2nd Grade

Brief List

1. Both Grades: Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-9:20am  Join Zoom Meeting:    https://zoom.us/j/827117199
2. 2nd grade Zoom Meeting @ 10:00-11:00am  Join Zoom Meeting:  https://zoom.us/j/646812722
3. Create a Chinese character art
4. Word Test

Detailed Instruction

#3. Create a Chinese character art

• Take a look at Chinese character art at https://www.chinesecharacterart.com/
• Go to https://flipgrid.com/4290c479 Watch my video. In the video, I ask them to do the following. Choose one of this week’s characters (p.1-2 in Mandarin worksheet packet) If you forget its meaning, go  to https://quizlet.com/_88pvzg?x=1qqt&i=2eu679 Create an art of that character. When you are creating the art, follow two guidelines: 1. the picture should show the meaning of the character. 2. The picture should also clearly show the writing of the character.
• Create it. Go to https://flipgrid.com/4290c479 Record yourself showing us your wonderful art!

#4. Word Test

Practice this week’s words to produce. Students should use the character practice sheet (p.1-2 in Mandarin worksheet packet) to practice those words. Some of you might need to go to https://quizlet.com/_88pvzg?x=1qqt&i=2eu679 to review these words’ pronunciation.

Once you are ready for the test, go to https://flipgrid.com/e88259cf Watch my video. I have given all the instructions in the video. Write down the words that I have said in a paper. Record yourself showing me this paper.

3rd Grade

Brief List:

1. Both Grades: Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-9:20am Join Zoom Meeting  https://zoom.us/j/827117199

2. 3rd Grade Zoom Meeting @ 11:00-12:00  Join Zoom Meeting  https://zoom.us/j/359101959

3. Create a Chinese character art

4. Word Test

Detailed Instruction

#3. Create a Chinese character art

• Take a look at Chinese character art at https://www.chinesecharacterart.com/
• Go to https://flipgrid.com/4290c479 Watch my video. In the video, I ask them to do the following. Choose one of this week’s characters (p.1-2 in Mandarin worksheet packet) If you forget its meaning, go  to https://quizlet.com/_88pvzg?x=1qqt&i=2eu679 Create an art of that character. When you are creating the art, follow two guidelines: 1. the picture should show the meaning of the character. 2. The picture should also clearly show the writing of the character.
• Create it. Go to https://flipgrid.com/4290c479 Record yourself showing us your wonderful art!

#4. Word Test

Practice this week’s words to produce. Students should use the character practice sheet (p.1-2 in Mandarin worksheet packet) to practice those words. Some of you might need to go to https://quizlet.com/_88pvzg?x=1qqt&i=2eu679 to review these words’ pronunciation.

Once you are ready for the test, go to https://flipgrid.com/e88259cf Watch my video. I have given all the instructions in the video. Write down the words that I have said in a paper. Record yourself showing me this paper.

2nd Grade

Brief list

1. 2nd grade Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-10:00am  
   Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/742553830
2. Both Grades: Zoom Meeting @ 10:30-10:50
   Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/804614726
3. Do Fill-in-Blank sheet for 20 minutes
4. Watch 汉字的动画 and respond in flipgrid

Detailed Instruction

#3. Do Fill-in-Blank sheet for 20 minutes

Find the fill-in-blank sheet (p. 6 in the Mandarin worksheet packet). Try to do it yourself. If you need help, please listen to my audio below. If you have any questions/confusions, please circle the part that you are confused with. If you encounter ones that you don’t know the answer, you may leave them blank. We will go through this sheet and answer your questions on Wednesday. You may stop doing it after 20 minutes. Afterwards, please send me a picture of your work.

#4. Watch 汉字的动画 and respond in flipgrid

• Watch my introduction video here: https://flipgrid.com/7b1de2a3 In the video, I have given them the following instructions. “Watch next step’s video. There are lots of characters’ pictures in it. On the right bottom side, it will show the picture and its corresponding character. Choose three fun, special or interesting ones that you like. Draw them on a piece of paper and write their corresponding characters beside the picture.”
• Watch this fun video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxWCAnaKjds
• Go to https://flipgrid.com/7b1de2a3 Record yourself showing the three pictures and their corresponding characters.

