Week 7 (Wednesday) My Family - Learning Radicals

We had a quick test on recognising the family members today, and I'm proud to say that quite a number of you have achieved 10/10, what a great effort!

We looked at some new radicals today and how they appear in characters, they include 言 radical and the associated words 说, 请, 谢, 课 (say, please, thank you, lesson), as well as 女 radical with 婆, 妈, 姨 (grandma, mother and aunt).

Drawing Competition

The children have been issued with an A3 paper for their drawing competition. They can work on it during the school holiday and hand in their entry at the start of Term 2. Students are free to choose the theme of their work and may use any medusa they wish.

I look forward to seeing all the wonderful works after the school holiday.

Week 6 (Wednesday Class) My Family Members 我的家人 Cont.

This week we review the terms on our word cards. The children can now recognised most of the characters in the card. You can give them a little test by using the word cards here. We also played a word messenger games where the students relaying the words and recite them afterwards. It was a lot of fun and our two groups are always trying to outdo each other!

We also practice sentence making this week using "是...也是" (Shì...yě shì) meaning "is...is also". The children are asked to find a sentence example this week that uses the same term. Have a go and see what they come out with.

The children have also been issued with a G300 CD this week. This is a study aid for the series and it contains reading practice, quizzes, and games. Please take some time to go through it with them and let me know if you have any questions.

The homework for the week is on page 3 Q4 and Q5 and page 5 Q8 where they can practice writing some of the new words learnt.

Have a good week!

Week 4 (Wednesday Class) Family Tree 家族树

Well I hope not all the family trees are as complex as this one. This week we had fun finding out all the different names of the immediate and extended family members. Don't be surprise if your children get a little bewildered with the intertwine web of Chinese family tree. They all enjoyed watching the short video clip about Chinese family tree, it was very funny!

Today's sentence focus is 都是 (Dōu shì) meaning all are. Example of using 都是 - 
我的哥哥，姐姐和我都是爸妈的孩子 My brother, sister and I are all my parents children.
We have sent home a small assignment of drafting out the family tree. I have requested a simple version to begin with which should include immediate family, as well as grandparents from both mum band dad's side. I hope you enjoy helping them in the process. A copy of the worksheet can be found here. Please also practice reading on page 4 of the text book. Have a good week!