Let's revise!

13/05/2008 (Tuesday)

(a) Writing: A, B, C
This morning, we started singing the “ABC” song. Then, the kids learnt the proper kids to write letters “A, B and C”. Then, we talked about the words that began with them. Then, I showed the kids some patterns-to-do with the letters so that they could absorb better.
While they were doing that, I called some kids individually to do assessment. LX wrote some letters oppositely. XR needed more guidance and support. ZY and ZJ were rather independent.

(b) Story-telling: Goodbye, Grandma Erma
Then, the kids gathered to listen to a story of “Goodbye, Grandma Erma.” They were rather attentive as it was a real story of an old lady, called Erma. She had a pet cat who was her best companion. She had only a daughter married to a nice man. Her old husband is still capable to walk. The time came when she discovered of cancer and the kids asked me about it. However, she decided not to make anyone sad by fearing death. She made full use of her left-over time. Finally, the cheerful but painful Grandma Erma died. The children learnt that people die because of old age or sickness. Thus, we should take good care of our health.

(c) Revision: The Nien Monster
After tea-break, we did a revision on “Happy Chinese New Year” vocabulary. I wrote the words on the board and half of them could actually read the words confidently. The words included: monster, village, mountain, house, people, drum, fire crackers, Dragon dance, Lion dance, happy and Ang Pow packets.
I drew mountains and pictures. By no time, they realised that IO was talking about the “Nien” monster. They helped me with the story. I reminded them to use English medium. Then, we sang the song; “The Monster Is Coming To Town”; “Gong Xi, Gong Xi Ni”. They enjoyed themselves.
Then, they were given the worksheets. They could either draw the picture or colour the words. I was happy that JS and JH are more attentive in class nowadays. In fact, they approached me with questions, “Teacher, what is this?”