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