二月二十日星期三 - February 20, Wednesday

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, Copy down the words onto your notebook and then show the teacher when you come back,  #2, Copy down the story we learned onto your notebook as well and then show the teacher when you come back, #3, Watch the video and be familiar with the story.

Today we first did the calendar first, and then introduced the new words. Next we used PQA questioning to know who have 爬樹pá shù before and who haven't. After that we used small whiteboards to practice the words. First we practiced them with English meanings on the board; later we practiced them without. At the end of the small whiteboard activity we did a quick 5-word assessment on the board and all the students got five out five right.
爬樹pá shù = climb tree
下大雨xià dà yǔ = rain hard/rain heavily/heavy rain
胖pàng = fat
瘦shòu = skinny
生病shēng bìng = (get) sick
書shū = book
鼠shǔ = rat
樹shù = tree
After the small whiteboard activity we did the story. We first had volunteer students translated the story sentence by sentence. Next we used TPRS circling questions to practice listening, speaking, and comprehension skills. After that, we used TPRS opening questions such as...
pàng zhū de míng zì jiào shen me 
胖豬的名字叫什麼? = What is the fat pig's name?
pàng zhū jǐ suì 
胖豬幾歲? = How old is the fat pig
pàng zhū de shēng rì zài jǐ yuè jǐ hào
胖豬的生日在幾月幾號? = what is the fat pig's birthday?

At the end, students copied down the story and did the timed- reading up to 2 minutes, 1 minutes 30 seconds, 1 minute, and 30 seconds. Our goal is every student is able to read the story in 30 seconds.

yǒu yī zhī pàng zhū

有一隻胖豬

tā xǐ huān chī hàn bǎo bāo

他喜歡吃漢堡包

yǒu yī zhī shòu hóu zǐ

有一隻瘦猴子

tā xǐ huān pá shù

他喜歡爬樹

yī tiān shòu hóu zǐ zài pá shù

一天瘦猴子在爬樹

pàng zhū zài chī hàn bǎo bāo

胖豬在吃漢堡包

tū rán xià dà yǔ

突然下大雨

pàng zhū kū le

胖豬哭了

shòu hóu zǐ kū le

瘦猴子哭了