Final, finally....

☆★☆  School starts 9:00 am this coming Saturday.  ★☆★

The school year has come to an end. 

Thank you all for your efforts (although I do think some of you could have done better).

謝謝那天為大家表演的同學：

小提琴：明芳，沁岩，梓盈

Clarinet (單簧管 or 黑管)：梓盈

唱歌：幸俐

圖畫分享：妍君

謝謝同學們的爸爸媽媽和爺爺奶奶。

希望大家放假時，還會記得練習中文。

哦，別忘了，第十課是你們的暑假作業！

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第十課

演   趕   由   輪   騎   慢   妖   鬼   消   提   步   盡   除   需   情   改   stop

2011-05-07 The Final is coming

Homework:

1. Workbook 9-2

2. Study Lessons 7 - 9 for final exam.

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Post-exam celebration party:

It's a time for you to share your interests, talents, or stories with the class.
Some of you have signed up to sing or play a musical instrument.
Many of you play piano but we can't have a piano available in our class, so please think of something else that you can bring and share.
I'll prepare some snacks for you.  You can bring something for yourself, or for the class if you like.

Parents are welcome to join us.

2011-04-30 Three more weeks to go!

Homework:

1. Workbook 9-1

2. pp. 88 & 90, copy 生字 和 詞語  一次, with 注音，Pinyin, and English meanings for 詞語。

3. Quiz on Lesson 9 詞語。

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第九課 生字

觀   歷   史   博   館   科   建   印   越   保   祖   留   移   選   票   量   stop




*Click to generate your own vocabulary.

2011-04-23 加油

Homework:

1. Workbook 8-3

2. Lesson 9, p. 88, 生字 + 注音 兩次；phrases + English meaning，一次。

3. Read "說故事", pp. 92-95.

4. Prepare for Quiz on Lesson 8, the whole lesson.

2011-04-16 識字比賽完畢

Sorry, I don't know the scores yet.
I'll check with the Principal before class next Saturday.

Homework:

1. Workbook 8-2

2. Copy sentences for 讓 on p. 81, all six of them, with Eng. translation.

3. 造句：(Make your own sentence.  Be creative.)
    a. 雖然..... 可是 .......

    b. 總共

    c. 總是

4. Prepare for Quiz on the phrases of Lesson 8.
    Instead of giving you phrases in Chinese and having your write down English meaning, this time we'll do it the other way around.

2011-04-09 Vote ; Sign up

Dear parents,

We had the students take home a couple of forms on 4/02.  One is the voting ballot for school board and the other is a sign-up sheet for volunteering in the event of Festival of Nations.  Please get the forms from your kid, complete them, and return them to me this Saturday.  Your support are greatly appreciated.

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Homework:

1. Read Lesson 8 課文 （pp. 76,77)；do Workbook 8-1

2. Copy sentences on p. 80, and translate the sentences into English.

3. Prepare for 識字比賽。
    第三冊：1-10 課
    第四冊：1-9 課
    第五冊：1-7 課

    * There are three rounds:
    1st round: 10 字 from 第五冊，read out the characters correctly, and make one phrase for each character within 20 seconds.
    2nd round: 10 字 from 第四 +五冊，read out the characters correctly, and make one phrase for each character within 20 seconds.
    3rd round: 10 字 from 第三 + 四 + 五冊，read out the characters correctly, and make two phrases for each character within 30 seconds.

    Our class will do the contest in the 1st period, so please be on time.

第八課生字2,p.80

官   華   讓   件   總   統   福   雖   stop


*Click to generate your own vocabulary.

2011-04-02 Homework

Homework:

1. Prepare for quiz on Lesson 7.

2. Prepare for 識字比賽。

3. Lesson 8:
    a. Copy 生字 and 詞語 on p.78： 中文，注音，Pinyin， 英文deffinition。（二次）

    b. Complete the "報名表" on  p.79.

    c. Copy those sentences (most of them are from pp. 78-79) and translate them into English.

        你 覺 得 什 麼 樣 的 人 最 勇 敢？

        你 敢 不 敢 聽 鬼 故 事？

        你 的 頭 怎 麼 受 傷 了？

        我 不 能 接 受 這 個 禮 物。

        天 氣 太 冷 了，真 是 受 不 了。

        我 不 能 忍 受 太 甜 的 食 物。


4. I can't post any more exercise on Lingtlanguage.com because I've used up the quota for free accounts.  Sorry to disappoint some of you.

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第八課生字-p.78

勇   敢   仗   退   兵   受   傷   性   stop




*Click to generate your own vocabulary.

2011-03-19 下個星期六放假！

親愛的同學們，下個星期六（3/26）放假，不用上課，不要來學校哦。

因為有兩個星期的時間，功課稍微多一點點。

1. Workbook 7-3.

2. Copy sentences under (p. 68) 舉辦，好處，（p.71) 接到，網，決定。


3. Memorize sentences in 課文 (pp. 66,67)：女生背“友友”；男生背“中中” （and 老師 背 “老師”）。

4. Click HERE to do some online exercise: when you are on that website, click on TCCLS-五年級；then “第七課練習”。Follow the instructions there.  When you finish, don't forget to click the "Submit" button on the page.

