My Goals for the New School Year
At the beginning of the new school year, students will choose their own goals to achieve in Chinese classrooms.
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Back to School
How To Introduce a Book (Reading Chinese)
Reading a story to students is not sufficient to build effective readers of Chinese.
There are 3 steps to introducing a new book to students and each step en... Read More...
Presentation: The Fundamentals Of Teaching Chinese
When you start out as a teacher of Chinese, what are the important things you need to know? In this presentation, we will explore what to prepare you ... Read More...
Simple Commands: Robot Game
Download the cue cards for a simple Roleplay.
Students will learn sit, stand, dance, etc., and be a robot to take commands from classmates.... Read More...
Classroom Management: Awards for students
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The Hello Song 你好
Teach students: 你好，你好吗，我很好，谢谢你 using this song.
Download Greeting Flashcards
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Kindergarten Immersion: Week 2
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...
Classroom Management: Do you remember?
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...
Calendar and Weather Signs
Download the Calendar and Weather signs
Use the Calendar to ask students what the season is and explore weather words.
Vocabulary includes:
Summer
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Days of the Week: Lanterns Display
Download the Lanterns Days of the week( 星期天）
Download the Lanterns - Days of the Week Display ( 星期日）
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First week Signs – “I want to use the bathroom”
Download the toilet_sign and the "I want to use the Bathroom" ... Read More...
Chinese Months Cards
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Weather Cards
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Essential Posters for the Immersion Classroom
In an Immersion class, it is important to have visual cues around the classroom. The emphasis is comprehension, so many images and props need to be used to help... Read More...
Kindergarten Immersion: Greetings Song for Morning Meeting
Students can make hand shapes and use them to sing this Greetings song during the Morning Meeting.
Download the Hands template: 你好 and 再见
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Best Strategies: Top Essentials needed to be an Immersion Teacher
The Top Seven Immersion Teaching Skills
VISUALS
1. The ability to use visuals is important. For students to learn a new language in meaningful contexts, te... Read More...
Printable Mini-Books: My Book Bag
Download My Backpack Mini-book
Words include:
Ruler: 尺子
Eraser: 橡皮
Book: 本子
Pencil： 铅笔
Book bag: 书包
What: 书包
Inside: 里
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Numbers 1-10 Posters – Rockets
Download the Rockets 1-10 for display in the classroom... Read More...
Number Posters to display in Classroom
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Expectations in the Classroom – Printable Posters
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New Pandas have arrived – 小宝 and 大宝 !
Download this Ppt to introduce students to the latest arrival of twin pandas in Macao.
Download the Ppt here
Vocabulary included:
两只
熊猫
年， 月，日
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First Day of High School Chinese
The first day of High School in a Chinese class sets the tone for the whole year.
Watch as this teacher, speaks no English, but uses gestures and body langua... Read More...
Introductions: Hello, I’m… I’m…years old
Use this simple t shirt template for students to write an introduction about themselves.
1. 你好
2. 我叫
3. 我 ___岁
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Look, Cover, Write, Check – Learn to write characters
I use a method called 'Look, Cover, Write, Check' to teach students how to write characters.
I do not use grids or memorization. After students explore the s... Read More...
Our Classroom Rules
Download our Classroom Rules or use them as a starting point to discuss what rules you and your students need in order for learning and teaching to take place i... Read More...
Suggest a Resource
We know how busy teachers of Chinese are, at the beginning of the school year.
Why not suggest a resource and we will help you plan lessons, create Ppts, or ... Read More...
Incentives: printable stickers
Download printable stickers #1 here
If you don't have sticker paper to print the stickers, you can cut out the stickers and students can paste them into a Re... Read More...
Classroom Management: Community Agreements
A great start for a new year is establishing a community in the Chinese language classroom. Students brainstorm how they will learn best in the classroom. The t... Read More...
What will our Chinese classroom be like?
At the beginning of the new school year, I plan the type of classroom I want. I ask students to think about what kind of classroom will allow them to learn eff... Read More...
Classroom Management: Sign for classroom
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School Timetable
School Timetable - Download the Timetable and use it for a Reading activity.
Students will read the Timetable and see when school subjects are being studied.... Read More...
My first Chinese characters Book for students
Starting off the new school year introducing Chinese radicals and simple characters is essential. It is important to break down the barrier that some students f... Read More...
Classroom Management in the Chinese classroom
Classroom Management in the Chinese classroom from Shaz Lawrence ... Read More...
Follow directions – Lesson outline
Download a Lesson Outline for students following commands... Read More...
The secrets of Chinese characters
Do your students know the secrets of Chinese characters?
This Ppt is a great way to introduce characters at the beginning of the school year.
Students mus... Read More...
Writing characters worksheet for students
This is a series of worksheets that I use at the beginning of the school year.
It includes activities for students to understand the space the characters tak... Read More...
Look, Cover, Write, Check – Writing characters
I do not use Writing Grids to learn characters. The system - Look, Cover, Write, Check instead asks students to look and focus on the shapes and strokes of a ch... Read More...
My Fun Day at School
Use the My Fun Day at School PDF to teach students classroom instructions, school supplies, and classroom routines at the beginning of a school year.... Read More...
Why Learn Chinese? Ppt
This is a great way to start the new school year by discussing reasons why learning Chinese is useful.
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Week 4 – Lesson Plans and worksheets
Learning outcomes_Week 4
Lesson plan - Week 4
'Hello I am' practice
Make your own passport
Nationalities
Hello goodbye - Week 4
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