This document provides an overview of the Chinese curriculum for kindergarten grades 1 and 2. It outlines the units, central ideas, lines of inquiry, assessments, and connections to the Primary Years Programme for each academic term. The units cover topics like families, celebrations, health, the human body, food, home, and daily life. Assessments include labeling pictures, matching exercises, creating posters, presentations, tests of vocabulary and characters. The document also lists learning objectives and assessments for each grade level.

1. CHINESEKINDERGARTENGRADE 1GRADE 22009/10 CHINESE OVERVIEW: Units & AssessmentsArt OverviewPOI Focus Unit/sHow we express ourselvesCelebrationsAugust - JuneCentral idea: Families celebrate in many ways.Lines of inquiry:what our families celebratehow celebrations are similarwhy we celebrateWhere we are in place and timeMy Family HistorySept 13 – Oct 29Central idea: Every family has a history. Lines of inquiry:different family groupssignificant events that are important to a familyhow our personal histories are the same and differentWho we areHealthy ChoicesAugust 24 - October 9Central idea: Healthy choices play an important role in how our bodies work.Lines of inquiry:the nutrients our bodies needwhat happens inside our bodies when we eat and drinkmaking healthy choicesPOI Integration Introduce main Chinese traditional family celebrating festivals.Introduce Chinese Family celebrating for old generations.Make the posters for FestivalsMake the paper cuts of celebration topics.Introduce nowadays Chinese families’ structure. Make a family tree in Chinese.Family introductionLearn the Chinese songs and poems about family.Learn the names and the colors of food, fruits and vegetables.Learn the names of some Chinese dishes.Food pyramid activities.Help Classroom teachers on the Field trip if needed.PortfoliosMaking the posters base on the celebrationChinese songs/poems/children’s rhyming for special holidaysMake a family tree in ChineseInterview the Chinese staff about their familyMake a Family Book in ChineseMy food pyramid presentation–one week food record and summeryPoster about their healthy choiceFirst QuarterStand AloneChineseLevel 1:Greetings and Numbers (Chinese conventions, and the ways of sayingnumbers in Chinese, gratitude and apology, etc.)Assessment:Look at the pictures and say them orally in Chinese.Level 2:Greetings and Numbers (Chinese conventions, and the ways of sayingnumbers in Chinese, gratitude and apology ,simple dialogues, etc.)Assessment:Matching up the pictures with proper sentences.Level 3:Greetings and Numbers, Gratitude and Apology (Chinese conventions, and the ways of saying numbers in Chinese, simple dialogues and basic strokes of writing Chinese characters, etc.)Assessment:1.Presentational task for Introducing yourself orally in front of theclass.Level 1:Greetings and family historyAssessment: Look at the pictures and say them orally in Chinese.Level 2: Numbers in Chinese characters (1-100), self introduction (name, age,grade leve, nationality etc.) , family introductionAssessment: 1.Matching the pictures with proper sentences. 2. making a poster introducing their familiesLevel 3:Numbers in Chinese characters(1-100), Introduction oneself (Chinese conventions, simple dialogues and writing Chinese characters, etc.)Assessment:1.Presentational task for Introducing yourself orally in front of theclass.Level 1: Healthy choice. Assessment: Make a poster to show their understanding and their choiceLevel 2: Healthy Choice -three meals in a day (food vocabulary, sentence patterns)Assessment:1. Food pyramid poster in Chinese 2. Write one or two sentences about healthy choicesLevel 3: Healthy choiceAssessment: 1. Food pyramid poster in Chinese 2. Presentational task for Making the poster of introducing daily healthy food. 2.Test the basic Chinese characters in the unit..SecondQuarterStand AloneChineseLevel 1:About me (five senses)Assessment: Label the pictures using the words and phrases given.Level 2:About me and my family, and family members, colors， likes and dislikes, simple dialogues。Assessment: Label the pictures using the words and phrases given.Level 3:About me and my family, colors and clothing (vocabularies related tothe topic, and family members, likes and dislikes, simple dialogues,etc)Assessment: 1.Presentational task for introducing personal information with picture.Level 1: Numbers (phone number)Assessment: Label the pictures using the words and phrases given.Level 2:About me and my family, colors and clothing (vocabularies related tothe topic, and family members, likes and dislikes, simple dialogues, tracing easy characters etc.)Assessment: Label the pictures using the words and phrases given.Level 3:About me and my family, colors and clothing (vocabularies related tothe topic, and family members, likes and dislikes, simple dialogues and writing Chinese characters,etc)Assessment: 1. Presentational task for introducing personal information with picture and characters. Level 1: Family (different roles of the family people)Assessment: Presentational task of writing a thanks letter to family membersLevel 2: Greetings and Classroom Languages and Family Information (relatives, more information upon each member), tracing Chinese charactersAssessment: Presentational task-classmates survey (nationality, language family information, etc.)Level 3:School subjects, classmates (Chinese conventions, knowledge of Chinese radicals, Chinese characters etc.)Assessment: 1. Presentational task for Making the poster of introducing your classmate 2. Test the basic Chinese characters in the unit.