Back To School: All About Me (template)

At the beginning of the school year, get to know your students using this All About Me workshop. For more advanced students, they can use Chinese to complete th... Read More...

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All About Me – The Simpsons

Download the 'All About Me' Presentation. Content include family members based on The Simpsons family.  ... Read More...

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Chinese Monster Magic – All About Me theme

All About Me - Teacher Guide (55 pages) The 'All about Me' Unit focuses on the following topics: What's your name Body parts How old are you? W... Read More...

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All about Me Task for students

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Integrated Chinese: Chapter 3 – All About Time

Download lots of resources related to time.... Read More...

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Halloween Learning Outcomes

If you are planning a Halloween theme, why don't you print the Learning Outcomes and allow students to demonstrate their learning with this worksheet? Downlo... Read More...

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All About Time Resources

When you are asking students to write, create individual desk posters for each student. New vocabulary includes: Days of the week, What's the time? Months of... Read More...

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If students are finding it hard to remember characters…try the Ice cream Challenge!

  The Ice Cream Challenge is a very motivational way to encourage even the youngest student to remember characters. Each student is given a folde... Read More...

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Halloween BINGO Game

Use this Halloween BINGO game to review lots of Halloween vocabulary. Download 2 PDFs: HalloweenBingo-Pinyin Halloween Bingo-Blank  ... Read More...

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Halloween Theme – Week 2

Halloween Exit Slips Halloween_role-play Halloween_Student_Outcomes Halloween_Week 2 Make a pumpkin Parts of a face - halloween Halloween_role... Read More...

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What costume will you wear? – Halloween roleplay

Download the Halloween Roleplay Students will perform a role-play with a classmate, asking what Halloween costume they will wear.... Read More...

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Halloween Theme – Week 1

Counting_Addams family |   Halloween Exit Slips Halloween_counting Halloween_role-play Halloween_Week 1 Harder_Halloween Ppt simple_h... Read More...

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Balloon Stampede Game – Radicals

This online game will allow students to learn more about characters - the space they take up, the different parts, and categorizing according to radicals. Pl... Read More...

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The ‘Trash Ball’ Game

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Fluffy Ball Game

The fluffy ball is one of my most valuable props in the Chinese language classroom. Using the fluffy ball at the beginning of the lesson is a great way to en... Read More...

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Integrated Performance Assessment

The Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) is a cluster assessment featuring three tasks, each of which reflects one of the three modes of communication: ... Read More...

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Best Strategies: My Word Wall

Download this personal Word Wall for students to write words they are learning in Chinese class. Use a manila folder for each student. Students can keep a re... Read More...

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My name is…Bracelet (我叫)

When you are teaching your students how to say their name in Chinese, download this heart template and with colored paper strips, make their own bracelet. It wi... Read More...

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Let’s Go Fishing Game

Need a new way to review vocabulary? Try this fishing game. Download and print the fish templates. Attach a paper clip to each fish and insert a Chinese char... Read More...

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Best Practices: Learning Outcomes

A few years back, the language teacher would plan lessons, teach the students, and then assess the students. The teacher rarely shared learning outcomes or crit... Read More...

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Introduction to Calligraphy

Theme: Calligraphy and Paper Cutting Lesson Plan Outline Preparation: Calligraphy brush (or image) Calligraphy ink (or image) INTRODUCTION S... Read More...

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Word Walls: Reading and Writing

One of the essential features of a Chinese language classroom is a Word Wall. The Word Wall contains all the frequently used characters for students to refer to... Read More...

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Egg Matching Game: Clothes

Just print and cut out this game and give to students to match. Once all pieces are matched, they can also make up a story using the vocabulary learned. Down... Read More...

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Matching Egg Game: Food

Just print and cut out this game and give to students to match. Once all pieces are matched, they can also make up a story using the vocabulary learned. Down... Read More...

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Matching Egg Game: Animals

Just print and cut out this game and give to students to match. Once all pieces are matched, they can also make up a story using the vocabulary learned. Down... Read More...

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Matching Egg Game: Colors

Just print and cut out this game and give to students to match. Once all pieces are matched, they can also make up a story using the vocabulary learned. Down... Read More...

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Matching Egg Game: Family Members

Just print and cut out this game and give to students to match. Once all pieces are matched, they can also make up a story using the vocabulary learned. Down... Read More...

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Dice Game: Descriptions

Characters include: beautiful, tall, good, short, not good, cute How to use the Dice Game: Print each template and cut out. Students can use one dice... Read More...

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The Chinese Jedi #1 – Meet The Folks

The Chinese Jedi Reading sheet is published every week during the school year. Students will enjoy the colorful images and challenging Chinese text to help them... Read More...

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Battleship Game – Colors And Animals

This is a popular game students love to play. Instead of the number coordinates used in the traditional battleships game, this variation uses Chinese names of a... Read More...

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Presentation: Academic Rigor and Engagement In The Chinese Classroom

Academic Rigour and Engagement In The Chinese Classroom from Shaz Lawrence ... Read More...

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Presentation: The Fundamentals Of Teaching Chinese

  When you start out as a teacher of Chinese, what are the important things you need to know? In this presentation, we will explore what to prepare you ... Read More...

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Presentation: Assessment For Learning

Usually teachers use assessment to test student's knowledge. However, Assessment For Learning is different in that it focuses on ongoing assessment different ty... Read More...

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Presentation: Top 10 Tips For Classroom Management

Classroom Management is important in all language classrooms. It is important to establish a positive environment for successful learning. Classroom Management ... Read More...

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Presentation: Differentiation – All Students Can Learn Chinese!

Students have different needs and favored learning styles. Differentiating in the Chinese language classroom involves matching your teaching methods to students... Read More...

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Presentation: Using Games In The Chinese Classroom

How to use games in the Chinese classroom from Shaz Lawrence ... Read More...

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Become A Member of The Creative Chinese Teachers Community

Grab all our resources for 12 months! Choose the 12 months option here and use the Discount Code: rooster. Offer ends January 15th, 2017.  ... Read More...

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Craft: Halloween Spider

Make a Halloween spider and teach students some easy body parts. Download the Halloween Spider template.  ... Read More...

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Halloween vocab. video

  How well did you listen? Download the Student worksheet... Read More...

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Fall: Ideas for Counting

Download this 3 page word document about Fall Counting ideas. Fall Ideas for Counting... Read More...

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Kindergarten Immersion: Week 2

Day 1 Greet students at the door. Wave a 你好 sign. Students walk into classroom and put away their backpack. Students find their name and put it into a bo... Read More...

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Sense of Smell Test

Give students a Smell Test. I put six edible elements in small containers for students to smell while wearing a blindfold.  I specifically chose food and spi... Read More...

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