3rd Grade

Brief List

1. Both Grades: Zoom Meeting @ 10:30-10:50
   Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/804614726
2. 3rd grade Zoom Meeting @ 11:00-12:00  
   Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/359101959
3. Finish Fill-in-Blank sheet
4. Watch 汉字的动画 and respond in flipgrid

Detailed Instructions:

#3. Finish Fill-in-Blank sheet

Find the fill-in-blank sheet (p. 6 in the Mandarin worksheet packet). Try to do it yourself. If you need help, please listen to my audio below. If you have any questions/confusions, please circle the part that you are confused with. If you encounter ones that you don’t know the answers, you may leave them blank. We will go through this sheet and answer your questions on Wednesday. After you finish it, please send me a picture of your work.

#4. Watch 汉字的动画 and respond in flipgrid

• Watch my introduction video here: https://flipgrid.com/7b1de2a3 In the video, I have given them the following instructions. “Watch next step’s video. There are lots of characters’ pictures in it. On the right bottom side, it will show the picture and its corresponding character. Choose three fun, special or interesting ones that you like. Draw them on a piece of paper and write their corresponding characters beside the picture.”
• Watch this fun video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxWCAnaKjds
• Go to https://flipgrid.com/7b1de2a3 Record yourself showing the three pictures and their corresponding characters.

Art

Mrs. Groothuis has updates on her art blog. Check it out and have some fun. 

http://blogs.zcs.org/lgroothuis/

2nd Grade

Brief List

1. Both Grades: Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-9:20am

   Join Zoom Meeting    https://zoom.us/j/827117199

2. 2nd grade Zoom Meeting @ 10:00-11:00am  

Join Zoom Meeting   https://zoom.us/j/925923505

3. Finish 4 things on Khan Academy. (25 minutes)

4. Character Practice (15 minutes)

Detailed Instructions

#3. Finish 4 things on Khan Academy.

Visit https://zh.khanacademy.org/ Watch 2 videos and do 2 exercises. See the list below.

Videos:

1. 5个5个的数数
2. 整数的大小比较

Exercise:

1. 5个5个的数数
2. 3位数的大小比较

#4. Character Practice

Students practice writing this week’s words to produce (p. 1-2 in their Mandarin worksheet packet) for 15 minutes. If they are done with that sheet, please send me a picture of it. I will give them feedbacks during the next zoom meeting. If they are done with that sheet and hasn’t reached 15 minutes of practice, please use another blank sheet of paper to practice these words.

3rd Grade

Brief List:

1. Both Grades: Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-9:20am

   Join Zoom Meeting

   https://zoom.us/j/827117199

2. 3rd Grade Zoom Meeting @ 11:00-12:00

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/359101959

3. Finish 2 things on Khan Academy (15 minutes)

4. Answer Questions on Flipgrid (10 minutes)

5. Character practice (15 minutes)

Detailed Instruction:

#3. Finish 2 things on Khan Academy.

Visit https://zh.khanacademy.org/  Watch video: 比较分母相同的分数. Do exercise: 比较分母相同的分数. If needed, you may watch the video again to help you understand better.

#4. Answer Questions on Flipgrid

Go to https://flipgrid.com/31843ac6 Watch my video which tells students my two questions, and record yourself answering the following two questions: 1. For 3/6 and 5/6, which one is bigger? 2. How do you compare these two fractions?

#5. Character Practice

Students practice writing this week’s words to produce (p. 1-2 in their Mandarin worksheet packet) for 15 minutes. If they are done with that sheet, please send me a picture of it. I will give them feedbacks during the next zoom meeting. If they are done with that sheet and hasn’t reached 15 minutes of practice, please use another blank sheet of paper to practice these words.

2nd Grade

Brief List

1. Both Grades: Devotion Zoom Meeting @ 9:00-9:20am
   Join Zoom Meeting
   https://zoom.us/j/385324589
2. 2nd grade Zoom Meeting @ 10:00-11:00am  
   Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/908563706?pwd=REE1YitUYTh6b2EybnBqb1huNzNLQT09

3. Do Khan Academy Math (20 minutes)

4. Listen to 《有磁性的太极狗》 twice on Ichinesereader

Detailed Instruction

#3. Go to Khan Academy.

