中秋節 Moon Festival

中秋節那個禮拜 我說了四次中秋節的故事 也突然很想吃台灣的蛋黃酥.......

因為每個班年齡與程度不同而做了版本的改變 I motified the story to every class due to different ages and students' language proficiency.
這是給星期日四年級的 This is for the fourth graders on Sunday class.

我很替他們閱讀能力的進步感到驕傲 I am very proud of their improvement in reading.

這個故事除了加強中國文化知識 這個學習目標也大約進行了三個禮拜
第一次用故事書導讀 第二次我用幻燈片方式每人輪流讀一句 第三次回家練習後朗讀給大家聽 Besides to enhance Chinese cultural knowledge, it had completed the goal of learning for about three weeks. The first time I used a storybook to guide read. For the second time, I used slides and let everyone try to read each sentence. The last time, students had to practice the whole reading passsage at home and then read aloud for the class.

1.從前, 有十個太陽兄弟。(哥哥和弟弟)
2.有一天,十個太陽一起跑到天上去玩,
3.一下子, 大家都熱得受不了 ! (can’t stand it)
4.所以, 皇帝(emperor) 叫神射手(Archer), 后羿去把太陽射下來, (打下來)
5. 一個,兩個, 三個, 四個……他把九個太陽都射下來了!
6. 最後他留下一個太陽 (keep) 。
7. 皇帝和人們都很高興!
8. 但是, 皇帝怕太陽兄弟又跑回來,
9. 所以, 他給了后羿一個禮物,長生不老的藥。 (1. live forever 2. a pill)
10. 后羿有一個很美麗的老婆。(wife) 她的名字叫嫦娥。
11. 嫦娥聽見后羿和皇帝的對話, 她想永遠都這麼美麗,(always)
12. 於是, 她偷走了長生不老藥,
13.一口氣,她把藥都吞了!　(=吃了)
14. 她的身體變得很輕,很輕… (1.turn into 2. light)　 就像氣球一樣輕!
15.她開始一直往上飛,(keep going) 一直飛到月亮上,
16. 永遠都不能再回來了。
17. 人們說：在中秋節晚上, 你會看到嫦娥在月亮上跟你微笑。 :)

炒蘿蔔

暑假我接了一個課-- 韓國小孩班 (最大一年級,最小幼幼班)
我加了小時候常常玩的"炒蘿蔔"遊戲 我綜合了兩個版本
沒想到 他們超愛這個遊戲...有事沒事 就突然搖頭晃腦說:炒蘿蔔, 炒蘿蔔,切切切...
太瘋狂了, 我一瞪眼只好限制他們下課前才能進行....

八堂課-大概花了 六次課, 一次課玩個一兩遍 終於孩子們 可以跟著念七成吧!
孩子喜歡肢體動作聲音的東西！這幾節課, 我自己也實驗了以前沒試過的活動, 有的效果比我預期得還好, 有的就還好.
教小小孩我覺得, 秩序.禮貌. 尊重. 孩子之間的互動. 表達自己, 都比學得一種技能來得更重要.
在大一點孩子的班或是有中文背景家庭的孩子, 我想語言課的好處就是可以順便教他們這樣的中文該怎麼說

韓國媽媽要求我繼續教秋季班, 我也答應了, 雖然不是很近的車程才會到的地方.

抱著邊學習邊教書的態度吧! 以我現在的身分加上沒考完的試... 開學後我有不少中文課可以讓我教 已經覺得非常幸運了!

一首詩 poem

來聽一聽這一首詩吧! (sound)

* Translation: On this spring morning, the sun has already risen but I am still sleeping soundly. I am not aware that it is time to get up. Birds sing happily can be heard everywhere. I just think of the storm of last night; I wonder how many spring blossoms have fallen.

*A poet expressese his love in the nautre. He doesn't praise that spring comes but he worries that beautiful flowers were destoryed by the wind and rains last night. In addition, he wishes people should cherish those beautiful things like flowers.

