Curriculum Night 4th Grade Chinese Team

2013-2014Shoufen Jacobson

Yu Miao

4th Grade Chinese Literacy Curriculum

2013-2014

Why Should Students Gain These Skills and Knowledge?

Develop global competence. Provide language efficiency. Enhance international vision. Connect to personal potential. Be a better citizen.

Prerequisites for the 4th Grade?

On the First Day, the 4th Graders Are Expected To Recognize the Chinese words from the 3rd

Grade Chinese Word Bank Mastered Pinyin and 4 tones for all the

words from the 3rd Grade Chinese Word Bank

Read basic sight words fluently Read Zhong Wen Vol. 3 and 4 fluently.. Produce about 1200 Chinese words

Prerequisites for the 4th Grade?

In the First Day, the 4th Graders Are Expected To Be proficient in all the Pinyin forms and its

rules. Be able to decode Chinese into the Pinyin

form. Be able to decode the Pinyin. Be able to use the four tones and a neutral

tone appropriately.

What Will They Learn? The 4th Grade Will

Align with objectives of Common Core State Standards/Pacing guide regarding Language Arts

Produce 20 new words weekly Produce words with correct stroke orders Can dissect the Chinese characters into radicals Can make phrases with the new words Can make sentences with the new words Can do free writing/reading journal/book report/lab

report/descriptive story/making arguments/essay Expand their vocabularies with Glossary/Chinese

dictionary Recognize 1000 words and produce 500 words (4 new

words / day) in the school year

How Will They Learn The 4th Grade Will

Learn Chinese in an authentic setting and role playing.

Learn Chinese through picture walk. Learn Chinese through culture immersion. Learn Chinese through teaching content

areas in Chinese. Learn Chinese through listening, speaking,

reading and writing.

How Will They Learn The 4th Grade Will

Learn Chinese through daily reading. Learn Chinese through daily writing

practice. Learn Chinese through writing weekly

Reading Journal. Learn Chinese through weekly Book Report. Learn Chinese through speech contest. Learn Chinese through reaching Chinese

online game.

How to Instruct? The 4th Grade Team Will

Focus media of instruction, for example using music, visual image, etc.

Presents both academic and social languages

Model high order questions/answers stems.

How To Assess The 4th Grade Team Will

Assess the 4th graders using the benchmarks stated previously

Assess the 4th graders with their language proficiency outcomes: Content, functions, fluency, and accuracy

Assess the 4th graders with their interpersonal skills, presentation skills, and interpretation skills.

What To Expect? The 4th Grade Will

Be able to answer high order questions in Chinese.

Be able to perform descriptive writing (Please refer to the Descriptive Writing Rubric for details)

Be able to write an experimental report about science lab work (Please refer to the Writing Rubric for details).

What To Expect? The 4th Grade Will

Be able to write in-depth essay in their social study settings (Writing Rubric will be provided).

Be able to give formal speech (the Speech Festival Evaluation Rubric will be provided).

Get Familiar with other types of writing.

4th Grade Pacing for Chinese

Quarter 1 Lesson 1: Buy Stationary 买文具 Lesson 2: At the Bookstore 在书店里 Lesson 3: Go to the Restaurant 上餐馆 Lesson 4: The Gas Station 加油站 Lesson 5: The Wolf and the Lamb 狼和小羊 Lesson 6 ： The Fox and the Grapes 狐狸和葡萄 Lesson 7: The Stories about Idioms 成语故事 Chinese character writing strokes Grammar: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, measuring word Using dictionary Retell stories Free writing

4th Grade Pacing for Chinese

Quarter 2 Lesson 8: The Harmony Garden 颐和园 Lesson 9: The Chinatown 唐人街 Lesson 10: The Spacecraft “Shenzhou”“ 神舟”飞天 Lesson 11: Two Ancient Poems 古诗二首 Lesson 12: Caochong Weighs the Elephant 曹冲称象 Lesson 13: The Old Man of Princeton 普林斯顿的老人 Lesson 14: Li Shishen 李时珍 Grammar: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, measuring word Reading techniques Writing contest

