Quarter 1 (2025-26)
Site: | Learn@VCS |
Course: | Mandarin I - Ms. Pai |
Book: | Quarter 1 (2025-26) |
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Date: | Monday, 15 September 2025, 4:20 AM |
August 14/15
Unit #: Title
Knowing You, Knowing Me
Objectives
- Students will be able to...
know the teacher and classmates
Make my ID card
Classroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Daily routine (classroom rule)
- Design your own name stick
- Sign up "banzhang" sheet for August and September
- Draw 3 Things about summer, Think-group-share, report
- Da Zhong Xiao exercise
- My ID card
Homework
- Complete...
"Seven Things about Me" letter size paper poster show & tell ( August 25 present, send to Google Classroom and bring your hard copy to be submitted.
August 18/19
Unit #: Title
Knowing You, Knowing Me
Objectives
- Students will be able to...
Understand course syllabus & class expectation
Introduce your classmate
Classroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Bell work: Join Quizlet
- Daily routine
- Daily star: Audrey
- Syllabus
- Class expectation and reward system
- Da Zhong Xiao exercise
- Making number character cards
- My ID card
Homework
- Complete...
1. Upload My ID card if we finish in class (Google Classroom) bring card next class
2. Quizlet "number" due 8/21
3. Number worksheet due 8/27( at least 3 lines)
4. "Seven Things about Me" A4 paper poster show & tell ( updated August 25 present, send to Google Classroom and bring your hard copy to be submitted.
5. Course syllabus return slip (have parent & student sign) due 8/27
August 20/21
Unit #: Title
Knowing You, Knowing Me
Hanyu Pinyin Foundation
Objectives
- Students will be able to...
Learn numbers
Learn Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin System
Introduce ClassmatesClassroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Bell work: Number quizlet due, ck in
- Daily routine
- Daily star: Victoria Vu
- Counting 1-20
- Pinyin foundation p. 1 & 2
- Da zhong xiao
- Birthday Line Up
Homework
- Complete...
1. Upload My ID card if we finish in class (Google Classroom) bring card next class
2. Review pinyin worksheet p. 1&2 (quiz on 9/3)
3. Number worksheet due 8/27( at least 3 lines)
4. "Seven Things about Me" letter size paper poster show & tell ( updated August 25 present, send to Google Classroom and bring your hard copy to be submitted.
5. Course syllabus return slip (have parent & student sign) due 8/27
6. Learning "Friendship" song and memorize it (9/5 present)
August 22/25
Unit #: Title
Knowing you, knowing me
Hanyu Pinyin Foundation
Objectives
- Students will be able to...
Learn numbers
Learn Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin System
Self-introduction & Introduce ClassmatesClassroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Bell work: rehearse presentation with a neighbor
- Daily routine
- Daily star: Victoria Vu
- Counting 1-20
- Show & Tell seven things about me
- Summer show & tell cont.
Homework
- Complete...
1. Number worksheet due 8/29 ( at least 3 lines)
2. "Seven Things about Me" letter size paper poster show & tell ( present tod, send to Google Classroom and bring your hard copy to be submitted.
3. Course syllabus return slip (have parent & student sign) due 8/27
4. Number quizlet due Wed. 8/27 (4 tasks: learn, flashcard, test, match)
5. Learning "Friendship" song and memorize it (9/5 present)
August 26/27
Unit #: Title
Knowing you, knowing me
Hanyu Pinyin Foundation
Objectives
- Students will be able to...
Learn numbers
Learn Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin System
Learn Chinese song & tongue twister
Present "seven things about me" project
Classroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Bell work: syllabus slip due / number quizlet due
- Daily star: Alice
- counting 1-30
- pinyin chart p.1 & 2
- da zhong xiao
- friendship song & tongue twister
- Show & tell cont.
Homework
- Complete...
1. Number character sheet due next class
2. Pinyin chart practice
3. Learning "Friendship" song and memorize it (9/5 present)
August 28/29
Unit #: Title
Knowing you, knowing me
Hanyu Pinyin Foundation
Objectives
- Students will be able to...
Learn numbers
Learn Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin System
Learn Chinese song & tongue twister
Present "seven things about me" project
Classroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Bell work: Number character sheet due
- Daily routine
- Daily star: Evan
- counting 1-50
- pinyin chart p.3 & 4
- da zhong xiao
- summer break report finishing
- pair work friendship song & tongue twister
Homework
- Complete...
1. Start to bring blank index cards for new character cards the week of Sep. 8
2. Pinyin chart practice
3. Learning "Friendship" song and memorize it (9/5 present)
4. Pinyin quiz 9/9
Sept 2/Sept 3
Unit #: Title
Pinyin Foundation
Objectives
- Students will be able to...
Learn numbers
Learn Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin System
Learn Chinese song & tongue twister
Classroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Bell work: number word search
- Daily routine
- Daily star: Meixi
- Counting 1-70
- Pinyin p.6 & practice
- Seven things about me cont.
