Monday, February 27, 2012

February 27, Monday ---二月二十七日星期一 - B

For 8th period, We reviewed the story the students read when the sub were here. Students were asked to act out the story and read the story to their partners. We also learned new words: 大(dà) 學(xué) = college 小(xiǎo) 學(xué) = elementary 高(gāo) 中(zhòng) = high school 初(chū) 中(zhōng) = junior high school 以(yǐ) 前(qián) = before, ago, in the past 以(yǐ) 後(hòu) = afterwards, in the future At the end of class we listened to the song about "對duì 不bù 起qǐ 我wǒ 的de 中zhōng 文wén 不bù 好hǎo".

Friday, February 24, 2012

February 24, Wednesday -二月二十二日星期五- A

We had a sub, Mr. Brough, today due to a 3-day workshop at Tampa Bay FL for Confucius Classroom.
Students were asked to do the following things.
#1, create 10 sentences with the words in the dictionary form.
#2, read a story about fat monkey and skinny monkey and translate the story to English and draw pictures to the sentence tranlsated in the story form.
Please clicke the fles/pictures to access the files to work on if you were absent on these days. Chinese Level III students are expected to read the story with more Chinese characters without pinyin.



Dictionary Form #1--




Dictionary Form #2--




Story --




Story Form--




For Chinese Level III students

Thursday, February 23, 2012

February 23, Thursday -二月二十三日星期四 - B

We had a sub, Mr. Brough, today due to a 3-day workshop at Tampa Bay FL for Confucius Classroom.
Students were asked to do the following things.
#1, create 10 sentences with the words in the dictionary form.
#2, read a story about fat monkey and skinny monkey and translate the story to English and draw pictures to the sentence tranlsated in the story form.
Please clicke the fles/pictures to access the files to work on if you were absent on these days.




Dictionary Form #1--




Dictionary Form #2--




Story --




Story Form--


Wednesday, February 22, 2012

February 22, Wednesday -二月二十二日星期三 - A

1st, 2nd, and 3rd period students started to learn the words and the story that 8th period students learned for the last two days.
Today we learned the following words -
滑huá 板bǎn = skateboard
溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn = ride skateboard
滑huá 滑huá 板bǎn = ride skateboard
調tiáo 皮pí = not behaved; misbehaved
學xué 校xiào = school
學xué 生shēng = student
屋wū 頂dǐng = roof
會huì = can (be able to); will (be going to)
不bú 會huì = cannot (unable to); won't (not going to)
有yǒu = have/has; there's/there are
沒méi 有yǒu = don't have/doesn't have; there isn't/there aren't
可kě 是shì = but

Our objectives are 80% of students are able to recognize the 60% of the words we taught. We first used ASL to learn the words, and then use PQA questions such as 你nǐ 有yǒu 沒méi 有yǒu 滑huá 板bǎn ? = Do you have skateboard?
你nǐ 會huì 不bú 會huì 溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn ? = Do you know how to ride skateboard?
誰shéi 有yǒu 滑huá 板bǎn ? = Who has a skateboard?
誰shéi 會huì 溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn ? = who knows how to ride skateboard?

We also told a story about 馬mǎ 克kè 老lǎo 師shī
馬mǎ 克kè 老lǎo 師shī 會huì 溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn:Mr. Mark knows how to ride skateboard.
馬mǎ 克kè 老lǎo 師shī 很hěn 調tiáo 皮pí = Mr.Mark was not behaved.
他tā 是shì 一yī 個gè 很hěn 調tiáo 皮pí 的de 學xué 生shēng = He was a misbehaved student.
一yī 天tiān ,馬mǎ 克kè 老lǎo 師shī 拿ná 他tā 的de 滑huá 板bǎn 去qù 學xué 校xiào
= One day, Mr.Mark took his skateboard to school
他tā 爬pá 到dào 學xué 校xiào 的de 屋wū 頂dǐng
= he climbed to the school's roof.
他tā 在zài 學xué 校xiào 屋wū 頂dǐng 上shàng 溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn
= He was skateboarding on the roof of the school.

Students were also working on translating a story that we talked about. To access the story please click the story to download it.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

February 21, Monday - 二月二十一日星期一 - B

Today we reviewed the words and the story we learned 5 days ago. And then we learned few new words.
結(jiē) 果(guǒ) = as a result
以(yǐ) 前(qián) = before, in the past
....的(de) 時(shí) 候(hòu) = when..., at the moment of...