Watch video: 加减问题（海星）.

Do exercise: 100以内加减法应用题（3）.

#4. Listen to 《有磁性的太极狗》 twice on Ichinesereader. I will give the instructions below to the kids during 9:00 zoom meeting time. This is for your information.

• Go to Ichinesereader and log in. (The kids should be able to log in easily. If not, you may find the log-in credentials on my blog under resources.)
• Go to assignment

• Click the Folder

• Listen to 有磁性的太极狗 twice

3rd Grade

Brief List

Detailed Instruction

#3. Practice 4’s and 8’s multiplication facts on https://www.timestables.com/ If your kids are good at 4’s and 8’s, he/she may choose to practice other number’s multiplication facts. (20 minutes)

#4. Listen to 《有磁性的太极狗》 twice on Ichinesereader. I will give the instructions below to the kids during 9:00 zoom meeting time. This is for your information.

• Go to Ichinesereader and log in. (The kids should be able to log in easily. If not, you may find the log-in credentials on my blog under resources.)
• Go to assignment

• Click the Folder

• Listen to 有磁性的太极狗 twice

2nd Grade

Brief List:

Detailed Instruction

#3. Go to https://flipgrid.com/fb3da1e2 Watch my Introduction video to the Bible video.

#4. Go to https://www.fuyin.tv/html/110/20483.html Watch the Bible video about Joseph in Egypt.

#5. Go to https://flipgrid.com/fb3da1e2 Record yourself answering one of the following questions. 1. What touched you in the video? 2. What is this video/story about? (summarize the story)

3rd Grade

Brief List

3rd Grade

Brief  to-do list:

1. 3rd grade Zoom Meeting Time: 11:45 am-12:45 pm

2. Weed Activity (25 minutes)

3. Word test (20 minutes)

4. Read-aloud Zoom Meeting time: 2:00pm- 2:20pm 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/998621031

Detailed instruction:

#2. Weed Activity.

Materials needed: weeds in your yard, a ruler/tape measure.

I will give all the instructions in the zoom meeting. This is for your information. They will go to your yard and pull out 10 weeds. They will measure the length of each weed roots, and record it on a sheet. Then they need to make up two/three fractions sentences describing the weeds. For example, 2/10 of the weed roots are longer than 3 inches. 8/10 of the weed roots are shorter than 3 inches. They will write their sentences underneath the recorded data. They will keep this “record-and-sentence” paper, and show me tomorrow in the zoom meeting. Below is a picture of a sample “record-and-sentence” paper. They might need it for reference.

#3. Word Test.

Practice last week’s  words to recognize Take out the words to recognize sheet, watch my video https://flipgrid.com/2126d26c to practice these words until you are ready for the test. Or you may review all the words on the quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_87raat?x=1jqt&i=2eu679

Practice last week’s words to produce. Students should use the character-practice sheet to practice those words. Some of you might need to go to https://quizlet.com/_87raat?x=1jqt&i=2eu679 to review these words’ pronunciation.

Once you are ready for the test, go to https://flipgrid.com/e88259cf Watch my video. I have given all the instructions in the video. Write down the words that I have said in a paper. Record yourself showing me this paper and reading words to recognize .

2nd Grade

Brief To-do List:

Dear parents,

Welcome to our second week of distance learning. Because of today’s zoom meeting, we are going to shorten today’s learning time to around 1.5 hour. If you want your kid to do more, check out the “extra work” section.

Mandarin

A brief list of what to do:

1. Watch a video story and retell it.
2. check out my response to your story.
3. Practice words to produce. Test tomorrow!
4. Practice words to recognize. Test tomorrow!

Detailed instructions below. 