4th Grade Pacing for Chinese

Quarter 3 Lesson 15: In the Park 在公园里 Lesson 16: In the Post Office 区邮局 Lesson 17: Go to the Hospital 去医院 Lesson 18: The Ocean World 海洋世界 Lesson 19: The Buried Gold 埋在地里的金子 Lesson 20: The Giant’s Garden 巨人的花园 Review Lesson 1-7 Review Lesson 8-14 Review Lesson 15-19 Grammar: basic concept of nouns, verbs, adjectives Writing Speech Short play

4th Grade Pacing For Chinese

Quarter 4 Review lesson 1-20 Grammar: sentence structures Speech Speech Contest

 

4TH GRADE PACING GUIDEFOR MATH

Quarter 1: Factors/Multiples/Array multiplication and division (Unit 1); Multiple Tower/Division stories (Unit 3)

Quarter 2: Landmarks and Large numbers (Unit 5); CMS Geometry unit

Quarter 3: Landmarks and Large numbers (#4 of Unit 5); Fraction cards/Decimal square (Unit 6); CMS Measurement Unit

Quarter 4: How many packages/How many groups (Unit 8) Penny Jar and Plant Growth patterns, Functions, and Changes (Unit 9); Post test review.

Major Work of the Grade

Operations and Algebraic Thinking Use the four operations with whole

numbers to solve problems. Gain familiarity with factors and multiples. Generate and analyze patterns.

Major Work of the Grade

Number and Operations in Base Ten Generalize place value understanding for

multi-digit whole numbers. Use place value understanding and

properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.

Major Work of the Grade

Number and Operations—Fractions Extend understanding of fraction equivalence

and ordering. Build fractions from unit fractions by applying

and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.

Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.

Major Work of the Grade

Measurement and Data Solve problems involving measurement

and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit.

Represent and interpret data (Line plot). Geometric measurement: understand

concepts of angle and measure angles.

Major Work of the Grade

Geometry Draw and identify lines and angles, and

classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.

A New Way of Thinking…

Students are being asked to “explain their thinking” in words and/or pictures.

We want students to be able to think about how they arrived at an answer not just getting the answer.

Students respond in math notebooks and verbally with their classmates.

4TH GRADE PACING GUIDEFOR SCIENCE

Quarter 1: Force and Motion (5-6 weeks); Matter—Properties and Change (5-6 weeks)

Quarter 2: Energy—Conservation and Transfer (5-6 weeks); Earth in the Universe (2-3 Weeks)

Quarter 3: Earth History (3-4 weeks); Ecosystems (5-6 weeks)

Quarter 4: Molecular Biology (2-3 weeks); Review (2-3 weeks)

4TH GRADE PACING GUIDEFOR SOCIAL STUDIES

Quarter 1: North Carolina Government and Geography (RFS: Generalizing & Sequencing)

Quarter 2: North Carolina Economy and History (RFS: Categorizing and Classifying & Main Idea and Details)

Quarter 3: North Carolina Statehood and People (RFS: Cause and Effect & Compare and Contrast)

Quarter 4: Culture and Technology in North Carolina (RFS: Summarize & Draw conclusion).

Note: RFS: Reading Focus Skill

Grading Policy

CMS Grading Policy: A: 93-100 B: 85-92 C: 77-84 D: 70-76 F: Below 70

Field Trips

In-House Social Studies field trips for three regions in North Carolina.

Science field trip for Earth History

Chinese Cultural Instructions

Chinese Calligraphy (Once other week) Chinese Enrichment (Once other week) Chinese holiday celebration

Moon Festival Chinese New Year (January 31, 2014)

References for Chinese Literacy Curriculum

Note1: Center for Advanced Language Acquisition in University of Minnesota

Note2: Advancing Chinese Language and Culture

Note 3: North Carolina Standard Course of Study and North Carolina Pacing Guide

Note 4: Hanban of Beijing

THANK YOU!

Thank you for coming out tonight and

showing your support.

We are looking

forward to a great school year!