***取材自 橋教雙週刊82年212期 唐詩欣賞
***All copy right is by OCAC bi-weekly paper

Let's Sing 張懸--寶貝

給六年級
這禮拜的歌曲教學希望妳們喜歡 Youtube裡有歌手,張懸的樣子 還有歌詞唷!
有空聽聽吧~

元宵節提燈籠 Lantern Festival

元宵節的故事

*取材來自僑委會"橋教雙週刊"。

Copyright OCAC bi-weekly paper

新挑戰

這個新挑戰倒是蠻有趣的 分別在一間公立學校 一間私立女校教中文課

兩個截然不同的環境 孩子們倒也都是單純 只是跟我周日的中文班有所不同的是他們都不是來自中國文化背景的non-heritage group. 我也沒辦法都使用目標語

上課幾乎以遊戲為主吸引他們學習, 令我想起了在台灣教英文的歲月...只是相較之下他們活潑幾百倍吧, 想像力創造力也無限都有自己的理由 像這次中國新年, 我讓大家做舞龍之前, 說了年獸的故事, 問了"why do you think I use red color as the dragon's body?" Ava很興奮說了一堆,重點就是說他覺得因為龍會噴火, 還迫不及待想要躲在桌下演起玩偶秀 Beau下課後還問我 年獸真的還會來抓小孩嗎 我說表現好的小孩就不會被抓 心裡竊喜希望以後用年獸嚇他 他可以在課堂乖一點><



我現在很以周日中文班三年級的孩子(Heritage group)驕傲, 大朋友加小朋友組合的這個班級也兩年多了! 大朋友雖然說的話還是比小朋友少 不過大家認字能力越來越好了! 有一次 大朋友,忠輝突然走過來對我說 :"我可以去廁所嗎?" 下課後回想, 心裡有些竊喜和感動. 小朋友口語比大朋友好, 耳濡目染下 果然是有用的! 我多多鼓勵他們上課使用中文, 現在更是要朝"多認字的目標"前進!
我們上課除了有趣還是要半脅迫認字寫字考考試, 你們長大以後別人不會因為你們會說中文而感到驚訝, 卻會因為你們不會說中文而感到驚訝; 因為就是這麼不公平 你們都長著黑頭髮黑眼睛黃皮膚呀.

寫毛筆字 Calligraphy

我們班第一次練習寫毛筆字

慢慢寫

有模有樣

哇~~黑掉了!

你們都好棒!!!!!!

故事"借你一把傘" Story Time: Use My Umbrella

-Pre-reading: Use your imagination
想一想, 甚麼東西像雨傘? Brainstorming, what looks like an umbrella?

書名 book title: 借你一把傘
文/圖 小出保子 Text/ illustrations Yasuko Koide 1996
Originally published in 1996 by Fukuinkan Shoten. Publisher, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
出版 上誼文化實業股份有限公司. 台北, 台灣. Chinese text 2000 by Hsin Yi Publications, Taipei, Taiwan.

-開始老師導讀 Start Teacher Guide Reading
(Rewrite & paraphrase an original text.)
*下雨了, 小女孩娜娜沒有帶傘。It's raining, a little girl, Na Na doesn't have an umbrella.

*小螞蟻來了, 帶來了牠的傘 牠說:"借你一把傘" 。
Little ant comes, he brings his own umbrella and says, "Use my umbrella".

*青蛙來了, 帶來了牠的傘 牠說:"借你一把傘"。 但是青蛙的傘是漏斗傘。
Frog comes, he brings his own umbrella and says, "Use my umbrella". But his umbrella is a funnel.

*兔子來了, 帶來了牠的傘 牠說:"借你一把傘"。 但是兔子的傘會漏雨。
Rabbit comes, she brings her own umbrella and says, "Use my umbrella". But her umbrella is leaking.

