Monday, May 23, 2016

Common Chinese Radicals

常見中文部首chang jian zhong wen bu shou/Common Chinese Radicals
Objectives
1. Students be able to recognize the common Chinese radicals.
2. Students be able to guess the meaning of a Chinese symbol through its radical.
Vocabularies
人ren/man,入ru/enter,刀dao/knife,力li/strength,口kou/mouth,囗wei/enclosure,土tu/earth,士shi/scholar,女nyu/woman,子zi/child,小xiao/small,大da/big
Relevant web-link
http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/radicals.php

How to Write a Chinese Check

中文支票金額寫法zhong wen zhi piao jin e xie fa/Writing the amount of money in Chinese check
Objectives
1. Students will understand the numbers 1-10 in Chinese characters.
2. Students be able to know the unit of ten thousand(萬wan) in Chinese.
3. Students will practice counting the number over ten thousand in Chinese.
4. Students can write the amount of money less than ten thousand in Chinese.
Vocabularies
零ling/0,壹yi/1,貳er/2,叁san/3,肆si/4,伍wu/5,陸liu/6,柒qi/7,捌ba/8,玖jiu/9,拾shi/10,佰bai/100,仟qian/1000,萬wan/10,000,角jiao/ten cents,分fen/one cent
Relevant web-link
http://chequeconvert.hkcoding.com/

Monday, May 16, 2016

Week 36, Songs; I can/I can't

歌曲ge qu/songs; 我會wo hui/I can;我不會wo bu hui/I can't
Objectives
1. Students be able to appreciate Chinese music.
2. Students will be able to learn more Chinese songs through online resources.
3. Students can follow along with the music and sing along with you-tubes.
4. k-2nd students can use the sentence pattern, I can/I can't, to express what they can do, what they can't do.
Vocabularies
輕輕聽qing qing ting/listen quietly,野地的花ye di de hua/wild flowers,有主在我船上you zhu zai wo chuan shang/the Lord is on my boat,跳tiao/jump,飛fei/fly,跑pao/fly,踢ti/kick,拍pai/clap,打da/beat,吃chi/eat,睡shui/sleep,舔tian/lick,動dong/move,背bei/carry on the back,爬pa/crawl
Relevant Web-link
輕輕聽   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6g2g_qnCB0
野地的花   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMC5Wo6CaTk
有主在我船上  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULuVQdGUg_U


Monday, May 9, 2016

Week 35, What can you do on a hot summer day?

在炎熱的夏天,你能做甚麼?zai yan re de xia tian, ni neng zuo shen me
Objectives
1. Students will be able to access e-books through Chinese blog.
2. Students can follow along pinyins with online Chinese reading.
3. Students be able to list 2-3 activities they can  do on a hot summer day.
Vocabularies
能neng/can做zuo/do甚麼shen me/what可以ke yi/can游泳池you yong chi/swimming pool游泳you yong/swim喝he/drink檸檬水ning meng shui/lemonade陰涼處yin liang chu/shady place打盹da dun/nap買mai/buy冰沙bing sha/snow cone灑水器sa shui qi/sprinkler跑來跑去pao lai pao qu/run here and there吃chi/eat棒冰bang bing/popsicle吹chui/blow泡泡pao pao/bubble
Relevant website
A Hot Summer Day    http://www.uniteforliteracy.com/book?BookId=43

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Week 34, Mother's Day

母親節mu qin jie/Mother's Day
Objectives
1. Students be able to tell at least two things that they are thankful for their mom.
2. Students be able to write "Happy Mother's Day" in Chinese.
3. 3-5th grade students will understand the form of Chinese letters.
4. Students be able to read what they write for their moms in Chinese.
Vocabularies
親愛的qin ai de/dear,媽媽mama/mom,阿姨a yi/step mom; mom's sisters,奶奶nai nai/dad's mom,外婆wai po/mom's mom,姑姑gu gu/dad's sisters,兒子er zi/son,女兒nyu er/daughter,姪子zhi zi/nephew,姪女zhi nyu/niece,孫子sun zi/grandson,孫女sun nyu/granddaughter,
謝謝您xie xie nin/than you,教我功課jiao wo gong ke/help me with homework,開車接送我kai che jie song wo/drive me to places,做飯給我吃zuo fan gei wo chi/cook for me,買衣服給我mai yi fu gei wo/buy clothes for me,陪我看電視pei wo kan dian shi/watch TV with me,陪我玩pei wo wan/play with me,帶我去教堂dai wo qu jiao tang/bring me to church,教我如何做人jiao wo ru he zuo ren/teach me how to behave,為我禱告wei wo dao gao/pray for me,祝福您zhu fu nin/wish you,母親節快樂mu qin jie kuai le/Happy Mother's Day!敬上jing shang/respectfully
Relevant web-links
媽媽的眼睛   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwRKY3kWQB0

世上只有媽媽好   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ethcaCEG4



Monday, April 25, 2016

Week 33, Animals

動物dong wu/Animals
Objectives
1. Students be able to tell people their favorite animal in Chinese.
2. Learn the common terminologies of animals in Chinese.
3. Be able to follow along the pinyin with online reading.
4. Be able to write the animals' names in Chinese.
Vocabularies
動物dong wu/animal,熊貓xiong mao/panda,老鼠lao shu/mouse,鴕鳥tuo niao/ostrich,鴨子ya zi/duck,駱駝luo tuo/camel,刺蝟ci wei/porcupine,鸚鵡ying wu/parrot,烏鴉wu ya/crow,蝸牛wo niu/snail,金魚jin yu/goldfish,兔子tu zi/rabbit,蟲chong/insect,猴子hou zi/monkey,魚yu/fish,鳥niao/bird,狗gou/dog,貓mao/cat,雞ji/chicken,牛niu/cow,馬ma/horse,羊yang/goat,最zui/the most,喜歡xi huan/like,甚麼shen me/what
Relevant web-links
念童謠--動物   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yg3bOA0G30
動物歌    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSz3r-3XGa4

三輪車跑得快   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmEp7R5uKrY
小老鼠上燈臺  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX8JxyzAL0Y

Monday, April 11, 2016

Week 31-32, Weather

天氣tian qi/weather
Objectives
Students be able to count the months in Chinese.
Students be able to ask the weather for the day in Chinese.
Students be able to describe the weather in Chinese.
Vocabularies
今天jin tian/today,天氣tian qi/weather,如何ru he/how,怎麼樣zen me yang/how,是shi/is,晴天qing tian/sunny day,陰天yin tian/cloudy day,刮風gua feng/windy,下雨xia yu/rain,下雪xia xue /snow,雷陣雨lei zhen yu/thunder shower,閃電shan dian/lightning bolt,龍捲風long juan feng/hurricane,颱風tai feng/typhoon,冰雹bing bao/hail,一樣yi yang/the same,冷leng/cold,暖和nuan huo/warm,不錯bu cuo/not bad,非常熱fei chang re/very hot,涼快liang kuai/cool,了le/completed action marker。
Relevant web-links
天氣預報        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efXkgbfHBzw&nohtml5=False
天氣歌          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9-qL8q0lPw
下雨       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6hqzVdR5QE&nohtml5=False
今天天氣如何     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mez0zx0M_4w
How is the weather today?    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el3AcYyi7MA&nohtml5=False
Different weather in Chinese     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJHyXa9Sv2M&nohtml5=False