Week 8 of Spring Semester (02/20-02/24):
Week 26 (Morning BLUE. Afternoon RED.)
Week 26 (Morning BLUE. Afternoon RED.)
Announcement:
1. Presidents Day- NO SCHOOL. (02/20-Monday)
2. We will have 2 Chinese quiz this week:
1. Presidents Day- NO SCHOOL. (02/20-Monday)
2. We will have 2 Chinese quiz this week:
- The first test is writing weekly test on Thursday (02/23).
- The second test is YCT on Friday (02/24). The quiz questions will be on YCT (Youth Chinese Test) Level one vocabulary words (For listening part and reading part): The YCT is an international standardized test of Chinese language proficiency. It assesses young students' abilities to use Chinese in their daily and academic lives. The YCT level one test consists of a listening and reading test. (What is YCT? Please click HERE for more information.)
- Games for practice YCT & weekly tests at home:
- 1. For weekly writing test (02/23): Click HERE to play game. (Students should be able to get 100% on weekly test when they can get 100% at this matching game.) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22304040/match_k_unit_10-1/match2.swf
- 2. For YCT 1-3(02/24): Listening part-Please click HERE to play listening game. (Please use Google chrome, Opera, or Microsoft Edge browsers to play this game.) (Students should be able to get 100% on YCT listening part when they can get 100% at this listening game.) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22304040/Listening2%20YCT%20t3/listening2.swf
- 3. For YCT 1-3(02/24): Reading part-Please click HERE to play Matching game. (Students should be able to get 100% on YCT reading part when they can get 100% at this matching game.) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22304040/match%20YCT%20t3/match2.swf
- 4. For YCT 1-3(02/24): Reading part-Please click HERE to play Sentence Reconstruction game. (Challenge one.) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22304040/Train%20YCT%20t3/F8_trainH4.swf
- YCT (Youth Chinese Test)Level 1 Vocabulary:
- 儿、 爸、 高、 哥、 个、 姐、 妈、 天、 我、 谢、 在、 子、 这、 中、 再、鱼、 月、 学、 眼、 一、 有、 校、 兴、 星、 五、喜、 现、 小、 头、 条、 水、 四、 岁、 他、 商、 师、 十、 什、 识、 是、 手、 谁、 六、 口、 老、吗、 猫、 么、 们、 她、见、 叫、 今、 睛、 九、 看、 米、 面、 明、 哪、 那、 奶、 你、 鸟、 牛、 苹、 七、 期、 去、 人、 认、 三、 狗、 国、 果、发、 饭、 好、 号、 喝、 和、 很、 欢、 几、 家、 鼻、 爱、 八、 不、 长、吃、 大、 朵、 耳、 二、 的、 点、 店、 多。
学校、 商店、 爸爸、 妈妈、 哥哥、 姐姐、 老师、 眼睛、 头发、 耳朵、 鼻子、 个子、 牛奶、 米饭、 面条、 苹果、 今天、 明天、 现在、 星期、 谢谢、 再见、 喜欢、 认识、 高兴、 我们、 这儿、 那儿、 哪儿、 什么、 中国人。
- Open http://lite.mandarinmatrix.com/page/school/student/login.aspx in your browser
- To login to your student’s Mandarin Matrix Online Classroom, please use user name of: G1.student’s first name + initial of last [email protected]
- Giving my name as an example: My first name is Wenhung and my last name is Huang, so my login user name will be: [email protected]
- And the password is: 12345678
- Please change your password at your first login. If you still have difficulty login with my direction, please let me know.
- Open http://join.quizizz.com in your browser
- Enter the 6-digit game code 430173, and click "Proceed"
- Now enter your student’s name and click "Join Game!"
- You will get an avatar, and then see a "Start Game" button. Click it to begin!
- Game code for YCT level 1 test: YCT1-3- 430173-For week 26(8).
