30 Sep 2016

Mandarin Monthly Update #2

1F – Students will be making connections to their UOI in the classroom by learning about the roles of people who are part of our communities.

Year 2 – Students in Year Two will be learning children’s rhymes “数数手指头“，”大小月“ 和 ”猜谜语“。

Year 3 – Students in Year Three will continue to learn the Pinyin system. They will also develop their oral communication skills by participating in role plays in Mandarin.

Year 4 – Students in Year Four will learn 在医院里，虚惊一场，和猜一猜 in the coming weeks. They will learn to write their own poems and share them with the class.

Year 5 – Students in Year Five will be learning stories such as 司马光救人，乌鸦喝水和玲玲的话。They will also be making connections to the unit of “Where we are in place and time” by designing their own family trees in Mandarin.

Year 6 – Students in Year Six will focus on the following topics in the next few weeks: colours, physical descriptions and different subjects in school.

1W The Year Ones have been settling into school excellently. They seem to thoroughly enjoy the stories we read in Mandarin at the beginning of most lessons. We have started our first topic of numbers and the students are progressing well.

Yr2. The students have begun forming sentences with some key characters we have learnt. We also begin every lesson with a story in Mandarin to improve their listening and comprehension.

Yr3. The children are progressing well with learning pin yin. We have been learning rhymes using the sounds we have learnt from practicing our pin yin and the children are improving their pronunciation and listening skills.

Yr4. Children have begun 小学华文1B chapter 13 送颜色。In this chapter children are understanding metaphors and more creative writing.

Yr5 The students have been learning about zoos and zodiac animals. We have also been using the dictionary to expand our vocabulary whilst learning about radicals and why they are important.

Yr6. The students are on chapter 3 titled “The Ocean World”. We are using this chapter to learn how to write longer more creative compositions. Our goal is to complete a piece of writing each week.

1L: Students are learning about numbers and polite expressions in Mandarin. They also practice strokes of Chinese writing.

Year 2: We have been learning about body parts in Mandarin. The children should be able to describe a person’s appearance including hair styles in Mandarin.

Year 3: We have learned the texts： “教室里” ， “我长大了“ and “放学了“. We have also learned Chinese pinyin and practised Chinese character input through pinyin.

Year 4: We have been learning how to ask and tell telephone numbers and addresses in Mandarin. We also practice Chinese character recognition and character writing following proper stroke orders.

Year 5: We have learned the texts ”四只小兔“， “上餐馆”， “晚餐” and “加油站”。 Students have also been learning and practising a Chinese rap “我爱中国菜“ .

Year 6: We have been practising on the topics of “daily routine” and “Chinese festivals”. We have learned the texts “年的传说” and ”三年坡“ . We also practice Chinese character recognition as well as composition writing.

Getting organised for Mandarin lessons

If your child has been given a Mandarin folder (including textbooks, activity books and exercise books), she/he needs to bring it to every Mandarin lesson.

Home Learning

Home Learning is usually given out in the first lesson of the week and due a week later.
Some classes will have weekly written tasks while other classes may be given oral practice only.
The amount of home learning varies from class to class. It usually includes reading aloud, copying Chinese characters, writing sentences, reading storybooks, writing book reports, preparing for dictations etc.
Please let your teacher know if you have trouble completing your home learning on time.

Taking Care of Books

The replacement costs for books lost are as follows: