June+16,+2011

REFLECTIONS

Norman Kao

This morning, Kathy explained to us how to use the camera and the detail plan on what to do on Wednesday and Friday and we were able to the entire life cycle of butterfly in action. We were seeing some butterflies actually coming out of chrysalis, which was amazing to me.

Shelley Xiao It is so nice to have the actual butterflies. It is first time for me to see the butterfly life cycles! I am very excited. Can’t wait to see how students react when they see everything in class. I can picture their facial expressions! It is very nice to see all the teachers working hard to get ready for the real “show”. I spend a lot more time preparing for the class than last year because we learned more and we have the actual “props” for the class which is so great!!

Ying Li

It is interesting to watch the habitat of butterflies and this is the first time for me to know the recipe for butterfly. Our team almost finishes the decoration works. Tomorrow we will go over all the details.

Yinsan Isabel Hsu In the morning, Mr. Collin gave us the butterfly pavilion and more details about the butterfly's life cycle. In addition, Ms. Duran showed us how to use the smartboard and "elpvo"document reader machine. I think it's necessary for us to integrate our lessons with these technologies. In the afternoon, we spend time finishing with the classroom decoration and getting ready for next week. It was fun working with all of the teachers; we had a great team spirit!

Jade Jiang Clayton We worked as a term, I really enjoyed the way we shared the ideas and collaborate with each other. I was not good at making craft, but when I saw the caterpillar we made together, I was very pleased.

Shaohua Chen What a productive day! I enjoyed working with my letter group members so much. It is going to be a fun teaching week!

Han Wei In the morning, we meet in the letter group to get to know how to use the flip camera and the basic flow of the field trip. Mr. Colin gives us the butterfly pavilion, which is really helpful for the students to see and remember the live four stages of the butterfly life cycle in the coming class. Besides, a lot of activities are shared as to preparing for the coming class. Later we cut pictures and decorate our classroom.

Louisa Yu In the morning we have learned how to use the flip to take video, and got more informaiton about the coming Wednesday's field trip. Mr. Colin gave us the butterfly pavilion, which is good to teaching students using the authentic materials. Enjoy the teamwork in the afternoon.

I-Chi Wang Observing the butterfly's habitat was so exciting. I hope all classes will enjoy the science fun next week! The letter groups decrated each classrooms so creative and educated. I look forward to seeing more amizing work tomorrow.

Chunyan Wang: Today Mr. Colin brought a net and some cocoons to each group, we put them in and wish we could see they were turing to butterflys.....I am sure the kids will love this summer camp!! we shared more information later and decorated our classroom ,it was so cool!!

Zhang Xiaohong This morning we watched the habitat of butterflly and I was so excited when I saw the fluttering chrysalis that may turn into butterflies very soon. I believe students will like it too. I learned how to use the flip camera and also what I need to emphasize on in my teaching to prepare students for the movie they are going to shoot next Wednesday at the butterfly pavilion. Then we went to our classroom and did some decoration. I made a beautiful butterfly. Again we discussed in group about our teaching plan. I am going to do some preparation for my class next week.

Gu Xitao Watching the habitat of butterflies is so interesting and exciting. The life of butterfly is really a miracle of life. I really hope that my students can learn a lot about the life cycle of butterflies and have fun too in my class next week. Learning how to use the flip camera is also very useful to prepare us for the field trip to the butterfly pavilion next Wednesday. We put pictures of butterflies and caterpillars on the wall of our classroom and we are almost ready to welcome the students.

Cao Yongxin

I really enjoy the science lesson which I will teach next week. To tell the truth, this is my first time that I examine the caterpillar and the chrysalis so closely. I lam glad to learn something about butterfly. And next week, we will instruct the student to film when we have the field trip in butterfly pavillion. And we start to discuss the detail about our lesson and decorated the classroom fo the next week. Be ready!

Yewei Jiang This morning, Kathy gave us a very detailed lecture about how to instruct the students to make a video about the Butterfly Pavilion field trip. This cleared the procedure for the future field trip up for us. It will now be easier to prepare for the trip. Also, I really enjoyed our teamwork when decorating the classroom. My colleagues were all very cooperative and provided creative and exciting ideas to our team!

Belinda Liu-- Today, we got more time to work as a team. I really like to work together. Kathy also gave us some ideas how to video tape the kids and work with them. We got a lot of work done.

Tracy Peng Ms. Kathy showed us how to film the kids on the day of their field trip. We also learned how to use the smartboard. I am very happy to work with my team members. Everyone is so creative! I got a lot of inspiration from them.

Ning Wei I had to put a caterpillar in the pavilion with my bare hands this morning! I truly understood how butterfly's life cycle is by watching a few butterflies came out their chrysalises. We got a lot of time working with our teams today and we did many crafts and online games. I believe that next week will be a fun week for the teachers and the students.

Shuo Chen I learned how to use the flip camera and smart board in today morning. After that we decorated our classroom with material. I hope that my students can love it and discovered the fun of learning Chinese.

Fanghong Yu I've seen people using smart board for a long time and today I finally got to learn how to use it. There is a website I must remember: smart board exchange. Collin gave each group a butterfly pavilion in which students can observe the life cycle of a butterfly. It will be very helpful in our teaching. Our group created some games and decorated the classroom. It was tiring but I feel it worth it.

Mo Geng Today I took our group butterfly’s pavilion into our classroom, it means I will have a chance to see these chrysalis es change to butterflies with our students during next week! I am quite excited looking to see that and I believe our students will be excited too. In addition, Ms. Kathy showed us how to use camera to film the kids on the day of their field trip. I also learned how to use the Smartboard. Right now, we are busy preparing for the decoration for our classroom and teaching materials.

Ruihong Wu Mr. Collin gave us butterfly's pavilion into classroom and let us knew more habitals of butterfly. Afternoon we have decorated our classroom and preparaed for our teaching materials. I like my letter group members and look forward working well together next week.

Bella (Wei Yang) Today Mr. Collin gave each table a real butterfly pavilion to observe. I was surprised by how a butterfly comes and had a better understanding of our class next week, that is, we are not only going to teach another language, but also let students feel the power of life through the teaching. I think that is where education really aims to.