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Flower Garden 花園：來種花 (click on the black space.)

2011-03-12 開始第七課啦

In today's class, we did:

1. 練習 “識字比賽”：reviewed 第四冊的生字。

2. 發回期中考的考卷。

3. 練習詞語，pp. 68,70.

4. 練習句子，pp. 68,69.

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Homework:

1. Workbook 7-2.

2. p.70, 抄 生字 + 詞語 （注音，Pinyin, and 英文definition），一次。

3. p.69, 背 conversation under "辦" （總共六句）。

4. 準備小考：生字+注音 and 詞語的英文意思

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第七課生字

投   傳   接   隊   網   棒   決   專   辦   短   營   迎   參   政   府   練   stop


*Click to generate your own vocabulary.

2011-03-05 期中考

功課：

1. 抄寫 第六課 p.60　生字 + 注音 （兩次）

2. 抄寫 第七課 p.68   生字 + 詞語 + 詞語的English definition ，都要寫 注音 （一次）

3. Workbook 7-1

下個星期沒有 quiz ！

2011-02-26 Mid-term exam is coming

第六課 生字

陪   部   體   剛   類   燒   炒   骨   零   乾   麵   付   推   健   康   管   stop


*Click to generate your own vocabulary.

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Class notes: （We covered pp. 58-61.  Study everything on those pages. )

1. 陪 and 部 looks similar, make sure you know which is which and know how to use them in sentences.
    (禮惟 suggested a way to help you memorize it: 陪's Pinyin,  "pei2", startng with "p", which looks like the “阝” and both of them are on the left side.)

2. 部：section; department.  vs.  類: kind, type, category

3. 市: a. city--ex. 台北市，紐約市；b. market--市場，上市
    上市：become available on the market (not "upper city")

4. 剛剛，剛才，剛好，剛...就....
    （For those who missed today's class---handout download: 第六課補充)

5. We learned a few movie types (電影類別)：
    功夫片 (martial arts/kung-fu);
    卡通片 (cartoon);
    喜 ju4 片 (comedy);
    愛情片 (romance);
    動畫片 (anime);
    動作片 (action);

6. 推 push  <--> 拉 pull
    推來推去：push around;
    跑來跑去，走來走去，看來看去，跳來跳去。。。

7. 零食：snack （not junk food; there are healthy snacks)
    零用錢(= 零花錢）：allowance；pocket money.
    零錢：change, coins
    零花：spend money on small things.

8. 管理；整理

9. 部分：part.   大部分：big part; majority.
    ex. 媽媽包的餃子大部分都被我吃了。

10. 健康：a. health - 吃太多糖對健康不好。
                  b. healthy - 我的身體很健康。

11. 毛毛雨：(nothing to do with hair or feather...) drizzle; sprinkle.
      John 問: 外面下雨了嗎？  
      Mary 說: 只是毛毛雨。

12. 路面：road surface  （not "deer face" ^_^)

13. List words that look similar and learn the difference:
      a. 桃，逃，跳，挑
      b. 少，炒，吵，抄(copy by hand), 秒
      c. 推，誰，難，雞，雖，準，隻
      d. 頁，類，頭，順，題，願

14. 菜單：menu

15. We did an exercise in class, if you didn't finish in class and like to work on it, download the file here.
(I'll upload a copy with answers Wednesday. Come back to download the file for study.)
Exercise with Answer: click to download


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Homework:

1. Workbook 6-2 (all), and pp. 107, 108.  (pp. 103-106 are optional.)

2. Study for midterm exam (03/05).  Lessons to be tested on are 4, 5, and 6 (excluding "說故事" of Lesson 6）.

    *Questions on Lesson 6 will be easier because we only spend 3 hours on it.
  
    *Basic requirements are: new characters in these lessons--be able to recognize them, know their meanings and pronunciations (注音）, and know how to use them in phrases and sentences.

    *As what we did before, study the example sentences on the textbook, your Workbook questions, and the quizzes.

2011-02-19

Homework:

1. Workbook 6-1

2. p. 58. copy 生字 and 詞語，including Chinese，注音，Pinyin, and English definittion. （一次）

3. Read "說故事" of Lesson 6.

4. Review 第四冊的生字和詞語。(I forgot to list this item on the board.)

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第五課 生字

幫   痛   順   作   破   廢   效   司   禮   券   準   備   超   級   冊   造   stop


*Click to generate your own vocabulary.

2011-02-12 Lesson 5, Done.

Sorry I'm late again in updating.

Homework:

1. Workbook 5-3

2. Study Lesson 5 for quiz on next Saturday.

3. Prepare for 識字比賽：review 四年級課本的第一課～第五課，生字和詞語。(No need to write, just review and make sure you know the characters and can make 2 phrases for each character.)