- Game codes for previous weeks: YCT1-2- 067233; YCT1-1- 366567; 696856-Unit 9; 546525-Unit 8 ; 762822-Unit 7 ; 296524-Unit 6 ; 756259-Unit 5 ; 396364-Unit 4 ; 319986-Unit 4 ; 492195-Unit 3 ; 751244-Unit 2 ; 044725-Unit 1 ; 292715-Oral Language。
Listening Game Source: Flash : listening2 聽音辨图/字六選一 感谢游戏作者颜国雄老师
Matching Game Source: Flash : Match2 感谢游戏作者颜国雄老师
Sentence Reconstruction Source: 應用軟體之06-火車調派員 (重組式造句練習) 感谢游戏作者陳榮坤老师
Matching Game Source: Flash : Match2 感谢游戏作者颜国雄老师
Sentence Reconstruction Source: 應用軟體之06-火車調派員 (重組式造句練習) 感谢游戏作者陳榮坤老师
Game Source: flashcard 快閃字卡小教具 感谢颜国雄老师
(一)How you can help your student (students):
1. Homework: (Please have your students to follow the stroke order animation to do their homework.)
1-1. Please click RED character for on-line Stroke Order Animation and Dictionary :
1. Homework: (Please have your students to follow the stroke order animation to do their homework.)
1-1. Please click RED character for on-line Stroke Order Animation and Dictionary :
Homework for Monday (02/20) : NO SCHOOL.
Homework for Tuesday (02/21): 1,鼻子长(long nose.)。2,吃米饭(eating rice.)。3,明天几号?(what date is it tomorrow?)4,你好 你叫什么?(Hello. what is your name?)。5,头发长(long hair)。6,个子高(tall)。
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Homework for Wednesday (02/22): 一(1),二(2),三(3),四(4),五(5),六(6),七(7),八(8),九(9),十(10),十 一(11),十二(12),十三(13),十四(14),1大(big),2小(Small),3上(Up/ on/ on top/ upon),4下(Down/ downwards/ below/ lower),5山(mountain),6水(water),7火(fire),8人(people)。9下雨天(rainy day),10阴天(cloudy day),11晴天(sunny day),12下雪天(snowy day),13-1今天是二月二十三日星期四(Today is Feb. 23rd. Thursday.), 13-2明天是二月二十四日星期五(Tomorrow is Feb. 24th. Friday.), 13-3昨天是二月二十二日星期三(Yesterday was Feb. 22nd. Wednesday.), 14小山羊在 哪里?(where is the mountain goat?),15小山羊在在水里(the mountain goat is in the water.),16小虫在小马上面(the little bug is above of the little horse/pony.),17小马在小虫下面(the little horse/pony is under the little bug.),18一个男人在马上面(a man is on a horse.), 19 一个男生在雨里(a boy is in the rain.),20小鸟是女生(the bird is a girl.),21小羊吃苹果(a little sheep is eating an apple.),22一个男生走来走去(A boy walks around.),23男生爱吃苹果(A boy loves to eat apples.),24一个人走上去(A person goes up.), 25我喜欢喝牛奶(I like to drink milk.)。
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Homework for Thursday (02/23): (一)1,米饭(rice)。2,个子(stature)。3,六岁(6 years old.)。4,大(big)。5,明天(tomorrow)。6,三(three)。(二)1, 你好(Hello)。2, 三点(3 o'clock)。3, 在 哪儿?(where is it?)。4, 再见 明天见(Goodbye. See you tomorrow.)。5, 头发很长(long hair.)。
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Homework for Friday (02/24): 1,我六岁(I am 6 years old.)。2,现在三点(It is 3 o'clock)。3,眼睛大(big eyes.)。4,有人在家吗?(Anyone home?)。5,再见 明天见(Goodbye. See you tomorrow.)。6,中国在 哪儿?(where is China?)。
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1-2. archchinese.com on-line Stroke Order Animation and Dictionary :
http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html
http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html
1-3. mdbg.net on-line dictionary : (For phrases or sentences)
- http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?trds=1&trlang=1&trst=0&trqs
- http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?cdqchc (Searching for Chinese characters containing character components)
1-4. Origin of Chinese characters:
