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Unit 4 Connections
G1 is sorting out the old trains and new trains to show their understanding of the current unit.
G5 students are doing Quizlet.live to review the new vocabulary in Mandarin class !
G3 students are practising the conversation of asking the weather in Mandarin.
G4 students are presenting their holiday activities in Mandarin class.
Unit 3 Culture
G5 students worked in groups completing a food menu from different culture and did a role-play in Mandarin.
G4 summative task role-play of ordering food
G1 students are sharing their foods and drinks menu with their friends.
G3 students are working in groups to do a role-play of ordering foods.
G5 Book week activities in Mandarin class!
G4 students are creating stories in Mandarin class.
During book week, G1 students were exploring how to speak the characters that they chose in Mandarin, they also read Mandarin story books in pairs.
G3 students are making a food menu using the words they have learned.
G5 students are doing a role-play of celebration in Mandarin class!
G3&G5 students are writing Chinese calligraphy in Mandarin class
G1 students have learned fruits, vegetables and snacks in Mandarin, they are reviewing the new words through Quizlet in Mandarin class.
G5 have learned snacks, they made a snack menu and did a role play of ordering snacks in Mandarin class.
G3 students are playing UNO to learn fruits in Mandarin.
G4 students have learned drinks in Mandarin, they made a drink menu and did a role play of ordering drinks in Mandarin class.
Unit 2 Community
In Grade 5, students have learned the vocabulary of community and energy, they worked in groups making a future community and presented it to the class using directions words correctly. Students applied their previous knowledge of Energy when designing the 3D community. They understand the central idea and the key concepts of change and reflection by doling the project. After summative task, students did a personal reflection about their learning and ATLs.
In Grade4, students designed a 3D community and presented it to the class using a basic range of vocabulary and simple sentences. They have shown their understanding of the central idea and key concept of change. They did a reflection using One Star and One Wish.
In Grade3, students made a 3D school community and presented it to the class using simple sentences.
In Grade One, students made different houses working in groups and presented using simple sentences to the class. They understand people from different places live in different houses.
G3 students understand the concept of change by using a Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differences between their home country school and their current school community.
G4 students understand the concept of change by using a Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differences between their home country community and Singapore community.
In G5, students have learned the vocabulary of community, they are working in pairs to create games to practice the vocabulary that they have learned in Mandarin lessons.
In G5, we are learning:
Neighbourhood community
社区community,超市supermarket,市场market,巴士站bus stop,地铁站MRT station,银行bank,公园park,游泳池swimming pool,书店book store,上边up,下边down,左边left,右边right,前边front,后边back,旁边next to,中间middle,对面opposite,北边north,南边south,西边west,东边east