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Study guide for Lesson 5

1. 生字 + 詞語(especailly those used in 課文）。

2. 句子練習：especially 準備，準時，順便，V+起來。。。

3. Homework

4. PP. 54-55:  Know these phrases --
     名片= business card ，包裝紙 = wrapping paper ，
     化學藥品 = chemical ，污染 = pollution ，回收 = recycle 。

2011-01-29 Chinese Lunar New Year Is Coming

Dear class,

We're going to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year this coming Saturday (Feb. 05).  You don't have to bring your textbook or homework to school, but do bring a bag with you.

The assignment I gave you is for 2 weeks.  Hand in the written part on 2/12.

1. Send me an email:
    This is optional.  Do this only when you do use email regularly and when your parents permit you to give out your email address.  I won't send you junk mail or disclose your email to others.  It will be used solely for sending you information regarding our class.

2. Visit my blog:
    In addition to the weekly assignment, I'll put extra learning material here, so please make it a habit to visit this blog regularly.  Use the resource (links to other websites) provided here too.

3. Complete Workbook pp. 77-84.
    If you haven't done pp. 73-76, do those pages too.

4. Copy 生字 and 詞語 （中文 + 注音）on p. 50, 一次。

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歌曲：恭喜恭喜



每條大街小巷 每個人的嘴裡
見面第一句話 就是恭喜恭喜
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀 恭喜恭喜恭喜你

冬天已到盡頭 真是好的消息
溫暖的春風 吹醒了大地
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀 恭喜恭喜恭喜你

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歌曲：恭喜發財歌



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This girl is cute.  Can you understand what she was singing?

2011-01-22

Dear class,

If you miss school, it's your responsibility to make up what you have missed and to find out what the homework is.  You can ask your classmates, call me, or check it here.  "I wasn't here last week" is not an acceptable excuse for not doing your homework.  I know you may not care about my reaction or even about flunking Chinese, but ....whose loss is it if you don't learn as much as you possibly can in my class?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What we did in class:

1. Read 課文，and explained the following terms:

    一大包；講義；知道 vs 認識 vs 明白；對照；果然不錯
    不到三十分鐘 = 三十分鐘之內  (but not  “不到三十分鐘之內”）

2. Practiced some sentence patterns:

    a.  一 ......  就 .....
        ex. 我 一 回家 就 玩電動。
             老師 一 進教室，就 開始考試。

    b. 看起來....., 其實.......
        ex. 中文看起來很難，其實不難。
              那個電動遊戲看起來很好玩，其實不好玩。

3. Reviewed Workbook 4-2

4. Started Lesson 5:  read 課文，and learned 禮券，準備，超級
    (pp. 46-48)

5. Quiz

Homework:

1. Workbook pp. 73,74 (yes, just two pages)
2. 抄寫 p.48 詞語(not 生字）兩次，including 中文，注音，Pinyin，and 英文。
3. Read “故事”, pp. 52-55. (Read out LOUD; Ask your mom or dad to listen if possible.)
4. Next week, we'll have quiz on the phrases on p. 48;  Matching + Pinyin
5. Watch the demo below on correct stroke orders for 生字 in Lesson 5.

第五課生字 part 1

禮   券   準   備   超   級   冊   造   stop


*Click to generate your own vocabulary.

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Video: Handmade paper

你也可以試試看！
(Ask your mom before you use the blender to make paper pulp.)




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2011-01-15 How can you improve your learning (and grade)?

There's probably no "best" learning style that fits everyone. However, I think there're basic steps that will definitely help us get satisfactory, if not outstanding, results. One of them is to DO YOUR HOMEWORK FAITHFULLY.  Start now if you haven't been doing so.


Don't try the following:

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This week's homework:

1. Workbook 4-3
2. Prepare for quiz on Lesson 4.

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2011-01-08 Spring Semester Started

大家都要寫功課。。。

1. Workbook 4-2

2. pp.38,39--memorize sentences

3. Next Saturday, we'll have quiz on the phrases in the "new characters boxes" on pp.38 & 40, including Chinese to English and English to Chinese test.

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Here are a few video clips on Taipei International Flora Expo (花卉博覽會):

1. Pavilion of Dream



2. 夢想劇場







3. Trailer of "The First Lily"

Learn correct stroke order

第四課生字

筆順練習：Click on the character and watch its correct stroke order.

Chinese Vocabulary

室   詩   鐘   背   霜   望   低   鄉   獎   圖   松   採   深   難   識   題   stop



*Click to generate your own vocabulary.

Flashcard game

Click on the blocks to see part of a character. See how fast you can guess it right.

Flash Card Game Creator: G. S. Yan

2011-01-02 新年快樂

放假的時間總是過得特別快，大家是不是都過了一個開心快樂的假期？有沒有吃很多好吃的食物？體重增加了嗎？不管怎樣，祝福大家在新的一年裡.....

健康快樂
中文越說越好！


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一月八日中文學校開始上課，大家不要忘了哦！
還有，如果你還沒做完寒假作業，要趕快開始寫。。。
(Chinese School resumes on Jan. 8.  Don't forget to finish your winter vacation assignment before Saturday.)

1.  Read textbook, Lesson 4, pp. 36,37, 42-45.
2.  pp.38 & 40: copy "詞語“, including Chinese, 注音, and English meaning. ==>Twice
3.  Workbook 4-1.