As a new teacher at Doull Primary School in Denver, Kyle Schwartz thought of a simple way to get to know her third graders, most of whom came from 1 families. She asked them to complete the 2 “I wish my teacher knew…" and share something about themselves.

    Their 3answers gave the teacher a chance to understand her students' difficulties. "I wish my teacher knew I have no pencils to do my homework," 4 one child. "I wish my teacher knew sometimes my reading homework is not signed（签名）, because my mom is not 5 a lot,” wrote another. Some shared hope for the 6. " I wish my teacher knew that I want to go to college."

    "Some notes are really heartbreaking," Schwartz tells ABC News. "I care 7 about each of my students and I don't want them to be poor forever." She explains, " I hoped to know 8I could better support them. So I 9 to let them tell me what I needed to know. That was why I created the fill-in-the-blank exercise."

    10 the third graders were allowed to answer anonymously（匿名）, most wanted to include names. And some were even excited to read their notes out loud. 11 one shy girl who bravely said that she was lonely. "After she told the class, "I don't have friends to 12 me, I was worried what they would do." Schwartz tells Us Weekly. "However, I felt encouraged to see how much support the other kids offered 13. They invited her to play at break and sit with them at lunch. You see, 14 have an unusual ability to express empathy（同情）."

    "The results have been 15," says Schwartz. "It speaks to the importance of giving people a voice and really listening to them."

    Children like to copy（模仿）what they hear. They copy their parents， their friends and even the TV. This teaches them how to speak the language. Copying is also 1 for students of a second language. When you listen to foreigners speak English， repeat 2 they say.

    Children don't practice grammar， but they can use the language to talk about things that 3 them. They don't complain 4 their vocabulary or poor grammar. They can find ways to express themselves， and they do it 5.

    Students who are learning English should also pay their attention to 6. Look for chances to talk with people in English. If you can't find a 7 to talk to， you man talk with other students who know English instead. 8 an English discussion group and talk about music， movies 9 whatever interests you. Don't worry about 10. The objective（目标）is to learn how to communicate easily and comfortably. Remember that you communicate successfully even with a small vocabulary.

    Many years ago there was a poor man. He had1his garden, an orange tree. On the tree there were many fine oranges.2he found one 3his oranges was much bigger4the others. It was as 5as a football. Nobody had ever seen6orange. The poor man took the orange to the king(国王). The king was so happy7he gave the man a lot of money for it.

    When a rich man heard of it, he said to himself, "It's only an orange. Why has the king given so much money8it? I'll take my gold (金子) cup to the king. He'll give me9money."

    The next day when the king received the gold cup, he said to the rich man, "What a beautiful cup! I'll show you 10, please take this great orange."

    Mrs. Wilson is my neighbor(邻居). She1at a post office and she meets lots of people2. She is3to everyone and likes helping others. She is over fifty years old, 4she looks very young(年轻). She is of5height and thin. She has long curly brown6. She likes to wear a red T-shirt and jeans. She7like a movie star. She really likes8shopping on weekends and she always buys many beautiful clothes. She always9, "Old people still want10beautiful!" People all like her very much.

    Look! Here is a photo 1 my family. I have a big family. My 2  are old now. My grandfather is 72 years old and my grandmother3 70 years old. I have an4. He's my father's 5. I have two6. They're my mother's sisters. I have7 cousins—a boy and a girl. They are my uncle's8 and daughter. I have a sister, too. But she 9 in the photo. I am in a nice 10. I love my family.