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/

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

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

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

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

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

Week 30, Spring

春天chun tian/spring
Objective
Students be able to tell the activities in spring.
Students be able to recite the poem 憫農詩min nong shi/Compassion for the Farmers.
Students be able to sing the song新四季歌xin si ji ge/New Four Season Song.
Vocabularies
詩shi/poem, 李li/last name, 禾he/plant that bear grains,日ri/the sun, 午wu/noon time, 汗han/sweat, 下xi/down, 土tu/dirt, 知zhi/know, 中zhong/middle, 粒li/grain; counting unit, 辛xin/hard, 苦ku/bitter,春chun/spring, 夏xia/summer, 秋qiu/autumn, 冬dong/winter, 溫暖wen nuan/warm, 炎熱yan re/hot,刮風gua feng/windy, 寒冷han leng/cold
Relevant Web-links
憫農詩    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz64_jApGVw
新四季歌   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTk4RtX3XQM
3-5th grade --- Review the songs
春天在哪裡    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bq7Ul7yteY
杜鵑花     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncNmAIHVyo8

Week, 29, three days before spring Break

亞洲ya zhou/Asia
Review the facts of Asia regarding countries, mountains and rivers.
野地的花ye di de hua/the Wild Flowers
k-2, can read the pinyiin and follow the lyrics.
杜鵑花du juan hua/Azalea
3-5th, can read can sing along with the music

Relevant web-link
15 Asia longest river   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WAy2uFi5RI
The Tibetan Plateau, source of the major rivers in Asia    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2BMvL8gJxI
Ganges, India River of Life   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM9aPy7H534
Mount Everest and its Geological Story     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KRTfKZfIp0
野地的花   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMC5Wo6CaTk
杜鵑花   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncNmAIHVyo8

Week 28, International week, 03/11-03/18

國際週guo ji zhou/international week
Objectives
1. Students will be able to tell the 7 continents of the world.
2. Students will be able to locate each continent's position.
3. Students can tell 10 countries in the continent of Asia.
4. Students can tell the highest mountain ridge and longest river in Asia.
5. Students can complete the Asia countries puzzle correctly.
Relevant web-links
Asia: Political Divisions, Location and Physical Feature     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cekU_MvrkEs
Introduction of Asia     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DMMofvq0gw
Asia Physical Geography  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7qvqQKYMt4
Natural Resources of Asia     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKwcnOT3BEg
Asia counties and capitals puzzle games     http://www.owl-and-mouse.com/mappuzzle/asia-puzzle.html
More countries in Asia       serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/asia3i.html

Week 26, 27 - The Story Time

故事時間gu shi shi jian/story time
Objectives
1. Students can learn the power of entrust those who think that they are untrustworthy.
2. Students can tell the significance of Chinese new Year for the Chinese people.
3. Students will be willing to write a letter to someone they despised.
4. Students will know their worth does not depend on what other people say but the one who made you.
5. Students will know that everything we do have eternal values.

母親的借據     http://www.tdtb.org/information_2_view.aspx?sid=20140128094537
主人的手的觸摸    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jSlU45Y_lk
Movie of Touch of the Master's Hand    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma_p6haSavI
Your DNA Matters    http://rzim.org/just-thinking/your-dna-matters

Week 25, Lantern Festival & Banqi

元宵節yuan xiao jie/Lantern Festival; 半棋ban qi/Banqi
Objectives
1. Students will know the day of Lantern Festival.
2. Students can tell three things that Chinese people celebrate Lantern Festival.
3. Students can make lanterns with papers.
4. Students will learn the common vocabularies for making lanterns.
5. k-3rd graders will learn how to play Banqi.
6. 4-5th graders will play Chinese chess and learn the rules.
Vocabularies
習俗xi su/custom，提燈籠ti deng long/hold lanterns，吃元宵chi yuan xiao/eat glutinous dumplings，放鞭炮fang bian pao/set up fire crackers，做zuo/make，剪jian/cut，貼tie/paste，畫hua/draw，塗tu/paint，訂ding/staple。半棋ban qi/Banqi，盲棋mang qi/blind chess，靠kao/depend upon，運氣yun qi/luck，技術ji shu/skill，知識zhi shi/knowledge。
Relevant web links
How to make paper lantern    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg-Dne5G3yU
Pingxi Lantern show     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4eb0aDPwBY
Banqi rules      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqi

Week 23-24, Chinese New Year Games - Chinese Chess

象棋xiang qi/Chinese Chess
Objectives
1. Students will sound out the name of each piece in Chinese Chess.
2. Students will memorize the role for each piece in Chinese Chess.
3. Kindergarten-2nd grade students can put the pieces on the chess board correctly.
4. 3-4th grade students can play against each other on Chinese Chess.

