class 4/23/2017

Announcement: please check the wechat or email about more information about telling story contest and yearbook contest.
 At the beginning of the class, we reviewed 爱旅游的小蚂蚁。 (please let students practice more in the home). After that, we played a game: students randomly pick two toys and if the two toys are the same color then teacher will give one sentence and the student need to give a relative sentence (我爸爸是美国人； 我爸爸也是美国人) if the student pick two toys that are different colors then the student will need to give a different sentence than the teacher's sentence (我爸爸是美国人；我妈妈是美国人)

 
We also larn some new pinyin: iu 丟diu牛niu, er 耳er 二er, ing 鹰ying 英ying. Also, we make some pinyin card.

 



 
We did an exercise on page 68 and page 80 to help student identify the pinyin; we also paly a game called 接龙：every students get three pinyin cards and then they need to put them in order

 

At the end of the class, the teacher read a book called有趣的时差. This is a book about the different time in the different country. 

Don't forget do the homework!!!

儿歌：爱旅游的小蚂蚁

小蚂蚁，真调皮，

爬上了我的地球仪。

逛美国，游埃及，

过中国，到印尼，

澳大利亚，和巴西，

德国，日本，意大利，

五洲四洋都转遍，

还要探险上北极！

Please help your child to put Pinyin on each top of each character and help them to recite the poem as much as possible! Bonus points will be given to students who can recite the whole poem within three reminders next Sunday!

Class 4/9/2017

Welcome students back from the spring break!!!
In the beginning of the class, the teacher asked students what they did during the spring break and students need to use Chinese to respond. This is the first week of the class after the spring break so, we reviewed what we learn before the spring break: Chinese vocabulary and Chinese character.
 
We played a little game to help students review all the vocabularies and the characters that on the board: two students stand in front of the whiteboard and the teacher would ask a word or character on the board, then which student find the word faster would win the game.                            
                                                  
In the second period, students learned few new pinyin: f 风 fēng 佛 fó分 fēn, eng 生 shēng, ong 红
hóng 工 gōng 中 zhōng, t 兔 tù
Don't forget to do the homework and see you guys next week!!!

儿歌汇总（一）

1.   你好

你好、你好

你好吗？你好吗？

同学好、老师好

大家好、大家好

2.   再见

噢 朋友再见

噢 朋友再见

大家都再见

我们还会再见！

3.   上学歌

太阳当空照、花儿对我笑

小鸟说，早、早、早

你为什么背着小书包

我去上学校、天天不迟到

爱学些、爱劳动

长大要为人民立功劳

4.   礼貌歌

老师，老师，谢谢你

不客气、不客气、不客气

老师，老师，对不起

没关系、没关系、没关系

老师，老师，谢谢你

请你不要太客气

5. 春天真美丽

春天春天真美丽

花儿红红草儿绿

小朋友们手拉手

大家一起做游戏

6. 丢手绢

丢手绢，丢手绢

轻轻地放在小朋友的后面

大家不要告诉他

快点、快点，抓住他

快点、快点，抓住它

7. 找朋友

找呀、找呀、找朋友

找到一个 好朋友

行个礼呀 握握手

你是我的 好朋友

8. 家族歌

爸爸的爸爸叫什么？ 爸爸的爸爸叫爷爷； 爸爸的妈妈叫什么？ 爸爸的妈妈叫奶奶； 爸爸的哥哥叫什么？ 爸爸的哥哥叫伯伯； 爸爸的弟弟叫什么？ 爸爸的弟弟叫叔叔； 爸爸的姐妹叫什么？ 爸爸的姐妹叫姑姑。

