Download the Days and Dates presentation to help students understand how to ask:
What year is it?
What date is it?
When is your birthday?
What day of the ... Read More...
As we move toward Personalized Learning in the Chinese classroom, our role as teachers need to change.
We move from:
Teachers plan topics or themes to t... Read More...
Successful learning in the Chinese classroom won't happen with passive students. All students need to be encouraged to think about their learning, and be engage... Read More...
Use the School Subjects Word Mat to help students talk about the school subjects they like to study.
Download the Word Mat: School Subjects Here.... Read More...
A Word Map is a useful resource for students to learn and practice new vocabulary.
This Word Map is focused on fruit: apples, oranges, grapes, bananas etc.,
... Read More...
Each PDF includes 3 Number Lines of numbers 1-10.
Download the PDF and tape onto each student's desk for easy referral.
Download the Number Line... Read More...
Use these Number Cards to help students match objects with Chinese characters.
Give students objects (sticks, colored paper squares, feathers, buttons etc.,)... Read More...
Students will view the Ppt and understand:
气温
度
到
左右
plus weather vocabulary.
At the end of the Temperature Ppt, students will write a script to... Read More...
Download the Parts of the Body Flashcards. Students will learn parts of the body and how to say something hurts. (6 pages)
Vocabulary includes:
头
眼睛
... Read More...
Puppets are a great way for students to practice their language skills.
Download the 11 page PDF of puppet faces. Print the PDF and attach the images to craf... Read More...
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...
Use this worksheet to review classroom Expectations.
Print the Review Sheet PDF
Before giving the worksheet to students, discuss what each student is doin... Read More...
Students will use blocks, counters, paper squares to touch and count objects.
They will then trace around the objects matching the correct characters.
For... Read More...
Ideas for introducing the color - red 红
Materials
Print the 红 flashcard
Print the Student Worksheet - 红
Prepare a Mystery Bag with a few balloons i... Read More...
Theme: Sounds and Vibrations
LESSON PLANS
Download the Good Vibrations / Sounds Unit of Work
Students will observe what makes sounds and vibrations.
Essen... Read More...
Theme: Change
LESSON PLANS
Download Unit of Work: Change Chinese (27 pages)
Students will observe and tell how frogs, butterflies, and human beings grow an... Read More...
Download the mini-book: Sports I Like
Included are: characters, pinyin and images.
Vocabulary:
I like
Sports
Run
Swim
Basketball
Table-t... Read More...
Use this mini-book to teach students the parts of the body and what each part can do:
Hands
Tongue
Ears
Eyes
Nose
Download the 5 Senses Mini-B... Read More...
2 PDFs:
Ladybug-Mat-Numbers 1-6
Ladybug Matching Worksheet - Students will cut out circles to add dots to the ladybug.
Download Ladybug_matching... Read More...
Download the Senses to attach to sticks. Attach the images to sticks and encourage students to look around the room to use their: hands, nose, eyes, ears, or m... Read More...
Especially for young students, lessons should be kept short with a variety of transitions.
Transitions move students from one lesson to another. They can also ... Read More...
Download the PDF to introduce: 气球飞了！ and basic colors.
Students can be put into groups with a flashcard. Using magazines, they will cut out photos of the col... Read More...
Download the Clown With Balloons Worksheet
Use the worksheet to check understanding of Color characters:
White
Blue
Green
Yellow
Red
Oran... Read More...
