February 26, Tuesday 二月二十六日星期二

Today we watched a video named "Tank Man" from pbs.org and students were asked to answer the questions to the discussion questions about the tank man.

 

Watch The Tank Man on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

February 22, Friday 二月二十二日星期五

we first copied down the months from Jan-Dec, 一月，二月，三月，四月，五月，六月，七月，八月，九月，十月，十一月，十二月。We played games to review these words and then we work on the package about the months. Click the package to access the assignment.

February 20, Wednesday 二月二十日星期三

we first copied down the numbers from 1-10, 一，二，三，四，五，六，七，八，九，十。We also learned a song with the rythm of little Indians. and we reviewed the song - where is my friend in Chinese. Later we worked on the sheet of numbers. We played a game about the numbers as well.

February 13, Wednesday 二月十三星期三

FOR ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, Copy down the words/phrase and the lyric we learned in class onto the notebook today and show the teacher the notes.

We first reviewed the animal words and then we learned the numbers.
After the numbers we learned a song.
一yī = 1
二èr = 2
三sān =3
四sì =4
五wǔ =5
六liù =6
七qī =7
八bā =8
九jiǔ =9
十shí =10
十一shí yī = 11
十二shí èr =12
十三shí sān =13
十四shí sì =14
十五shí wǔ =15
十六shí liù =16
十七shí qī =17
十八shí bā =18
十九shí jiǔ =19
二十èr shí =20
三十sān shí =30
四十sì shí =40
五十wǔ shí =50
六十liù shí =60
七十qī shí =70
八十bā shí =80
九十jiǔ shí =90

February 15, Friday 二月十五星期五

FOR  ABSENT STUDENTS - #1 Copy down the words we learned on your notebook and show the teacher the notes when you come back,

Today we learned the following words. 5th period students and 6th periods did different activities to practice the words.
吃 chī = eat
跳 tiào = jump
跑 pǎo = run
睡覺shuì jiào = sleep
游泳yóu yǒng = swim/swimming
爬 pá = climb, crawl
拉lā = pull
飛 fēi = fly
推 tuī  = push
會hui = (be) able to, know how
#1, we reviewed the animals words as usual and then we introduced the new words with TPR. We also asked questions like
 "Tony, nǐ huì bù huì yóu yǒng?"
          你會不會游泳 (do you swim?)

Activities: 

a) each student was given a piece of lined-paper, and draw lines and wrote the words like the followings.

	pǎo	pá	lā	tuī	fēi	tiào	shuì jiào	yóu yǒng
shǔ
niǎo
gǒu
hǔ
jī
lóng
mǎ
zhū
shé
niú
xiàng
yáng
tù
xióng
hóu
yú
māo
chǎng jǐng lù
wŪgŪi

b) Students were pairs up and then in the pair Student A asked Student B, "shǔ huì bù huì pǎo? " And if Student B answered "shǔ huì pǎo," then Student A made a O on the crossing box with shǔ and pǎo; if the Student B answered "shǔ bù huì pǎo," then Student B made X on the crossing box with shǔ and pǎo. After Student A asked Student B all the questions about shǔ and then it's Student B's turn to ask Student A questions. They both need to write the partner's answer down on their paper. Students were given 15 minutes to complete this task. Students were given 3 minutes to find a partner and to ask the first row questions like shǔ huì bù huì pǎo?  shǔ huì bù huì pá? shǔ huì bù huì lā? etc. After the 1st 3 minutes, students were given another 3 minutes to find another partner to practice the sentences like  niǎo huì bù huì pǎo?niǎo huì bù huì pá? niǎo huì bù huì pá lā? etc. 

February 11, Monday, 二月十一日星期一

FOR ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, Copy down the words/phrase and the lyric we learned in class onto the notebook today and show the teacher the notes. #2, Watch the video and write down 10 facts about the Chinese New Year Legend.

Today we first introduced the congrats phrases about Chinese New Year and then we discussed the culture about Chinese New Year. Next we learned the Chinese New Year Song. After that we made paper Chinese firecrackers.

新年快樂xīn nián kuài lè = Happy New Year

恭喜發財gōng xǐ fā cái = Congrats and Wish you fortune/rich

恭賀新禧gōng hè xīn xǐ = Congrats and Wish you new luck/happiness

大吉大利dà jí dà lì = Wish you great luck and fortune. 

We also reviewed the animals.

February 7, Thursday 二月七日星期四

FOR THE ABSENT STUDENTS - PLEASE COPY DOWN THE WORDS WE LEARNED AND REVIEWED TODAY AND DOWNLOAD THE DRAGON PAPER, COLOR IT, AND SHOW THEM TO THE TEACHER WHEN YOU COME IN. 

Today we learned some new words about animals and reviewed the old ones. After that we used the small whiteboards to practice these animals. Next, students were given 25 minutes to color dragons to celebrate Chinese New Year.

熊xióng = bear

猴hóu = monkey

魚yú = fish

貓māo = cat

鼠shǔ = rat
鳥niǎo = bird

狗gǒu = dog

虎hǔ = tiger

熊貓xióng māo = penda

鷄jī = chicken

龍lóng = dragon

長頸鹿 chǎng jǐng lù = giraffe

馬mǎ = horse

豬zhū = pig

蛇shé = snake

牛niú = cow

象 xiàng = elephant

羊yáng = sheep

兔tù = rabbit

February 5, Tuesday 二月五日星期二

FOR ABSENT STUDENTS - copy down the words we learned onto your notebook for today and show the teacher your notes when you come in.

猴hóu = monkey

魚yú = fish

鼠shǔ = rat

鳥niǎo = bird

狗gǒu = dog

虎hǔ = tiger

鷄jī = chicken

龍lóng = dragon

馬mǎ = horse

豬zhū = pig

蛇shé = snake

牛niú = cow

象 xiàng = elephant

羊yáng = sheep

兔tù = rabbit


We made 16 flashcards for animal and then we used the flashcards and played bingo games. After bingo games, we played animal charades. 

February 1, Friday 二月一日星期五

FOR ABSENT STUDENTS - copy down the words we learned onto your notebook for today and show the teacher your notes when you come in.

Today we learned the following words, and reviewed the words taught last time. And then students were given a piece of paper and folded in 8 equal squares and we practice the words on the paper.
Students were asked to write down the pinyin (pronunciation), English meaning, and draw a picture to the word's meaning.


站起來zhàn qǐ lái = stand up
坐下zuò xià = sit down
跑pǎo = run
走zǒu = walk 
停tíng = stop