June 8, 2023
1) Radical Review Test (Sets 1-6) next week:
June 12 - Division 10
June 1, 2023
2) Practice Reading Exercise 9 (Paragraphs 3, 4 & 5)
3) Radicals Review Test Set 1 -6 (postpone one more week to give students more time to prepare)
June 12 - Division 10
June 13 - Division 8
May 25, 2023
1) Review Radicals 3 & 4
2) Practice Reading Exercise 9 (Paragraphs 1 & 2)
3) Radicals Review Test:
Week of June 5 (We will be doing some games to review them, but it will be helpful if students review them on a regular basis).
May 18, 2023
1) Review Radicals 1 & 2
2) Radicals Review Test:
Week of June 5
It will cover all the radicals we have been covering this year. Students have been practicing them in class. Please encourage your child to review them as part of their journey of building the foundation of learning harder characters in the future.
May 11, 2023
1) Practice Reading Exercise 8 in the orange duotang.
2) Dictation next week:
May 17 - Division 10
May 18 - Division 8
(1) Many students need more time to work on the characters from the last dictation, so it will be a review. Meanwhile, please encourage your child to continue working on the radicals that we have learned.
May 4, 2023
1) Review Radicals 5 & 6
2) Next dictation:
May 17 - Division 10
May 18 - Division 8
(1) Many students need more time to work on the characters from the last dictation, so it will be a review. Meanwhile, please encourage your child to continue working on the radicals that we have learned.
April 27, 2023
1) Review Radicals 3 & 4
2) Practice Reading Exercise 7 in the orange duotang.
3) Dictation next week:
(1) 这是、小猪、故事、第一只、喜欢、弹吉他、很友好、工作、听音乐
April 20, 2023
1) Review Radicals 1 & 2
2) Next dictation:
May 3 - Division 10
May 4 - Division 8
(1) 这是、小猪、故事、第一只、喜欢、弹吉他、很友好、工作、听音乐
April 13, 2023
1) Practice Reading Exercise 6 in the orange duotang. If your child is comfortable reading with Pinyin, encourage your child reading without Pinyin.
2) Dictation next week:
Aril 19 - Division 8
April 20 - Division 10
(1) Radical Set 6 - Manmade Things
April 6, 2023
1) Practice "How Much" chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Next dictation:
Aril 19 - Division 8
April 20 - Division 10
(1) Radical Set 6 - Manmade Things
March 30, 2023
1) Practice " Tangram" chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Dictation next week:
April 5 - Division 8
April 6 - Division 10
(1) Radical Set 5 - Manmade Things
March 2, 2023
1) Prepare "Three Little Pigs" performance for Monday or Tuesday.
2) Next Dictation (After Spring Break, First week of April)
(1) Radical Set 5
February 23, 2023
1) Practice and start memorizing for the play.
2) Dictation next week:
March 1 - Division 10
March 2 - Division 8
(1) Radicals Set 4 (Human-related)
February 16, 2023
1) Review "Zoo" chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Next dictation:
March 1 - Division 10
March 2 - Division 8
(1) Radicals Set 4 (Human-related)
3) Students were assigned a role in the "Three Little Pigs" play. They will bring home their script this week and practice. Please encourage your child to be in the role and bring out the emotion of the character as they speak.
February 9, 2023
1) Review “谁怕那个大灰狼” chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Practice Reading Exercise 4 in the orange duotang. If your child can read fluently with Pinyin, please challenge them to read the paragraph without Pinyin. Please remember to bring the duotang back on Monday.
3) Dictation next week:
February 15 - Division 10
February 16- Division 8
(1) Radicals Set 3 (People-related)
February 2, 2023
1) Review chants in the dark blue duotang.
2) Next dictation:
February 15 - Division 10
February 16- Division 8
(1) Radicals Set 3 (People-related)
3) Review Radicals:
Radicals (People-related 4)
https://wordwall.net/play/52119/575/209
Radicals (People-related 5)
https://wordwall.net/play/52120/865/253
January 12, 2023
1) Review "Hand" chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Dictation next week:
Division 8: January 18, 2023
Division 10: January 19, 2023
(1) Radicals Set 2 (Revised - the Natural World)
3) Review Radicals (Nature 2 & 3):
Radicals (Nature 2)
https://wordwall.net/play/45303/992/645
Radicals (Nature 3)
https://wordwall.net/play/45508/124/311
4) Fun Activity for Lunar New Year:
(1) Fly Over Taiwan
https://www.flyovercanada.com/now-showing/soar-over-taiwan/
January 5, 2023
1) Review "Hand" chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Next dictation:
Division 8: January 18, 2023
Division 10: January 19, 2023
(1) Radicals Set 2 (Revised - the Natural World)
December 15, 2022
1) Review all the chants in the dark blue duotang.
