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Language Level

Mandarin-novice-low-mild

Grade

4th

Date

Day in
Unit

Minutes

40
min

Unit Theme and Question My Community

Daily topic:

Buildings in the community

STANDARDS

What are the communicative

and cultural objectives for the
lesson?

LESSON OBJECTIVES

Communication
and
Cultures

Which modes of
communication will be
addressed?

Interpersonal
x Interpretive
Presentational

Connections

If applicable, indicate how

Connections Comparisons
Communities Common Core
will be part of your lesson.

Comparisons

Communities

Common Core

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Students can:
identifying different places in a community by listening,
speaking and reading.

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Activity/Activities
What will learners do?
What does the teacher do?

Lesson Sequence

Gain Attention / Activate

Prior Knowledge

Time*
How many
minutes will this
segment take?

Ask students to take pictures of their communities in

advance of the lesson. Print the photos out and stick
them in the classroom. Students need to walk
around and write down their questions and
5 min
comments about them.

Materials Resources
Technology
Be specific. What materials will you
develop? What materials will you
bring in from other sources?

pictures from students

community

Put the pictures under the Elmo. Read students

questions and discuss the answer together.

Provide Input

Elicit Performance /
Provide Feedback

Use quizlet to explain how to read different places in

the community. I will show students photos with
5 min
Chinese and pronunciation, and ask them to read
with the computer.
Ask 3 students to come to the front to clap the
vocabulary picture cards, while the rest of students
raise them when I name the cards.

quizlet:
https://quizlet.com/1259
60755/flashcards
(please click photo on
the right)

10 min

hand clapper/ pointers

10 min

Story Happy Weekend

from app Wawayaya
Joyreader

Ask an advanced students to name the vocabulary

randomly as a little teacher. S/he can choose 3
students to the front and repeat what I just did.
Provide Input

Read the story Happy Weekend aloud to students.

Elicit Performance /
Provide Feedback

Ask students to say the community building words

that they have learned out when they hear I read
them.

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Closure

Sing a song My Community.

5 min

Enhance Retention &

Transfer

Bingo: Put the vocabulary with pictures on the bingo

sheet. While I read the vocabulary, students need to
circle them.

5 min

Bingo worksheet

Reflection Notes to Self

What worked well? Why?
What didnt work? Why?
What changes would you
make if you taught this
lesson again?
????

Remember that the maximum attention span of the learner is approximately the age of the learner up to 20 minutes.
The initial lesson cycle (gain attention/activate prior knowledge, provide input and elicit performance/provide
feedback) should not take more than 20 minutes. The second cycle (provide input and elicit performance/provide
feedback) should be repeated as needed and will vary depending on the length of the class period.
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