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