Observing nature can be an effective method for young students to discuss and understand their emotions in a calm learning environment. I’m obsessed with ________. I’m especially interested in growing food from seeds or propagation (繁殖), which saves ________ and is a fun challenge. Many years ago, I learned that we could ________ a pineapple plant from the top of a pineapple, so I had to ________ it. After several times of failure I was ________ successful in growing one and getting it to bloom. I was excited, so I ________ this huge, heavy plant to school. Then my fourth grade students could ________ in the excitement of watching the pineapple grow.

My ________ students welcomed the pineapple plant into our class and named her Patricia. They made name tags for her, and even wrote ________ about her. We also ________ children from other classrooms to come in and meet her. She became quite ________.

More interesting, though, is the fact that she had a way of ________ kids self regulate. She ________ people when they felt sad. Our school counselor often brought students in to visit Patricia, and they always left our classroom feeling happier and more ________.

After some reflection, we now realize that the ________ of the pineapple was not really just about the plant. Patricia helped create an environment filled with passion, positivity, and nature. It’s calming for our nervous system, which leads to self-regulation and enhances learning.

I was envious of my friends who stayed at school for lunch. They _________ the same things as the characters in my favourite TV shows. The meals we ate at home were different. One day, a classmate asked what I ate for lunch. I _________, feeling like I’d been caught. Like most days, we’d had fried rice. “Sandwiches,” I lied. My face got hot as I turned around, _________ she wouldn’t ask anything more.

Still, there was one day of the year when Mom made an _________ and I was allowed to stay at school for lunch. My dream would be realistic on that day. Every year, there was Chinese Day at the cafeteria to _________ Chinese New Year. “The school is honoring our heritage,” Mom would say. The first Chinese Day lunch I can _________ was when I was about six. I had _________ this day for weeks. When the bell rang for lunch, I rushed to the cafeteria. As I stood in line, I imagined the _________ they’d made waiting for me.

There would be _________, surely—every Chinese New Year meal included fish. I could explain to my friends what Mom had told me: How the __________ for “fish” in Chinese sounded like another word meaning “abundance”. There would be chicken, too, probably with the head still on, because a whole chicken for Chinese New Year __________ wholeness.   

The line was slowly moving forward until __________ it was my turn. The cafeteria worker passed me my plate and I looked down. I couldn’t __________ anything at all. All I did was sit there, confused. They called this “Chinese” lunch, so why had I never __________ it before? Those first few bites, I realized later, were my __________ to Chinese-Canadian cuisine.

When I was a practice teacher in a middle school，the students in my class were always making ______，and had no interest in chemistry. So I decided to do ______to change their______ towards chemistry.

The evening before I would teach all by myself，I gave a piece of paper to everyone. I told them to write ______ they wanted on the paper and handed it in and then I could tell what each one had ______ .All the students said I _____ be longsighted(远视)．Then I stood ______ my back towards them. I didn't turn back ______ they had finished and ______ all the paper in a cardboard case.

I turned the cardboard case with the bottom(底部)towards the students，and told them calmly what each one had written on the paper. The students were surprised，______ that I had learned their ______ completely in such a short time.

I told them the truth and they were ______ at my brightness：there were five lines of students in the classroom，and every line had ten students. I had written serial number(from 1 to 50 )on every ______ of the paper in a chemical reagent(试剂)that cannot be seen ______eyes，and then gave ______out to the students according to the groups of their seats. After the paper was ______ in，I used______ chemical reagent onto the corner of the paper. Thus the serial number was ______！

______ ，the students became ______ interested in chemistry，and we became good friends.