January 3, 2012 Tuesday 二零一二年元月三日星期二 - A

Welcome back!! First day of school after the winter break!! Yaaa!! We had few announcements about the coming activites; #1, we're going to have a field trip to Asian Imperial to celebrate Chinese New Year on Jan. 24 or 25. #2,Chinese program at Weber State University invited our Chinese students to participate and attend the Chinese New Year Celebration Event on January 27, #3, we are going to cook a Chinese New Year Dish in Feb. in the cooking classroom.  This week we are going to learn some words on Chinese Zodiac.
1st and 2nd period students learned the following words:

很hěn 久jiǔ = very long

以yǐ 前qián = ago/before

從cóng 前qián = (some time) ago

十shí 二èr 生shēng 肖xiào

生shēng 肖xiào = 12 Zodiac

屬shǔ = attribute to, belong to

假jià 期qī = vacation

假jià 日rì = holiday

收shōu 到dào = receive

禮lǐ 物wù = present/gift

你nǐ 屬shǔ 什shén 麼me ? = What Zodiac are you?

你nǐ 假jià 期qī 過guò 的de 怎zěn 麼me 樣yàng ? = How's your vacation?

你nǐ 收shōu 到dào 什shén 麼me 禮lǐ 物wù ? = What present did you receive?

We used PQA (personal questions and answer) to learn the words and small whiteboards to practice them. We also played bingo games to practice/review the words. Many students were able to answer the questions 你nǐ 收shōu 到dào 什shén 麼me 禮lǐ 物wù ?/ 你nǐ 屬shǔ 什shén 麼me ? = What Zodiac are you? in Chinese. Students were asked to walk around the classroom with the Chinese New Year song (sang by Mrs. Duke) and stopped and found a partner to ask the 3 questions learned when the song stopped.

For 3rd period students, we learned the following words -

動dòng 物wù = animals

十shí 二èr = 12

生shēng 肖xiào = Zodiac

屬shǔ = belong to, attribute to

鼠shǔ = rat/mouse

牛niú = ox/cow

虎hǔ = tiger

兔tù = hare/rabbit

龍lóng = dragon

蛇shé = snake

馬mǎ = horse

羊yáng = goat

猴hóu = monkey

雞jī = chicken/rooster

狗gǒu = dog

豬zhū = pig

After we introduced the words, students used the small whiteboards to practice the words. We used PQA to ask students what Zodiac. After that we played standing up game and musical chair in Chinese to help students remember the animals they learned.