This unit integrates math and social studies topics while learning Chinese. It includes an unit vocabulary sheet, a letter to parents, three week lesson plans and an activity sheet for home work. This is a great unit that uses lots of visuals,
This unit teaches students animals through a variety of hands on activities. Students get to name and sequence the animals. They are able to distinguish the animals that live in a farm or a zoo. They act out the story of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What
Teacher greets students as each student enters the classroom. Teacher displays the Powerpoint to introduce the vocabulary. The Powerpoint can be also used as a big book for the class to read aloud as well as independent reading material.
I use this material during the beginning of all my classes. I first teach each slide at beginning of the year. Then I will have students learn the questions and the answers by having them talk to the partners. For example, I will say "Ask your
This is a great lesson activity to review Chinese numbers. After reviewing numbers in slide one, teachers can go through slide 3 to slide 11 by having students guess the number according to each image. Slide three (answer is 4 since we have four
This is a lesson for students to learn Chinese months of the year by using familiar holidays to activate students' background knowledge. Teachers ask students what holidays including American holiday each month has to introduce each month. In Slide
This activity can go with many topics such as favorite sports, classes, food...etc. It is called Extra Sensory Perception. It can be used as a review activity for students to practice color words and sentence particle ending with "ma" . Students
Teacher displays the Powerpoint to introduce the vocabualry and sentence structure. At the end of the lesson, teacher asks the class their own age and students use the sentence patter: subject + age to answer the questions one by one. This lesson is
This is one day lesson plan for learning about names of different animals. Session one works well with kindergarten to 2nd graders. Session two can be used with students from 6th to 8th grader. Teachers need to prepare visuals of different animals.
This can be an introductory lesson for students to learn expression of 早上好 and 晚安. It first uses different visuals to introduce the concept of morning and evening. By asking students if this is morning or evening repetitively and using different
The lesson includes two sessions and it integrates math in teaching Chinese language. Select 10 volunteers: 5 girls and 5 boys. Have them stand in a row in a boy-girl pattern. Say:This is a boy; That is a girl. A boy – a girl; a boy – a girl…After
Use this to practice numbers. You may edit or change the numbers from single digit to multi-digit numbers. Have students play in pairs to practice naming Chinese numbers.
The flash cards can be printed out and used to review vocabulary. It can be enlarged and added to the word wall. Or teachers can simply use the set to play memory game, go fish or concentration game with the students.
This short lesson is ideal for introducing Chinese to beginner learners, espectially for elementary school students. Teachers use TPR approach to introduce the body parts vocabulary and some verbs that are immediate language in the classroom