Monday, January 25, 2016

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


Thursday, January 21, 2016

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

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

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


Monday, January 11, 2016

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/

Monday, January 4, 2016

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