. You made my first year of teaching at CCCS full of joy! Thanks for your generous red envelope and sweet gifts, I am so~~~ overwhelmed!
Here are some photos that Yee Ping and Quyen took at the last day of CCCS and the party at my house. Have a great summer! Hope to see you all next school year at CCCS!
Students had final exam today, that means we are done with all the learning this year! Yeah~~
Next Saturday will be our last class. Students will present news broadcasting on the 1st hour, but please kindly come in after 1:15pm to give us a little bit of time to do some rehearsal. After the news broadcasting presentation, it’s our class party! If you have any question or would like to help, please contact our class reps, Yee Ping and Peter, for more details.
Homework:
1. News broadcasting:
Practice your news anchor/ weather person scripts every day!!
News anchors, make sure you can read all your scripts fluently and loudly!
Weather persons, make sure you memorizeyour scripts and can speak with loud voice!
2 Ambition Owls:
Write your Chinese name and your ambition on your owl!
My:我的(wo3 de)
Ambition :志願(zhi4 yuan4)
You can check how to write your ambition using yahoo dictionary, the link:
Thanks to Peter, AnAn’s dad, for volunteering to display owls outside of our classroom on 6/6!
Note:
Students who passed the comprehensive test took their certificates home today. I didn’t realize there is a place for teachers to sign names until 2A teacher, Lo Lao Shi reminded me. Please bring back your certificate to school next Saturday, I will sign my name for you~~
Have a wonderful weekend, and I will see you next Saturday!
I can’t believe we only have 2 more days to go for this school year!
We reviewed lesson 8, 9, and 10 for the final exam on 5/30.
Students took home practice test sheets for fianl exam, please finish it at home. Voice recording for listening test will be sent to you by email or you can listen to it in our blog album, the link:
http://noyalee.pixnet.net/album/video/593509591
Important dates:
5/23, No class.
5/30, Final exam on 1st hour.
6/6, News broadcasting on 1st hour; class party on 2nd hour.
Homework:
1 Workbook: page 68~73.
2. Finish the take-home news forecast sheet.
3. Finish practice test for final exam.
4. Listen to Li Lao Shi’s voice recording for news broadcasting and
fill tones in your news anchor/weather person scripts.
News Anchor voice recording link:
http://noyalee.pixnet.net/album/video/593511502
Weather person voice recording link:
http://noyalee.pixnet.net/album/video/593511622
5. Read your news anchor/weather person scripts
when you call Li Lao Shi on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
You can start decorating your owl, but remember to not write anything on your owl yet.
( 思賢,克拉,華禧 were absent the day when I took the video.
I will film them next class and add them into our video!)
Students presentation background music.
The hardest job in the world video.
Dear 3A parents,
Thank you for coming to our classroom today. Students were all very excited to show you their Mother’s Day presentation! They practiced the whole time before you all came in, and they did such a beautiful job! I am blessed to have them, and you, 3A moms and dads!
We only have 3 classes to go, can you believe it? Time passed by so fast!
Following is our schedule:
5/16.
1. Finished lesson 10.
2. Practice news broadcasting;
3. Students take home the final exam mock-test. I will send answers by email.
4. Lunch social from 12p~1p.
Students bring own lunch to school.
Ice cream will be served by CCCS.
5/23. No class.
1. Students review lesson 8~10 for final exam at home.
2. Students practice news anchor/weather person lines at home.
5/30. Final exam/Comprehensive test re-take/ News Broadcasting rehearsal.
1. Final exam at the 1st hour.
2. Students who re-take comprehensive test will stay after class for one hour
and can leave early when they finish test.
Students who have decided to stay in same level next year
no need to re-take the test.
3. News broadcasting reheasal at the 2nd hour.
4. Owl due. (Your owl will be on our class door on 6/6.)
PLEASE DO NOT START DECORATING YOUR OWL YET till next week.
Tell Lao Shi what you want to be (occupation) next class.
李老師 will teach you the Chinese title of the occupation.
6/6. Last day of CCCS!
1. Students news broadcasting presentation.
2. Class party at the 2nd hour.
3. Lunar New Year auction gathering at Li Lao Shi's house at 5:30pm.
2. Typing:Type all the new words and phrases in your writing assignment.
3. Listening: Listen to Li Lao Shi’s voice recording and write down the characters/pinyin for the phrases and words you hear in order. (Just write on the back side of your writing sheets. Please see email attached files for my voice recording.)
4. Workbook: Page 62, 63, 66.
5. Speaking: Read all the new phrases and words in your writing sheets, and also read your anchor or weather person lines when you call Li Lao Shi on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Special thanks to Faye , 宜昇’s mom, for bringing yummy snack for our class.
Special thanks to Jenny , 啟蘇’s mom, for donating 18 cute owls hanging decoration. I will pass them to students to take home for their own design. We will hang those owls on our 3A class door at the last day of class (6/6).
Can you believe that we only have 5 school days left at CCCS!
The final exam is on 5/30, and the last day of school is 6/6, therefore, we only have 3 days left for our lesson.
I am planning to have a news broadcasting presentation on 6/6. I believe we will only take the 1st hour so we can have 2nd hour for end-of-school-year party!
Thank you, 3A parents! I can see your great, great at-home-support through students' outstanding job!
If your child didn't pass the test, there is one makeup test in May, and one before Summer break. I strongly recommend student to stay in my class for next year if they didn't pass the makeup tests. Learning language has nothing to do with grade level. My 11-year-old daughter is in CCCS 2nd grade now, and she has established a solid fundation. I have full confidence that she will be able to handle the higher level next year! Please let your child stay in the same level one more year if he/she needs more time and help. I will help them with all my heart! If your child fail the makeup tests, please let him/her stay in my class next year. Please don't let your child wonder in 4th grade class and lost all of their condifence and interest in Chinese next year!