1. Watch a story in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OObbonjWCwM Record yourself retelling the story here: https://flipgrid.com/e3c693f6 (around 10 minutes)
2. Check out my response to your story here: https://flipgrid.com/958c2234 Greta’s is here: https://flipgrid.com/3f2bdf8f Ethan K.’s is here: https://flipgrid.com/5c7536f2 (3 minutes)
3. Practice last week’s words to produce for 15 minutes. Students should use the character-practice sheet that they have done last week to copy and practice those words on another blank sheet of paper. Some of you might need to go to https://quizlet.com/_87raat?x=1jqt&i=2eu679 to review these words’ pronunciation. We will have a test for these words tomorrow.
4. Practice last week’s  words to recognize Take out the words to recognize sheet, watch my video https://flipgrid.com/2126d26c to practice these words until you are ready for tomorrow’s test. Yes, we will have a test for words to recognize tomorrow.

2nd Math (40 minutes)

Brief list:

1. Watch videos on Khan
2. Go through quizlet list
3. Do exercises on Khan

Detailed instructions:

1. Go to Khan Academy. Watch the videos. I have listed the names of all the videos below.

3rd Math

A brief list of what to do:

1. check out fraction feedback
2. Watch my video and do worksheets
3. Answer my questions in Flipgrid.

Detailed instructions below. 

1. Check out my written/video feedback here: https://flipgrid.com/01b24b63 (5 minutes)
2. Take out Math worksheet packet (that I passed out on Monday), turn to p. 359. Watch my video https://www.wevideo.com/view/1622096554  and follow my direction in the video. In the video, I’m teaching a new math lesson. Once in a while I ask them to pause for a while to finish the part that I ask them to do and then continue the video. (about 25 minutes)
3. Go to https://flipgrid.com/96e6f2ba Watch my video and reply what I have asked you to do in the video. There are three things that I ask them to do. 1. Do you have any questions for today’s lesson? 2. Show me your homework in the video. 3. Compare 1/3 and 1/6, and explain how you compare it. (10 minutes)

Extra Work

1. Watch the Bible story video here: https://www.fuyin.tv/html/110/20482.html
2. What touched you most in the video? What did you learn? Write down your response. Or draw a picture to show your response. Show your writing/drawing and read/explain your writing/drawing in a video here: https://flipgrid.com/706bb721

Art and PE

Check out Mrs. Groothuis’ art blog. http://blogs.zcs.org/lgroothuis/

PE blog has updates here: zcspe.blogspot.com

Dear parents,

I hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather and staying healthy.

Zoom online video meeting sign-up

Last week is a big transition for all of us. We are learning new ways of teaching and learning. I welcome your feedback to better assist your kids’ learning.

It seems that last week’s way of distance learning is not easy to follow and too much work on the parents. To lighten your burden and better their language immersion, I’m thinking about online meeting calls with students. That way, I can teach directly, and students could finish their work, ask me questions and get feedback from me directly in the online meeting.  Let’s give it a try and see how it goes.  Again, I welcome your feedback. I have made a google sheet to sign up for available time slots for online meeting calls. Here it is. https://docs.google.com/document/d/15lDVGdlYjSoCcZzhANqLiN1aGd7yTHQ44qFlB1CiOPQ/edit?usp=sharingPlease give as much available time slots as possible as we need to accommodate everyone’s need. For example, if your kids can be on the call anytime from 9:00am-5:00pm, please let us know that. Please find your kid’s name in the google doc and record your kid’s available time from Monday to Friday. Also, I’m planning to use Zoom for our online meeting calls. Thank you!!

Monday and Tuesday Meeting

For this Monday, the school has asked us to have a day off. So let’s do that. School has encouraged teachers to have a connection time with the kiddos on Monday. And I really want to do that too. But since our chromebooks have not gone out yet, I want to wait until Tuesday to have a connection time with the kids. I’m planning to use Zoom to host a whole class meeting at 9:30AM on Tuesday. Join us if you are able. If you couldn’t, we totally understand. Please see detailed instruction below.

Zoom Set-up

Zoom might be very new to you. But it’s really easy to set up and run.

It takes just a few minutes to download Zoom and set it up. Please set up Zoom on the computer that your kids will use later for learning. (For parents who might not be able to assist kids on Tuesday, you might want to set it up beforehand. Then, on Tuesday, he/she can simply click the link below to join us.)

