春節鞭炮製作 Chinese New Year--Firecrackers Making

鞭炮
　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　年獸

雖然在台灣過年也很少放鞭炮了 在美國長大的小朋友們更不知道放鞭炮的由來

學習語言 文化真是一個重要的部分 適當的把文化轉化有趣成中文課程一部分 效果很好

我特別說了一個年獸的故事 最後再來做鞭炮 可以不用一定要做傳統的紅色鞭炮

製作過程他們非常專心 也很開心

已經下課了還欲罷不能想把彩色鞭炮越做越長

In modern days of Taiwan, people seldom let off firecrackers during Chinese New Year. Children who are born in the U.S. may never know why traditional firecrackers are used for. I told a story about Year monster before making firecrackers. Students could choose any color they want to make their own firecrackers instead of traditional red ones.

When my students made Chinese firecrackers, they were so engaged and had a good time. While it’s time to go home, they didn’t want to stop it and wanted to make their firecrackers as long as they can.

Learning a foreign language, one of the most important parts is learning its culture. Language teachers should add a cultural story according to special holidays. Or design some interesting cultural activities into their curriculum.

Sometimes parents' help in a hand-on activity in class is necessary especially for young children.

Listening Comprehension (student's input and output)

To practice Chinese listening skill, I plan a fun mini-lesson. Based on what we've learned, I am as a narrator and invite a volunteer to act out what I'm saying. In this way, I would know who can understand me, Through some volunteers' performance, the rest of the class could also observe what they are doing and perceive what the teacher's Chinese narrative means.

I'm saying, "The wind is so strong, so strong. I almost fall down."
老師說: 風很大！風很大！要跌倒了!!




Brian is walking in the strong wind. He did a good job!

蘿蔔蹲 Carrots Bend

*Game: 蘿蔔蹲 "Carrots Bend"
* Goal of a lesson: Color recognition (review words-白, 紅) (new words-綠, 黑, 黃 )

How to play--One student (for example, who wears a white-carrot head band) starts saying, "白蘿蔔蹲, 白蘿蔔蹲, 白蘿蔔蹲完, (紅)蘿蔔蹲" after saying the first three phrases, he must point to one of the other carrots and say, (color) carrot bend. That (red) carrot was pointed out must say the chant like this, "紅蘿蔔蹲, 紅蘿蔔蹲, 紅蘿蔔蹲完, (?)蘿蔔蹲" right away. Then, the game repeats the chant depending on which carrot is called.
For the first run, students can say the chant slowly. For the second or third run maybe the teacher can add more carrots in this game or speed up the chant depending on students' ability.


*Materials: a various color-carrots head bands .

這是白蘿蔔!

白蘿蔔和綠蘿蔔!
(White carrot and Green carrot)

這是一個很有趣的遊戲唷!　it's such a fun game!

他是黑蘿蔔! He’s black carrot!