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1. Practice Reading Aloud

Most chants below will be learned in the following weeks. Please choose the chants learned to review, such as those in the second Post.

• Little Kitten 小猫

• A Monkey in the Tree 树上有只猴

• Uncle and Little Girl 舅舅妞妞

• Shoes and Eggplant 鞋子和茄子

• A Moon in the Sky天上有个月亮

• Little Monkey Is Learning How to Write Two 小猴子学写二

2. Radical dictation

• All students worked hard and did well in the first dictation. You should be proud of your child and give them a big hug!
• In the second dictation, English meaning will be provided. Students are required to write radicals. If students want to challenge themselves,  they can choose to write Pinyin to get extra marks. Please note that not all radicals have pinyin.
• Please let children to choose to try foundation radicals, which have star mark, or all radicals.

Dictation list:Radical-Dictation-List-set 4 human

The above list will be handed out to your child soon and you should find it in your child’s planner by next Tuesday.

• Next Dictation: Oct. 22 or23
• Radical worksheet is attached below in case you want  your child to review at home. If students choose to do foundation dictation, they should practice the radicals with * mark, not all radicals.

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3. A Video about origin of Chinese Characters for your reference:)

1. Practice Reading Aloud

• Students will bring their red Chinese duotang back home every Friday. It’s suggested that they spend about 5 minutes reviewing chants below per day during weekend .
• Please remind your child to bring the duotang back to school on the first school day after weekends. This week is next Tuesday as next Monday is a holiday.
• Stone Lion, Paper Lion 石狮子纸狮子

• Elder Sister is writing 姐姐正在写字

• Little White Rabbit 小白兔

• Riddle 谜语

• One Frog 一只青蛙

2. Prepare for Radical Dictation

• Radicals in Chinese characters are like roots in English words. They bring specific meaning with them. For example, Radical 木 means tree or wooden. Therefore, you can always find radical 木 in names of trees, like 枫maple， 松pine， 杉fir.
• Students will learn commonly used radicals this term, which will help them memorize or guess meaning of new characters in reading and writing.
• The first dictation will be on Oct. 8 or 9.
• Please refer to the radical list below.  The English meaning and Pinyin will be provided in this first time dictation.  Students are required to write the radicals that match the English meaning. There are two options. Foundation dictation is to test 10 radicals and challenge one is to test all 15 radicals. Radicals with * are foundation ones. Students can choose a test that suits for them.

Radical Dictation List-set 1 website

You can also find the above list in your child’s planner.

Radical worksheet is attached below in case you want  your child to review at home. If students choose to do foundation dictation, they need to practice 10 radicals, not all 15 radicals.

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Thank you for your continued support! Have a good weekend!