The words we reviewed --
滑huá 板bǎn = snowboard
溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn = ride snowboard
滑huá 滑huá 板bǎn = ride snowboard
調tiáo 皮pí = not behaved; misbehaved
學xué 校xiào = school
學xué 生shēng = student
屋wū 頂dǐng = roof
會huì = can (be able to); will (be going to)
不bú 會huì = cannot (unable to); won't (not going to)
有yǒu = have/has; there's/there are
沒méi 有yǒu = don't have/doesn't have; there isn't/there aren't
可kě 是shì = but

Our objectives are 90% of students are able to recognize the 70% of the words we taught. We first used ASL to learn the words, and then use PQA questions such as 你nǐ 有yǒu 沒méi 有yǒu 滑huá 板bǎn ? = Do you have skateboard?
你nǐ 會huì 不bú 會huì 溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn ? = Do you know how to ride skateboard?
誰shéi 有yǒu 滑huá 板bǎn ? = Who has a skateboard?
誰shéi 會huì 溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn ? = who knows how to ride skateboard?

We also told a story about 馬mǎ 克kè 老lǎo 師shī
馬mǎ 克kè 老lǎo 師shī 會huì 溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn:Mr. Mark knows how to ride skateboard.
馬mǎ 克kè 老lǎo 師shī 很hěn 調tiáo 皮pí = Mr.Mark was not behaved.
他tā 是shì 一yī 個gè 很hěn 調tiáo 皮pí 的de 學xué 生shēng = He was a misbehaved student.
一yī 天tiān ,馬mǎ 克kè 老lǎo 師shī 拿ná 他tā 的de 滑huá 板bǎn 去qù 學xué 校xiào
= One day, Mr.Mark took his skateboard to school
他tā 爬pá 到dào 學xué 校xiào 的de 屋wū 頂dǐng
= he climbed to the school's roof.
他tā 在zài 學xué 校xiào 屋wū 頂dǐng 上shàng 溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn
= He was skateboarding on the roof of the school.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

February 15, Wednesday 二月十五日星期三 - B

Today we learned the following words -
滑huá 板bǎn = snowboard
溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn = ride snowboard
滑huá 滑huá 板bǎn = ride snowboard
調tiáo 皮pí = not behaved; misbehaved
學xué 校xiào = school
學xué 生shēng = student
屋wū 頂dǐng = roof
會huì = can (be able to); will (be going to)
不bú 會huì = cannot (unable to); won't (not going to)
有yǒu = have/has; there's/there are
沒méi 有yǒu = don't have/doesn't have; there isn't/there aren't
可kě 是shì = but

Our objectives are 80% of students are able to recognize the 60% of the words we taught. We first used ASL to learn the words, and then use PQA questions such as 你nǐ 有yǒu 沒méi 有yǒu 滑huá 板bǎn ? = Do you have skateboard?
你nǐ 會huì 不bú 會huì 溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn ? = Do you know how to ride skateboard?
誰shéi 有yǒu 滑huá 板bǎn ? = Who has a skateboard?
誰shéi 會huì 溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn ? = who knows how to ride skateboard?

We also told a story about 馬mǎ 克kè 老lǎo 師shī
馬mǎ 克kè 老lǎo 師shī 會huì 溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn:Mr. Mark knows how to ride skateboard.
馬mǎ 克kè 老lǎo 師shī 很hěn 調tiáo 皮pí = Mr.Mark was not behaved.
他tā 是shì 一yī 個gè 很hěn 調tiáo 皮pí 的de 學xué 生shēng = He was a misbehaved student.
一yī 天tiān ,馬mǎ 克kè 老lǎo 師shī 拿ná 他tā 的de 滑huá 板bǎn 去qù 學xué 校xiào
= One day, Mr.Mark took his skateboard to school
他tā 爬pá 到dào 學xué 校xiào 的de 屋wū 頂dǐng
= he climbed to the school's roof.
他tā 在zài 學xué 校xiào 屋wū 頂dǐng 上shàng 溜liū 滑huá 板bǎn
= He was skateboarding on the roof of the school.

Students were also working on translating a story that we talked about. To access the story please click the story to download it.

February 14, 2012 二月十四日星期二 - A

February 14, 2012 二月十四日星期二 - A


Periods 1, 2, & 3: Along with finished up the Chinese New Years Unit we took our unit ending quiz. Afterwards we talked about a personal narration of a boy skateboarding. 3rd period finished up their New Years dragons.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

February 13th 二零一二年二月十三日 - B

February 13th 二零一二年二月十三日 - B


8th period: Along with finished up the Chinese New Years Unit we took our unit ending quiz. Afterwards we finished up the last of the presentations and learned the rules and pieces for playing Chinese Chess.

象(xiàng)

卒(zú)

炮(páo)

士(shì)

車(chē)

馬(mǎ)

將(jiāng)

相(xiāng)

兵(bīng)

帥(shuài)

Friday, February 10, 2012

February 10, 2012 二月十日星期五 - A

February 10, 2012 二月十日星期五 - A


Period 1: We actually went over to Syracuse Elem and read our books to the kindergarteners in the Chinese immersion program. Many of our students were amazed by just how good the kindergarteners are with the Chinese language. The Kindergarteners enjoyed the reading with our students and watching/participating in the skits with them.


