HowToHelpKidsLearn.ppt

Kids Constantly Explore Making a Book About Family including pets Sounds Like Fun More Than Work. Posting Students’ Project/Work Boosts Morale Provide Opportunities for Everybody to Show Off their Talents Music – Rap, Song Dance Art – I Draw Whatever You Say Math – Crafts – Paper Cutting lǎo shī hǎo! Build Class Routines Do It Everyday míng tiān jiàn Raising the Bar Step By Step 他要做什麼？ 厕所 上厕所 我要上厕所 聽 Comprehension Identify Tones/Identify correct Pinyin Translate Interpretative 認字 讀 Recognize the characters when heard Pronounce Pinyin Interpretative 抄寫 Copy with correct stroke order Fill in correct radical in characters Dictate characters Interpretative 造句 Replace part of sentence Interchange nouns/pronouns Write sentences with pictures Interpersonal 問答 説 Interview each other Answer Questions Interpersonal 比較 創作 Compare/describe objects Present student-created skits Presentational 作文 Create a Chinese name Write a book Create a song/rap Presentational 東dōng 災zāi 坐zuò 仙xiān 古gǔ 男nán 家jiā 奔bēn 卡kǎ 尖jiān Homework: 囚, 休, 炎 Exercise Rational Guessing Is A Way To Build Sense of Achievement Leave Room for the Joy of Figuring out WHY * * * Kids Need to Write * * Workshop - “How to Help Kids Learn Chinese with Confidence and Interests” By Eva Lee Summary Active learning Lesson Plan Pre-activity Main –activity Follow-up Sharing Ideas Is Chinese Easy To Learn? 10% of what we READ 20% of what we HEAR 30% of what we SEE 50% of what we SEE and HEAR 70% of what is DISCUSSED with OTHERS 80% of what is EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY 95% of what we TEACH TO SOMEONE ELSE “Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.” - 不聞不若聞之，聞之不若見之，見之不若知之，知之不若行之；學至於行之而止矣。 pinyin: Bù wén bù ruò wén zhī, wén zhī bù ruò jiàn zhī, jiàn zhī bù ruò zhīzhī, zhīzhī bù ruò xíng zhī; xué zhìyú xíng zhī ér zhǐ yǐ. 荀子 How We Learn Active Learning Teaching techniques where students do more than simply listen to a lecture. Students are DOING something includ