Explore the Nature During Winter Break

Insects, Burying Worn, How They Clean Our Environment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIQCEz0LOLk&list=PLEX9B2v7gp9poP8SU-TXdCcQ3xfr1YlCO

Wild Animals from National Geography    http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals

Birds of Paradise     http://www.birdsofparadiseproject.org
UK Wild Flowers    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTH23OAVOe8

Week 16, 17 - Christmas Seasons, Caroling in Chinese

報佳音bao jia yin/Christmas Caroling
Learning Objectives
1. Students will know the true meaning of Christmas.
2. Students are able to pronounce the Chinese pinyin and sing Christmas songs in Chinese.

耶穌的降生ye su de jiang sheng/Birth of Jesus  -  路加福音2   1-20
1.  Mandarin   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn-nhsp_v_A
2. English   https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A1-20%2C%E8%B7%AF+%E5%8A%A0+%E7%A6%8F+%E9%9F%B3+2%3A1-20&version=NIV;CUV

聖誕詩歌sheng dan shi ge/Christmas Songs
1. Little Drummer Boy    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZvjPCcHI4g
    聖誕小鼓手     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxuH0j5w6O4
    聖誕小鼓手的故事Story behind Little Drummer Boy
Chinese   http://www.ficfellowship.org/little-drummer-boy.html#.VmQf-LgrLIU
English   http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-little-drummer-boy-in-all-of-us

2. Silent Night 平安夜ping an ye
Mandarin     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoVDfRchwUw
English       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T4WB2zfmps
Piano + Violin    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAe76AeOrr4

3. What Child Is This 是何嬰孩
Mandarin   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDM4X8sEdkw
vocal   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC9cbEHjvPs
Violin   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A3i0GATnRI

4. Hark! the Herald Angel Sing聽啊，天使高聲唱
mandarin    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIOgc5lPipo
vocal    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPqKmTL1r9M

5. Joy To The World普世歡騰
Mandarin     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59QsUccqaQk
Vocal    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5hj518Iugk
Instrumental   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gbaHB-roZ4

O, Holy Night喔! 聖善夜

Mandarin     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5r6RjTKcq8
vocal groups   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO6OZIY-lYw
guitar   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMzTSKlzjec

Christmas shoes, Song and Story
Song     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpkI7GW2V34
Movie    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C-CnpEOSsI

Week 15, How Long? How Wide?

有多長？有多寬？you duo chang? you duo kuan
Learning Objectives
1. Be able to ask how wide and/or how long in Chinese.
2. Be familiar with the common terminologies regarding the body.
3. Be able to read the numbers with decimals in Chinese.
Vocabularies
我的wode/my，頭髮toufa/hair，拇指muzhi/thumb，手臂shoubi/arms，頭tou/head，耳朵erduo/ears，肩膀jianbang/shoulders，英吋yingcun/inches，長chang/length，寬kuan/width，點dian/point

Relevant web-sites
http://www.languageguide.org/mandarin/vocabulary/
頭肩膀膝腳趾tou jianbang xi jiao zhi  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTh2A9QaGfk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuto-fkwlvA

An inspiring story from Nick Vujicic

Love Without Limits    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZXMM0YUuwc
Birds of Paradise     http://www.birdsofparadiseproject.org/content.php?page=61

Week 13, 14 - Say Sorry and Thank You to Others

說：對不起，謝謝
Learning Objectives
1. Through the moral educational film students can identify things they want to say sorry to classmates, teachers, parents, siblings, and others.
2. Students be able to write a Sorry/Thank You note to others.
 Vocabularies
老師lao shi/teacher，說shuo/say，對不起dui bu qi/sorry，我錯了wo cuo le/I'm wrong，我wo/I，你ni/you，把ba/ particle marking the following noun as a direct object，沒有mei you/did not，服從fu cong/obey，聽話ting hua/listen，欺負qi fu/bully，說謊shuo huang/lie，謝謝你xie xie ni/thank you，教jiao/teach，讀書du shu/read，寫字xie zi/write，做功課zuo gong ke/do home work，畫畫hua hua/draw，唱歌chang ge/sing，打球da qiu/play basketball, tennis, and/or volleyball，踢球ti qiu/play soccer，丟飛盤diu fei pan/fly Frisbee，騎單車qi dan che/ride a bike，陪我玩pei wo wan/play with me
Relevant web sites
1. 老師，對不起！/I'm sorry, Mrs. Lee!      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfkzY_no_1I
2.  感謝神/God, thank you!     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq9kwBa769Q

A film recommended for Veterans Day

Jeremy Lin, 50 days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz73oJDO_GQ

Week 11, 12--Character Weeks

品性週pin xing zhou/Character Weeks
Learning Objective
1. Through the story of Five Chinese Brothers and Seven Chinese Brothers students will learn the virtue of helping others and cooperation.
2. Students can identify at least one strength of their own and find at least one strength of their classmates.
3. Use the Sentence pattern of: 我會(wo hui/I can) to describe themselves.