Period 2 & 3: We finished up cultural presentations. Afterwards we learned the characters for Chinese Chess. Then we learned the movements of each piece

象(xiàng)

卒(zú)

炮(páo)

士(shì)

車(chē)

馬(mǎ)

將(jiāng)

相(xiāng)

兵(bīng)

帥(shuài)


We learned how to set up the board, and got started with a game or two.

February 9, Thursday 2012 二月九日星期四 -B

February 9, Thursday 2012 二月九日星期四 -B


8th Period: We actually went over to Syracuse Elem and read our books to the kindergarteners in the Chinese immersion program. Many of our students were amazed by just how good the kindergarteners are with the Chinese language. The Kindergarteners enjoyed the reading with our students and watching/participating in the skits with them.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

February 8, 2012 二月八日星期三 - A

February 8, 2012 二月八日星期三 - A

Periods 1,2 & 3: Students prepared with their cultural presentations presented to the class. After presentations we prepared our personal introductions. We hope to showcase our Chinese ability at the 6th grade registration night on March 14.

February 7, 2012 二月七日星期二 - B

February 7, 2012 二月七日星期二 - B



Period 8: We went to the cooking room to cook tian suan ji 甜酸鸡 Sweet and Sour Chicken. Using the following vocabulary words we used the recipe to make the dish.

米(mǐ) 飯(fàn) rice

漿(jiāng) sauce

面(miàn) 粉(fěn) flour

肌(jī) 肉(ròu) chicken

醋(cù) vinegar

太(tài) 白(bái) 粉(fěn) cornstarch

紅(hóng) 焦(jiāo) red pepper

青(qīng) 椒(jiāo) green pepper

油(yóu) oil

糖(táng) sugar

Monday, February 6, 2012

February 6, 2012 二月六日星期一 - A

February 6, 2012 二月六日星期一 - A


Periods 1,2 &3 : We went to the cooking room to cook tian suan ji 甜酸鸡 Sweet and Sour Chicken. Using the following vocabulary words we used the recipe to make the dish.

米(mǐ) 飯(fàn) rice

漿(jiāng) sauce

面(miàn) 粉(fěn) flour

肌(jī) 肉(ròu) chicken

醋(cù) vinegar

太(tài) 白(bái) 粉(fěn) cornstarch

紅(hóng) 焦(jiāo) red pepper

青(qīng) 椒(jiāo) green pepper

油(yóu) oil

糖(táng) sugar

水(shuǐ) water

February 3, 2012 二月三日星期五 - B

February 3, 2012 二月三日星期五- B

We reviewed the vocabulary words from our Chinese New Years book and prepared by translating the meaning of the book and worked on sentence fluency by reading with our partners.
We started our presentations from our Chinese Culture projects (ppt).

Vocabulary words:


吃(chī)


過(guò) 新(xīn) 年(nián)


大(dà)


放(fàng) 鞭(biān) 炮(páo)


我(wǒ)


春(chūn) 聯(lián)


餃(jiǎo) 子(zǐ)


回(huí) 家(jiā)


去(qù) 舊(jiù)


慶(qìng) 祝(zhù)


快(kuài) 樂(lè)


舞(wǔ)

Thursday, February 2, 2012

February 2nd 2012 二零一二年二月二日星期四 - A

February 2nd 2012 二零一二年二月二日星期四 - A

In preparation for cooking Chinese New Years food next monday and tuesday we learned these vocabulary words.


糖(táng) sugar
醋(cù) vinegar
酸(suān) sour
醬(jiàng) 油(yóu) soy sauce
鹽(yán) salt
肌(jī) 肉(ròu)chicken
甜(tián) sweet
面(miàn) 粉(fěn) flour
太(tài) 白(bái) 粉(fěn) cornstarch


Period 1:
Afterwards we prepared to put on a skit for the kindergarteners at Syracuse Elem. The content of the skit includes pages from our Chinese New Years books.

Period 2 &3 : We actually went over to Syracuse Elem and read our books to the kindergarteners in the Chinese immersion program. Many of our students were amazed by just how good the kindergarteners are with the Chinese language. The Kindergarteners enjoyed the reading with our students and watching/participating in the skits with them.

Please click to view the trip to Syracuse Elementary.

February 1st 2012 二零一二年二月一日星期三 - B

February 1st 2012 二零一二年二月二日星期三 - B

In preparation to read to the students at Syracuse Elementary we studied the vocabulary listed below and then filled in the blanks in our New Years Books.

Vocabulary words:


吃(chī)


過(guò) 新(xīn) 年(nián)


大(dà)


放(fàng) 鞭(biān) 炮(páo)


我(wǒ)


春(chūn) 聯(lián)


餃(jiǎo) 子(zǐ)


回(huí) 家(jiā)


去(qù) 舊(jiù)


慶(qìng) 祝(zhù)


快(kuài) 樂(lè)


舞(wǔ)