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Feb.9-12.2015 TEKS: 2A, 5A, Chinese new Year objectives: 1)LUCKY WORDS reviewing 2)Chinese culture questions 3) songs: Happy New Year 4) voc. quiz: Wed. 5) Test on Thursday: sing the song Happy New Year!

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Monday obejctives Teks: 1a, 1b, 5a Review the new words about the lucky phrases learn Chinese culture questions Hw: review voc. on quizlet/ flash card to practice new words at home.

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Culture questions 1. How many nationalities are in China 2. What is the major nationality in China 3. Who is the current chairman of China 4. Who was the first chairman of China? 5. What's the order Chinese people put their name? 6. What is the order Chinese date? (ex.years, days, months)

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Cultural Questions- Answers 1. 56 2. han 3. xi, jinping 4.Mao, ze Dong 5. Last name, middle name, first name 6.year, month,day

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1. Xnnin kuil! Happy new year! 2. Gngx fci! Happiness and prosperity 3. Ciyun gung jn May Wealth pour in from different directions 4. shngy xnglng Prosperous business 5. Qinchng s jn Have a bright future 6. bbgo shng Get promoted! 7. h ji xngf Joyful family life 8. Yngchn ji f Embrace Spring and Receive the good luck! 9. hjihun l Happy and harmony within the family 10. bituxilo grow old together/ lifetime together 11. binin ho h love and devote to each other all life 12. yng ji tngxn May you share the same mind forever. 13. shnt jinkng Good health 14. lngm jngshn Having spirit as dragon and horse 15. jinkng chngzhng Grow up healthily 16. xux jnb make progress in study

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Must to master 1. Xnnin kuil! Happy new year! 2. Gngx fci! Happiness and prosperity 3. bbgo shng Get promoted! 4. h ji xngf Joyful family life 5. shnt jinkng Good health 6. xuxjnb make progress in study

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Voc quiz Xnnin kuil! Gngx fci! Ciyun gung jn May Wealth pour in from different directions shngy xnglng Prosperous business Qinchng s jn Have a bright future bbgo shng Get promoted! shnt jinkng Good health lngm jngshn Having spirit as dragon and horse jinkng chngzhng Grow up healthily xux jnb make progress in study h ji xngf Joyful family life Yngchn ji f Embrace Spring and Receive the good luck! hjihun l Happy and harmony within the family bituxilo grow old together/ lifetime together binin ho h love and devote to each other all life yng ji tngxn May you share the same mind forever.

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Tuesday objectives TEKS: 1A, 1B,5A New words of happy new year song Listen and learn the song Hw: students will be able to identify the Chinese words and will be able to use it in their Chinese New Year greating.

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1. shnt jinkng Good health 2. lngm jngshn Having spirit as dragon and horse 3. jinkng chngzhng Grow up healthily 4. xux jnb make progress in study

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1. hjihun l Happy and harmony within the family 2. bituxilo grow old together/ lifetime together 3. binin ho h love and devote to each other all life 4. yng ji tngxn May you share the same mind forever.

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shngy xnglng Prosperous business

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Rice cake: is a sign for prosperity

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fish= abundance abundance of money all through the year.

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get promoted

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happy New Year!

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Grow old together, long and joyful marridge

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Ciyun gung jn May Wealth pour in from different directions

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( hjihun l Happy and harmony within the family

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Qinchng s jn Have a bright future

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Wednesday Teks: 1b, 1c, 5a Writing red couplets: send them to family. And put it on both side of doors on Feb.16 th 2015

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Red couplets

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Thursday Teks: 1b, 1c Voc. quiz Chinese new Year song

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Happy New Year song xn nin ho ya xn nin ho ya , zh h d ji xn nin ho w men chng g w men tio w zh h d ji xn nin ho : ` https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI9zudQqP 70

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New words zh h : ` , to wish d ji , all xn nin , new year Ho , good

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practice zh h d ji xn nin Ho

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Friday: make fish and decorate the classroom Teks: 5a Make valentine card

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Qngrn ji kuil Happy Valentine! Valentine Card making! Please write 3 sentences in your card and present to Ms.Wu N sh w de You are mine. W i n! I love you! N sh w de wiy! You are my only one! N sh w de bobi You are my baby!

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Extra information about Chinese New Year Traditions Important days of the 15-day New Year Festival, including: 1)New Years Eve: 2) visiting temple and visit the seniors of the family on the first day of Chinese New Year. Eat rice dumpling to have sweet and smooth new year. 3) Visiting wifes parents on the second days of Chinese New Year. 4) JIE CAI CENG: Welcoming the Gods of Wealth and Prosperity On the 5th day of New Year's, it is believed that the gods of prosperity come down from the heavens. Businesses will often participate in setting off firecrackers as they believe it will bring them prosperity and good fortune for their business.

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YUAN XIAO JIE: Festival of Lanterns The 15th day of the New Year is known as The Festival of Lanterns and marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations. All types of lanterns are lit throughout the streets and often poems and riddles are often written for entertainment. There are also paper lanterns on wheels created in the form of either a rabbit or the animal of the year (Pig for 2007). The rabbit lantern stems from a Chinese myth or fairytale about a female goddess named "Chang E" who jumped onto the moon. So she wouldn't travel alone, she brough a rabbit with her to keep her company. It is said that if your heart is pure enough, you can see the goddess Chang E and her rabbit on the moon on this day.

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Red envelopes Called "hong bao" in Mandarin, the red envelopes filled with money are typically only given to children or unmarried adults with no job. If you're single and working and making money, you still have to give the younger ones the hong bao money. The color red denotes good luck/fortune and happiness/abundance in the Chinese Culture and is often worn or used for decoration in other celebrations.

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Dragon The Dragon is present in many Chinese cultural celebrations as the Chinese people often think of themselves as descendants of the mythical creature. On the fifth day of the New Year when many people have to start going back to work, they will also have the Dancing Dragons perform in the front of the office building. On the 15th day of the New Year (Yuan Xiao Jie), they will also have a lot of dancing dragon performances. The dragon represents prosperity, good luck and good fortune.

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Traditional Foods The Chinese New Year's Eve meal is the most important dinner of the year. Typically, families gather at a designated relative's house for dinner, but these days, many families often celebrate New Year's Eve dinner at a restaurant. Many restaurants require reservations months in advance. There are also some families that hire a professional chef to come cook at their house. Chefs are often busy running from one home to another cooking dinners for different families on New Year's Eve.

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How many days is Chinese New Year celebration? Chinese New Year is a 15-day celebration and each day, many families rotate celebrations between homes of their relatives. The fest ivies are day-long and sometimes, a family ends up cooking two meals for their relatives, once at lunch and once at dinner. These dishes used to be all made from scratch, but now people can easily buy them prepackaged at the supermarkets.

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Eight Treasures Rice (contains glutinous rice, walnuts, different colored dry fruit, raisins, sweet red bean paste, jujube dates, and almonds).

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