Then, on Tuesday, Join our Zoom Meeting at 9:30 AM by clicking the link below:

https://zoom.us/j/3966832712

Subbing during maternity Leave

As you all know, my baby is coming in April. I’m planning to stop teaching right before Spring Break, and have my sub begin teaching on April 13. Ran Tao will sub for me during my maternity leave. She is the aide in Weibao Zhang Laoshi’s classroom and will sub for me for the rest of the semester. Ran will join our live sessions from now, and I will start transitioning everything to her.

Computer pick-up and Homework sheets

As you all know, our class’ scheduled pick-up time is 3:30-4:30pm tomorrow. If you haven’t emailed me and wanted to grab your kid’s computer, just come from 3:30-4:30pm tomorrow and follow the instructions that I have sent out previously.

I will have homework worksheet packets for 2nd grade math, 3rd grade math, and mandarin (same for both grades). This is for upcoming distance learning. When you come to pick up the computer, please also grab your kids’ math worksheets and Mandarin worksheets. I will put these three kinds of worksheets in three cardboard boxes. Make sure you grab the right one for your kids. For parents who will not come to pick up the computer tomorrow, I’m planning to leave the worksheets in the boxes between the two doors at the front entry. The first door is open 7-5 Monday through Friday. You may pick it up anytime during these periods. For parents who are not able to pick up the worksheets, I will send out a digital file of these worksheets.

Music, PE and virtual zoo

Mr. Schonewill channelled all of his ZCS elementary music activities through his blog site: http://zcsmusic.blogspot.com  Check it out and have some fun. 

Also, Mrs. Miller has provided PE distance learning on her blog. Check out the link below.

http://zcspe.blogspot.com

Your kid might be interested in this virtual zoo.Cincinnati Zoo Launches Home Safari

Have a good night!

Danchao

Dear parents and students,

Welcome to Day#3!! Thank you for working so hard at home. Together and with patience, we will make this distance learning very fruitful!

Today, we are going to do Math and Mandarin Language Arts. Please see instructions below.

Math (40 minutes)

You may keep Math time for 40 minutes. Once the time is up, your child may stop doing Math. If you want your child to do more, feel free to do so.

For math on Khan Academy, make sure you have selected 作业 (homework) first (see picture below). Please do the homework that I have assigned there.

Also, please click the “next page” button (as shown below) to check if there are more work.

2nd Math

You have done a good job on yesterday’s work. Thank you for working so hard at home.

For today, please go to Khan Academy and do the homework assigned there. Again, watch the video first and then do the exercise. There is no math quizlet vocabulary for today.

3rd Math

1. The answer for yesterday’s question is 等份. Congratulations to those who have answered my question. You all have got it right.
2. Go to Khan Academy, finish the homework that I have assigned yesterday and the day before. Do this for 20 minutes. When 20 minutes is up, stop doing it and go to the next step.
3. Go to https://flipgrid.com/01b24b63   Watch my video.  Find two fraction examples in your life and record your response there. This might take 15-20 minutes.
4. Go to https://www.timestables.com/ practice 5’s multiplication. Then, go to https://flipgrid.com/f606d563 to record yourself reciting 5’s multiplication. You would say, “5, 10, 15…” You can also have your parent/sibling test you and record it.

Mandarin

If your child is confused about yesterday’s story worksheet, please watch this video. https://flipgrid.com/3f2bdf8f

Word Work (20 minutes)

1. Please visit https://flipgrid.com/e6a64023  Watch my video and record yourself making a sentence using 偶尔。
2. Please visit https://flipgrid.com/2c2dad09 Watch my video and record yourself making a sentence using 偶然.

Reading (20 minutes)

1. Watch my video here: https://flipgrid.com/5c7536f2
2. Read your book-bag book for 10 minutes.
3. Go back to https://flipgrid.com/5c7536f2 Record your response there. My question: Summarize what you have just read. Tell me anything that you have discovered while reading.

