1. Great Neck South Middle School (GNSMS)

2. Great Neck Public Schools High Schools: Great Neck North High School Great Neck South High School Village School (Alternative school) Middle Schools: Great Neck North Middle School Great Neck South Middle School Elementary Schools: E. M. Baker Elementary School John F. Kennedy Elementary School Lakeville Elementary School Saddle Rock Elementary School Nursery School: Parkville School

3. Chinese Program at GNSMS

4. When I got hired, I was told. 7th & 8th Grade-----Traditional Chinese Textbook: Chinese Made Easy 6th Grade----Simplified Chinese Textbook: Learn Chinese With Me

5. But the truth is. 7th & 8th Grade: They are doing BOTH!!!

6. My Students Three grades---6,7&8 Five classes each day---6th x2, 7th x2, 8th x1 91 Students in total About 87% are native Mandarin or Chinese dialects speakers The other 13% are mainly with Jewish, Hindi, Korean, or Japanese backgrounds.

7. My Classroom Chinese Classroom Language Center

8. My Daily Routine Homeroom Advisory (1-2 times per month) Chinese teaching (5 periods) Bus Duty / Lunch Duty Paperwork Afterschool Activities

9. School Events Culture Heritage Week 1st week in February Food Festival/ Poster Contest /Performance Night Chinese Culture is a huge and important part of this traditional event at school. (Strong Chinese PTA)

10. Teaching Technology Rhythms & Chants Singing Writing Characters-worksheets/white boards/videos/animation Props Classroom ManagementClassdojo

11. Technology Mac Smart board /Smart Notebook PowerPoint iPad Edmodo Classdojo.com Dropbox

12. Rhythms & Chants Robin & Paulines Rhythms and Tones: Inventive Chants and Songs for Learning Chinese for 6th Grade for 7th & 8th Grades for 7th & 8th Grades

13. T Project: Kids need to design clothes for Fashion Week andcreate their own chants with the same pattern according to theirdesigning. Then they need to present their design and sing thechant. 7th ---for new unit of Colors and Clothing 8th ---for review

14. Writing Writing of Chinese characters is significant in learning Chinese. Communication with the Chinese teacher in high school ----the importance of tones ----the importance of radicals and stroke orders Use of white boards to practice in class Use of videos & animations Worksheets from archchinese.com

15. Props Vs. Simon Says Role Play Games

16. Classroom Management Classdojo

17. School Environment Beautiful Natural Environment Supportive Administrators Superintendent of the school district Assist Superintendent of secondary schools Principle Assist Principles Department Chair Nice and helpful colleagues & staff Are you now feeling as youve been here forever?

18. Obstacles Tech problems Large population with heritage speakers with small groups of non-heritage speakers (Open House parents questioning) Switch between two different writing systems Getting into the community (events, unions, activities, meetings) But I have very nice colleagues!!! Driving

19. To Future & New Teachers... English is IMPORTANT!!! Be confident! Communicate with your administrators / colleagues / students / parents. If you need help, ask for it! Be organized! Always have plan B! LOVE for the job. Be healthy!!!