2) Review vocabulary related to the holiday from the following links:
Winter 1:
https://wordwall.net/play/39086/891/942
Winter 2:
https://wordwall.net/play/39087/495/589
3) Merry Christmas!!! 圣诞快乐！
December 8, 2022
1) Review "Face & Body" chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Review vocabulary related to the holiday from the following link:
https://wordwall.net/play/39086/891/942
3) Review radicals (nature):
https://wordwall.net/play/39088/081/456
4) Next Dictation: TBD (after the holiday)
December 1, 2022
1) Review "Giant Panda" chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Dictation next week:
Division 8 - December 7, 2022
Division 10 - December 7, 2022
(1) Radicals Set 1
(2) Review of 常见字(1)
November 24, 2022
1) Review "Extended Family" chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Next Dictation:
Division 8 - December 7, 2022
Division 10 - December 7, 2022
(1) Radicals Set 1 - The Natural World (this is
an important building blocks for students to grasp the structure of Chinese
characters quickly and be reviewed regularly as
we learn more and more characters)
(2) Review of 常见字（1）
3) Review Family Members vocabulary from the following site:
https://wordwall.net/play/37203/270/316
November 17, 2022
1) Review "A Year Has Four Seasons" chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Dictation Next Week:
Division 8 - November 24, 2022
Divisio 10 - November 23, 2022
1) 常见字 （3）with Pinyin
3) Review the vocabulary from "Class Begins 2" from the following site:
https://wordwall.net/play/23331/031/341
November 10, 2022
1) Review chants in the dark blue duotang.
2) Next dictation:
Division 8 - November 24, 2022
Divisio 10 - November 23, 2022
1) 常见字 （3）with Pinyin
3) Review the vocabulary from "Class Begins" from the following site:
https://wordwall.net/play/22740/804/633
November 3, 2022
1) Practice "Shake it About "chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Dictation next week:
Division 8 - November 9, 2022
Division 10 - November 10, 2022
1) 常见字（2）with Pinyin
October 27, 2022
1) Practice "Asking Questions" chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Next dictation:
Division 8 - November 9, 2022
Division 10 - November 10, 2022
1) 常见字（2）with Pinyin
3) Practice the vocabulary related to Halloween from the YouTube video.
4) Practice the vocabulary related to Halloween from the following site:
https://wordwall.net/play/37283/162/704
October 20, 2022
1) Dictation next week:
Division 8 - Wednesday, October 26
Division 10 - Thursday, October 27
(1) 常见字（1）
(2) Own Chinese Name
2) Practice "How Do you Say that in Chinese" chant in the dark blue duotang.
3) Review the vocabulary for Seasons:
https://wordwall.net/play/23699/230/490
October 13, 2022
1) Practice "I You He" chant in the dark blue duotang.
2) Practice the commonly used characters (1).
3) Next dictation:
Division 8 - Wednesday, October 26
Division 10 - Thursday, October 27
(1) 常见字（1）
(2) Own Chinese Name
October 6, 2022
1) Practice "Days of the Week" chant in the dark blue duotang. Please remind your child to bring it back on Monday.
2) Review vocabulary in the games:
Days of the Week:
https://wordwall.net/play/23330/045/134
Months:
https://wordwall.net/play/23330/297/468
September 29, 2022
1)
Practice "Class Begins Chant" in the dark blue duotang. Please remind
your child to bring it back next week.
2) Review
characters in the games:
Color: https://wordwall.net/play/578/146/452
Days of the Week:
https://wordwall.net/play/23330/045/713
September 22, 2022
1) Use the
following game for review:
Color: https://wordwall.net/play/578/146/452
2) Practise "Rock, Paper, Scissors" chant in the dark blue duotang. Please remind your child to bring back the duotang on Monday.
September 16, 2022
1) Welcome to Ms. Shum's Mandarin site! Your child has been working so hard to speak Mandarin only in class this week. We have been working on the commonly used words with the help of gestures. Please encourage your child to share some of the gestures he/she knows.
2) This site will be updated regularly and please check this site with your child weekly for any practice or dictation that happens once every two weeks.
