Back To School Commands
During the school year, it is important to remind students of different classroom instructions - raise your hand, quietly, please say it again etc.,
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Classroom Management
Classroom Rules: Inquiry Lesson Plans/Flashcards
This 22 page document includes lesson plans, flashcards and worksheets to introduce class rules to students. The teacher will encourage students to brainstorm t... Read More...
Set of Posters: Survival Phrases
Use these posters to help student use Chinese in the classroom. Phrases include: sorry, excuse me, thanks, what is this?, I don't understand, How do you say?, P... Read More...
Set of Posters: Classroom Phrases
Download and print these classroom phrases that are commonly used in the language classroom. Each poster includes characters, English and pinyin.
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Best Strategies: Talk Partners
Students need lots of practice speaking Chinese. From day one, assign a partner for each student to call their 'Talk Partner'.
The Talk Partner is a great wa... Read More...
看一看，听一听 Posters
Use the posters to get the attention of young students at the beginning of the school year.
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Set up a Shop in the Classroom
Set up a shop in the Chinese language classroom to allow students to practice speaking Chinese. This is a great activity for very young learners.
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Best Practices: Learning Outcomes
A few years back, the language teacher would plan lessons, teach the students, and then assess the students. The teacher rarely shared learning outcomes or crit... Read More...
Notes Home To Parents
A great way to give positive reinforcement and connect school with home, are these Notes Home To Parents.
During the lesson, keep an eye out for students who... Read More...
My Learning Goals
At the beginning of the new school year, students will draw their portrait and then plan one goal for their Chinese class. (For example: Improve my pronunciatio... Read More...
看一看，听一听 Flashcards
Use these flashcards to engage students in the Chinese language classroom.
Download Look flashcard
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Good Morning Sign 早上好
Use this downloadable sign 早上好 and use with students to recognize the characters for Good Morning.
Download Good Morning signs for students
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Transitions in the Chinese Classroom
When students transition between activities, teachers can provide students with a way to smoothly transition.
Download the ideas for transitions here.
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Presentation: Top 10 Tips For Classroom Management
Classroom Management is important in all language classrooms. It is important to establish a positive environment for successful learning. Classroom Management ... Read More...
Classroom Management: Awards for students
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Different Types of Chinese Classrooms (Teacher Video)
Part 1: The Different Types of Classrooms
Part 2: How do students learn best?
Part 3: What are my Expectations?
Start the Course here:
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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...
First week Signs – “I want to use the bathroom”
Download the toilet_sign and the "I want to use the Bathroom" ... Read More...
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...
Expectations in the Classroom – Printable Posters
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Cooperative Learning Reflection Sheet (students)
After groups work together it is important for students to reflect on how well they worked together. Students need to think how best they can improve in their t... Read More...
Working Together Skills
At the beginning of the school year, it is important to explain to students what you want to hear, and see when students are working in groups.
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Best Strategies: Cooperative Learning Checklist for Teachers
Cooperative learning in the language classroom is a highly effective strategy. Students work as a team to research a topic, solve a problem, or complete a task.... Read More...
Our Classroom Rules
Download a color version and black and white version of our Classroom Rules.
Students can color their own rules and make them into a mini-book.
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Our Class Rules
Our Class Rules include:
Looking Eyes
Listening Ears
Quiet Mouth
Helping Hands
Walking Feet
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Need to manage the noise level in your classroom?
Download the Voice Levels poster for your classroom. The teacher can use clothespins to show what voice level students should be using at any time, during the l... Read More...
Classroom Expectations
From the very first day, teachers need to ensure students understand what is expected of them during the school year.
It is important to have the Rules / Exp... Read More...
Stand, sit, dance, hands up – Commands for Preschoolers
the Ppt to teach simple commands to young learners.
Download Commands here. - sit, stand, dance, hands up, quiet.... Read More...
Flashcard/Poster: Slow Down
Download the Poster - Slow Down - Use the poster to help students slow down when reading or speaking Chinese.... Read More...
Incentives: Chinese Coupons
Why not have a 买东西 Shopping Day one day a month, when students can exchange coupons they receive for small Chinese artifacts?
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Differentiation: A mixed ability class
It is very common to have a mixed ability class of students. Some may be native speakers, others may have learned Chinese for a short time, and some students ma... 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...
Speaking: Talk Partners
Every month I assign Talk Partners for my students. A Talk Partner is another student who supports and responds during free-talk time. Students have the same Ta... 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...