領導力----Her leadership by example: Tina is enthusiastic and engaged in EVERY class. It makes class discussion richer and class more fun for everyone
-Her initiative in creating a warm classroom environment: Tina came up with the idea to transform a casual conversation about music in our classroom stream into a Spotify playlist that can be played during our break. I love that no one even asked her to do this extra work; it was a good idea that she acted on and presented as a gift of time and sweat to me and her classmates.
I feel so lucky to be Tina's teacher and am grateful for what her parents have done to raise such a generous, fun, and self-motivated young woman!
二年級正是詞匯、閱讀的快速增長期, 為鼓勵學生多讀書, 老師們發給學生簡單的讀書卡, 上麵需記錄書名、作者、頁碼, 讀完寫幾句中心思想、讀後感, 交給老師便可得到貼紙等小獎品, 卡片上則會留下老師認真書寫而且漂亮的"Good job!" 或 "Great job!" 每完成整數頁(如100)Ms. Shin還會頒發獎狀,而讀完十本書還可以獎一本書。不知道是愛屋及烏還是就是愛讀書, 女兒的讀書報告卡在學年未塞滿了整整兩袋子, 讀了一百多本, 而且很大部分是Magic school bus和Magic tree house這樣文字為主的"厚"部頭。
閱讀量的飛躍自然有助於寫作的提高, Ms. Shin每次看到好的都不吝讚美之辭, 一次寫最喜歡的餐館, 女兒就寫道: 最喜歡的是我家呀, 媽媽主廚, 好吃還不用付帳!Ms. Shin的評語是: you are so lucky to have such a wonderful restaurant! 而在改編一篇農夫進城後車壞了回不了家的結局的短文裏, 女兒寫農夫叫了輛出租車, 雞飛到車頭、豬狗羊爬/鑽進了車裏, 最後奶牛進不去就跳上了車頂, 結果整個車被壓成了pancake! Ms. Shin估計讀著都笑死了, 仍不忘誇小朋友有想象力、描述得很生動。
Ms. Shin真是吝嗇她的微笑和讚美, 女兒說她從未生氣過。有次女兒和她開玩笑, 跑到她跟前說: Ms. Shin, I don't like you! 停了一小會, 補上 I love you! Ms. Shin 跟著女兒的話語愣了又笑了, "Tina, you scared me! 在學生報告裏她說女兒has expression in her voice. 逢年過節收到學生和家長送的禮品卡, 她都鄭重其事地寫了感謝卡寄到家, 而不象很多老師用打印出來的感謝紙片。