一月二十四日星期四 January 24, Thursday - B Day

Today is the first day of the 2nd semester for B-Day so first we quickly went through the classroom procedure/disclosure- (please see the blog on January 23, Wednesday). After that we introduced the following vocabulary. Even though we introduced the animal before the break at the end of 1st semester for 5th and 6th period, yet since the classes are mixed again so we reteach these animals.
For 5th period students we worked on the dictionary form with the vocabulary while 6th period students we used small whiteboards to practice.

鼠 shǔ = rat/mouse
牛niú = cow/ox/bull
虎 hǔ = tiger
兔 tù = rabbit/ bunny
龍 lóng = dragon
蛇 shé = snake
馬 mǎ = horse
羊 yáng = sheep/goat/lamb
猴 hóu = monkey
鷄 jī = chicken/rooster/hen
狗gǒu = dog
豬 zhū = pig/ boar
貓 māo = cat
熊 xióng = bear
熊貓xióng māo/貓熊 māo xióng = penda
魚 yú = fish
烏龜 wū guī  = turtle
鳥 niǎo  = bird
長頸鹿 cháng jǐng lù = giraffe
無尾熊 wú wěi xióng = koala
袋鼠 dài shǔ  = kangaroo 
After that we watched a powerpoint 'the celebrities and their pets." (名人和他們的寵物).