Chinese New Year

February 8, 2016 is Chinese New Year. 

It is the year of monkey!

Happy New Year!

Our Third Graders

Good New Year ya! (x2)
Wish you all a good New Year!
We sing.
We dance.
Wish you all a good New Year!

                                      Our Second Graders

Weather and Seasons

Weather

Thunderstorm

Lightening, thunderstorm

Lightening

Snowflakes

Snowing

Sun, hot 

Sun

Seasons

Spring, Summer, Autumn, & Winter

Spring, sky

Flowers

Summer, sun

Summer

                                              Winter

Twinkle Twinkle Litter Star

Twinkle, twinkle, sparkle like crystals.
The sky is full of little stars.
Hanging in the sky with radiant of  lights.
Just like many little eyes.
Twinkle, twinkle, sparkle like crystals.
The sky is full of little stars.

Our Second Graders

Our Third Graders

Unit 4 Vocabulary

                           

Unit 4:  Please review at home and bring it back to class.

Lesson 4.1, Weather

Pinyin (pronunciation)   English                Chinese

tiānqì                               weather 天气

rè hot 热

lěng cold 冷

qíngtiān sunny 晴天

yún cloud 云

duōyún cloudy 多云

fēng wind 风

yǔ           rain                   雨

xià yǔ    raining                    下雨

léi  yǔ            thunder storm         雷雨

xuě snow 雪

xià Xuě snowing 下雪

shǎndiàn lightening 闪电

Jīntiān tiānqì zěnyàng?    How is the weather today?  今天天气怎样？

Lesson 4.2, Four seasons and the planets

chūntiān spring 春天

xiàtiān summer 夏天

qiūtiān fall 秋天

dōngtiān winter 冬天

tàiyáng sun 太阳

yuèliàng moon 月亮

xīng xīng star 星星

tiānkōng                            sky                            天空

Lesson 4.3, Chinese New Year

gōngxǐ congratulations 恭喜

yānhuā fireworks 烟花

chūn lián spring banner 春联

hóng bāo red packet 红包

wǔ shī                     lion dance 舞狮

wǔ lóng dragon dance 舞龙

xīnnián hǎo good New Year 新年好

Zhùhè dàjiā xīn nián hǎo   Wish you all a good New Year 











祝贺大家新年好

chànggē sing 唱歌

tiàowǔ dance 跳舞

Lesson 4.4, Chinese New Year Meal

yú fish 鱼

shūcài vegetable 蔬菜

chéng orange 橙

jiǎozi dumpling 饺子

miàntiá noodles 面条

niángāo New Year cake 年糕

Lesson 4.5, Vegetable Part 1

shūcài vegetable 蔬菜

shēngcài lettuce 生菜

càihuā cauliflower 菜花

xī lánhuā broccoli 西兰花

fānqié tomato 番茄

yángcōng onion 洋葱

mógū mushroom 蘑菇

huángguā cucumber 黄瓜

Lesson 4.6, Vegetable Part 2

shālā salad 沙拉

tǔdòu potato 土豆

dòu bean 豆

yùmǐ corn 玉米

húluóbo carrot 胡萝卜

hóng jiāo red pepper 红椒

qíncài celery 芹菜

qiézi eggplant 茄子