Best Strategies: Brainstorm Essential Questions
Essential Questions are the focus of Personalized Learning. Students are encouraged to develop questions that they want to explore.
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Preschool
Which Type of a Classroom do you have?
As we move toward Personalized Learning in the Chinese classroom, our role as teachers need to change.
We move from:
Teachers plan topics or themes to t... Read More...
My Word Mat: Hobbies
Use this Word Mat for students to rehearse a short talk about the hobbies they like or dislike.
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My Word Mats: School Subjects
Use the School Subjects Word Mat to help students talk about the school subjects they like to study.
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My Word Mat: Sports
Students will use this Sports Mat to rehearse a talk about sports they like to play.
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My Word Mat: Colors
Help students read characters and speak about their favorite colors.
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My Word Mat: Transport
Use this Word Mat to help students talk about what transportation they use to get to school or go shopping.
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My Word Mat: Clothing
Download the Clothing Word Mat to help students speak about their clothing.
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My Word Mat: Animals
Download the Animals Word Mat.
Students will use the Mat to create their own sentences about what animals they have.
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My Word Mat: My Family
Download the Family Map
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My Word Mat: Fruit
A Word Map is a useful resource for students to learn and practice new vocabulary.
This Word Map is focused on fruit: apples, oranges, grapes, bananas etc.,
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Math: Number Line 1-10
Each PDF includes 3 Number Lines of numbers 1-10.
Download the PDF and tape onto each student's desk for easy referral.
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1-10 Counting Cards
Use these Number Cards to help students match objects with Chinese characters.
Give students objects (sticks, colored paper squares, feathers, buttons etc.,)... Read More...
Flashcards: Animal Puppets
Puppets are a great way for students to practice their language skills.
Download the 11 page PDF of puppet faces. Print the PDF and attach the images to craf... Read More...
Printable Mini-book: The Small White Rabbit
Download the mini-book: The Small White Rabbit.
Vocabulary:
小白兔， 白又白
Xiăo bái tù, bái yòu bái,
Tiny white rabbit, white so white,
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Printable Mini-book: Where are you going? 你去哪里？
Download the printable mini-book: Where are you going?
Vocabulary includes:
你去哪里？
公园
学校
医院
电影院
餐馆
超市
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Math: Fill in the Gap (Counting)
Fill in the gap worksheet - Math
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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...
Math： Touch and Count Mat
Students will use blocks, counters, paper squares to touch and count objects.
They will then trace around the objects matching the correct characters.
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Color: Red 红
Ideas for introducing the color - red 红
Materials
Print the 红 flashcard
Print the Student Worksheet - 红
Prepare a Mystery Bag with a few balloons i... Read More...