- 秀文苑-汉字字源:http://www.xiuwenyuan.com/ziyuan/
- 在线汉语字典-字形演变:http://dict.shufaji.com/word-2029.html
2. Songs & videos: (Please have your students to watch following video clips.)
- 当岩浆遇到可乐...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFM_v6DqNh8
- 超級火山爆發 之 火山爆發的原因: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENnY-h8S0Pg
- 張懸 - 宝贝 (Baby)~ Deserts Chang - Bao Bei :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqUENa2Qj7c
- TFBOYS Live 20140908 "Manual of Youth" Mid-Autumn Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Uz5CeWsmI
- 小黄人 青春修炼手册: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgLXu58hp7g
- 一星期:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxgt2IphvZk
- 繞口令 星期一猴子穿新衣:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4HJvlkQJB4
- 星期歌 MSL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvyTAlmojAw
- 唱遊童話-星期歌-朱可可:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA4CUAOmtkA
- 星期歌:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7nEsXrGmuY
- 星期名称:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4rDQevf6H4
- 你的生日是 几月几号?:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4k_B0siwbo
- 今天是幾月幾日:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWtmlQDLi_4
- Conejito Precioso - 小兔子乖乖 儿歌:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85QSvzb-sk
- 小兔子乖乖-儿歌-儿童歌曲:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baoXCaQnv90
- 小兔乖乖:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DiakAvkUdM&t=234s
- 哈利讲故事 32 月亮的味道:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX07gZmxQgE
- 哈利讲故事 34 小蛇散步:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GSLrHyN3gs
- 哈利讲故事 16 好饿的小蛇:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7OWtNlXGzY
3. Games: If you are having trouble loading our games, please try using another browser (like Google Chrome).
3-1.Math games:
3-2-2. Listening games: Please use Google Chrome (browser) to play lightening games.
3-2-3. Review game:
Listening games:
3-1.Math games:
- previous math games please click HERE.
- YCT 1-3: Listening part-Please click HERE to play listening game. (Please use Google chrome, Opera, or Microsoft Edge browsers to play this game.)
- YCT 1-2: Listening part-Please click HERE to play listening game. (Please use Google chrome, Opera, or Microsoft Edge browsers to play this game.)
- YCT1-1: Listening part-Please click HERE to play listening game. (Please use Google chrome, Opera, or Microsoft Edge browsers to play this game.)
- YCT1-1 & 1-2: Reading part-Please click HERE to play Matching game.
- YCT1-1 & 1-2: Reading part-Please click HERE to play Sentence Reconstruction game. (Challenge one.)
- For weekly writing test (02/23): Click HERE to play game.
- 星期(week day), 几(how many/how much), 年(year)-key vocabulary for week 25(7) & 26(8): Click HERE to play game.
- previous Chinese matching games please click HERE.
3-2-2. Listening games: Please use Google Chrome (browser) to play lightening games.
- 星期(week day), 几(how many/how much), 年(year)-key vocabulary for week 25(7) & 26(8): Click HERE to play game.
- 礼拜(week day), 几(how many/how much), 年(year)-key vocabulary for week 25(7) & 26(8): Click HERE to play game.
- previous Chinese listening games please click HERE.
3-2-3. Review game:
- previous Chinese review games please click HERE.
Listening games:
- Helpers in My Neighborhood (听音辨图六选一 chose pictures): Click HERE to play game.
- previous Science/Social Studies listening games please click HERE.
- previous Science/Social Studies matching games please click HERE.
(二)What students will learn in Chinese class this week:
Chinese Literacy:
Mandarin Matrix Story Garden- K Unit 10 (Week 25(7) & 26(8))
Mandarin Matrix Story Garden- K Unit 10 (Week 25(7) & 26(8))
- Introducing 星期(week day), 几(how many/how much), 年(year)
- Practicing and using 星期(week day), 几(how many/how much), 年(year) to make sentences.
- Focus Words: 星期(week day), 几(how many/how much), 年(year), 今(today),是(yes),昨(yesterday),明(tomorrow),爸爸(dad),妈妈(mom),姐姐(older sister),学校(school),上学(go to school),上课(class begins),去(go),生病(sick),朋友(friend),等等(et cetera.),家(home),里(inside),下雨(rain),不(no),出去(go out),小山羊(little mountain goat),在哪里(where),在/ 不在(at/not at),水(water),准备好了(ready).
- Day 1 to 4: Chinese characters: 星期(week day), 几(how many/how much), 年(year)。(Using these characters in sentence form.)
- Day 5 to 7: Review Chinese characters: 大,小,上,下,不,坐,在,里,山,水,火, 人,马,牛,羊,鸟,虫,男,女,雨,土,月,天,日,生,今,明,昨,是,走,去,来,田,星期,几,年。(Using these characters in sentence form.)
- Day 8 to 10: More integrated and recycled practices/Match Chinese characters into correct pictures to check student’s understanding of characters and sentences they’ve learnt in this unit.
- Day 5 & Day 10: Quiz/Assessment.
- 快快长大(Growing Quickly).