<br />CHINESEKINDERGARTENGRADE 1GRADE 22007/8 CHINESE OVERVIEW: Units & AssessmentsArt OverviewPOI Focus Unit/sHow we express ourselvesCelebrationsAugust - JuneCentral idea: Families celebrate in many ways.Lines of inquiry:what our families celebratethe similarities and differences between celebrations why we celebrateWhere we are in place and timeMy Family HistorySept 13 – Oct 29Central idea: Family histories help us to understand culture, family and the individual.Lines of inquiry:the different family groupsthe treasures and past events that are important to a familyhow our personal histories are the same and differentWho we areHealthy ChoicesAugust 24 - October 9Central idea: Healthy choices play an important role in how our bodies work.Lines of inquiry:the nutrients our bodies needwhat happens inside our bodies when we eat and drinkmaking healthy food and drink choicesPOI Integration Introduce main Chinese traditional family celebrating festivals.Introduce Chinese Family celebrating for old generations.Make the posters for Festivals.Make the paper cuts of celebration topics.Introduce nowadays Chinese families structure. Make a family tree in Chinese.Learn the Chinese songs and poems about family.Family introduction postersLearn the names and the colors of food, fruits and vegetables.Learn the names of some Chinese dishes.Food pyramid activities.Help Classroom teachers on the Field trip if needed.PortfoliosMaking the posters base on the celebrationChinese songs/poems/children’s rhyming for special holidaysMaking the posters of a family tree in ChineseInterview the Chinese staff about their familyMy food pyramid presentation–one week food record and summeryPoster about their healthy choiceThirdQuarterStand AloneChineseLevel 1:Fruit ,vegetable and food, (vocabularies related to the topic, expressions of likes and dislikes)Assessment: Label the pictures using the words and phrases given.Level 2:Fruit, vegetable and food, (vocabularies related to the topic, expressions of likes and dislikes，relevant poems.Assessment: Label the pictures using the words and phrases given.Level 3:Five senses; Fruit ,vegetable and food (vocabularies related to the topics, simple dialogues and basic strokes of writing Chinese characters, etc.)Assessment: 1.Presentational task for making a poster about My salad bowl with picture and the words given.Level 1: Food and taste (vocabularies related to the topic, expressions of likes and dislikes)Assessment:Make a graph about classmates’ favorite food.Level 2:Fruit, vegetable and food, five senses (vocabulary related to the topics, tracing easy characters etc.)Assessment: match the pictures and Chinese phrase with descriptionsLevel 3:The human body and appearance; Fruit ,vegetable and food (vocabularies related to the topics, simple dialogues and writing Chinese characters, etc.)Assessment: 1.Presentational task for making a poster about My alien friend with picture and characters.Level 1: AppearanceAssessment:Make a poster of a good friend and describe him/her in key Chinese words.Level 2:Colors and Body parts (names of colors, names of parts of body, basic describing words, clothing, tracing the characters)Assessment:label the body parts, match clothes and color Level 3:School, Classroom language, Time, Daily routines(vocabulary related to the topics, simple sentences related to the topic, short Chinese dialogue related to the topic, etc.)Assessment: 1. Presentational task for making the poster of introducing your daily routine 2. Test the basic Chinese characters in the unit..FourthQuarterStand AloneChineseLevel 1: TransportationAssessment: Label the pictures using the words and phrases given.Level 2:My home(vocabularies related to the house furniture etc.)Assessment: Label the pictures using the words and phrases given.Level 3:Stationary, my home (vocabularies related to the topics, simple dialogues and basic strokes of writing Chinese characters, etc.)Assessment: 1.Presentational task for making a poster about My homeLevel 1: Body parts and feelingsAssessment: Label the pictures using the words and phrases given.Level 2:My home( house building layout, furniture, tracing easy characters etc.)Assessment: Presentational task for making a poster of MyHomeLevel 3:Stationary, my home (vocabularies related to the topics, simple dialogues and writing Chinese characters, etc.)Assessment: 1.Presentational task for making a poster about My stationary store with picture and characters.Level 1: Color and clothingAssessment: Label the pictures using the words and phrases givenLevel 2:Pets (Chinese zodiac) schoolstationary and home items(vocabularies in terms of school bag, vocabularies in terms of furniture, simple description about the house, etc.)Assessment:Presentational task of making a zodiac posterLevel 3:Three meals a day ,transportation, hobbies( vocabularies in terms of topics, the basic knowledge of Chinese radicals, Chinese characters etc.)Assessment:1. Presentational task for making the poster of introducing your family members hobbies 2. Test the basic Chinese characters in the unit..<br />