December 10th, 2018
Jun Yan is our December 10th Chinese Teacher Of The Week!
Name of Teacher: Jun Yan
School: UCD Confucius Institute/Mercy Secondary School, Dublin Road
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A Visual Guide To Chinese Songs
My class of 2-5 year olds love singing Chinese songs. In just four months, they have learned 24 songs and can use most of the lyrics in meaningful ways.
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December 3rd 2018 – Vivian Liu Eckmann
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Vivian Liu Eckmann is our December 3rd, 2018 Chinese Teacher of the Week!
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Santa Puppet 圣诞老人
Students will use the Santa puppet to rehearse Christmas songs or role-plays related to Christmas celebrations.
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Craft: Christmas Boxes
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Craft: Reindeer Handprint
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Christmas Matching Game
Students will match Chinese characters with images to review Christmas vocabulary.
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Christmas Fun Workbook
5 pages of Christmas writing sheets (天，雪，人) and matching numbers to Christmas images.
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Christmas: 圣诞老人 Santa’s Face
Students will learn or review parts of the face, using the Santa template.
Curl white paper to make Santa's beard!
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Seasons: Draw Trees
Students will draw trees to indicate what season it is. Students will also practice writing the Chinese characters for each season.
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Writing Sheet: The Seasons
Students will practice writing: 秋，冬，夏，春
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Adult Class: Lesson 3 – My Nationality
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Adults Class: What’s Your Name/Age?
Adults Class: What's Your Name/Age?
Numbers 1-10
Character Cards
Number Line 1-10
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Adults Class: 10 Greetings
Lesson 1 for Adults: Ten Greetings for Beginners (PDF)
Lesson 1: What Tone Is It? (Ppt)
Lesson 1 For Adults: Flashcards/Signs
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Thanksgiving Hat
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What’s For Thanksgiving Dinner?
Download Thanksgiving images to paste onto a paper plate.
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Numbers 1-10: Matching Ice Creams
Students will arrange the cones into the correct order and then paste the ice cream on top of the cone. Numbers 1-10
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Character Books
Character Books are PDF files that can be printed to make mini-books or the images and characters can be printed and displayed on the classroom wall.
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Thematic Unit of Work: A Visit To China
Lesson One Ppt
The Luxurious Hotel Activity
Unit of Work
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Thematic Unit of Work: At The Zoo
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Thematic Unit of Work: Let’s Go Shopping
Download 'Let's Go Shopping' outline
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Thematic Units of Work: In The Jungle
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Thematic Units of Work: Let’s Visit A Restaurant
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Thematic Unit of Work: Under The Sea
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Thematic Unit of Work: On The Farm
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Thematic Unit of Work: Fun At The Beach
Download the Thematic Unit outline - Fun At The Beach
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Thematic Unit of Work: Dinosaurs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4HD8pob0_g
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Thanksgiving Bubble Characters
Students will color the bubble characters: 感恩节，谢谢，火鸡，南瓜派，喜欢，不喜欢
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Thanksgiving Ppt
Introduce Thanksgiving words to students with this Ppt. Words include:
Happy Thanksgiving
Pumpkin Pie
Mashed Potato
Turkey
Thank you
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Toddlers and Babies: Lots of Actions Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rEkTqKszk8
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Apples and Barrels: Fall Number Recognition worksheet
Students will read the Chinese characters and draw the correct number of apples in the barrels.
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Thanksgiving Book: I Am Thankful For…
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Thematic Unit of Work: Bugs and Insects
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Thematic Unit of Work: Monsters
The Theme: Monsters is a great way to get students engaged in using descriptive words to describe monsters.
Download Monster Theme Outline
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5 Little Monkeys 五只小猴
After learning the song ‘5 Little Monkeys', my 4 year old students began to learn to read simple characters. We used our magic wands to find the characters we k... Read More...
Ice Cream Shop: Let’s Go Shopping
This is a great activity to help students go shopping.
Set up an ice cream shop in your classroom.
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Thematic Units: Brainstorming
The most important part of planning a Thematic Unit of work is to brainstorm with the students. Once you have introduced the problem or the question, students w... Read More...
Who’s Here? 在不在?
Use theme girl and boy templates to indicate who is attending the class.
Students will complete the sentence 我叫 .... and place the girl or boy image on the d... Read More...
Toddlers: Ribbons for Music and Movement
Songs are a crucial part of a Chinese class for toddlers. They learn easily with repetition and songs make learning sentences so easy!
Use ribbons to help st... Read More...
Toddlers: Beach Balls
Toddlers love playing with balls. Large beach balls are perfect for tiny hands and are a great way to learn new Chinese words.
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Toddlers: Greeting Song
It is important for toddlers to be engaged with learning using their whole body. Musical instruments provide an effective way for toddlers to move to music and ... Read More...