Vocabularies
特長te chang/strength         大壯士da zhuang shi/the great mighty，二刮風er gua feng/second, wind blower ，三鐵漢san tie han/third, iron man，不怕熱bu pa re/heat resist，五高腿wu gao tui/fifth, long legs，六大腳liu da jiao/sixth, big foot，七大口qi da kou/seventh, big mouth
品性pin xing/character           忍耐ren nai/patient，恩慈en ci/kind，不嫉妒bu ji du/not envy，不自誇bu zi kua/not boast，不張狂bu zhang kuang/not proud，包容ba rong/protect，相信xiang xin/trust，盼望pan wang/hope

Relevant resources
Five Chinese Brothers  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ_uJVgB0fw
Seven Chinese Brothers  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwsUSJnmXko
七兄弟  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBgqtRiyHQY

A Short Break, anti-bully and awesome China 10/21-10/28

1. 反暴力fan bao li/Anti-bully
親愛的~讓我們彼此相愛,因愛從神來!
qin ai de rang wo men bi ci xiang ai yin ai cong shen lai/Dear friends, let's love one another because love is from God!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCKVaBkbZqg

2. 愛的真諦ai de zhen di/The Meaning of Love
愛是恆久忍耐又有恩慈，愛是不嫉妒；愛是不自誇，不張狂，不做害羞的事；＊不求自己的益處，不輕易發怒；不計算人家的惡，不喜歡不義，只喜歡真理；凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐，凡事要忍耐；愛是永不止息。ai shi heng jiu ren nai you you en ci, ai shi bu ji du; ai shi bu zi kua, bu zhang kuang, bu zuo hai xiu de shi; *bu qiu zi ji de yi chu, bu qing yi fa nu; bu ji suan ren jia de e, bu xi huan bu yi, zhi xi huan zhen li; fan shi bao rong, fan shi xiang xin, fan shi pan wang, fan shi ren nai, fan shi yao ren nai; ai shi yong bu zi xi. (I Corinthians 13:4-8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LctHL7N3bUU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8F_WQdrpOo

3. Awesome China---建橋jian qiao/Building Bridges
https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6X82g2UZOs

Week 9, When Is Your Birthday

你的生日是幾月幾日？nide sheng ri shi ji yue ji ri/When Is Your Birthday?

Objectives

k-2nd     Students be able to say their own birthdays in Chinese.

3-5th grade    Students be able to say the year, the month, the date, and days of the week in Chinese.

Vocabularies

我的wode/my，你的nide/your，他的tade/his，生日shengri/birthday，年nian/year，月yue/month，日ri/day，數字shuzi/number，一yi/1，二er/2，三san/3，四si/4，五wu/5，六liu/6，七qi/7，八ba/8，九jiu/9，十shi/10，十一shiyi/11，十二shier/12，十三shisan/13，十四shisi/14，十五shiwu/15，十六shiliu/16，十七shiqi/17，十八shiba/18，十九shijiu/19，二十ershi/20，二十一ershiyi/21，二十二ershier/22，二十三ershisan/23，二十四ershisi/24，二十五ershiwu/25，二十六ershiliu/26，二十七ershiqi/27，二十八ershiba/28，二十九ershijiu/29，三十sanshi/30，今天jin tian/today，明天ming tian/tomorrow，後天hou tian/day after tomorrow，昨天zuo tian.yesterday，前天qian tian/day before yesterday，星期xing qi/week

Relevant videos

1. How Many Months Are There in A Year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2gUFlwxUfI

2. Happy Birthday To You     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S28a3esOoVw
3. Count the year, month, date, and days of the week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd61kjaCI3M

Week 8: Counting ages

你今年幾歲ni jin nian ji sui/How Old Are You
Learning objectives
k-2nd grade---Students be able to count their own ages.
3-5th grade---Students be able to count their own ages and family members' ages.

