fifth grade

Besides this, the Namibskaya Community Trust supports a range of local initiatives in the Sususvlei area.

At the centre of this is Little Bugs, a small but vital school in the desert, offering early childhood development and primary education up to Grade 5.

It serves children from across the area, including star families, nearby lodges, providing access to learning where options are limited.

Beyond the classroom, the focus expands into practical skills.

有一個特別不一樣的,你也會記得它這樣子。 沒錯。 对,那我们的小朋友的读本其实都还蛮simple的,那个词汇都不会很难,所以基本上你读两遍,你大概就知道,啊,这个摸透了,这样子。 所以呢,也就是那个时候我才发现说,reading out loud这件事情呢,其实在很多基础的语言学习里面,很多人认为这个是基本功,尤其是国外。 都需要你念出來 所以我們呢 即便在我們的 First Language English Lesson 裡面呢 在考 Spelling 的時候 也是老師念出來 要你拼看看 你這樣講 我好像想起來 我們國小的時候學中文 老師也會叫 學國語啦 那時候叫國語 老師也會點名小朋友起來念課文 念課文這件事情 跟小朋友平常有沒有念課文 這個習慣 這是兩回事 所以你念的那个paragraph, 小朋友很厉害, 我会念这个paragraph, 并不代表今天他有真的把那个字去, 咬字咬出来, 或者是那篇文章在念出来, 所以会变什么你知道吗? 台湾叫贝克文。 你背什麼詩詞啦 背那個 就會變成那種了 那可是國外呢 就是叫你盡量唸出來 它沒有要你背 可是它要你唸出來 所以你下一次遇到 類似的文章的時候 你在腦海裡面有印象 這是最重要的 所以在这边呢,我们要跟大家讲reading out loud,非常非常重要。 If you're not doing reading out loud, if you're not reading any of your articles out, you are not taking your next steps in improving your speaking.

我们讲这样子是最快的。 嘴巴开始动起来才是真正的开口说。 好,默念這件事情呢,不適合小朋友,也更不適合大人。 對,所以甚至於呢,阿謙老師,你知道我們大概在grade 5, 6的時候,小五小六的時候, 在考試的時候不是都要寫的那個英文的什麼reading comprehension嗎? 對。 你知道常常時不時會聽到自己默念那個answer。 你在那個sentence還沒有寫下去的時候,回答。 你就在那边protagonist is 你就边写边念这样子。 对,都会有这种习惯。 然后老师不会抗拒,老师不会说你为什么自言自语,不会。 旁边的同学听到你的答案就吵上去了。 对,可是那个是就是讲给自己听,就是 sentence structure这种部分。 所以如果今天我们15 minutes的朋友或者是你的小朋友有这种习惯的话呢,这表示他是好习惯,不要阻止他。 因为等于他在同步化他的口说跟他的writing。

是,我們第三封信裡面就有提到這個重點,就是我們從聽力到開口中間其實會需要一個 bridging的部分。 沒錯。 那我們有朗讀跟耕讀啦,那我們這一封主要是先講朗讀。 可是呢,阿健老師,朗讀這件事我們剛剛先排除了,默念不是朗讀對不對? 我们念就是在心里想而已。

Yeah, if you're just reading a book, you're just reading.

Well, tomorrow at Lake Story, hundreds of Knox County fifth graders will spend the day learning outdoors, fishing, tracking weather, studying bees and butterflies the same way kids have every fall for 40 years.

The event is named for Ken Russell, a longtime wildlife biologist who spent years volunteering to teach kids about the outdoors before his death.

So this morning, we're talking about tomorrow's event and the man who inspired it.

oh,

no, no, no. it's a great activity so anyway so lots it does take a lot of coordinating and i will if it's okay if i mention um one of the original um people that started this event was my mother-in-law connie white she was a fifth grade teacher in williamsfield and so it was just teachers coming together and how it has grown over 40 years is truly amazing

how is it determined that it's fifth graders

Well, that's a great question.

Honestly, I think it was those fifth grade teachers back in the day.