Vocabularies
帥shuai/general，將jiang/general，仕士shi/guards; advisors，相象xiang/bishop;elephant，車ju/chariot，馬ma/horse，炮砲pao/cannon，兵bing/soldier，卒zu/soldier，下棋xia qi/play chess，棋子qi zi/game pieces，棋盤qi pan/chess board

Relevant web links

Introduction and rules        http://www.wikihow.com/Play-Chinese-Chess

Defensive strategies on video      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5dkNn2vC04
How to play Chinese Chess     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UuDiL9CLPI

Week 21 & 22, Present Chinese New Year to the Public

中國年Chinese new Year
Objectives
1.  Students can tell the story of Nian (年) to their family.
2.  Students can sing the song, Gong Xi.
3. Students can connect the meaning of spring couplets with the blood of the Lamb.
4. Students can compare the New Year Cake (年糕nian gao) with the unleavened bread.
5. Students can recite the poems of  忙年歌mang nian ge/poem of busy New year

Relevant  web links
1. the story of Nian        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXOS99vWI_o
2. Gong Xi, Gong Xi      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_IS5BycMzE
3. write spring couplets       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0t9Lw2qctQ
4. Chinese New Year Cake      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nian_gao
5. 忙年歌      http://www.letv.com/ptv/vplay/24222603.html

Special videos for snow break--- a week before Chinese New Year

忙忙碌碌盼大年In and out, get ready for Chinese New Year.

1. What are people busy for before Chinese New Year?     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz0jcqkwQjI
2. Different food for Chinese New Year's Eve     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipBWVDpFqmA
3. Taste of Chinese New year from different area    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5IcIOBvz30

Week 20, Getting Ready for Chinese New Year

迎新年ying xin nian/get ready for New Year

Objectives

1. 3rd graders, be able to understand the purpose of spring couplets and will be able to write the symbols of 福fu/blessed，春chun/spring in Chinese and with Chinese brush.

2. 2nd grade will watch the Chinese New Year slide show and be able to know the tradition of Chinese New Year by drawing pictures to go with the specific Chinese New Year terminologies.

3. 1st graders will learn the song - gong xi/congradulation, and be able to sing without looking.

4. Kindergarten will memory a short poem in Chinese calls 忙過年mang guo nian/busy for New Year.

Relevant web link

恭喜恭喜恭喜你    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf0btvROwXQ

Sing Happy Chinese New Year in English version     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONxL8yDksb0

Videos for you over the break 01/15 - 01/19/2016

1. Tradition in Chinese New Year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1MX_v8C7U
2. Story of Nian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guwPTBmuiN8
3. Learn to Sing Chinese New Year Songs with Pinyin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf0btvROwXQ

Week 19, Common cooking methods

常見的烹飪方法
Objectives
1. Students can name at least 5 common cooking methods in Chinese kitchen.
2. Students will be able to write these words in Chinese correctly.

Vocabularies
烹飪peng ren/cook，方法fang fa/method，蒸zheng/steam，煮zhu/boil，炒chao/stir fry，煎jian/pan fry，油炸you zha/deep fry，烘焙hong bei/bake，焙燒bei shao/roast，烤kao/broil，烙lao/bake，燒烤shao kao/grill，燉dun/stew

Relevant web sites
 35 種中國菜烹調的方法
  http://jgospel.net/fashion-life/food/35-%E7%A8%AE%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E8%8F%9C%E7%83%B9%E8%AA%BF%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E6%B3%95.c15963.aspx
Cooking Methods:    http://theculinarycook.com/cooking-methods-how-to-cook/

Week 18, Numbers again - Fraction and Mixed Numbers

Objectives
1. Students will know how to make Chinese New Year Cakes.
2. Students will be able to say fractions and mixed numbers in Chinese.
3. Students will learn the words of different ways of cooking in Chinese.
Vocabularies
做zuo/make，年糕nian gao/New Year Cake，容器rong qi/containers，材料cai liao/ingredients，調味料tiao wei liao/seasoning，步驟bu zou/procedures，鹽yan/salt，糖tang/sugar，紅糖年糕hong tang nian gao/brown sugar glutinous rice cake，蘿蔔糕luo bo gao/turnip rice cake，食譜shi pu/recipe，二分之一er fen zhi yi/(1/2)，一又四分之三yi you si fen zhi san/(1&3/4)，在來米粉zai lai mi fen/rice flour，糯米粉nuo mi fen/glutinous rice flour，水shui/water，杯bei/cup，湯匙tang chi/table spoon，茶匙cha chi/tea spoon，攪拌jiao ban/mix，倒入dao ru/pour into，蒸zheng/steam，炒chao/fry，煮zhu/boil，烤kao/bake，公斤gong jin/kilogram，公克gong ke/gram

Relevant web-sites
蘿蔔糕      http://caroleasylife.blogspot.com/2014/01/blog-post_7.html
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZXMMgmFJxw (video)
紅糖年糕      http://www.xinshipu.com/zuofa/14693
                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9-_rzgXoXA (video)
Salty New year Cake     https://www.kitchenmonki.com/recipe/Radish_Cake_Luo_Bo_Gao
Sweetened New Year Cake      http://www.chowhound.com/recipes/baked-chinese-new-year-cake-28077