*小狸來了, 帶來了牠的芋頭葉傘 牠說:"借你一把傘"。 啊! 雨滿出來了。
Beaver comes, he brings his taro leave umbrella and says, "Use my umbrella". Oops! The rain is full.

*大熊來了, 帶來了牠的荷葉傘 牠說:"借你一把傘"。但是 好大又好重。
Here comes Bear, he brings his lotus pad and says,"Use my umbrella". But it's so big and heavy.

*小狗帶著傘跑過來了。 Dog is running with an umbrella.

*啊!那就是娜娜的傘嘛！ Wow! That's Nana's umbrella.


After reading
-討論 Discussion
1.學習動物們帶來的葉子傘名稱 Learning names of the leaves that every animal brings.
2.各種動物帶來的葉子的形狀和大小 The shapes and size that every animal brings.
3.說一說那個傘好用 還是不好用 為什麼? Talk about which umbrella is good to use or not, why?
4.各式各樣的傘像是 折傘,自動傘,日本的紙傘 All kinds of umbrellas like folding umbrella, automatic ones or Japanese paper umbrella.


-活動 Activity
老師準備三~四把傘 Teacher prepared 3 to 4 umbrellas.

*老師說: 下雨了, 兩個人撐一把傘。 Teacher says,"It's raining, 2 people in an umbrella."
~~Students run to find and stand under an umbrella, and get the correct number of people based on what Teacher said~~~~
*在雨傘下面的學生說: 下雨了, 我們兩個人撐一把傘。 Ss who are under the same umbrella say together,"It's raining, we two have an umbrella".
*沒有找到傘的學生一起說,下雨了,我們沒有傘, 我們是落湯雞! Ss who can't find an umbrella to get a group, they say together,"It's raining, we don't have an umbrella. We are all wet".

~~This could run 3 times and Teacher changes the number of students when s/he gives an order to the class. Based on the class size, it's fun!~~~


-文化小常識 Cultural Capsule
我們不送傘給朋友 因為 傘和散是諧音(homonyms or homonymic; representing sound of characters)

