根據十八年教學經驗，班主任凱麗蔻太太(Mrs. Kalikow)深知，培養人才一定得從長計議，從眼下每一件不足掛齒的“小事”做起。於是自小學三年級開學伊始，她便全盤部署教學計劃，決定在暑假到來之前，要求全班學生各自將學校生活整理成章，並編輯成8開圖書畫冊──三年級回憶錄(My 3rd Grade Memory Book)，左邊一頁標有文字說明，右邊一頁貼上全部由凱麗蔻太太拍攝提供的相片，我家童少再前序後跋，沿着每頁四周添植加葉，點綴出各式各樣的花邊。就這樣，《三年級回憶錄》從頭到尾手工製作，堪稱無價之寶，令我們回味終生。

【開學頭一天】

      開學頭一天，我豈止緊張不安，真正說起來應該算作比較害怕。僥倖的是，我遇到不少老朋友，特別是就座在我書桌周圍的幾位。彼此自我介紹之後，我反而結交了新知。

〖My First Day of School〗

      On my first day of school, I was not only nervous, but really scared. Fortunately, I saw that a lot of my old friends were around, especially the people who were at my table. We introduced each other and I thought that I even made some new friend right away.

【蘋果節】

      蘋果節那一天，我們品嘗了自己親手製作的小型蘋果餡餅，觀看了一部非同尋常的電影《撒播希望種子的男孩》。從中我得知蘋果種子如何開花結果，約翰•查普曼怎樣去西部拓荒幫助印第安部落。我甚至還聽說，他能跟動物聊天。今天真是美不勝收！

〖Johnny Appleseed Day〗

      On Johnny Appleseed Day, we ate small apple pies that we made by ourselves and watched a very cool movie "Johnny Appleseed". I learned about where Johnny Appleseed grew up and how John Chapman traveled to American frontier and helped Indians. I even heard that he could talk to animals. It was an awesome day!

【萬聖節】

      在萬聖節上，我們分別打扮成妖魔鬼怪、行屍走肉和神仙幽靈，沿校內一邊遊行一邊嚼着零食，午餐又吃了比薩餅。隨後我們一起玩賓果遊戲，誰拿到“賓果”，誰還能得獎哇。我倒沒獲什麼獎品，不過玩得相當開心。最終，我們坐下來觀賞恐怖片《查理•布朗》，其實沒有事先想象的那麼可怕。

〖Halloween〗

      On Halloween, we dressed up as ghosts, zombies, and phantoms. We paraded around the school and ate snacks. A pizza party was served for lunch. We played Bingo afterwards. If someone hit Bingo, he or she could get a prize. It was fun although I didn't grab a lot of prizes. Then we sat down to watch a horror movie "Charlie Brown". To the end, the movie wasn't much scary though.

【大事記】

      說起我的大事記，得從2003年我出生那年開始，截至到2011年撰稿為止。期間，確有不少事情發生。

      四歲時，我先在北京頭一次在中國歡度春節；後又花上整整3個星期，從大西洋這邊飛往太平洋那邊的夏威夷，遊覽了8個島中的5個。

      次年春節，我再度重返北京，不僅趕上了廟會，而且還隆重舉行了具有中國特色的慶生聚會。

      接下來兩年裡，我分別去過中美洲至少一打兒加勒比海島國。

      快到七歲時，我接着向學校告假一個月，跑到南半球的新西蘭和澳大利亞接受課外教育。

      八歲時，我又輾轉到北非，親自考察古埃及現狀。週遊世界確是我最開心的事情。

〖Timeline〗

      For my timeline, I covered all the fun events from 2003 when I was born to 2011 now. In those years, a lot of exciting moments happened in my life.

      At 4 years old, I celebrated Chinese Spring Festival the first time ever in my life. And later I went to Hawaii where I eye-viewed 5 of 8 islands in Pacific Ocean from my home near Atlantic Ocean in 3 weeks.

      At 5, I headed back to China for Religious Festival as well as my birthday in Chinese style.

      Later I spent 2 years to tour at least a dozen of Caribbean countries in Central America.

      At almost 7, I was out of school on educational trip about a month to visit New Zealand and Australia in south hemisphere.

      At 8, I made my journey to the ancient Egypt in North Africa. Vacation around the globe was always my favorite.

【文化節】

      在文化節上，同學之間相互分享食物，介紹文化背景。我選擇中國作為演講話題，因為我的父母都是炎黃子孫。我向同學們分別講述了中國的傳統和歷史。涉及到地理部分，我一一羅列了與中國接壤的14國家。它們是：不丹、北朝鮮、蒙古、塔吉克、尼泊爾、吉爾吉斯斯坦、俄羅斯、哈薩克、老撾、越南、阿富汗、緬甸、印度、巴基斯坦等。待講完中國5,000年歷史之後，我請大家品嘗自家包的水煎餃，同學們交口稱讚。那一天結束時，我們每一位都撐得要死。

〖Heritage Day〗

      On Heritage Day, we shared our food and explained how our cultures work. I chose China because my parents originated from there. I told everybody about Chinese traditions and history. When it came to geography, I mentioned to them about 14 countries that bordered around China. They are Bhutan, North Korea, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Burma or Myanmar, India and Pakistan. After I described Chinese 5,000-year-old history, I I gave out my homemade dumplings. Everybody liked them. At the end of the day, they had a lump in their stomach.

