Welcome to Chinese Curriculum Night

Grade 5 Language B MSL

Miyan Zhang Miller ZhouSandy Tse

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

Agenda• Written Curriculum

• Taught Curriculum

• Assessed Curriculum

• Reading Program

• Chinese eBooks

• Home Learning & Support Tips

• Library

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Written Curriculum

HWEO 我们如何表达自己

WWA 我们是谁

HWOO 我们如何组织自己

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

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

Assessed Curriculum

• Assessments: Performance & Skills-Based

• Formative & Summative Assessments

• Student Portfolio (SP) iFolio

• 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.

Students are encouraged to read and complete a book report weekly and orally report once of their favourite/chosen book to the teacher monthly. Parent are requested to sign on their child’s reading log every week.

Students need to return the book every week 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 decision.

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WaWaYaYa

ChineseeBooks

Reading Program

Mandarin Matrix

Home LearningAverage G5 MSL class home learning time is about 20 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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Immersion Trip & Exchange Programme

Chinese Immersion Trip Tentative Date: 10-24 June, 2017 (15 Days)

Hainan Exchange Programme Tentative Date: Easter Break (1 week)

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Thank You!

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