Special thanks to:
Faye, 宜昇‘s mom,
for being in charge in the courtyard for student safty,
and watching the door while the test was in progress!
Peter, 安安’s dad, and Yee Ping, 康權‘s dad,
for providing typing devices and helping to manage the class.
Your warming kindness made today's test went smoothly!
I can't imaging if you were not there to help today!
Thank you so~~~~~ much!!! Dear Faye, Yee Ping, Peter!!
Next class, we will review lesson 8 and start lesson 9.
Please practice the news anchor and weather person lines at home.
Please see the following for news anchor lines. You can listen to the lines here.
Thanks to Kim, Chuping, Kathy, Tatung, and Maria for spending their precious time to give students speaking and typing test. Your kindness is very much appreciated!
Thanks to Kim for bringing delicious homemade treats to school again. We are so lucky!
Thanks to Peter for bringing Kim’s heavenly sweet treat to me while I busily explained the test rule to parent volunteers.
Thanks to Winnie for the super yummy pineapple cake all the way from Taiwan!
Thanks to number one class helper, Yee Ping, for the wonderful picture!
The most heart-warming picture.
The comprehensive test is coming!
It’s on 4/18, next Saturday.
We will start the test at the 1st hour (1:00pm~1:50pm).
Students’ typing and speaking test will be given by me at the 2nd hour (2:00pm~2:50pm).
Students are allowed to bring their own typing device for their typing test. The device should be turned on and be ready to use before the typing test starts.
Homework:
Study comprehensive study guide, 1st practice test, and 2nd practice test.
I will send the 2nd practice test (one with answer, and one without) by email.
Please be on time on 4/18. Comprehensive test will start promptly on 1:00pm!
啟蘇 represented CCCS to participate the “2015 Academic Competition of Association of Northern California Chinese Schools”, and she won the honorable metion in the Wetern Drawing categoty! This is 啟蘇’s first time representing our school, and she did such a great job! We are so proud of her!
My internet is finally working now. So sorry for the delay.
There is no class on 4/4. Class will resume on 4/11.
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Class notes:
We had practice test at the 2nd hour. This practice test only includes part of the comprehensive test. We will have another practice test on 4/11. The comprehensive test is on 4/18.
Many thanks to Kim, Jenny, Michelle, and Maria ! Without your help, the test couldn’t had gone so smoothly. I will need your help gain on 4/11. Same routine, same location. Hope you could kindly help out again.
Thanks to Peter for picking up my 3 kids from home for me while I subbing for morning 1AB class. Truly appreciate your kindness.
We started lesson 9 today. Students learned new words on page 100 and 101. We also reviewed lesson 1~7 for the comprehensive test. We spent the last 20 minutes to do a practice exam which students will finished at home and turn in next time. I will send my exam voice recording via email if students want to recheck their answers.
Next Saturday, students will take the practice test at the 2nd hour.
I will help students review before the test.
Homework:
1. Writing/Typing:
Please see email attached files for writing sheets.
Practice the stroke orders and type all the words in your writing sheets.
There are only 6 students turned in their workbooks today. Please engcourage your child to review, study, and finish their weekly assignment at home before every class.
Student who doesn't turn in homework will be asked to stay after school to finish homework. Student who doesn't mail typing homework to me will also be asked to stay and finish their typing after class.
I do need and very much appreciate your support, and I will be more than happy to help if students have any question about their homework.
Homework:
1. Speaking: Read textbook page 95, 好,便,得
when you call Li Lao Shi on Mon, Wed, Fri.
You can listen to Li Lao shi’s voice recording in email attached file or in our
album.Album link:
http://noyalee.pixnet.net/album/video/579791041
2. Leaning sheet: Please see email attached files for 2 learning sheets "學習單".
Just choose one sheet to do, no need to do both leaning sheets.
3. Typing: Type 2 sentences on page 95 “practice it”. See bellow:
Thanks to all the parents who took time to join us today.
If you didn't come to class today, please see the Comprehensive Test Q and A below.
Q: What is "comprehensive test"?
A: There is a school-wide comprehensive test before the end of the school year. This test will serve as a tool for teachers and parents to evaluate students’ ability to take on fourth level challenges.
Q: When is the comprehensive test?
A: The 3rd week of April in our LA117 classroom.
Q: What’s the format and content for comprehensive test?
A: It includes lesson 1~ 7. (excludes lesson 8~10)
1. Listening (35%):
Students listen to 2 voice recordings and circle the correct
answers. 7 questions.
2. Speaking (35%):
a. Read aloud “Let’s chant”.
b. Answer questions.
3. Reading (20%):
Read 10 sentences and circle correct answers.
4. Writing (5%):
Write 2 sentences by using phrases and puntuations provided.
5. Typing (5%):
Read/listen, and then type 2 sentences.
Q: How do we prepare? Is there any study tool?
A: “Study guide” will be send to students.
Online practices will also be available.
There will also be a practice exam two weeks prior.
Q: What if students’ didn’t pass the test?
A: Students who didn’t reach 65% of the test can take a makeup test in May.
The 2nd makeup test is in September, one week before school starts.
Q: What is the purpose of comprehensive test?
A: To ensure students have sufficient knowledge for 3rd grade level so they will have confidence to take the challenge for higher level next year.
1. 3A students will have a scenario of "television news broadcasting" in the end of this semester. Please let me know if you want to be a "news anchor" or the "weather lady/man". If you can’t decide which role you want to be, Li Lao Shi will assign the role for you.
2. We continue learning lesson 8.
Students reviewed all the new words and learned grammar.