Learning Mandarin

  Hi Parents and Students, Good afternoon! Today, we completed the remaining content of Lesson 5. Key activities included: 1.Noun substitution practice with the sentence "妈妈买了面包" to enhance vocabulary flexibility. 2.Practicing birthday greetings in Chinese through dialogues. 3.Learning and using the sentence structure "Person + 买了 + Object。" with free talk around the theme of "shopping." We also learned eight new Chinese characters: 加 (add), 横 (horizontal stroke), 变 (change), 成 (become/grown/succeed), 干 (dry), 坏 (bad), 帅 (handsome), 环 (ring). Students explored how adding strokes to basic characters (like 一, 十, 土, 口) can form new characters through a fun competition. During the lesson, we also reviewed pinyin. I noticed some students confused the initials zh (as in知) and j (as in鸡). Please review the pronunciation of these initials at home. After class, please complete the following exercises： 1.Listen and repeat all of Lesson 5 content (P32-38). 2.Complete...

  Hi G2B Parents and Students, Good afternoon! Today we learned 14 characters from Lesson 5: 买 (buy), 岁 (age), 昨 (yesterday), 给 (give), 蛋 (egg), 包 (bag), 果 (fruit), 玩 (play), 具 (tool), 哥 (older brother), 姐 (older sister), 张 (sheet), 卡 (card), and 唱 (sing). We practiced their pronunciation, meanings, and writing, as well as tried forming words with them.   During writing, we focused on:   1.The third stroke of 纟 (silk radical), 女 (female radical), and the fourth stroke of 王 (king radical) being upward stroke (提), not horizontal line (横).   2.The character 具 has three horizontal strokes inside, while the right part of 姐 has two horizontal strokes.   3.The radical of 包 is 勹 (wrap frame) and it is written from the outside first, then the inside.   Homework for this week： 1. Listen to the recording and follow along with pages 32–36 of Lesson 5 in the textbook.   2. Complete the exercises for Lesson 5 in the workbook 2A (pages 28–42).   3. Correct any m...

家长朋友们，同学们， 晚上好，今天的课堂，我们首先复习了上一节课学习的生字，并通过组词加深了理解。接着，我们练习了课本第29页的对话，并学习了三个新的生字（拍、拉、着），并学习了两首有趣儿歌。 本节课的重点句型为“小朋友讲礼貌。”是一个典型的“主语+动词+宾语”句型。同学们发挥想象力，通过替换不同的词语，作了许多生动有趣的句子，课堂氛围非常活跃。 课后请孩子们完成以下练习： 1. 听录音，大声朗读课本第4课的内容。熟读，然后背诵《拍手歌》和《找朋友》。 2. 完成第4课汉字书写练习（见附件） 感谢各位家长的支持与配合！祝大家周末愉快，我们下周六课堂见！   Hi Parents and Students,   Good evening! Today, we started by reviewing the new characters learned in the previous class and practiced creating words with them. Then, we worked on the dialogue on page 29 of the textbook and learned three new characters: 拍 (pāi), 拉 (lā), and着 (zhe). We also enjoyed learning two fun children’s songs.   The key sentence pattern for this class was: 小朋友讲礼貌。 It is a classic “Subject + Verb + Object” sentence structure. Students used their creativity to replace the words in the sentence and made many lively and interesting sentences.   Homework for this week:    1. Listen to the audio and read aloud the content of Lesson 4 in the text...

 Hi G2B parents and students, Good evening! Today in class, we focused on some common polite expressions in Chinese. We also worked on the 12 new characters from page 25 in the textbook, covering their writing, pronunciation, and meanings. We practiced making words and phrases with these characters, and I encourage my students to use these polite phrases in daily life to build good manners. Let’s all work on becoming respectful and polite! Here are some key points to remember: 1. For words like 谢谢(the second谢), 对不起(the不"), 没关系(the系), and孩子 (the子), their syllables are pronounced neutral tone without tone marks. 2. Please distinguish between 再 (again) and 在 (at/in/on), and avoid mixing them up when creating words and phrases. 3. 走(to walk) is a common radical used in characters. When writing this radical, make sure the last stroke is extended a bit to support the rest of the character. 4. The fifth stroke in没should be a horizontal turn with a small bend, not a hook. 5. The left side...

 Hi Parents and Students, Good afternoon. Today, we completed our first unit test of the semester in class. Before the test, we spent 45 minutes reviewing pinyin and key characters, going over common mistakes in workbooks 2A and 2B, and discussing “test rules”. The test focused on the content from Lessons 1 to 3 in the Chinese textbook, and students were required to complete it within 45 minutes. For any students who were absent today, please print out the test at home, supervise your child as they complete it within the time limit, and send me a photo of the completed test paper by next Friday. The test results will be sent to parents’ email addresses by next Friday. Homework for this week: 1. Redo Unit Test 1. 2. Correct mistakes in workbooks 2A and 2B. 3. Use “writing_practice_汉字书写练习.pdf” to review any unfamiliar characters and pinyin from the first three lessons. Please feel free to reach out with any questions.   Wishing you all a great weekend! 家长朋友们、同学们， 今天我们在课堂上完成...