- 母亲节(Mother's day).
- 大男生(Big boy).
- Week 4 vocabulary: 一(one),二(two),三(three),四(four),五(five),六(six),七(seven),八(eight),九(nine),十(ten)。
- Week 5 vocabulary: 上( on, on top, upon),下(down, downwards, below, lower),大(big, huge, large),小( small, tiny, few, insignificant, young)。
- Week 6 vocabulary: 山(mountain), 水(water), 火(fire), 人(people)。
- Week 7 vocabulary: 晴天(sunny),阴天(cloudy),(下)雨天(rainy),(下)雪天(snowy)。
- Week 8 vocabulary: 星期一(Monday),星期二(Tuesday),星期三(Wednesday),星期四(Thursday),星期五(Friday),星期六(Saturday),星期天/星期日(Sunday)。
- Week 9 & 10 vocabulary: 不(no), 坐(sit), 在(at/on/in), 里(inside), 这里(here), 哪里(where), 那里(there), 等(wait), 这个(this).
- Week 11 & 12 vocabulary: 山(mountain), 水(water), 火(fire), 人(people), 上山(to go uphill/mountain), 下山(to go down the hill/mountain), 爬山(to climb a mountain), 火山(volcano), 玩水(Playing with water), 跳水(jump into water/diving), 喝水(drink water).
- Week 13 & 14 vocabulary: 马(horse),牛(cow),羊(sheep/goat),鸟(bird),虫(bug/insect/worm)。
- Week 16 & 17 vocabulary: 男(boy),女(girl),雨(rain),土(soil/dirt),花(flower),需要(need),太阳(Sun),太多(too much),太少(less or fewer),好大(big),好小(small) 。
- Week 18,19(1) & 20(2) vocabulary: 月(moon/month),天(day/sky),日(sun/day),生(birth), 谁的(whose),生日(birthday),蛋糕(cake),万圣节(Halloween),男生(boy),女生(girl), 日+月=明(日sun + 月moon = 明tomorrow. When you see a sun and moon that means it is tomorrow)。
- Week 21(3) & 22(4) vocabulary: 今(today), 明(tomorrow), 昨(yesterday), 是(yes).
- Week 23(5) & 24(6) vocabulary: 走(walk), 去(go), 来(come), 田(field).
- Week 25(7) & 26(8) vocabulary:星期(week day), 几(how many/how much), 年(year), 几年(which year?), 几月(which month?), 几日(which day?), 几天(how many days?)。
Math:
1. Envision Math TOPIC 12 – Length (Week 9 - 10 (02/29-03/04 & 03/07-03/11))
2. 差是 ____. The difference is ____.
3. ____ 是____的两倍. ____is the double of ______.
4. ____ 比____多 . (Ex.: 3比2多1. 3 is 1 greater than 2)
5. ____ 比____少 . (Ex.: 3比4少1. 3 is 1 less than 4)
3. Content Objective(s):
1. Envision Math TOPIC 12 – Length (Week 9 - 10 (02/29-03/04 & 03/07-03/11))
- Lesson: 12-1 Comparing and Ordering by Length. Math Standard(s): 1.MD.1: Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
- Lesson: 12-2 Indirect Measurement. Math Standard(s): 1.MD.1: Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
- Lesson: 12-3 Using Units to Estimate and Measure Length. Math Standard(s): 1.MD.2: Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. Limit to contexts where the object being measured is spanned by a whole number of length units with no gaps or overlaps.
- Lesson: 12-4 More Measuring Length. Math Standard(s): 1.MD.2: Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. Limit to contexts where the object being measured is spanned by a whole number of length units with no gaps or overlaps.
- Listen: 一 样 (same amount), 不一样(difference), 一共( altogether), 少于(fewer), 比较(compare), 拿掉/减掉 ( take away), 答案(answer), 减法(subtract), 差(difference), 减(minus), 等于(equal), 倍数(doubles).
- Read: 减号(minus sign), 等号(equal sign), 倍数(doubles).
- Write: ___ - ___ - ___ = ____; ___ - ___ + ___ = ___; ___ + ___ - ___ = ______ ; ___ + ___ + ___ = ____.
- Speak: 一样 (same amount), 顺序(order), 比较(compare), 多(more), 拿掉/减掉 ( take away), 减法(subtract), 减(minus), 等于(equal), 倍数(doubles).