shè qū ,chāo shì ,shì chǎng ,bā shì zhàn ,dì tiě zhàn ,yín háng ,gōng yuán ,yóu yǒng chí ,shū diàn ,shàng biān ,xià biān ,zuǒ biān ,yòu biān ,qián biān ,hòu biān ,páng biān ,zhōng jiān ,duì miàn ,běi biān ,nán biān ,xī biān ,dōng biān
Energies:
可持续发展的社区 renewable community,可再生能源renewable energy,太阳能solar,风能wind power,水能water power,生物能biomass,地热能geothermal power,不可再生能源non-renewable energy,化石燃料fossil fuel,煤coal,石油petroleum,天然气natural gas,核能nuclear energy
kě chí xù fā zhǎn de shè qū ,lǜ sè ,huán bǎo ,zài lì yòng ,zài xún huán ,jiǎn shǎo ,kě zài shēng néng yuán ,tài yáng néng ,fēng néng ,shuǐ néng ,shēng wù néng ,dì rè néng ,bú kě zài shēng néng yuán ,huà shí rán liào ,méi ,shí yóu ,tiān rán qì ,hé néng
Sentences
Neighbourhood community
社区community,超市supermarket,市场market,巴士站bus stop,地铁站MRT station,银行bank,公园park,游泳池swimming pool,书店book store,上边up,下边down,左边left,右边right,前边front,后边back,旁边next to,中间middle,对面opposite,北边north,南边south,西边west,东边east
shè qū ,chāo shì ,shì chǎng ,bā shì zhàn ,dì tiě zhàn ,yín háng ,gōng yuán ,yóu yǒng chí ,shū diàn ,shàng biān ,xià biān ,zuǒ biān ,yòu biān ,qián biān ,hòu biān ,páng biān ,zhōng jiān ,duì miàn ,běi biān ,nán biān ,xī biān ,dōng biān
Energies:
可持续发展的社区 renewable community,可再生能源renewable energy,太阳能solar,风能wind power,水能water power,生物能biomass,地热能geothermal power,不可再生能源non-renewable energy,化石燃料fossil fuel,煤coal,石油petroleum,天然气natural gas,核能nuclear energy
kě chí xù fā zhǎn de shè qū ,lǜ sè ,huán bǎo ,zài lì yòng ,zài xún huán ,jiǎn shǎo ,kě zài shēng néng yuán ,tài yáng néng ,fēng néng ,shuǐ néng ,shēng wù néng ,dì rè néng ,bú kě zài shēng néng yuán ,huà shí rán liào ,méi ,shí yóu ,tiān rán qì ,hé néng
Sentences
- 我家附近有超市。
- 书店在前边。
- 银行在市场西边。
- 这是太阳能。
- 水能可以发电。
G3 students unpack the new unit Community through watching a video "Poriruro is my home". They inquired the new unit central idea and the concepts.
In G3, we are learning:
School community
School community
- 一楼 yī lóu level one
- 二楼 èr lóu level two
- 三楼 sān lóu level three
- 办公室 bàn gōng shì office
- 护士 hù shì nurse
- 校长室 xiào zhǎng shì principal's office
- 教室 jiào shì classroom
- 美术教室 měi shù jiào shì artroom
- 图书馆 tú shū guǎn library
- 食堂 shí táng canteen
- 礼堂 lǐ táng hall
- 音乐教室 yīn yuè jiào shì music room
- 运动场 yù dòng chǎng playground
- 你去哪儿? where are you going?
- 我去图书馆。 I go to library.
- 图书馆在哪儿? where is the library?
- 图书馆在一楼。 Library is in level one.
- 请问,去银行怎么走? Excuse me, where is the bank.
- 一直往前走,银行在超市左边。Go straight, the bank is on the left side of the supermarket.
G1 students are learning hobbies, school activities in Mandarin lessons, students are sharing their hobbies with their friends in Mandarin.
In G1, we are learning:
School activity
School activity
- 画画
- 玩游戏
- 打篮球
- 打网球
- 踢足球
- 铅笔 qiān bǐ pencil
- 剪刀 jiǎn dāo scissors
- 橡皮 xiàng pí eraser
- 尺子 chǐ zi ruler
- 胶棒 jiāo bàng glue
- 彩色笔 cǎi sè bǐ color pencil
- 书包 shū bāo school bag
- 卷笔刀 juǎn bǐ dāo pencil sharpener
- 体育课 tǐ yù kè P.E. lesson
- 美术课 měi shù kè art lesson
- 数学课 shù xué kè math lesson
- 英语课 yīng yǔ kè English lesson
- 中文课 zhōng wén kè Chinese lesson
- 音乐课 yīn yuè kè music lesson
- 保安 bǎo ān security guard
- 校长 xiào zhǎng principal
- 老师 lǎo shī teacher
- 护士 hù shì nurse
- 她是老师。Tā shì lǎo shī. She is a teacher.
- 他是保安。Tā shì bǎo ān. He is a security guard.
- 我喜欢体育课。 Wǒ xǐ huān tǐ yù kè. I like PE lesson.
- 我喜欢打篮球。 Wǒ xǐ huān dǎ lán qiú. I like to play basketball.