*在中華的文化裡, 我們不送傘給朋友,因為"傘"的發音跟"散"是一樣,而"散"有分開/分別的意思,不太吉利。
所以,可以借傘給朋友 不要送傘。
In Chinese culture, people don’t give an umbrella to their friends because the pronunciation of(傘)umbrella is the same as散,which also means separate. If people give an umbrella to a friend, it is unlucky since they give a forever goodbye (separation) to a friend. So people can lend an umbrella or borrow it instead of saying, I will give送 you an umbrella.

~~~A handout is given, Ss can see how an umbrella transforms its character. And includes the bilingual text above~~~

小男孩唱老歌 A Little Boy Sings an Old Song

小朋友會唱兒歌, 但是這個十歲的小男孩會唱老歌喔。
Children can sing children songs, but this 10-year-old boy can sing an old song.

大家聽聽看吧! Let's listen.

字典 More than just an on-line dictionary

陳老師在上禮拜天提到了 部首 ,大家可以在這個連結 link:
MDBG 中英線上字典

進去這個線上字典, 左邊有一個筆畫 Radical / strokes

For example: 口 (Its total stroke is 3) 你們會看到左邊Strokes的column 有一個3
you'll find 口 in "3 column". 口 is the first word. Click it. You will enter in Characters 字 page. Let's take 吃 as an example. In 吃, excluding a radical (部首)口, how many strokes are left in this part, 乞? The answer is three, you spend three strokes to finish 乞. So you will find 吃 in "3 column". Vice versa 吵 is in "4 column" because 少 are 4 strokes. Last but not least, you can click the word 吃. You can not only choose icons of a pen to see how you write this word, but also choose the icon of a magnifying glass to see English definition. G is for Google, you can know more information about this word or its related knowledge.

工欲善其事，必先利其器: To do a good job, one must first sharpen one's tools.
Hope this dictionary could be a helpful tool when you learn Chinese.

* If you're interested more about radical, 部首, please visit this link,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_(Chinese_character)

拼圖遊戲 Puzzle Game

各位三年級的同學 大家好,

你們可以從這些拼圖(puzzle) 複習我們第一課和第二課學過的中文字 ^___________^

試試看 try them out~
第一個字

第二個字

第三個字

第四個字

第五個字

第六個字

第七個字

第八個字

第九個字

第十個字


resource Chinese Digger
provided by flash-gear.com

五年級3/29 Mid-term 期中考

這禮拜的作業:
1. 生字 (a copy that I gave you guys)
2. 六個新的詞寫一行
3. 錄音 p24~25(try to practice several times before recording)****

3/29 考試:
1. 要會寫出來的動物 (貓, 狗, 猴, 獅, 老虎, 象, 河馬, 豬, 鯨魚)

2. 那六個新詞造句或改錯 (可惜...否則, 養貓, 說明書, 會計師, 抹一抹,加熱)

3. 口試/ 寫作 (Oral test based on a picture and then write about it)


****錄音作業 How to start recording?
錄音工具 (可直接email交作業)
1.Windows XP/Vista Recorder (從StartAll programsAccessories, Entertainment)XP版有分鐘數限制
2. Audacity 1.3 Beta版, 可用Export的方式存成.wav或.mp3(無時間限制)

請星期日以前寄到我的信箱(Please send your recording homework to my email BEFORE SUN.)
Good luck!

Test Information

Here is a link to my Google Site page.
About Children's Chinese Competence Certification & Test Of Proficiency-Huayn

http://sites.google.com/site/sabrinachenny/Home/test

香蕉人

今天在二年級的班 有個部分是顏色的學習

我通常都是提問題問大家 小朋友可以自由舉手發言

當我們聊到"黃色" 我問: 有什麼水果是黃色的? 很多人異口同聲說:香蕉

光華小朋友很興奮地舉手說:我媽媽說我是香蕉人

我一開始沒反應過來,所以問她為什麼? 是因為你喜歡吃香蕉嗎? 她說不是! 但是她不知道原因

後來幾秒鐘與後排媽媽眼神交流, 我恍然大悟 緊接著跟小朋友們解釋: 因為你們(我們)皮膚都是黃色的 是黃種人,你們的爸爸媽媽也是黃種人,而你們在美國出生,上學(美國人是白種人-->(我有質疑我自己的話?)) 就像是香蕉一樣!
香蕉皮是黃色的!把皮剝開後是白色的！所以你們大家都是香蕉人！！



我的中文班小朋友都是可愛的香蕉人！

上.下.左.右.Direction

* Aim: Through a game, students concentrate on listening, speaking skills and help eye-hand coordination.
*Students will be able to know new vocabularies （up 上, down 下, left 左, right 右）
* pre-learning: review a word 手 and its phrases (拍手, 洗手, 手機, 捕手)
　


*Game 1: Listen very carefully and pick up "the hand" you heard.

Even big kids are engaging in this exciting game.

* Game 2: 找馬的尾巴　Pin a horse's Tail

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!

是誰的香蕉? Whose banana? (Role-Play)

* Activity: role-play (2 students are pulling a banana. One student who is standing in a middle wears a yellow rain coat as a banana. As they act out, they say, "this banana is mine?" A teacher makes a sound, shu~~~ Meanwhile, the student (Banana) is taking off the rain coat and escaping from pulling hands. Then one of the student says, Fine! Now this banana skin is yours!

Here is a text and recording.

秋天的葉子 Autumn

* Activity: Using leaves and creativity to make an art work
* Word Recognition/ Comparison: 了 子
秋天來了,(Autum is coming). 葉子掉了(leaves are falling).

火雞 turkey

她說: 秋天葉子都掉光了!

She's saying, in fall leaves fall.

My face
我的臉