Vocabularies
今年jin nian/this year，明年ming nian/next year，後年hou nian/year after next year，去年qu nina/last year，前年qian nian/year before last year，歲sui/year;age，幾歲ji sui/how old

Relevant videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiWPeww73Ac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzOr1F-Z0C0

Week 7 Counting Family Members

Learning objectives
k-2nd grades:  Students will learn family members through a nursery rhyme:你家你家有幾個人ni jia ni jia you ji ge ren/How Many People Are There In Your Family
3-5th grades: Students will write about family members

Vocabularies for this week
家jia/family，有you/there are，幾ji/how many，個ge/counting unit for people，這是zhe shi/this is，那是na shi/that is，爸爸baba/dad，媽媽mama/mom，繼父ji fu/step dad，繼母ji mu/step ma，養父母yang fu mu/adoptive parents，同母異父兄弟tong mu yi fu xiong di/half brother with the same biological mom，同母異父姐妹tong mu yi fu jie mei/half sister with the same biological mom，同父異母兄弟tong fu yi mu xiong di/half brother with the same biological dad，同父異母姐妹tong fu yi mu jie mei/half sister with the same biological father。

Relevant video
song        http://music.weibo.com/ting?songids=100141450&songlist=0&flag=0&coflag=50001613
youtube      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsC9RsOKOak

a film for your long weekend---China From Above

China From Above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7PpDwVfTWA

Week 6--Numbers

This week students will learn how to count in Chinese and how to write Chinese numbers.
K-2nd grade,  Make monthly calendar for September and count to 30 in Chinese.
3-5th grade,  Make monthly calendar of September in Chinese, count to 100 in Chinese.

Relevant web link:
http://www.languageguide.org/vocabulary/numbers/?lang=zh&target=zh-tw

Week 5- Review and Story time

1. This week students will review the greetings words and the way to address family members.

2. k-2 will learn the nursery rhymes:
兩隻老虎Two Tiger   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrYCw6F3p7M
三輪車跑得快Tricycle Run Fast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmEp7R5uKrY

問候歌Greeting Song    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O64d81Qor_Q

3. 3-5th grade will read the story: 小馬過河(The Little Horse Crosses the River)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGPolg8MRsw

Week 3,4 Family

Objectives:

1. Students will learn how to call family members in Chinese.
2. Learn the different addresses for fraternal and maternal parents, brothers, sisters, and their children.
3. The vocabularies students have to master are:爸爸baba/dad，媽媽mama/mom，哥哥gege/older brother，姐姐jiejie/older sister，弟弟didi/younger brother， 妹妹meimei/younger sister，爺爺yeye/dad' dad，奶奶nainai/dad's mom，伯伯bobo/dad's older brother， 叔叔shushu/dad's younger brother，姑姑gugu/dad's sister，外公waigong/mom's dad，外婆waipo/mom's mom，舅舅jiujiu/mom's brother，阿姨ayi/mom's sister，堂兄弟tang xiongdi/cousin，表兄弟biao xiongdi/cousin on mom's site，堂姐妹tang jiemei/girl cousin，表姐妹biao jie mei/girl cousin on mom's site。

Relevant youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdqOaOxLxec

Week 2, Greetings & Courtesy問候和禮節

Week 2, students will practice courtesy in Chinese language:
請qing/please，謝謝xie xie/thank you，不客氣bu ke qi/you're welcome，對不起dui bu qi/I'm sorry，沒關係mei guan xi/it's ok
Two nursery rhymes will be introduced:
上學歌Go To School Song    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ4PFjcddA4
問候歌Greeting Song    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6LVtA2F5sQ

Week 1-Greetings, Rules, Names

Dear parents,
Thank you for entrusting me to teach your child Chinese.  If this is the first time for your child to have Chinese lesson the you-tube videos listed below will be helpful for your child to be familiar with the Chinese pinyin system.  We will not teach traditional Chinese zhuyin system.  However, it is good to know where the original pronunciation comes from.  My office is located in the media center.  My office hour is 8:20am-8:50am, Monday-Friday.  Feel free to call, or write me an email at ttsai@neusecharterschool.org.   My purpose is to serve your child well so that they will take their initiative to learn Chinese.  Following you will see the objective for Week 1.

Objectives for Week 1
1. Make sure every student's name is spelled correctly in the grade books.
2. Class rules-Students are expected to have their own tools for Chinese class.  It includes eraser, sharpened pencils for all the grade level.  3rd-5th graders have to have their own Chinese notebooks to take notes from time to time.  Students are to show respect to others and wait for his/her turn to talk.  If a student does not comply to the class rules, three strike policy will apply: 1st warning, green card; 2nd warning, red card and seat re-arrangement; 3rd warning, refer to the office.
3.Students will learn three common greeting words-早zao/good morning，午安wu an/good afternoon，再見zai jian/goodbye.  We will practice these greeting words through the school year.
4. Introduce Chinese pronunciation through Romanticized pinyin system.