- Sentence Frame:
2. 差是 ____. The difference is ____.
3. ____ 是____的两倍. ____is the double of ______.
4. ____ 比____多 . (Ex.: 3比2多1. 3 is 1 greater than 2)
5. ____ 比____少 . (Ex.: 3比4少1. 3 is 1 less than 4)
3. Content Objective(s):
- Students will compare and order lengths of objects.
- Students will indirectly compare objects by length.
- Students will estimate, measure, and compare lengths of objects by using a nonstandard unit.
- Students will use connecting cubes as nonstandard units to measure and compare the lengths and heights of objects.
- I can compare and order lengths of objects.
- I can compare objects by length.
- I can estimate, measure, and compare lengths of objects by using a nonstandard unit.
- I can use connecting cubes as nonstandard units to measure and compare the lengths and heights of objects.
- Students will say tell their partners which objects are the longest and shortest.
- Students will tell their neighbor which objects are the taller(est) and shorter(est).
- Students will say their estimates and measurements to their partner.
- Students will say ___ was the tallest, ___ was the shortest, ____ cubes.
- I can tell my partner which things are the longest and shortest.
- I can tell my neighbor which objects is the taller(est) and shorter(est).
- I can say my estimates and measurements to my partner.
- I can say ___ was the tallest, ____ was the shortest, and ___ cubes.
Science/Social Studies (Interconnections):
Rocks and Soil (week 8(26) -week 9(27))
Standard 2 objective 1: investigate the natural world including rock, soil and water.
Rocks and Soil (week 8(26) -week 9(27))
- Lesson: Rocks are All Around Us (week 8 (26))
- Lesson: What is soil (week 9 (27))
- How can we investigate the natural world at school?
- Students will gain an understanding of Earth and Space Science through the study of earth materials, celestial movement,
Standard 2 objective 1: investigate the natural world including rock, soil and water.
- Observe, compare, describe, and sort components of soil by size, texture, and color.
- Identify and describe a variety of natural sources of water, including streams, lakes, and oceans.
- Gather evidence about the uses of rocks, soil, and water.
- Students will draw three ways rocks are used on their paper by themselves.
- Students will observe and draw 4 different soil samples on their soil paper individually.
- I can draw three things made from rocks on my paper by myself.
- I can draw 4 different soil samples on my paper by myself.
- Students will use complete sentences to tell three uses of rocks to their partner.
- Students will respond to the teachers questioning through actions and oral responses during whole group discussions.
- I can say three sentences naming things made from rocks to my friend.
- I can respond to my teacher’s question through actions and talking during whole group discussions.
- Listen: 石头(rock), 大(big), 小(small), 火山石头(Volcanic rock), 沙石头(Sandstone)。
- Speak: 石头(rock), 大(big), 小(small), 火山石头(Volcanic rock), 沙石头(Sandstone)。
- Read: 石头(rock), 大(big), 小(small), 火山石头(Volcanic rock), 沙石头(Sandstone)。
- Write: 石头(rock), 大(big), 小(small), 火山石头(Volcanic rock), 沙石头(Sandstone)。
- Sticky, loose, wet, dry, brown, green, gray, red, leaves, grass, twig, insects, big, small, sand, metal, glass, pencil (lead), chalk, table, leg, spoon, glass, penny, screw.
火成岩 Igneous rocks (火山岩 (Volcanic rock), 沉積岩 Sedimentary rocks (砂岩/沙岩 (Sandstone), and 變質岩 Metamorphic rocks (大理岩 (Marble).
(三)What students have done in Chinese class this week:
Chinese Literacy:
Monday (02/20) : NO SCHOOL.
Tuesday (02/21):
Calendar Time:
Calendar Time:
- Q: 今天几月几号?(What date is today?)
- A: 今天是二月二十一号。 (Today is Feb. 21st.)
- Q: 今天是星期几?(What day of the week is it today?)
- A: 今天是星期二。(Today is Tuesday.)
- Q: 昨天几月几号?(What date was yesterday?)
- A: 昨天是二月二十号。(Yesterday was Feb. 20th.)
- Q: 昨天是星期几?(What day of the week was it yesterday?)
- A: 昨天是星期一。(Yesterday was Monday.)
- Q: 明天几月几号?(What date is tomorrow?)
- A: 明天是二月二十二号。(Tomorrow is Feb. 22nd.)