- 这是铅笔。 Zhè shì qiān bǐ. This is a pencil.
G4 students are learning vocabulary of neighbourhood community, they are doing games to review the vocabulary.
In G4, we are learning:
Neighbourhood community & directions:
社区community,超市supermarket,市场market,巴士站bus stop,地铁站MRT station,银行bank,公园park,游泳池swimming pool,书店book store,上边up,下边down,左边left,右边right,前边front,后边back,旁边next to,中间middle,对面opposite,北边north,南边south,西边west,东边east
shè qū ,chāo shì ,shì chǎng ,bā shì zhàn ,dì tiě zhàn ,yín háng ,gōng yuán ,yóu yǒng chí ,shū diàn ,shàng biān ,xià biān ,zuǒ biān ,yòu biān ,qián biān ,hòu biān ,páng biān ,zhōng jiān ,duì miàn ,běi biān ,nán biān ,xī biān ,dōng biān
Sentences
Neighbourhood community & directions:
社区community,超市supermarket,市场market,巴士站bus stop,地铁站MRT station,银行bank,公园park,游泳池swimming pool,书店book store,上边up,下边down,左边left,右边right,前边front,后边back,旁边next to,中间middle,对面opposite,北边north,南边south,西边west,东边east
shè qū ,chāo shì ,shì chǎng ,bā shì zhàn ,dì tiě zhàn ,yín háng ,gōng yuán ,yóu yǒng chí ,shū diàn ,shàng biān ,xià biān ,zuǒ biān ,yòu biān ,qián biān ,hòu biān ,páng biān ,zhōng jiān ,duì miàn ,běi biān ,nán biān ,xī biān ,dōng biān
Sentences
- 图书馆在北边。 The library is on the north.
- 我家附近有超市。There is a supermarket nearby my house.
- 超市在我家西边。 The supermarket is on the west of my house.
- 你去哪儿? Where are you going?
- 超市在哪儿? Where is the supermarket?
G5 Students has learned Migration in Mandarin class, they presented their family migration history to show their understanding of the key concepts of Change and Causation.
G4 Summative task Story telling "Zhen He".
G3 Students has learned time, daily life in Mandarin class, they made a nonfiction book of My Daily Life and presented in class.
G1 has learned colours, family members, countries and dates, they made a booklet of My Family and presented in class.
G3 Students are playing Quizlet.live to review the vocabulary they have learned in Mandarin class!
Grade 1 students are learning nationalities in Mandarin class. They are able to express their family's nationalities in simple sentences.
1.德国人 dé guó rén: German
2.法国人 fǎ guó rén: French
3.韩国人 hán guó rén: Korean
4.马来西亚人 mǎ lái xī yà rén: Malaysian
5.美国人 Měi guó rén: American
6.日本人 rì běn rén: Japanese
7.斯里兰卡人 sī lǐ lán kǎ rén: Sri Lankan
8.新加坡人 xīn jiā pō rén: Singaporean
9.印度尼西亚人 yìn dù ní xī yà rén: Indonesian
10.印度人 yìn dùn rén: Indian
11.英国人 yīng guó rén: British
12.中国人 zhōng guó rén: Chinese
1.德国人 dé guó rén: German
2.法国人 fǎ guó rén: French
3.韩国人 hán guó rén: Korean
4.马来西亚人 mǎ lái xī yà rén: Malaysian
5.美国人 Měi guó rén: American
6.日本人 rì běn rén: Japanese
7.斯里兰卡人 sī lǐ lán kǎ rén: Sri Lankan
8.新加坡人 xīn jiā pō rén: Singaporean
9.印度尼西亚人 yìn dù ní xī yà rén: Indonesian
10.印度人 yìn dùn rén: Indian
11.英国人 yīng guó rén: British
12.中国人 zhōng guó rén: Chinese
G3 students have learned daily routines and time in Mandarin lessons, they are able to express their daily routines in simple sentences.
