二月二十七日星期三 Feb 27, Wednesday - A Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, Copy down the words and the story onto your notebook and then show the teacher when you come back.

FOR CHINESE LEVEL II & III ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, Copy down the words onto your notebook and then show the teacher when you come back.

For Chinese Level I students we first did the calendar. After the calendar, we introduced the following new words --

天空tiān kōng  = sky

掉下來diào xià lái /掉下去diào xià qù = fall down/fall off

And the students were asked to copy down the story in pinyin and then we translated the story as a whole group, using TPRS circling questions to practice listening and speaking. Next we viewed a powerpoint on "天空掉下來了" (please click 天空掉下來了to access the reading story) and also use circling questions for comprehension check. Later students were given a piece of paper with verbs in Chinese and practiced these words on their own. (Please click a piece of paper with verbs to access the worksheet. Oh, by the way, to help students remember 找 zhǎo and 找到zhǎo dào, we played a game "hide and seek" (hide a Chinese knot and have a student seek for it). It's a around-15 minute game.

For Chinese Level II & III students we worked a piece of paper with verbs; different from the Level I students, we first discussed the English meaning, and gave the students 1 minute to study the words. And then students started to write their English meaning in a time frame. The teacher time the speed how fast a student finish writing the English meanings. For example, Josh finished at 一分二十七秒 (1'27"), Brandon finished at 三分十七秒 (3'17") etc. When 5 minutes up, no matter whether all the students or not finished the English meaning. We quickly discussed the meanings and then gave students a minute to review the words. After that the teacher timed the speed how fast a student finish writing the English meaning. We repeated this step for 3 times.

Next we played "拍蒼蠅" (swap the flies). The teacher said a word and two students swapped the character that the teacher said. The faster one received a point for their team.

我	畫	男孩	知道	畫	男孩	我	畫	男孩	知道
要	下	女孩	有	下	女孩	要	下	女孩	有
說	上	你好	沒有	上	你好	說	上	你好	沒有
停	走	給	他	走	給	停	走	給	他
問	拍拍	用	這個	拍拍	用	問	拍拍	用	這個
天	碰碰	拿	那個	碰碰	拿	天	碰碰	拿	那個
大	工作	手	什麼	工作	手	大	工作	手	什麼
太	做	頭	吻	做	頭	太	做	頭	吻