【搭檔聚會】

      我的搭檔*是一位六年級的學姐。這次搭檔聚會，她特意到班上找我。我倆坐在一塊共同吃比薩餅享用零食。出乎意料地，我們一連吃了2根冰棒，並聊了相當長時間，好像彼此很久沒有見面似的。我恨不能也長成六年級的學生！

*搭檔是學校開展“以老帶新”扶幼聯誼的產物，聽起來很像當年我們經歷的“一幫一”、“一對紅”活動。通常畢業班六年級的學生被分配到低年級來，幫助學弟學妹解答學習上的問題。一般來說，學長跟學弟搭檔，學姐同學妹結伴，可我家童少班上23位同學中，男生有16位，女生僅剩7位，像當今中國一樣，男女比例嚴重失調！

〖Buddies Party〗

      At our Buddies party, my buddy who was a sixth grader came to our classroom and both of us ate delicious pizza and snacks together. Guess what? We also had 2 popsicles and a long conversation. It felt as if we haven't seen each other for a long time. I can't wait to be in sixth grade!

【寓言故事】

      在學寓言故事時，凱麗蔻太太開恩，要我們放鬆休息一會兒。她問我們能否把自己編寫的寓言故事改成劇本，就這樣，我的《猴子和狐狸》誕生了。故事梗概如下：猴子和狐狸都想吃梨，於是它倆設法去摘下孤島長的梨子。劇中我演猴子，肖恩扮狐狸，我們配合得很有趣。

〖Fables〗

      We were learning about fable. Therefore, Mrs. Kalikow decided that we needed a break. She asked whether we could write our own fables and turned them into the plays. My story was called The Monkey and the Fox. Its main idea was that both monkey and fox want to eat the pears. They managed to get on the pear tree where it grows on an isolated island. I played the monkey and Sea acted the fox. We had a fun time performing.

【商務廣告】

      我們學寫具有說服性的文章，為此，班上每一位同學都需要製作廣告。我的產品叫“雞味‘O’”，看上去像呼啦圈，吃起來帶有雞的味道，雞味“O”含有50克蛋白質，聽式包裝，隨時隨地保障供應。我們一一面向全班表演自己的作品。

〖Commercial〗

      We were learning about persuasive writing. So each of us decided to make a commercial about it. My product was called Chicken O's. They look like O's as hulas and taste like chicken. Chicken O's contain 50 grams of protein and they always come in cans. You can get them anywhere and anytime. We performed our persuasive commercials to the class.

【電房子】

      科學課上，我們學習電流。老師要求我們自己建房，其中至少安裝一個燈泡。大家花了幾天時間，好不容易完成作業。我也把線路連接得好好的。

〖Electric Houses〗

      In science, we were learning about electricity. The teacher wanted us to make our own houses. She said that it had to include at least 1 light bulb. It took many days, but it worked. I completed my series circuit successfully.

【祖父母節】

      每一年，祖父母都會到學校來。他們來時，我們必定要表演保留劇目《吞食蒼蠅的老婦人》。不過，這回我們編出不同版本，我扮演會抓豬八戒的鯊魚。演出非常成功。

〖Grandparents Day〗

      Every year, our grandparents come over. When they visited us, we had a play called "There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly". However we made our own version. In the story, I played the shark that catches the pig. The play worked out really well.

【野外考察】

      今年我們去和平谷公園野外考察。我非常喜歡那裡，因為大家可以打濕衣服、搞髒鞋子，滿處尋找淡水螯蝦。我們還發現了許多幼蟲。後來，我們又對河水進行了化學檢測，看它是否潔淨，簡直有趣的不得了。

〖Field Trip〗

      This year we had a field trip to Peace Valley Park. I really liked it because we could get wet, muddy our shoes and find crayfish. We also discovered a lot of larva. And then we had chemical testing to see how clear the water was in the river. It was very cool and fun.

【個人生平】

      對於個人生平，我選擇了托馬斯•傑斐遜，其生活激起了我極大的興趣。主要因為他想要以美國第三任總統流芳百世，而不僅僅作為十九世紀“路易斯安那購買條約”簽約者的身份。還有一個原因就是，他有7個孩子，不幸的是大多數年紀很輕時便因病不治而終。傑斐遜先生還是一位發明家，堪稱名符其實的天才。

〖Biography〗

      For my biography, I chose Thomas Jefferson because he had a very interesting life. One thing was that he wanted to be remembered by the third President of the United States, not as the Louisiana Purchase in 19th century. Another thing was that he had 7 children and most of them died of diseases at young age unfortunately. Mr. Jefferson was also an inventor and a truly talented man.

【後記】

      求知之路通向明快美好的未來。熱愛學習！

〖Remark〗

      The path of knowledge makes for a brighter and better future. Love to learn!

【作者簡介】

      兒歌是蒙哥馬利小學學生，喜歡踢足球和打網球，愛好閱讀，擅長數學，非常期待四年級學生生涯。

〖About the Author〗

      Aiden is a student at Montgomery Elementary School. He likes to play soccer and tennis. A hobby of his is reading. He is very good at math. Aiden is looking forward to fourth grade.

(二O一二年六月廿一日，夏至)