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

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