- Friendship & tongue twister with clock partner
Homework
- Complete...
1. Start to bring blank index cards for new character cards the week of Sep. 8
2. Pinyin chart practice
3. Learning "Friendship" song and memorize it (9/5 present)
4. Pinyin quiz 9/9
5. Show & tell finishing
September 4/5
Unit #: Title
Pinyin Foundation
Objectives
Learn numbers
Learn Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin System
Learn Chinese song & tongue twister
Classroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Bell work: practice song & tongue twister
- Counting 1-100
- Song & tongue twister presentation
- da zhong xiao
- Seven things about me finishing
- Review game on pinyin & number
Homework
- Complete...
1. Start to bring blank index cards for new character cards next week
2. Pinyin chart practice
3. Pinyin quiz 9/9
September 8/9
Unit #: Title
Pinyin Foundation
IC 1 Lesson 1 Greetings
Objectives
- Students will be able to...
Learn numbers
Learn Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin System
Exchange basic greetings
Request a person's last name and full name and provide your own
Determine whether someone is a teacher or a student
Ascertain someone's nationality
Classroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Bell work: bingo pinyin
- Counting 1-100 by 5 & 10
- Pinyin quiz
- Last show and tell
- L1 D1 video, wbp.12 MCQ
- Make new character flashcards
Homework
- Complete...
1. Wbp. 13 (skip speaking B)
2. Number culture notes Q & A due 9/15 (Google Classroom)
3. Number quiz 15
4 Greeting quizlet 9/17
4. Greeting culture notes 9/19 (Google Classroom)
5. New character sheet writing for today's learning
6. Bring more blank index cards for new characters learning
September 10/11
Unit #: Title
IC 1 L1 Greetings
Objectives
- Students will be able to...
Exchange basic greetings
Request a person's last name and full name and provide your own
Determine whether someone is a teacher or a student
Ascertain someone's nationality
Classroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Bell work: number sudoku
- Daily star: Eric Tam
- ck in HW p. 13 & in pair speaking B
- New character cards making
- Number telephone
Homework
- Complete...
1. wbp. 14-15 & 16 E
2. Number culture notes Q & A due 9/15 (Google Classroom)
3. Number quiz 15
4 Greeting quizlet 9/17
4. Greeting culture notes 9/19 (Google Classroom)
5. New character sheet writing for today's learning
6. Bring more blank index cards for new characters learning
7. L1 D1 dictation/ quiz 9/17
September 12/15
Unit #: Title
Lesson 1 Greetings
Objectives
- Students will be able to...
Exchange basic greetings
Request a person's last name and full name and provide your own
Determine whether someone is a teacher or a student
Ascertain someone's nationality
Classroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Bell work: Number bingo / wbp. 14-15 & 16 E due / Number culture notes Q & A due
- Daily star: Bihn
- Number quiz, peer grading
- Make new character flashcards
Homework
- Complete...
1. L1 D1 character cards & character writing due next class
2. L1 D1 dictation/ quiz 9/17
3. Greeting quizlet 9/19 (update)
4. Greeting culture notes 9/19 (Google Classroom)
5. New character sheet writing for today's learning
6. Bring more blank index cards for new characters learning
September 16/17
Unit #: Title
Lesson 1 Greetings
Objectives
- Students will be able to...
Exchange basic greetings
Request a person's last name and full name and provide your own
Determine whether someone is a teacher or a student
Ascertain someone's nationality
Classroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Bell work: L1 D1 character bingo / ck in L1 D1 character cards & character writing due
- L1 D1 dictation/ quiz
- L1 D2 video, wbp. 17A
- L1 D2 new character flashcards making
Homework
- Complete...
1. Greeting quizlet due 9/19
2. Greeting culture notes 9/19 (Google Classroom)
3. New character sheet writing for today's learning
4. D2 character flashcards & character sheet due 9/25
5. D2 vocabulary dictation /quiz 9/25
6. Bring more blank index cards for new characters learning
September 18/19
Unit #: Title
Lesson 1 Greetings
Objectives
- Students will be able to...
Exchange basic greetings
Request a person's last name and full name and provide your own
Determine whether someone is a teacher or a student
Ascertain someone's nationality
Classroom Activities
- Devotional/Prayer...
- Bell work: wbp. 25(I) / Greeting quizlet due / Greeting culture notes due
- D1 & D2 listening exercise (workbook)
- Country PPT
- D2 new character flashcards making
Homework
- Complete...
1. wbp. 18 speaking ABC write them down, due next class
2. L1 Quizlet due 9/23
3. New character sheet writing for today's learning
4. D2 character flashcards & character sheet due 9/25
5. D2 vocabulary dictation /quiz 9/25
6. Bring more blank index cards for new characters learning