Friday, May 3, 2013

五月三日星期五 - May 3rd, Friday - A Day

I just learned the technology named padlet and I think it's quite cool to put everything together together in a small screen on the blog. Seems it saves lots of space for the blog. I just hope my students will have the opportunity to take a look.


> Chinese Level I -we first reviewed the words. We acted out the story, using TPRStorytelling circling questions to review all the words. We watched the video assigned for homework.




Thursday, May 2, 2013

HOMEWORK - May 2-3 DUE May 6 (A Day) -7 (B Day)

Homework for Chinese Level I -
#1, Watch the video below at least 5 times and write a paragraph in English about the story on a piece of paper
#2, Write 3 new words heard in the video each time you watch and 15 different new words in total for this assignment.
#3, Have the parent sign on the paper and then turn it in by Monday, May 6.


蠟筆小新
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Homework for Chinese Level II & III -
#1, Watch the video below at least 5 times and write a paragraph in CHINESE PINYIN about the story on a piece of paper.
#2, Write 3 new words heard in the video each time you watch and 15 different new words in total for this assignment.
#3, Have the parent sign on the paper and then turn it in by Monday, May 6.

蠟筆小新 - 爸爸生病了

五月二日星期四 May 2nd, Thursday - B Day

For the students who are absent - We learned the following words.
下大雨xià dà yǔ = it rains hard
現在xiàn zài  = now
一張床yī zhāng chuáng = one bed
睡覺shuì jiào = sleep
在樹上zài shù shàng= in tree/on the tree
身上都是水shēn shàng dōu shì shuǐ = water all over the body

We first used ASL/TPR strategy to introduce the words and then we played ribbon game in paper.

First, students folded a piece of paper into half, and one side for Chinese, and the other side for English. And write down number 1-6 in vertical on the left edge of the paper.
Second, students worked as a group of 6 and assigned a number 1-5 in the group. And write down the assigned number in Chinese on the right top corner.
Third, students created a sentence with a new word, and after they're done then pass their paper to the next number student. The next number student has to translate the sentence that created by the student before and then create another sentence with another new word and then after they are done pass it to the next number student. Continue the steps until all the words are created.
Forth, after all the new words are done and the paper should be returned to the owner. The owner student has to check if the translation is correct or not.

For 6th period students we acted out the story first and then we read the story later.

Next, we read the story on page 49 on the textbook; the teacher read aloud word by word and the students chorally responded in English and then the teacher read aloud sentence by sentence and the students chorally responded in English. And then we used TPRStorytelling questioning to ask students the story for comprehension, listening, and speaking skills.

At the end of class, we watched the video named 蠟筆小新- 下雨接人  and explained to students how to do their homework assignment.

蠟筆小新- 下雨接人

五月一日星期三 - May 1st, Wednesday - A Day

For the students who are absent - We learned the following words.
下大雨xià dà yǔ = it rains hard
現在xiàn zài = now
一張床yī zhāng chuáng = one bed
睡覺shuì jiào = sleep
在樹上zài shù shàng= in tree/on the tree
身上都是水shēn shàng dōu shì shuǐ = water all over the body


We first used ASL/TPR strategy to introduce the words and then we played ribbon game in paper. (Our classroom procedures at the beginning of the class is COPY DOWN THE WORDS ON THE BOARD, CALENDAR INTRODUCTION, REVIEW THE OLD WORDS). Since B-Day students worked on the stories pages 43 & 46 and our lesson story is for the page 49, after using ASL/TPR introducing the new words and small whiteboards to practice the words and phrases, we worked on the stories on pages 46 & 49. We read both stories on page 46 & 49 on the textbook; the teacher read aloud word by word and the students chorally responded in English and then the teacher read aloud sentence by sentence and the students chorally responded in English. And then we used TPRStorytelling questioning to ask students the story for comprehension, listening, and speaking skills. We created sentences on a piece of paper.