Helpful resources for Chinese pronunciation
Chinese pinyin         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc-QrFahttg
Traditional zhuyin     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Re32eyGwRo
Zhuyin and pinyin converting table:  http://www.alittledynasty.com/zhuyin---pinyin---english-conversion-chart.html

Review for the last two weeks

感謝神     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq9kwBa769Q
(English translation Thanks to God:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdkzqL4GV_g)
春天在哪里  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAFVUAhJQPY
杜鵑花     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nicvjhBeRdo

Learn China Provinces through Puzzle Games:
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/China-puzzle.html

母親節快樂mu qin jie kuai le/Happy Mother's Day

Chinese Mother's Day Songs
母親您真偉大:     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sPinIKkkUg
慈母手中線:        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF-giR7ZDmE

你從哪里來Where Are You From

In this unit students will be introduced to the poem,悲憤詩Poem of Sorrow and Anger, by poetess, Wenji Cai from Eastern Han dynasty.
Learning objectives are: Students will be able to
1. Name different nationalities in Chinese.
2. Say "where are you from" in Chinese.
3. Use colors to describe physical appearance in Chinese.  
4. Tell reasons why people emigrate from their own countries.
5. Be able to relate immigrants' emotion in Chinese.
6. Write about peoples from different counties their physical characteristics and preference of drink
and food.
7. Be able to recite  靜夜思by李白in Chinese.
relevant videos:
Wenji's choice:    http://sites.asiasociety.org/chinaandglobalization/teach/%E6%96%87%E5%A7%AC-wenjis-choice/introduction/
Becoming American:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxaras-fc-c
 靜夜思(Quiet Night Thought)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEW-n20BFJg

04/05 Qingming Festival 清明節

清明節    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gfpF4620-w

林書豪Jeremy Lin defined the meaning of success.

林書豪    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JtUuVFlXkyo

全球共識-中國在哪兒Global Awareness-Where Is China

Learning Objectives
1. Be able to find where is China from a globe.
2. Be able to name the continent where China located.
3. Be able to name 5 countries next to China.
4. Be able to name four southeast  coast provinces in China.
5. Be able to name three big cities in the southeast coast of China.
6. Be able to write and to say the four directions E W S N in Chinese.
7. Be able to tell the difference of elementary school life in China from the United States.
relevant you-tubes
Geography of Asia:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdmRYNNoDbQ
China's Geographic Challenge:     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8uWoBtCkg8&index=6&list=PLD985DC24042D71ED
Inside Shenzhen:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mvYhIkl1q4
Primary School Life in China:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGVwpLNKLWg

情人節快樂qing ren jie kuai le/Happy Valentine's Day

Learn to say "I like you," and "I love you," in Chinese.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpstE5KmZTY
The legend behind Chinese Valentine's Day
 http://www.goodorient.com/china-information/31/Legend-of-Chinese-Valentine-s-Day.html

Week 20, 21, 22, 23 春節 Chinese New Year

Learning Objectives
1. Students will understand the relationship between  二十四節令/24 Seasons and the farming society.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwMVBB3zKSI
Pictures to represent 24 seasons:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFTbPP7zN5A
Watch 24 season drum     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJONx6WvWn4
2. Students will memorize the the Chinese Zodiac and the way of counting years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw0adpGLIdk
3. Students can tell the historical origin and family tradition for Chinese New Year
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/chinese-new-year/videos/history-of-the-holidays-chinese-new-year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noiouIzjJZE
4. Students will be able to tell  the common things Chinese people do over the Chinese New Year/Spring Festival     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--pK6sG8rQ
5. Students be able to read Chinese lunar Calendar and identify the special seasons.

Week 16, 17, 18, 19 食物和飲食/Food and Eating

Learning objectives
1. Students be able to name the common American food in Chinese.
2. Students be able to name the common Chinese food in Chinese.
3. Students be able to tell the common utensils in Chinese dining tables and kitchens.
4. Students be able to appreciate the different eating culture in China.
5. Memorize the poem,憫農詩min nong shi     http://big5.soundofhope.org/node/507068/16K-mp3/
6. Learn the nursery rhyme--農夫nong fu/farmers.     http://mp3.xbd61.com/File_Show_294650.html
7. Knowing the food that Chinese people treasure is different from the western culture
 舌尖上的中國she jian shang de zhong guo      https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL06C69F1F2172F3F3       重庆小面chongqing xiao mian         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5VnmNaUcp4