Mandarin Monthly Update #4

1W has continued to work on the topic Body Parts building on their vocabulary and learning new words. They are practicing how to write these new characters as well as build on their knowledge of fundamental Chinese characters.

Yr2. The students are continuing with the textbook中文 lesson 7. The students are building their reading skills through thorough examination of the stories in the textbook. The students are also singing and learning rhymes and tongue twisters to improve their oral skills.

Yr3. The students have progressed in their learning of pin yin to include tone marks. The next step will be to begin Chinese Made Easy and begin more writing and reading.

Yr4. The students have begun reading the passages in their textbook. Topics include key words that are related to growing up. They have been copying the text and key words while also learning how to form sentences.

Yr5  The students have moved onto the next topic Body Parts. Students are learning key words to describe themselves and their classmates. They are learning this topic through skits and role plays as well as forming sentences to describe their classmates.

Yr6. The students are moving through the textbook very well, learning new key words and how to form more creative sentences. They are building their writing skills as well by writing long free form pieces in class to challenge their memory and creativity.

1L:  We are learning about animals in Mandarin. Students should be able to recognise the characters of: 狗，猫，兔 etc. They also practise strokes of Chinese writing.

Year 2:  We have been learning about sports and weather in Mandarin. The children should be able to say a rhyme about sports activities and sing a weather song in Mandarin. They also practise Chinese character recognition as well as strokes of Chinese writing.

Year 3:  We have learned the texts： “买东西” ， “加横歌“ .  We have added a “加竖歌”.  Students will also have a chance to practise more oral Mandarin in a ” 猜谜语” activity in class.

Year 4:  We are learning about zoo animals. Students will be able to carry out a conversation: “going to a zoo” in Mandarin. We also practise Chinese character recognition and character writing following proper stroke orders.

Year 5: We have learned the texts of “狼和小羊“，“聪明的小羊”，and “狐狸和葡萄”. Students will continue practise their story writing skill with “续写故事“.

Year 6: We have been practising on the topics of “seasons”, “weather” and “clothes”.   We also practise reading comprehension as well as composition writing.