During Chinese New Year, set up a classroom Chinese restaurant. encourage students to say the names of the Chinese food and order food to celebrate the new year... Read More...
Essential Question: How important is food during the Chinese New Year celebrations?
Provocation: Place a set of Chinese New Year food photos on each group ta... Read More...
This Thanksgiving, why not have a Food taste test to introduce the words for different food.
Each pice of food is presented in a bowl and students will taste... Read More...
Children will roleplay going shopping for food for a Halloween party.
Checklist for shopping for a Halloween party.
Halloween party food (large)
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Chinese New Year is a time of celebration! As with all celebrations, food is a very important aspect.
This 12 page PDF provides students with photos of Chine... Read More...
This presentation is good for more advanced learners who can read Chinese characters. Each slide includes a food and description. Students can practice reading ... Read More...
Students will learn vocabulary related to visiting and ordering food at McDonald's restaurant.
Learning Chinese can be a bit challenging at times for student... Read More...
If you are setting up a Chinese restaurant in your classroom to celebrate Chinese New Year, you may like to make your own fake food using sponges or felt.
Do... Read More...
On arrival at a restaurant, what do you say? Use this worksheet to learn how to:
Ask for a table for two
Ask for tea
Ask your friend to sit down
D... Read More...
The Bloom's Taxonomy Tasks are selected to show the lower thinking skills to higher order thinking skills:
Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analy... Read More...
This 3 page Lesson Plan includes:
The Activity Objectives are:
• I will be able to greet others in Chinese
• I will be able to tell the waiter/waitress that ... Read More...
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...
Characters include: cake, fish, bread, biscuit, noodles, fries.
How to use the Dice Game:
Print each template and cut out.
Students can use one dice ... Read More...
This 5 page PDF can be cut up for students to play games or memorize the characters for each food group.
Vocabulary includes:
Chicken
Hamburger
Pi... Read More...
Bite-size Chinese is a series of audio files that are useful for listening activities in the Chinese classroom. Many of the listening tasks are very short and c... Read More...
Download the Unit of Work - Sichuan Food is Spicy!
Included:
Vocabulary Lists
Useful expressions
Modifier - de
Eating Out
Reading Menus
Charact... Read More...
This Lap-book takes children on an adventure to China, during Chinese New Year.
You will need:
Manila folders
Photos of Chinese food
China Passp... Read More...
Chinese New Year is almost here and 2024 is the Year of the Dragon!
Chinese New Year Bundle - Year of the Dragon - 2024
Download this super bundle of 148 ... Read More...
Choice Board includes:
1. Chinese Food research and design a menu.
2. Make a red envelope 红包.
3. Create a card game to teach classmates the nam... Read More...
Students will be able to:
Celebrate Chinese New Year!
Sing a Chinese New song
Learn Chinese food and celebrate with a Chinese class lunch
Chinese New... Read More...
Download Thanksgiving images to paste onto a paper plate.
Students can use their paper plate to describe what they are going to eat for Thanksgiving.... Read More...
Download the Conversation Cheatsheet: Travel to China
Students will explore:
Chinese money
Popular places to visit in China
Survival phrases (Wher... Read More...
Download the Conversation Cheatsheet: Dining Out
Students will explore vocabulary for dining out - food, drinks, asking for menu, ordering food, and describi... Read More...
Provocations are an essential element in Inquiry-based learning.
A provocation can come in many different forms, but it is always intended to provoke thought... Read More...
The Chinese New Year 2022 - Year of the Tiger presentation is perfect for any classroom! Students will explore the following:
1. Year of the Tiger
2... Read More...
Students will explore the special Chinese New Year food and learn to write 饺子 dumplings in Chinese.
Students will also draw a bowl of dumplings. This is a gr... Read More...
Suggested Lessons for Beginner Students
Week 1
https://www.creativechinese.com/first-week-lesson-plans/
I would begin with a question: What do you know abo... Read More...
What are provocations?
A provocation can come in many different forms, but it is always intended to provoke thoughts, ideas, and actions that can help to exp... Read More...
An Inquiry learning program is very different to a teacher-centered classroom. A quick and easy way to transform your curriculum into an Inquiry model is to sta... Read More...
Teachers of Chinese!
Turn your classroom around and make this year the year you nurture student's curiosity and joy of learning.
Inquiry learning starts w... Read More...
Driving Question: How can we be healthier at school?
Audience: Parents and Teachers
Learning Goals:
Students can introduce a topic clearly, state an ... Read More...