妈妈的爸爸叫什么？妈妈的爸爸叫外公； 妈妈的妈妈叫什么？妈妈的妈妈叫外婆； 妈妈的兄弟叫什么？妈妈的兄弟叫舅舅； 妈妈的姐妹叫什么？妈妈的姐妹叫阿姨。

爷爷，爸爸的爸爸叫爷爷； 奶奶，爸爸的妈妈叫奶奶； 伯伯，爸爸的哥哥叫伯伯； 叔叔，爸爸的弟弟叫叔叔； 姑姑，爸爸的姐妹叫姑姑 外公，妈妈的爸爸叫外公； 外婆，妈妈的妈妈叫外婆； 舅舅，妈妈的兄弟叫舅舅； 阿姨，妈妈的姐妹叫阿姨。

3/19/17 Homework

M1 Class Homework 家庭作业  3/19

No school on 3/26 and 4/2. Happy Spring Break! We’ll see you on 4/9. Please review all the songs (on Class Blog:  http://newstartm12016.blogspot.com ) and read the following words and sentences. (*You don’t have to finish them all at once. Break them down to a multiple-day task. Older students may translate them into English. Most of them can be found in our textbook. Few of them are NEW vocabulary. Please don’t hesitate to ask the teacher or your parents for help! )

你好、你好吗？、大卫、小云、我叫、同学们、老师、上课、中文、现在、白云、老师好、我们现在上课、再见、明天见、下课、谢谢、大小、上下、太阳、天气、太阳照、天气好、早起、上学、学校、朋友、小朋友们、起得早、一起、鸟、花、草、鸟儿、花儿、草儿、鸟儿叫、花儿笑、草儿绿、花鸟、花草、白花、红花、绿草、小鸟、小花、小草、大红花、花花草草、这是、那是、铅笔、书、尺子、本子、我的、你的、老师的、什么、这是什么、那是什么、这是我的铅笔、那是白老师的书、这是花、那是鸟、这是小学校、那是太阳、这是你的吗？、这是、是的、这是我的、不是、这不是、这不是我的、你是大卫吗？、我是、我不是、您、王老师、李老师、车老师、谢谢、谢谢你、不客气、对不起、没关系、春天、美丽、真、真美丽、真小、真大、真好、手、手拉手、一起游戏、游、戏、家、大家、大手拉小手、做游戏、做作业、做手工、几、人、口、人口、几口人、你家有几口人？、爸爸、妈妈、哥哥、姐姐、弟弟、妹妹、爷爷、奶奶、姥姥、姥爷、阿妈、阿公、外婆、外公、我、医生、职员、工作、职业、作业、你妈妈是老师吗？、你爸爸呢？、他是工程师、老师、工人、农民、银行职员、作家、画家、科学家、舞蹈家、飞行员、店员

读拼音：

b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s y w

a o e i u ü ai ei ui ao ou iu ie üe er an en in un ün ang eng ing ong

Class 3/19/17

We learned the new characters for lesson 10 today.  They are: 工、作、生、在。During the class time, we practiced their strock orders by playing the "Beat the Teacher" game. We also talked about their meanings and some common words that they make, such as: 工作、作业、学生、医生、在这里……

The students also practiced writing those four characters on a sheet. Due to the different ages of students in this class, writing remains a challenge for some younger students but should be encouraged for the older students. So please help your child practice this at home accordingly. Do not disencourage them when they can't do it or can't do it well. It is totally fine if they are not ready to master the writing skills yet. Listening, speaking and reading are the focus for now.

In the second class, we practiced listening and speaking skills and learned how to ask and talk about Daddy's and Mommy's "jobs."  The teacher pointed out that Chinese vocabulary for jobs usually has one of the following endings: 师、家、员、生。The common ones we mentioned about were: 老师、律师、厨师、工程师、学生、医生、科学家、舞蹈家、作家、飞行员、职员、店员、管理人员、销售人员……

Due to the upcoming Spring Break, we'll not have Chinese class for the following two weeks. There are homework for you to do during thise three-week long interval. Please help your child to sing all the songs we've learned so far (most of them are up on this blog), to read the textbook lessons 1 to 10, and to understand and read the words listed on their homework sheet. See you on 4/9!

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