 For Chinese Level II & III students we worked on the vocabulary on sickness. We first used the powerpoint to introduce the new words. We made sentences with these words according to the following picture. After practicing these words with sentences, we read a story with these words in. The teacher read aloud sentence by sentence and the students chorally respond in English. And then we use TPRStorytelling circling questions to practice the listening and speaking skills and check the comprehension as well.




Tuesday, April 30, 2013

四月三十日星期二 - April 30, Tuesday - B Day

Chinese Level I absent students - please copy down the words we learned and show the teacher your notes when you come back.

We used ASL (TPR) to help students to introduce the new words like 高興 有錢 不給 to connect these words to their memory. After introducing the words, we read the story on the textbook. First, the teacher read aloud the sentence by sentence and the students translated aloud into English as a whole class. To make sure every student understand the meaning, choral translation was required. Later, students were asked to fold a sheet of linepaper into half and then on the first half they write each sentence of the story in pinyin and on the other half they translate the sentence into English.The last 40 minutes we went to the computer lab and students learned how to type the story in Chinese characters.

高興gāo xìng = glad/happy
有錢yǒu qián = has money/rich
不給bù gěi = don't give

The words we reviewed...
上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above
下面xià miàn = under/ below
房子裡面 fáng zǐ lǐ miàn = inside
賓館外面bīn guǎnwài miàn = outside
Reviewed he following words -
帶dài = to bring/to take
地方dì fāng = place
進去jìn qù = enter/go inside

Monday, April 29, 2013

四月二十九日星期一 April 29, Monday - A Day

Chinese Level I absent students - please copy down the words we learned and show the teacher your notes when you come back.
Chinese Level II and II absent students - please ask for your actfltesting's username and password to take the test at home which you will need a microphone and earpiece. If you don't, you'll need to come to the class at the advisory time before or after school to do the test.


We used ASL (TPR) to help students to introduce the new words like 高興 有錢 不給 to connect these words to their memory. After introducing the words, we read the story on the textbook. First, the teacher read aloud the sentence by sentence and the students translated aloud into English as a whole class. To make sure every student understand the meaning, choral translation was required. Later, students were asked to fold a sheet of linepaper into half and then on the first half they write each sentence of the story in pinyin and on the other half they translate the sentence into English.The last 40 minutes we went to the computer lab and students learned how to type the story in Chinese characters.

高興gāo xìng = glad/happy
有錢yǒu qián = has money/rich
不給bù gěi = don't give

The words we reviewed...

上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above
下面xià miàn = under/ below
裡面 lǐ miàn = inside
外面wài miàn = outside
Reviewed he following words -
賓館bīn guǎn = hotel
帶dài = to bring/to take
地方dì fāng = place
房子fáng zǐ = house
進去jìn qù = enter/go inside
and we reviewed some words
問wèn = ask
說shuō = say, speak
上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above
裡面lǐ miàn = inside











For Chinese Level II and III, we did the actfltesting but it didn't go smooth as we thought. First, lots of the headsets and microphone doesn't work; students got frustrated. Since the volumn is so low students barely could hear it so lots of them just didn't pay much effort in.

Friday, April 26, 2013

四月二十六日星期五 April 25, Friday - B Day

For Chinese Level I absent students - #1, please copy down the words we learned today and show the teacher your notes when you come back


We used ASL (TPR) to help students to introduce the new words like 上面 下面 裡面 外面 to connect these words to their memory. After introducing the words, we read the story on the textbook. First, the teacher read aloud the sentence by sentence and the students translated aloud into English as a whole class. To make sure every student understand the meaning, choral translation was required. Later, students were asked to fold a sheet of linepaper into half and then on the first half they write each sentence of the story in pinyin and on the other half they translate the sentence into English. Next they answered the questions on the book. After that they read the story aloud and we did the time-reading pair activities.
上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above
下面xià miàn = under/ below
裡面 lǐ miàn = inside
外面wài miàn = outside
Reviewed he following words -
賓館bīn guǎn = hotel
帶dài = to bring/to take
地方dì fāng = place
房子fáng zǐ = house
進去jìn qù = enter/go inside
and we reviewed some words
問wèn = ask
說shuō = say, speak
上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above
裡面lǐ miàn = inside