Welcome to Curriculum Night

Chinese Studies Grade 3 MSL

Miyan Zhang Karen Kee Nicholas Staffa

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Agenda• Written Curriculum

• Taught Curriculum

• Assessed Curriculum

• Reading Program

• Chinese eBooks

• Home Learning & Support Tips

• Library

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Written Curriculum

HTWW 世界如何运作

WWPT 我们身处什么时空

HWEO 我们如何表达自己

STP 共享地球

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Taught Curriculum

• Curriculum Structure: Inquiry-Based Learning

• Language Acquisition Methodology: TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading & Storytelling)

• Teacher Tailor-Made Learning Materials

• Student-Centered Teaching & Learning

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Assessed Curriculum

• Assessments: Performance & Skills-Based

• Formative & Summative Assessments

• Student Portfolio (SP)

• 3-Way Learning Review (3WLR)

• Student Led Learning Review (SLLRs)

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Listening & Speaking

• In class observation

• Listening comprehension check

• Oral presentation, acting-out & retelling story

Reading

• Reading Comprehension Check

• Read weekly reading books

Writing: Pinyin & Characters & Story & Paragraph

Weekly Assessment & Pop Quiz

Formative Assessment

To inspire excellence, cultivate character, and empower engagement locally and globally.

To inspire excellence, cultivate character, and empower engagement locally and globally.

Reading Program

A Chinese Reading Folder will be sent home in October.

Each year students are encouraged to read and complete entries in their Chinese Reading Log. By June, they are required to complete 20 entries on the books of their choice. Once per month they will orally report a chosen book to the teacher. Parents are requested to sign their child’s reading folder every week.

Students need to return the book every Wednesday to switch for a new book.

Objectives:

• to build up students’ reading habits and interests;

• to expose students to a wider variety of written texts;

• to enhance students’ fluency through reading familiar texts.

• Online accounts of the following website and APPs which support the in-school reading program materials could be purchased based on individual needs and preferences at your own discretion.

Mandarin Matrix Reading Series Other Reading Series

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Online reading support:

Chinese eBooks• Created by CDNIS teachers specifically for

our students!

• Stories, audio, activities & interactive features of the eBooks are custom designed by our team to support and enhance Chinese language acquisition within the Language B Stream.

• The purpose of the eBooks is to enhance enjoyment and motivation for learning.

• Features Include: stories, games, puzzles, videos, writing tools, recording functions and more!

Custom Stories

Listen to a Teacher Read

Vocabulary Lists

ManyInteractiveExercises

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Chinese eBooks

• eBooks will not be used as a primary teaching tool in school. They are meant for providing an interactive and highly supportive learning environment at home.

• Students will still have printed some materials provided, but eBooks help us use less paper!

• Participation in the eBook Programme is highly encouraged to support learning.

• You will receive registration instructions very soon!

ReadingComprehension

True / FalseMultiple Choice

Character Structure& Stroke Videos

InteractiveGames

Songs, Rhymes& Extra Features

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Home LearningAverage G3 MSL class home learning time is about 15 minutes

If you find your child spending much longer on home learning, please have them do their best and stop.

Try your best and bring your problems back to school

Home learning assignments can be sent home Mon to Thu

Please verify your email subscription to the teacher’s blog

Use Quizlet links for weekly practice

Check Updates on the blog daily for more information

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Tips For SupportingCheck the teacher’s blog regularly

Check your child’s red bag for home learning, assessments, reading folder, library books and other information

Read Chinese books with them or encourage them to read

Chinese resources: friends, books, apps, blogs, Internet, etc

Expose them to Chinese outside school to extend learning

Supervise Writing Chinese Characters (with provided resources)

If you find your child struggling with Chinese, please contact your child’s teacher as soon as possible for extra support

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Thank You!

To inspire excellence, cultivate character, and empower engagement locally and globally.

To inspire excellence, cultivate character, and empower engagement locally and globally.