This is a quick review of what we learned this week. Please review or catch up, if you missed the class. ^o^

Review

Gongxigongxi song & Chinese rap
Please practice at home. We will have a rehearsal at auditorium on 1/21.
Check the bottom part of contents of Week 11.

Learn

Lesson 5 The balloons flew away. “What color do you like?”

Handout can be downloaded here.

How to say it?

What date is today?

(Related to Lesson 16)
The characters of 月(yue4) and 日(ri4).
Handout can be downloaded here.

How to say it?

今天是幾月幾日? (What date is it today?) 今天是五月一日。(Today is May 1st.) 你的生日是幾月幾日? (When is your birthday?) 我的生日是十月十五日。(My birthday is October 15th.) 生日快樂! (Happy Birthday!) 謝謝。

Happy Birthday Song

The lyrics can be downloaded here.

How to sing it?

Activities

Complete the drawing of “the colors you and one of your family members like” and “my birthday.”

Homework

1. Poster contest: School life. You still can turn it in this coming Saturday for 10 tickets.(1/14)
2. Handouts of lesson 5 and 16 for 7 pages
3. For those who participates in the Chinese rap, please try to memorize your lines. We will have a rehearsal at auditorium on 1/21.
4. For older kids, please start to do lesson 5 and lesson 16 of your workbooks and turn them in to Sun laoshi (our TA.) It is OK that you don’t know how to do some of it. Just bring your workbooks and we will help you.

This is a quick review of what we learned this week. Please review or catch up, if you missed the class. ^o^

Review

All songs + gongxigongxi song
Chinese rap
Lesson 6, 10, 11, 14, 30 with CD-ROM

Activities

Student presentation: I like to _____ and _____. And sing three songs!
You guys rock!!^0^ Good job!!

Cultural exposures

Learn about “Chinese characters” and the “Chinese dragon”.
Watch the authentic DVD for children who live in Taiwan and China. See how much you understand ^0^

Homework

A. Poster contest: School life
Please turn them in on 1/7 for 10 tickets! ^0^
If you forgot to bring the drawing paper home or lost it, just use a 11’x14’ drawing paper for it.^0^

Please encourage your kids to do this if they like to draw.


B. Review Gong xi Gong Xi song for our Chinese New Year Performance.

How to say it?
How to sing it?

C. Daniel, David, Max, Henry, Elsie, Josie and Colin,
Please practice the Chinese rapping at home. I will ask you to read together in the class and we will decide the lines for you to memorize on January 7.
The performance is on January 28. This is open to all students. If your child also wants to do the rap, please practice at home. We will work out the lines and their corresponding performers on January 7.^0^

RAP

The progress reports will be distributed on 1/7.^0^
Everyone is doing so great^0^!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! ^0^

Check the calendar (Weekly themes) here!