I heard from a student the other day commenting about reviewing past vocabulary:"...but reviews are boring...." So this week's review had a different focus: Pinyin (拼音)
For the 1/2 grade learners, it is something we have used but never systematically summarized until now. We used the Pinyin chart to look for the correct pinyin letters that match the pronounciations of words that we have already learned this year. It was rocky and slow at the beginning. But after two sessions, I have seen good growths in the class as a whole. On top of that, the 1/2 graders did their first dressed rehearsal for the Chinese song that we have been working on. I'm thinking of having a performance next week.
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To bring awareness to Earth Day, the 5-8th graders learned and decorated shopping bags in Mandarin this week.
The shopping bags are taken to Trader Joe's as part of the bigger Earth Day project organized by Ms. Carpenter in SK. Back from the spring break, most of my Mandarin class groups have started to revisit what we have learned in the current school year. We did verbal and written practice on past vocabulary as well as constructing constructing sentences in dialogues in given context.
This is process also serves as an opportunity for the students to do internal reflections on their learnings in an informal way. The 1-2 and 3-4 graders also are moving nicely on wrapping up their preparation for their presentation of the children's song "拔萝卜" Guess what they have made? The 3-4 graders have worked diligently on crafting the presentation of the song "拔萝卜" They worked on getting familiar with what each role is called, and writing the simple script down for our mini play.
In the script, the students learned how to ask for help and how to respond. After the spring break, we will work on making simple costumes, rehearsals, making sure every person can sing the song, as well as the meaning of the words in the lyrics. |
AuthorI'm the 1st - 8th Grade Mandarin language and culture teacher at Summers-Knoll School in Ann Arbor, MI. Archives
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