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