2nd Grade

中国传统服装。 很好看。 Traditional Chinese clothes are very beautiful.

September 3, 2013   Learn to use Chopsticks! 2nd graders have been learning how to use chopsticks.  Need a little additional practice?  Click on this link to watch about the proper way to hold your 筷子 (kuai4 zi)！ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m94My4XkZTo Mrs. Cochlin's Students Counting to 20! Mrs. Everest's Students Counting to 20! WOW!  These kids are loud!  Good Job! Mrs. Tanaka's Students Counting to 20! Le Jardin Academy Mandarin Chinese 2013-2014
Grade 2
The Grade 2 language course focuses on the developemnt of communicative competence in the target language
and understanding of the culture of the people who speak the language.  It assumes that the students have some prior knowledge
of the language and culture from previous years.
The major means of communication between students and the instructor will be in the target language.  Because students may
begin formal language learning at various stages of their cognitive developemnt, teachers will adjust vocabulary and content
to reflect developmentally appropriate interests.
An important component of language classes is the use of the language beyond the classroom in the real world.  The integration of
technology is an important tool in accessing authentic information in the target lanuage and in providing students the
opportunity to interact with each other and outside Chinese speakers.
Unit		Themes/Concepts				Standard		Pacing
Unit 1:		1.  Review				MLE1.IP1A		9 weeks
Body, Appliances, and		2.  TV, cell phone, computer				MLE1.IP1B
Food		3.  Simple paper folding				MLE1.IP2A
		4.  How to make a phone call				MLE1.INT1A
Essential Question:		5.  Simple food names				MLE1.CU1A
Do you like Chinese food?		6.  What makes Chinese food Chinese?				MLE1.CCC1A
What appliances do		8.  How to use chopsticks.
they have in China?		9.  Moon Festival
What boyd parts do you		10.  Moon cake
already know how to
say in Chinese?
Unit		Themes/Concepts				Standard		Pacing
Unit 2:		1.  Review				MLE1.IP1C		9 weeks
Clothes and daily		2.  Pants, shirt				MLE1.IP1D
Necessities		3.  Simple paper folding				MLE1.IP2B
		4.  What are daily necessities (brush teeth, hair)				MLE1.IP2B
Essential Question:		5.  Combine daily necessities with number, color				MLE1.INT1B
How do you say shirt		6.  Combine new knowledge with size, number,				MLE1.P2A
and pants in Chinese?		color, and length				MLE1.CU1B
Do people in China dress		7.  The relationship between the Moon Festival				MLE1.CCC1B
different from people		and Thanksfiving
in America?  How do we		8.  Learn the difference between Christmas in
say brush in Chinese?		Chinese and America
Unit 3:		1.  Review				MLE1.IP1E		9 weeks
Transportation and		2.  Means of transportation				MLE1.IP1F
Subjects		3.  The most common means of transportation in				MLE1.IP2C
		China.				MLE1.INT2A
Essential Question:		4.  The greenest means of transportation				MLE1.P1A
How do we say car and		5.  how do we address each other/our parents?				MLE1.P2B
airplane in Chinese?		6.  The difference between Ni and Nin.				MLE1.CU1C
How do we address		7.  What is our school's name in Chinese?				MLE1.CCC2A
our parents?  How do		8.  The 14 days of Chinese New Year				MLE1.CCC3A
we describe each other?		9.  Yuan Xiao Festival				MLE1.CCC3B
		10.  Watch the Chinese New Year variety show
		11.  Celebrate Chines New Year
Unit		Themes/Concepts				Standard		Pacing
Unit 4:		1.  Final Review				MLE1.IP1G		9 weeks
My room, classroom,		2.  Describe your room in Chinese.				MLE1.IP1H
food and drinks		3.  Write numbers 1-6				MLE1.INT2B
		4.  Write two simple radicals				MLE1.P1B
Essential Question:		5.  Describe your classroom in Chinese				MLE1.P1B
How do I write simple		6.  Food (review)				MLE1.P2C
numbers in Chinese?		7.  Drings (tea, water)				MLE1.CCC2B
How do I say room in		8.  Combine food/drink with numbers/colors				MLE1.CCC4A
Chinese?  How do I						MLE1.CCC4B
write simple radicals?
What have we learned
in Chinese this entire
year?