2014 MEMORIES

1/10 STORYTELLING: SOLVING CASES/ DOGS

The very first storytelling in 2015 started with two interesting books. Both are about solving cases. It's a good way to build up kids' curiosity throughout the read-aloud and probably a good way to introduce mystery fiction.
Picturebooks:
1. The Strange Case of the Missing Sheep 
2. The Case of the Missing Donut 

Today's topic is about solving cases and dogs. This combination sounds a bit weird but I explained to the kids that there was one animal that appeared in both stories. And they got it immediately: it's the DOG! So...be creative, right?

The first 20min were spent on a little warm-up activity, "I Spy with My Little Eye" with this amazingly beautiful pdf file. At the beginning, I asked the kids to look for different items in the picture, and they had to circle them out. For example, "I spy with my little eye...a cat!" When they got used to it, I let them give instruction by themselves in turns. Sometimes there were more than one of the same item, so they could compare what they found with others. At last, I wrapped up the game by asking them to locate a sheep. 2015 is sheep year (my year!) and sheep is also the main character in the first book: The Strange Case of the Missing Sheep. What a wonderful connection :P

The second picturebook made everyone crave for donuts...

For arts and crafts, I picked this cute puppy card. The template has all components for the card but I chose only the tongue and the ears. By doing so, the kids could decide how they want their dogs' faces look like and not restricted to the colors and shapes. The results came out fantastic and artistic!

Cutting the tongues (red) and ears (yellow).

Parents' DIY or the Kids'?

He's so ready.

Some kids were too shy...

How cute is that!

2014 JULY teaching in Kinmen and Beijing

今年夏天烈日下，參加了師大的孔子行腳支教，來到金門和北京的學校教學。

今年飛機失事的消息特別多，我們從松山機場搭小飛機平安抵達金門機場，特別迅速的在飛機前拍了一張。

八個女生擠在特教老師的午休房間裡，男生路過說：天啊！好亂！

教學經驗裡最充滿挑戰的一次：

滑不停的手機、被滅火器擋住的門、尖叫的學生、遊蕩的學生、被霸凌的學生...

不過除此之外，金門也是很好玩很好吃！永遠忘不了第一次環島是在小金門，吃了一餐最棒的芋頭大餐！

讓人懷念的廣東粥、炒泡麵、蛋狗、雙胞胎口感的油條。

抵達北京，是黃沙還是黃昏？

北京師範大學的熱情款待，一個人的舒服房間！

北京的口味對我來說又鹹又辣。真不知道其他城市是怎麼樣的？

支教的地區：老泉口村的口味卻是特別好吃！

吃得到新鮮，吃得到滿桌的豐盛和最喜歡的麵粉食物！

適合養老的四合院。

混齡教學，程度落差很大。一樣喜歡玩手機和遊戲。

隨處可見的作物。圓形的茄子好好吃！

當個觀光客：故宮、圓明園。到處都是人群，國內觀光的民眾很多。

爬長城最困難的地方是...如何在人群之中緩步半走半擠得走到北四樓。

觀光客想做的事：后海、南鑼鼓巷、寄張明信片回家。

北京奧運水利方和鳥巢已經變成地鐵裡的一站景點。沿路的風箏串兜售、攝影、奧運紀念品...玉兔又叫兔爺，是北京的吉祥物。

原本在心中定位這一趟旅程，是要給自己一個偏鄉服務的機會和經驗，再一次檢視自己對教學的可能性。但是旅行中發現更多的是領導、策畫、挫敗、克服、溝通、入境隨俗的學習。至於偏鄉服務，要做得徹底一些，短期的志工是沒有辦法達成的，更容易偏離初衷。時間過於短暫、和學生認識不夠深入，匆匆得來又匆匆得離開，我們究竟是自私的為了自己的一個月經驗或是因為看見需要而選擇付出？

2014 SHORT FAMILY TRIP

這是 新竹縣 五峰鄉 雪霸休閒農場。

相較於台北悶熱的天氣，這個地方簡直是天堂！而且早晚還會有點冷，要套個長袖。

以下是這兩天的植物筆記

(也不知道導覽的可信度有多大就是了)：

野馬瞰山(每次都想成是"走馬看山")

是一片沒有人造步道的森林，走進去就像在故事書裡一樣！

這片森林都是日本柳杉。腳下的泥土非常鬆軟蓬鬆，很舒服。不過因為它是淺根性植物，表面都可以看到樹根，水土保持也比較差。

觀霧，如其地名，是來觀賞雲霧的。但那天天氣晴朗，早上霧反而少了，可以看清楚更多山景！認識了很多步道旁的植物。

原來紅檜的價值不比扁柏高耶！

難怪他們可以順利長成神木都沒有人要砍...？

槭樹和楓樹真的讓人搞不清楚，後來上網再查資料才搞懂。

導覽員說國家森林公園裡的一草一木，連落葉都不能帶走喔！

NEW JAJH ENGLISH WEBSITE!

實習到尾聲，學校英文網站也熱騰騰出爐了！

快到 仁愛國中網站 點 English Web，就會看到新的英文網站囉！好開心好有成就感喔 :DDDDDD

還有還有！

請看：校園導覽英文版

英文網站是用免費的 weebly 製作。
介面簡單清楚，一下子就上手！
還有很多很漂亮的主題可以選擇。
除了網站製作之外，還可以做個人網誌。非常好用。

再一個，頂多兩個禮拜，就要離開仁中了。感覺很充實開心，所以不會難過傷心，只是有點捨不得。像是第二次畢業！

明天成果發表裡的Hannah影片小片段。
music by beautiful: 
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (Cover) by Daniela Andrade