Daily routines
1.吃早饭: eat breakfast
2.起床: get up
3.上学: go to school
4.刷牙: brush teeth
5.洗脸: wash face
6.吃点心: eat snack
7.吃晚饭: have dinner
8.吃午饭: have lunch
9.回家: go home
10.睡觉: sleep
Time
1.八点: eight o'clock
2.九点: nine o'clock
3.两点: two o'clock
4.六点半: six and half
5.七点: seven o'clock
6.三点: three o'clock
7.十点: ten o'clock
8.十二点: twelve o'clock
9.十一点: eleven o'clock
10.四点半: four and half
11.五点: five o'clock
12.现在几点?: What time is it now?
13.一点: one o'clock
Daily routines
1.吃早饭: eat breakfast
2.起床: get up
3.上学: go to school
4.刷牙: brush teeth
5.洗脸: wash face
6.吃点心: eat snack
7.吃晚饭: have dinner
8.吃午饭: have lunch
9.回家: go home
10.睡觉: sleep
Time
1.八点: eight o'clock
2.九点: nine o'clock
3.两点: two o'clock
4.六点半: six and half
5.七点: seven o'clock
6.三点: three o'clock
7.十点: ten o'clock
8.十二点: twelve o'clock
9.十一点: eleven o'clock
10.四点半: four and half
11.五点: five o'clock
12.现在几点?: What time is it now?
13.一点: one o'clock
In G5, students are learning Migration in Mandarin, they have learned related vocabulary and sentences, they are able to express how their family migrate using simple sentences in Mandarin. They also made a book of Family Migration History.
1.出生在法国 chū shēng zài fǎ guó: was born in France
2.从日本到新加坡 cóng rì běn dào xīn jiā pō: from Japan to Sinagapre
3.从印度迁移到新加坡 cóng yìn dù qiān yí dào xīn jiā pō: from India migrate to Singapore
4.家族迁移历史 jiā zú qiān yí lì shǐ: family migration history
5.迁移 qiān yí: migration
6.泰国: Thailand
7.我爸爸又(yòu)从中国迁移到新加坡: then my dad migrate from China to Singapore
8.我从泰国迁移到新加坡: I migrate from Thailand to Singapore
9.我的爸爸和妈妈从英国迁移到中国: My dad and mum migrate from UK to China
10.西班牙: Spain
11.这是我: this is me
12.住在马来西亚 zhù zài mǎ lái xī yà: live in Malaysia
1.出生在法国 chū shēng zài fǎ guó: was born in France
2.从日本到新加坡 cóng rì běn dào xīn jiā pō: from Japan to Sinagapre
3.从印度迁移到新加坡 cóng yìn dù qiān yí dào xīn jiā pō: from India migrate to Singapore
4.家族迁移历史 jiā zú qiān yí lì shǐ: family migration history
5.迁移 qiān yí: migration
6.泰国: Thailand
7.我爸爸又(yòu)从中国迁移到新加坡: then my dad migrate from China to Singapore
8.我从泰国迁移到新加坡: I migrate from Thailand to Singapore
9.我的爸爸和妈妈从英国迁移到中国: My dad and mum migrate from UK to China
10.西班牙: Spain
11.这是我: this is me
12.住在马来西亚 zhù zài mǎ lái xī yà: live in Malaysia
In G4 students are learning hobbies and they did fun activities to memerize the new vocabulary!
足球 football
体操 gymnastics
游泳 swimming
高尔夫golf
跳舞 dancing
跑步 running
滑板车 roller skating
羽毛球 badminton
独轮车 unicycle
自行车 bicycle
我喜欢......I likes......
足球 football
体操 gymnastics
游泳 swimming
高尔夫golf
跳舞 dancing
跑步 running
滑板车 roller skating
羽毛球 badminton
独轮车 unicycle
自行车 bicycle
我喜欢......I likes......
G1 students are playing math games to learn numbers in Mandarin.
G3 students are playing snake and ladder to practice new words in Chinese!