In Grade 5 we worked on the poster of our school and wrote down the Chinese characters.
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In Grade 1 we were making a book about ourselves in Pinyin ( Chinese alphabet) or Chinese characters.
In Mandarin in G2 we are learning to:
Learning the basic Chinese characters is not too difficult. As you may have known, the basic Chinese characters were developed from pictures long ago. In datails, the basic Chinese characters-1 are: 汉字 hàn zì (Chinese character) 木 mù (wood;tree) 人 rén (people) 门 mén (door) 雨 yǔ (rain) 中 zhōng (middle) 川 chuān (river) 田 tián (field) 男 nán (man) 女 nǚ (woman) 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 Basic Chinese characters-1. 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 G4 we are learning to:
We use the words about classroom to give and follow instructions. In details, the words about classroom are: 教室 jiào shì ( classroom) 白板 bái bǎn ( white board) 桌子 zhuō zi ( desk) 椅子 yǐ zi ( chair) 书架 shū jià ( book shelf) 地毯 dì tǎn ( carpet) 空调 kōng tiáo ( air-conditioner) 纸 zhǐ ( paper) 文具 wén jù ( stationery) 垃圾桶 lā jī tǒng ( trash bin) 你去哪里? Nǐ qù nǎ li? ( Where are you going?) 我去教室。 Wǒ qù jiào shì. ( I am going to the classroom.) 你的教室在几楼? Nǐ de jiào shì zài jǐ lóu? ( Which floor is your classroom?) 我的教室在三楼。 Wǒ de jiào shì zài sān lóu. ( My classroom is on the third floor.) 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 classroom. 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 G5 we are learning to:
As you may have found, there are some root words, such as 学xué (study), 室shì ( room) to form new words. In details, the words of school are: 学校 xué xiào ( school) 教学楼 jiào xué lóu ( classroom building) 教室 jiào shì ( classroom) 图书馆 tú shū guǎn ( library) 礼堂 lǐ táng ( hall) 食堂 shí táng ( canteen) 厕所 cè suǒ ( toilet) 走廊 zǒu láng ( corridor) 游乐场 yóu lè chǎng ( playground) 操场 cāo chǎng ( field) 办公室 bàn gōng shì ( office) 医务室 yī wù shì ( nurse's room) 你的教室在几楼? Nǐ de jiào shì zài jǐ lóu? ( Which floor is your classroom on?) 我的教室在二楼。 Wǒ de jiào shì zài èr lóu. ( My classroom is on the second floor.) 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 words of this topic. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose school. 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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