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*** First Grade***

Week of Nov. 16
Book #6 What color is the balloon?
Review all colors and color songs
Game: guess what color is the balloon.

Week of Nov. 9
There will be no school on Wednesday.

DEAR PARENTS, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS CLASS. WE ARE DOING SO WELL.

***Second Grade***

Week of Nov. 16
Book: Chinese New Year
Culture: What do Chinese eat for Chinese New Year?
Review: clothing, Chinese culture
Game: put on clothes

Week of Nov. 9
There will be no school on Wednesday.

Week of Nov. 2
Book: Chinese New Year Story
Chinese culture: clothing
We will learn how to say all the clothings.

*** Third Grade***

Week of Nov. 16
Book: Chinese New Year Story
Review what will be tested this unit.

PLEAST NOT THE TEST WILL BE THIS WEEK, WEDNESDAY 11/18.

Week of Nov. 9
Book: Chinese New Year Story
Chinese culture: What do Chinese eat for new year?

Week of Nov. 2
Book: Chinese New year Story
Chinese culture: clothing
Review how to say clothing in Chinese. A project paper to make for reviwing.

PLEASE NOTE THE UNIT TEST WILL BE ON NOV. 18 THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK.

***Fourth Grade***

Week of Nov. 16
Book:Chinese New Year Story
Culture: What does Chinese do during Chinese New Year
Homework: Family survey

Week of Nov. 9
Practice their Chinese names in saying and writing
Book: Chinese New Year Story
How to say: year/month/day/days of the week
Do survey

week of Nov. 2
Introduce Chiense Characters in their names and how to say it.
Review Chinese Pinyin system and the Pinyin Song
Book: Chinese New Year Story
How to say dates in Chinese. (year/month/day/days of the week)

opposite words

Da (big) -- xiao (small) in size
gao (tall) -- ai (short) in height
piao liang (pretty) -- bu piao liang (ugly)
shang (up/top) -- xia (down/under)
zuo (left) -- you (right)
qian (front) -- hou(behind)
kuai (fast) -- man (slow) in speed
shou (skinny) -- pang (chubby/fat) in weigh

GOOD BYE SONG - ZAI JIAN

ni hao, ni hao
wo hen hao, wo hen hao
chang ge zhen kuai le
chang ge zhen kuai le
Zai jian, zai jian

** sing in the tone of "are you sleeping".

Good bye song lyrics
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How are you? How are you?
I am fine, I am fine.
Singing is real happy,
Singing is real happy,
Good-bye, good-bye.

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Counting in Chinese 1-10

one - yi

two - er

three - san

four - si

five - wu

six - liu

seven - qi

eight - ba

nine -jiu

ten - shi

11~20 in Chinese

1. yi       11. shi yi  (10+1)
2. er       12. shi er   (10+2)
3. san      13. shi san   (10+3)
4. si       14. shi si   (10+4)
5. wo       15. shi wo    (10+5)
6. liu      16. shi liu   (10+6)
7. qi       17. shi qi    (10+7)
8. ba       18. shi ba    (10+8)
9. jiu      19. shi jiu    (10+9)
10 shi      20. er shi    (2 10s)

Ten Little Friends Song

yi ge, liang ge, san ge xiao peng you
si ge, wu ge, liu ge xiao peng you
qi ge, ba ge, jiu ge xiao peng you
shi ge xiao peng you


** sing in the tone of "ten little Indians".

Ten little friends song lyrics
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One little, two little, three little friends
Four little, five little, six little friends
Seven little, eight little, nine little friends
Ten little friends

My Family Members

Dad - Ba Ba

Mom - MaMa

Older brother -Ge Ge

Older sisiter -Jie Jie

Younger Brother -Di Di

Younger Sister -Mei Mei

Grandfather - Ye Ye

Grandmother - Nai Nai

Grandmother/mother's - wai po

Grandfather/mother's - wai gong

Where is My Friend? Song

Yi    Er    San    Si   Wu  Liu   Qi
wo   de  peng you  zai   na  li
zai   zhe   li  ,  zai  zhe   li
wo   de  peng you  zai  zhe  li
(B) Ma Ma (C) Ge Ge (D) Jie Jie

Where is my friend? song lyrics
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One two three four five six seven
Where is my friend?
Here, here
My friend is here

(B) mother (C) older brother (D) older sister

Elephant Song

Da   Xiang, Da   Xiang
Ni Di Bi  Zi Zen Me Na Me Chang
Ma Ma Shuo Bi Zi Chang,Cai Shi Piao  Liang


Elephant song lyrics
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Elephant, Elephant
How can your nose be so long?
Ma Ma said the longer the nose is, the prettier you are.

Da Xiang - Elephant

Bi Zi - Nose

Tu Zi - Rabbit

Er Duo - Ear

Tu Zi -Rabbit(Chinese Rhyme)

Tu  Zi  Pao

Tu  Zi  Tiao

Tu  Zi  Ha Ha Xiao

Translation:
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Rabbit Runs
Rabbit Jumps
Rabbit Laughs

Qing Wa - Frog

Yan Jing - Eyes

Xi Huan  - Like (Verb)

Bu Xi Huan - don't like

Wo - I

Ni - You

Ai - Love

Wo Ai Ni - I Love You

Jing Yu - Whale

Zui Ba- Mouth