- Q: 明天是星期几?(What day of the week is it tomorrow?)
- A: 明天是星期三。(Tomorrow is Wednesday.)
- 星期三(明天)我们“在”教室吃午餐。We will eat lunch in class on Wednesday.
- 星期四考试。Test on Thursday.
- 星期五考试。Test on Friday.
- 1,鼻子长(long nose.)。2,吃米饭(eating rice.)。3,明天几号?(what date is it tomorrow?)4,你好 你叫什么?(Hello. what is your name?)。5,头发长(long hair)。6,个子高(tall)。
- Mandarin Matrix worksheet: We did the pages 6 to 10 in morning class.
- Homework vocabulary writing: Students write homework vocabulary on worksheet.
- Vocabulary writing and picture drawing: We write weekly vocabulary/sentence and draw a picture on worksheet.
Wednesday (02/22):
Calendar Time:
Calendar Time:
- Q: 今天几月几号?(What date is today?)
- A: 今天是二月二十二号。 (Today is Feb. 22nd.)
- Q: 今天是星期几?(What day of the week is it today?)
- A: 今天是星期三。Today is Wednesday.
- Q: 昨天几月几号?(What date was yesterday?)
- A: 昨天是二月二十一号。Yesterday was Feb. 21st.
- Q: 昨天是星期几?(What day of the week was it yesterday?)
- A: 昨天是星期二。Yesterday was Tuesday.
- Q: 明天几月几号?(What date is tomorrow?)
- A: 明天是二月二十三号。Tomorrow is Feb. 23rd.
- Q: 明天是星期几?(What day of the week is it tomorrow?)
- A: 明天是星期四。Tomorrow is Thursday.
- 星期四考试。We will have a test on Thursday.
- 星期五考试。We will have a test on Friday.
- 一(1),二(2),三(3),四(4),五(5),六(6),七(7),八(8),九(9),十(10),十 一(11),十二(12),十三(13),十四(14),1大(big),2小(Small),3上(Up/ on/ on top/ upon),4下(Down/ downwards/ below/ lower),5山(mountain),6水(water),7火(fire),8人(people)。9下雨天(rainy day),10阴天(cloudy day),11晴天(sunny day),12下雪天(snowy day),13-1今天是二月二十三日星期四(Today is Feb. 23rd. Thursday.), 13-2明天是二月二十四日星期五(Tomorrow is Feb. 24th. Friday.), 13-3昨天是二月二十二日星期三(Yesterday was Feb. 22nd. Wednesday.), 14小山羊在 哪里?(where is the mountain goat?),15小山羊在在水里(the mountain goat is in the water.),16小虫在小马上面(the little bug is above of the little horse/pony.),17小马在小虫下面(the little horse/pony is under the little bug.),18一个男人在马上面(a man is on a horse.), 19 一个男生在雨里(a boy is in the rain.),20小鸟是女生(the bird is a girl.),21小羊吃苹果(a little sheep is eating an apple.),22一个男生走来走去(A boy walks around.),23男生爱吃苹果(A boy loves to eat apples.),24一个人走上去(A person goes up.), 25我喜欢喝牛奶(I like to drink milk.)。
- Listening computer game. Students need to get 100% and then go to play guessing vocabulary game. (Practice for test on Friday.)
- Mandarin Matrix worksheet: We did the pages 11 to 15 in morning class. (Students need read out loud. See video below.)
- Rhythmic Reading: We check answer on reading. We use "rap" to read out loud.
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Thursday (02/23):
Calendar Time:
Calendar Time:
- Q: 今天几月几号?(What date is today?)
- A: 今天是二月二十三号。 (Today is Feb. 23rd.)
- Q: 今天是星期几?(What day of the week is it today?)
- A: 今天是星期四。Today is Thursday.
- Q: 昨天几月几号?(What date was yesterday?)
- A: 昨天是二月二十二号。Yesterday was Feb. 22nd.
- Q: 昨天是星期几?(What day of the week was it yesterday?)
- A: 昨天是星期三。Yesterday was Wednesday.
- Q: 明天几月几号?(What date is tomorrow?)
- A: 明天是二月二十四号。Tomorrow is Feb. 24th.
- Q: 明天是星期几?(What day of the week is it tomorrow?)
- A: 明天是星期五。Tomorrow is Friday.
- 明天星期五有YCT考试。We have a YCT test tomorrow.
