In Grade 3 we went to different stations in class to talk about what our family bought in holiday and how it cost.
In Grade 4 we worked in groups to review the previous words about house.
In G5 we were using visual aides to talk about our holiday and what we did and felt.
In Mandarin in K1 we are learning to:
Learning the numbers in Mandarin is not too difficult. As you may have found, number one is written as one straight line, such as一, while number two has two lines, as二. In details, the numbers from 1 to 10 are: 一 yī (One) 二 èr (Two) 三 sān (Three) 四 sì (four) 五 wǔ (five) 六 liù (Six) 七 qī (Seven) 八 bā (Eight) 九 jiǔ (Nine) 十 shí (ten) I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning this topic. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose numbers 1-20. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. When we finished making the book about Mid-Autumn Festival, we started to learn about fish.
In Mandarin in K2 we are learning to: 1.Say the names of fish and other sea creatures in Mandarin 2. Ask and answer questions using the sentence patterns Learning the basic words about the creatures in the sea is not that hard. As you may have discovered, the word鱼yú (fish) is the root word for all kinds of fish. However, some creatures may have a name ending with鱼yú (fish) , although they are not fish. In details, the names of the creatures are: 鱼 yú (fish) 八爪鱼 bā zhǎo yú (octopus) 鲸鱼 jīng yú (whale) 鲨鱼 shā yú (shark) 虾 xiā (shrimp) 螃蟹 páng xie (crab) The sentence patterns are: 这是鱼吗? zhè shì yú ma? (Is this a fish?) 我不知道。 Wǒ bù zhī dao. (I don't know.) 这不是鱼。 zhè bú shì yú. (This is not a fish.) I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning the names of fish and others. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose fish and others. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. In Mandarin in G3 we are learning to:
Learning about price in Mandarin is not too difficult. In speaking, we use 块kuài after the number as “dollor”. In details, the words of money are: 钱 qián (money) 多少钱? duō shǎo qián? (How much does it cost?) 一块 yí kuài (1 dollar) 两块 liǎng kuài (2 dollars) 三块 sān kuài (3 dollars) 五块 wǔ kuài (5 dollars) 十块 shí kuài (10 dollars) 十一块 shí yī kuài (11 dollars) 一百块 yì bǎi kuài (100 dollars) 一块五 yí kuài wǔ (1 dollar and 50 cents) I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning the this topic. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose money. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. |
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