Essential Questions

• Important questions in all our lives

• Give purpose and meaning for students

• Grab students’ attention

Essential Questions

• What foods are essential for our health?

MyPlate

水果 蛋白质 – 肉和豆子蔬菜 奶制品谷物

“I can” Statements

• I can describe foods and drinks consumed at breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• I can read and interpret a simple menu in Chinese.

• I can categorize foods according to my plate.• I can say what foods I like and dislike.• I can retell the story “My Little Sister Ate One

Bear”

Assessments

• The teacher will hold up a food and the student will describe that food.

• The student will complete a quiz interpreting a menu in Chinese.

• The student will place food items in the correct category.

• The student will state 5 foods he/she likes and 5 foods he/she dislikes.

• The student will retell the story.

数字

一二三四五

六七八九十

Learning Experiences - Numbers

• Dice Game

• Footprint Walk

• Numbers Around the World

• Number Ball Game

• Living Numbers

颜色颜色

红色 黄色 蓝色

绿色 紫色 白色

棕色 黑色 橙色

Learning Experiences - Colors

• Touch Blue Not on You

• My Rainbow

• M & M’s

• I Have a Hidden Color

动物熊猫 --- 红金鸡 ---

虎 --- 金丝猴 ---

短嘴鳄 --- 海豚 ---

老鼠 ---

Learning Experiences - Animals

• Frayer Model

• Zut

• Animal Jeopardy

• Who Am I?

Frayer ModelDefinition (in own words) Characteristics

Examples

(from own life)

Drawing

Frayer ModelDefinition (in own words)

A unique species of black and white bear found in China.

Characteristics

Black and white coloring

Eats mainly bamboo

Endangered species

Examples

(from own life)

I created the story “Mei Mei and the Three Panda Bears.”

熊猫

衣服衣服内裤 ---

袜子 ---

鞋 ---

短裙 ---

裤子 ---

领带 ---

帽子 ---

衬衫 ---

夹克 ---

Learning Experiences - Clothing

• In My Suitcase

• Pass the Bag

• Password

• I Spy

食品和饮料豌豆 --- 肉 ---

香蕉 --- 酸奶 ---

土豆 --- 麦片 ---

西红柿 --- 牛奶 ---

面包 --- 梨 ---

火腿 ---

Food – Learning Experiences

• Flash

• My Plate

• Odd Man Out

• Venn Diagram

• Hot/Cold

MyPlate

Odd Man Out

梨 衬衫 西红柿七 土豆 酸奶肉 牛奶 鞋

帽子 面包 香蕉水果 谷物 袜子

豌豆 内裤 麦片

我的妹妹吃了一只熊她吃了 -----

我们认为 -----

她会吐 -----

她没做这件事 -----

她生病了 -----

熊猫 ---

中国虎 ---

短嘴鳄 ---

扭角羚 ---

老鼠 ---

红金鸡 ---

立刻 ---here and now

金丝猴 ---

海豚 ---

豌豆 ---

健康食品 ---healthy food

我的妹妹吃了一只熊

Adapted fromMy Little Sister Ate One Hare

By Bill Grossman

我的妹妹吃了一只穿着蓝色裤子的熊猫 . 我们认为她会立刻呕吐。她却没有。

我的妹妹吃了两只穿白衬衫的老虎和一直穿蓝裤子的熊猫我们认为她会立刻呕吐。她却没有。 .

我的妹妹吃了三只穿着内裤的短嘴鳄，两只穿白衬衫的老虎和一只穿蓝裤子的熊猫。我们认为她会立刻呕吐。她却没有。

我的妹妹吃了四只扭角羚，三只穿着内裤的短嘴鳄，两只穿白衬衫的老虎和一只穿蓝裤子的熊猫。我们认为她会立刻呕吐。她却没有。

我的妹妹吃了五只穿着黑夹克的老鼠，四只扭角羚，三只穿着内裤的短嘴鳄，两只穿白衬衫的老虎和一只穿蓝裤子的熊猫。我们认为她会立刻呕吐。她却没有。

我的妹妹吃了六只戴绿领带的红金鸡五只穿着黑夹克的老鼠，四只扭角羚，三只穿着内裤的短嘴鳄，两只穿白衬衫的老虎和一只穿蓝裤子的熊猫。我们认为她会立刻呕吐。她却没有。

我的妹妹吃了七只戴橙色帽子的金丝猴六只戴绿领带的红金鸡五只穿着黑夹克的老鼠，四只扭角羚，三只穿着内裤的短嘴鳄，两只穿白衬衫的老虎和一只穿蓝裤子的熊猫。我们认为她会立刻呕吐。她却没有。

我的妹妹吃了八只穿紫色短裙的海豚，七只戴橙色帽子的金丝猴六只戴绿领带的红金鸡五只穿着黑夹克的老鼠，四只扭角羚，三只穿着内裤的短嘴鳄，两只穿白衬衫的老虎和一只穿蓝裤子的熊猫。我们认为她会立刻呕吐。她却没有。

我的妹妹吃九只穿黄色袜子的鹿，了八只穿紫色短裙的海豚，七只戴橙色帽子的金丝猴六只戴绿领带的红金鸡五只穿着黑夹克的老鼠，四只扭角羚，三只穿着内裤的短嘴鳄，两只穿白衬衫的老虎和一只穿蓝裤子的熊猫。我们认为她会立刻呕吐。她却没有。

我的妹妹吃了健康食品。她吃了是个豌豆。她生病了。

她立刻呕吐起来。多恐怖啊！

Assessment

• Hold up a food and the student says the name and color of the food.

• Give the student a simple menu in Chinese and the student will list the foods in English.

• Students will put the foods written in Chinese in the correct food groups.

• The student will state 5 foods he/she likes and 5 foods he/she dislikes.

• In groups, students will retell the story.

Projects

• Allow student choice

• Build interest

• Include different learning styles and intelligences

• Enhance communicative skills

• Encourage creativity

• Show use of the language– Accuracy, function, context

Class Counting Book

• Give each student a page with the picture of 我的妹妹 on it and a number (1-20)

• Each student thinks of another strange and silly thing the little sister could eat and draws that number of things on the page.

• These pictures can all be stapled together for a class counting book.

第二天我的妹妹吃了…

Food Project – Person

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Food Project - Cartoon

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