- 今天星期四考试。We have a test today.
- (一)1,米饭(rice)。2,个子(stature)。3,六岁(6 years old.)。4,大(big)。5,明天(tomorrow)。6,三(three)。(二)1, 你好(Hello)。2, 三点(3 o'clock)。3, 在 哪儿?(where is it?)。4, 再见 明天见(Goodbye. See you tomorrow.)。5, 头发很长(long hair.)。(For YCT test tomorrow.)
- Mandarin Matrix worksheet: We did the pages 16 to 20 in morning class. (Students need read out loud to their working partners.)
- Computer game: Students need to get 100% on the listening computer game. (Practice for tomorrow's test.)
- Weekly writing test.
- Sentences writing: Teacher shows pictures for students and students need to write sentences on their worksheet.
- Sentences reading: Students read sentences. (See video below.)
- Students argue about who get second turn or not in Chinese. Our students are getting better to use target language in class now. (The first video below.)
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Friday (02/24):
Calendar Time:
Calendar Time:
- Q: 今天几月几号?(What date is today?)
- A: 今天是二月二十四号。 (Today is Feb. 24th.)
- Q: 今天是星期几?(What day of the week is it today?)
- A: 今天是星期五。Today is Friday.
- Q: 昨天几月几号?(What date was yesterday?)
- A: 昨天是二月二十三号。Yesterday was Feb. 23rd.
- Q: 昨天是星期几?(What day of the week was it yesterday?)
- A: 昨天是星期四。Yesterday was Thursday.
- Q: 明天几月几号?(What date is tomorrow?)
- A: 明天是二月二十五号。Tomorrow is Feb. 25th.
- Q: 明天是星期几?(What day of the week is it tomorrow?)
- A: 明天是星期六。Tomorrow is Saturday.
- 今天有YCT考试。We have a YCT test today.
- 1,我六岁(I am 6 years old.)。2,现在三点(It is 3 o'clock)。3,眼睛大(big eyes.)。4,有人在家吗?(Anyone home?)。5,再见 明天见(Goodbye. See you tomorrow.)。6,中国在 哪儿?(where is China?)。
- YCT (Youth Chinese Test)Level 1 test (3rd test). Reading and reading test.
- Computer game: Students need to get 100% on the matching computer game. (Practice for YCT reading test.). The listening scores are pretty good. We will work more on reading part.
- A Big Wind Blows (game): A Big Wind Blows is a noncompetitive substitute for the game of musical chairs. A student said "大风吹-A Big Wind Blows" and other students need to response "吹什么-Blow for what?". The student may says a sentence like "A cold wind blows for anyone in first grade" then everyone in first grade need to switch the chairs.
- Rhythmic Reading: We check answer on reading. We use "rap" to read out loud.
Math:
Monday (02/20) : NO SCHOOL.
Tuesday (02/21):
- Lesson: 12-1 Comparing and Ordering by Length.
- Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
- We practice borrowing and carrying today.
- We completed textbook's worksheet 12-1 Comparing and Ordering by Length.
Wednesday (02/22):
- We practice borrowing and carrying today.
Thursday (02/23):
- Lesson: 12-2 Indirect Measurement.
- Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
- We practice borrowing and carrying today.
- We completed textbook's worksheet 12-2 Indirect Measurement.
Friday (02/24):
- Lesson: 12-3 Using Units to Estimate and Measure Length.
- Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. Limit to contexts where the object being measured is spanned by a whole number of length units with no gaps or overlaps.
- We completed textbook's worksheet 12-3 Using Units to Estimate and Measure Length.
Science/Social Studies (Interconnections):
Monday (02/20) : NO SCHOOL.
Tuesday (02/21):
- Lesson: Rocks are All Around Us.
- Teacher shows Chinese zodiac rocks to students. Students need to point out and said where are animals head, tail, body, or legs.(See pictures above.)
Wednesday (02/22):
- Review: Rocks are All Around Us.
- Teacher shows Chinese zodiac rocks to students. Students need to point out and said where are animals head, tail, body, or legs.(See pictures above.)
Thursday (02/23):
- Rocks in different colors.
- Why big rock become small rocks? (cold, hot, water, snow, sun, wind, people, and so on.....)
Friday (02/24):
- Review: Rocks in different colors.
- For afternoon class: Why big rock become small rocks? (cold, hot, water, snow, sun, wind, people, and so on.....)