The K3 students are continuing to explore the theme “In My Neighborhood.” Through engaging chants and songs, students are strengthening their vocabulary, practicing familiar sentence patterns, and building confidence in using English. I am incredibly proud of the progress the K3 Rabbit class is making, especially in their growing confidence, active participation, and ability to retain and apply what they have learned. It is wonderful to see their enthusiasm and development as young English learners!
Welcome to our exciting new unit in Show and Tell Lessons:
"Around My Neighborhood"!
This unit focuses on helping our K3 learners explore, identify, and talk about the community places they see every day.
To support our K3 young learners in a rich bilingual environment, our Show and Tell themes will align with the Chinese lessons led by Teacher Sylvia, and Teacher Celine. By exploring topics in both English and Chinese, students can build stronger connections between both languages, deepening their understanding and confidence across both settings.
What Our K3 Students Will Learn
Key Vocabulary & Places:
Community Services: Post office, hospital, police station, fire station.
Shops & Daily Places: Supermarket, bakery, park, school, restaurant.
Language & Sentence Structures:
Identifying places using: "This is a..." and "I see a..."
Expressing functions and activities: "We buy bread at the bakery" or "The doctor works at the hospital."
Hands-On Activity: "My Neighborhood Map"
To put their learning into practice, the children will complete a Neighborhood Map activity! They will map out essential places, arrange shops and service centers, and describe their route around town. This interactive activity helps build spatial awareness, speaking confidence, and real-world connection to their surrounding community.
Suggestion for home language practice: You can ask your child on the way home, "What places do we see in our neighborhood?" to help reinforce their learning!
As
we enter the next two weeks of lessons, we will have shorter learning days due
to the upcoming school holidays on Friday, September 25 and Monday,
September 28. During these weeks, I will incorporate two meaningful and
culturally important celebrations into our regular K3 Show and Tell English
lessons.
Mid-Autumn Festival
This week , our lessons will introduce students to the traditions and
meaning of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Through simple English vocabulary,
sentence patterns, and fun classroom activities, students will learn about some
of the special traditions associated with this celebration.
Our
key vocabulary will include:
pomelo
moon
cake
BBQ
full
moon
Happy
Moon Festival!
Students
will practice using these new words in simple sentences while learning about
the foods, family traditions, and celebration of the full moon.
Teachers’ Day /
Confucius’s Birthday
I will also begin introducing the meaning of Teacher’s Day, which is
celebrated in Taiwan in connection with Confucius’s birthday. Students
will learn simple English expressions about showing appreciation and saying
thank you to their teachers.
To
make the lesson fun and memorable, we will practice a short chant:
“Happy
Teacher’s Day!
Thank you, Teacher,
for teaching me!”
These
special lessons will be incorporated naturally into our regular Show and
Tell curriculum. My goal is not only to develop students’ English
vocabulary, speaking, and sentence-building skills, but also to help them
understand and appreciate the wonderful cultural traditions and celebrations
around them.
I look forward to making these two weeks fun,
meaningful, and full of learning for our K3 students!
The students and I are excited to begin a new unit 2 all about FOOD!With the theme of "What do you like to eat?"This is a fun and
familiar topic that gives K3 Dora learners many opportunities to practice
speaking English while talking about foods they know and enjoy.
Our Sentence Pattern
Our
main sentence pattern for this unit is:
“What
do you like to eat?” “I like to eat ______.”
Students
will practice asking and answering this question while learning how to share
their favorite foods with their classmates.
We
will also practice polite food conversations:
“Do
you want some ______?” “Yes, please.” “No, thank you.”
Let's Talk About Food!
Students
will learn key vocabulary from their Student Practice Book, including:
vegetables
• fruits • meat • pasta • rice • milk
We
will also expand our vocabulary by learning examples within each category. For
example:
This
will help students understand that there are many different foods within each
food group while giving them more words to use when speaking English.
Using
the picture on page 24 of the Student Book, students will also look at a
family enjoying a picnic near a river and use the picture as a guide to
describe the foods they see.
Mid-Autumn Festival Fun!
To
connect our English learning with a special Taiwanese tradition, we will also
enjoy a Mid-Autumn Festival-themed art activity! Students will explore
the delicious foods often enjoyed during this holiday, including BBQ foods and
mooncakes, while creating a fun and festive art project.
Through
this unit, the goal is to help students build vocabulary, listening and
speaking skills, confidence, and an enjoyment of using English in everyday
situations.
I am looking forward to a fun, colorful, and delicious food adventure with K3
Dora in our Show and Tell Unit 2.
Welcome to K3 Show and Tell with Ms. Dee! I am
very excited and enthusiastic to be your child’s Show and Tell English teacher
this year. It is my goal to create a warm,
positive, and encouraging classroom environment where every child feels
comfortable, confident, and excited to learn English.
This year will be an important
year of progressive learning and
development as we help prepare your child for Grade 1. Throughout the
year, we will work together to build the language skills, learning habits, and
confidence your child will need as they prepare for the next step in their
education.
Most importantly, I want every
child to feel that their voice matters
in our classroom. I will encourage all students to participate, try
their best, and feel proud of their progress. Our Show and Tell lessons will be
a positive learning environment where mistakes are a natural and important part
of learning. Children will be encouraged to take risks with English without
fear of making mistakes.
A key focus this year will be
helping students develop the ability to respond
using complete sentences. Through daily practice, gentle guidance, and
plenty of opportunities to speak, students will gradually become more confident
expressing their ideas and communicating in English.
I will reinforce important
vocabulary and language patterns through songs, chants, stories, games, and engaging activity-based lessons
connected to our Show and Tell book units. These activities will give
students opportunities to listen, speak, practice, and use English in
meaningful and enjoyable ways.
I look forward to helping your children grow in confidence, develop their English skills, and discover the joy of learning throughout the
year. Thank you for your support and partnership as we work together to give
your child a happy and successful start in K3 class.
I am
looking forward to a wonderful year of learning, growing, and sharing together!
Warmly, Ms. Dee
K3 Show and Tell English Teacher
Friday, 20 March 2026
Fabulous Friday:
I will be posting in Sensay for you to practice your child's graduation performance script lines.
Allow your child to practice saying the lines aloud as frequently as possible.
Please review with your child:
þShow and Tell: p 64-65- Lesson 9-10
þVocabulary words:roller skating, running, dancing, jumping rope, playing catch, riding a bike, flying a kite
þ Numbers: one, two, three, four, five
þ Shapes: rectangle
þGrammar: We-We're She's /He's
Phrases to practice at home:
Are you _________? (roller skating, running, dancing, jumping rope, playing catch, dancing, riding a bike, flying a kite)
Yes, we are/ No we aren't
He's/She's...
He's playing basketball.
She's playing table tennis.
What are you good at? I can play soccer.
I can run very fast.
I can catch a ball.
What do you like to do best?
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Happy Monday
Review all of unit 5
þShow and Tell: p 64-65- Lesson 9-10
þVocabulary words:roller skating, running, dancing, jumping rope, playing catch, riding a bike, flying a kite
þ Numbers: one, two, three, four, five
þ Shapes: rectangle
þGrammar: We-We're She's /He's
Phrases to practice at home:
Are you _________? (roller skating, running, dancing, jumping rope, playing catch, dancing, riding a bike, flying a kite)
