一月三日星期四 January 3, Thursday - A Day

Today Chinese Level II and III we learned the following words....
拿ná 起qǐ = take (up)

報bào 紙zhǐ = newspaper

看kàn 見jiàn = see

許xǔ 多duō = a lot (of)

想xiǎng 了le 半bàn 天tiān = thought/wondered for half a day (a long while) 

奇qí 怪guài = weird

河hé 川chuān = rivers

說shuō 道dào = say

忽hū 然rán = suddenly 

After we introduced the new words, we used the small whiteboard to practice these words. First we practiced these words with English meaning and pinyin, and then we practiced them without English meaning and pinyin. At the end of the class we did a quick quiz and it's about 70% of students get 70% correct. We didn't reach our objective - at least 80% of students get 80% correct but we still have a story to work on plus reading and writing. At the end of the next week, it should be a piece of cake that 80% of students get 80% correct.

For Chinese Level I, 1st and 2nd periods we learned the words about calendars

一月yī yuè  = January
二月èr yuè = February
三月sān yuè = March
四月sì yuè = April
五月wǔ yuè = May
六月liù yuè = June
七月qī yuè = July
八月bā yuè = August
九月jiǔ yuè = September
十月shí yuè = October
十一月shí yī yuè = November
十二月shí èr yuè = December
and ........
一個月yī gè yuè = one month
兩個月liǎng gè yuè = two months
三個月sān gè yuè = three months
四個月sì gè yuè = four months
五個月wǔ gè yuè = five months
六個月liù gè yuè = six months
七個月qī gè yuè  = seven months
八個月bā gè yuè = eight months
九個月jiǔ gè yuè = nine months
十個月shí gè yuè = ten months

十一個月shí yī gè yuè = eleven months

十二個月shí èr gè yuè = twelve months

一月yī yuè = January  一個月yī gè yuè = 1 month

個 = (counting unit) related to amount/ number

First we compared the similarity and the difference between 一月and 一個月, and then let the students know that 個 is a counting unit which relates to numbers/amounts.

After the introduction we used the small whiteboards to practice the months in pinyin, Chinese characters and their English meaning. After the whiteboard activities we practiced the calendar package.