Third Trimester
Grade 2
Chinese Language Art
Contents
* Traffic Lights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAD_GQ05HJ4&t=31s
*Going to the Bookstore
Text: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS_DumH3oHU&t=22s
*In the Hospital
Text: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_VgX6MGZHE&t=165s
*Make a Guess
Text: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgcIzvIIGL0&t=18s
* How the Rain and Snow formed
Text: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMVdjn0cwJU&t=21s
Grammar
*Pinyin
*Making simple sentences
* Nouns/verbs /pronouns/
* Type of sentence
* Subject/verb agreement
* Simple elements of story
Vocabulary
* Word meanings
* Antonyms/Synonyms
* Forming phrases
Writing
* Strokes
* Radicals
* Sentences that tell a true story
* Use simple linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons
Reading and Speaking
* Phonetic system of the Chinese language
* Make predictions
* Understand sequence of a story
* Retell a story
Social Studies
*Living in a neighborhood
*community helpers
*Veterans Day
Religion
* Lord’s prayer in Mandarin
* Hail Mary
* A saint story: Mother Theresa (All Saints Day)
* Advent
Science
* Weather and seasons
* How the rain and snow formed
Grade 3
Chinese Language Art
Contents
* Simaguang
Text:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRJ4D_Z4R5A&t=10s
* Mid-Autumn Festival
Text: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKpnp3nQlgY
- Monkeys Scoop Up the Moon
Text: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65uo3uTKrMM&t=26s
* The Original Story of Thanksgiving
Text: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgJPSh6FS_A
Vocabulary: https://quizlet.com/437767702/%E6%84%9F%E6%81%A9%E8%8A%82%E7%9A%84%E7%94%B1%E6%9D%A5-flash-cards/?new
* A Letter to Grandpa
Text: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv6Lu2IIc9Q&t=5s
Grammar
* The function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences
* Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs
* Type of sentence
* Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
* Simple elements of story
* Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard Chinese
Vocabulary
* Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase
* Antonyms/Synonyms
* Forming phrases
*Use a known word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word
*Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings
*Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
Writing
* Learn how to write a letter
* Compare two or more different opinions
* Make conclusions
* Use transitional words (e.g. but, however, even though etc) to connect opinion and reasons
Reading and Speaking
* Phonetic system of the Chinese language
* Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers
* Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text
* Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters
* Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series)
Culturally Celebrations
* Mid-Autumn Festival
*Thanksgiving
Religion
- All Saints Dav
- Advent
- Respect of self
- Respect of others
- Respect of the earth
Grade 7
Contents
- Pinyin
- Strokes
- Radicals
- Basic greeting words and simple sentence
- Introduce oneself (name, age etc.)
- Introduce family
- Where are you from