Chinese Department

OCT
09 2017

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Mid-Autumn festival

A hallmark of the CISM school community’s annual commemorative events, the Mid-Autumn Festival takes center stage once again this season of spring.

One of the most celebrated festivals in China, the Mid-Autumn festival is a cultural heritage where communities gather to celebrate togethernes in gratitude. Lanterns are hung, mooncakes become a staple part of dinner, and lantern riddles and dice games are played by families and friends. The festival celebrates harmonious relationships, family reunions, and peace.

In CISM, the festival is marked by having the traditional dice game, also known as Bo Bing 博饼. This traditional game involves six dice and a China bowl with 63 different prizes for the players. In Chinese Filipino community, the dice game is known as Pua Tiong Chiu.

OCT
06 2017

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Family (Pre-K)

Pre-K Mandarin – Mr. Maverick Arenas

Pre-Kindergarten students focused on the topic “FAMILY” this month. We learned different words about family such as, 爸爸，妈妈，哥哥，姐姐，弟弟，妹妹，家，我. Every Mandarin class, students were tasked to identify Chinese characters, and read aloud words presented in class. They were also given opportunity to introduce their family in class by using sentence patterns discussed in class.

Please find below, the summary of lessons we’ve taken up this month. You are welcome to use this as a reference for reviewing Chinese lessons in preparation for future lessons and for upcoming assessments:

Topic for the week	Family and strokes
Learning outcomes	Identify the strokes (Basic strokes) Pronounce the words correctly Identify Chinese characters Identify pictures Answer the questions correctly Recite sentences related to the topic Sing songs and rhymes
Vocabulary	Vocabulary: 爸爸，妈妈，哥哥，姐姐，弟弟，妹妹，家，我，横，竖，撇，捺 Sentence pattern: 你家有几口人？我家有四口人。我有爸爸。我有妈妈。我有哥哥。我有姐姐。我有弟弟。我有妹妹。
Review material	Easy steps to Chinese for kids 1 Youtube videos

Teacher Mavi

OCT
06 2017

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四季(si4ji4) 4 seasons

Mandarin topic of this month is 四季 (si ji) which means 4 seasons. We use this song to strength students oral skill, let them to understand how to express the feeling in different seasons. The lyric is very easy to sing. Hope parents can sing with your children at home also. Enjoy learning Chinese with singing song!

冬天來了冬天來了 (dong tian lai le 2X) 很冷很冷 (hen leng 2X)

winter is coming winter is coming very cold very cold

春天來了春天來了(chun tian lai le 2X) 很暖和很暖和(hen nuan huo 2X)

spring is coming spring is coming very warm very warm

夏天來了夏天來了(xia tian lai le 2X) 很热很热 (hen re 2X)

summer is coming summer is coming very hot very hot

秋天來了秋天來了(qiu tian lai le 2X) 很涼爽很涼爽(hen liang shuang 2X)

autumn is coming autumn is coming very cool and comfortable very cool and comfortable

Chinese Department