Writing (40 minutes)

1. Go to https://flipgrid.com/958c2234 and watch my video. In the video, I have given them instructions of what to do. Below is what I have told them in the video.
2. Go to https://quizlet.com/_87raat?x=1jqt&i=2eu679 Review all the words there. First, read all the words by yourself. Then, listen to its Chinese pronunciation and English definition. Afterwards, go through the list and read all the words again. You may listen to its pronunciation again if you forget. It should take 5-10 minutes.
3. Choose at least three words from the quizlet list. Take out a blank sheet of paper. Write a story using those words. Use as many words on the quizlet list as possible. If you don’t know how to write a character while writing, just make a circle for it and continue. You may draw a picture for your story. Drawing time should not exceed 5 minutes. This takes around 25 minutes.
4. Go to https://flipgrid.com/958c2234 Record a video. In the video, please show me your writing and read your writing to me. (5-7 minutes for this part)

Thank you for doing your homework today.

Have a great day!

Danchao

Dear parents and students,

It’s SO GOOD to see your kids’ faces (and their dogs/cats) on flipgrid. It’s such a fun experience. I’ve given them video responses on flipgrid. Please check it out. Below are the links to go there.

https://flipgrid.com/32dc6756    https://flipgrid.com/e953e04e

Also, a few parents have shared with me a very helpful app called Google translate. It reads your kids’ Mandarin work and translate it into English immediately. It helps your kids learn Mandarin and do the homework. However, as always, please keep it to the minimum. Another great feature is that it can read the Mandarin text out loud. When your kid reads his/her book-bag book and encounter unknown words, this app can read it out loud for him/her. This is very helpful! I’ve put some basic introductions of it at the bottom.

Today, there are two parts in our learning plan- Math and Mandarin. Please follow the instructions below.

 Math

• Please watch the flipgrid video below.

2nd grade: https://flipgrid.com/adf70c7b

3rd grade: https://flipgrid.com/c66880aa

• Please visit Khan Academy and finish the homework assigned to you there. Please follow the same steps that I shared yesterday to enter. Please watch all the learning videos first. Then, go to the quizlet website (see below for each grade). The quizlet lists the important vocabulary that you might need when you do the exercise. Go through this list. Look at the vocabulary word, press the audio button, listen to its Mandarin pronunciation and English definition, and take a look at the picture. Go through every word. You may go back to this list if you need to when you are doing exercise. Afterwards, go back to Khan Academy and do the exercises.  You may go back and watch the learning videos whenever you need to.

2nd grade: https://quizlet.com/_8821pt?x=1jqt&i=2eu679

3rd grade: https://quizlet.com/_8822tm?x=1qqt&i=2eu679

Mandarin

Please find the story sheet in your homework folder (as shown below). Please read the story by yourself first. If you don’t know a word, just skip it. Afterwards, you may listen to my audio reading of this story.

Students should finish the three questions on the sheet. Please encourage them to try their best. After they are done, they can look at the answer keys below. He/she needs to use a pen/pencil of another color to correct their own answers. Please take a picture of his/her corrected homework and send it to me. Thank you!

Answer keys:

1. 因为他不会说英语，很想念中国的朋友和老师。
2. 我们每个人都花时间陪他玩、说话。父母给他讲故事，猜谜语，带他去公园踢足球，或者去湖里游泳。
3. 他现在变得越来越开心了。

Resources: Google Translate

Find it on your app store.

Have it set up to go from chinese to English as seen on the top of the picture.

Click the camera button. Use your camera to hold it over mandarin characters and it translates the characters to English. 

You could also take a picture of the Mandarin text beforehand. Go to google translate, click the camera button, choose the upload option, upload your picture, use your finger to color all the texts, click the blue button once it pops up, and you will be directed to another page. On that page, there is a sound button above the Mandarin text. Click it and it will read the text in mandarin out loud. (It’s a great tool to help your kids practice reading. )Also, there are English translations on the bottom.

Answer Keys for Yesterday’s Fill-in-blank sheet

(Disregard this part if you have sent me your kids’ fill-in-blank work.)

If you haven’t sent me your kids’ fill-in-blank work yesterday, your kids may check their answers after they are done by themselves. He/she needs to use a pen/pencil of another color to correct their own answers. Please take a picture of his/her corrected homework and send it to me. Thank you!

1. 难看
2. 迷路
3. 难过
4. 谜语
5. 耐心
6. 摸
7. 迷路
8. 模仿
9. 难看
10. 耐心
11. 谜语
12. 摸
13. 难过
14. 模仿
15. 摸
16. 迷路

Thank you very much for your hard work today!!

Danchao