In G3 we shared different strategies to read paragraphs and answer questions.
In Mandarin in G3 we are learning to:
Learning the basic words about the vehicles is not that hard. In details, the names of the vehicles are: 巴士 bā shì (bus) 德士 dé shì (taxi) 地铁 dì tiě (MRT) 船 chuán (boat) 飞机 fēi jī (aeroplane) 你怎么上学? Nǐ zěn me shàng xué? (How do you go to school?) 我坐巴士。 Wǒ zuò bā shì. (I take the bus.) 我坐地铁。 Wǒ zuò dì tiě. (I take the MRT.) 我走路上学。 Wǒ zǒu lù shàng xué. (I walk to school.) 妈妈开车。 Mā ma kāi chē. (Mum drives a car.) 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 the vehicles. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose “more vehicles”. 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 the basic words about the vehicles ( the车chē car group) is not that hard. As you may have discovered, the word车chē is the root word for many vehicles. In details, the names of the vehicles are: 汽车 qì chē-car 校车 xiào chē-school bus 火车 huǒ chē-train 摩托车 mó tuó chē-motorcycle 警车 jǐng chē-police car 救火车 jiù huǒ chē-fire engine 救护车 jiù hù chē-ambulance 自行车 zì xíng chē-bicycle 我坐校车上学。 Wǒ zuò xiào chē shàng xué.-I go to school by school bus. 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 the vehicles. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose car. 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 the names of the the food (3 meals) in Mandarin is not too difficult. As 饭 (“fàn”, meaning “meal”, “rice”)is the root word for many phrases, it is easy to connect different words and extend vocabulary. Some of the names of the food are: 早饭 zǎo fàn - breakfast 午饭 wǔ fàn - lunch 晚饭 wǎn fàn - dinner 点心 diǎn xīn - snack 麦片 mài piàn- cereal 水 shuǐ - water 果汁 guǒ zhī - juice 饼干 bǐng gān - biscuits 月饼 yuè bǐng - mooncakes 比萨 bĭ sà – pizza 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 topic. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose food-3 meals. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 If your child can already say the names of food then: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/mandarin/food_and_drink/chinese_food/ will give some ideas on how to extend their vocabulary. 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 the names of vegetables in Mandarin is not too difficult. As you may have discovered, there is a Chinese character肉ròu means “meat”as a base word. In details, the words of meat are: 肉 ròu (meat) 鸡肉 jī ròu (chicken meat) 牛肉 niú ròu (beef) 羊肉 yáng ròu (mutton) 猪肉 zhū ròu (pork) 鱼肉 yú ròu (fish meat) 牛排 niú pái (steak) 牛奶 niú nǎi (milk) 奶酪 nǎi lào (cheese) 牛油 niú yóu (butter) 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 food-rou, the meat group. 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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