Welcome to CHPCS Chinese New Year Celebration

庆新年表演
You are invited to join our 2013 Chinese New Year Celebration
Feb. 11th.  10:30am-11:30am
CHPCS GYM

Chinese New Year celebration around Portland

*A Show of “Amazing China” 魅力中国

http://oia.pdx.edu/confucius/a_show_of_amazing_china/

To celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year – the Year of the Snake/the Small Dragon, and bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon, the Confucius Institute at Portland State University proudly presents a show of “Amazing China” 魅力中国, showcasing Chinese opera, Chinese vocal music, instrumental music, Chinese marshal art Wushu and acrobatics which was performed by Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera at Binghamton University (宾汉顿大学) with China’s national class-one performers from The National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts (中国戏曲学院）. This event is co-sponsored by Portland Chinese Times and PSU Chinese Students and Scholars Association. Please click links below to view the flyer and program.

Amazing China ticket sale:

$10/ticket, children <6 Free

$50/VIP ticket

The number of tickets for the show is limited, and it is first come first sold. Tickets can be purchased at the Confucius Institute at PSU (632 SW Hall Street, Room 306 /PSU campus). Please email (cipsu@pdx.edu) or call 503-725-9810 for ticket information and sale. You can get discount ticket from Tickets West: http://www.ticketswest.com, searching under Chinese New Year and they will find the advance purchase price for the show ticket is $8/ticket. This offer will expire on 2/8/2013.

Chinese New Year Cultural Fair. $8/ticket children <6 Free

There will be a $3 off coupon on PCT newspaper and PCT web site. You can also go to http://www.ticketswest.com, searching for Chinese New Year and use the discount code: 2013CNYF to get your $3 off. This offer will expire on 2/8/2013

2013 January Chinese Newsletter

中文课二零一三新年快讯

 

Dear CHPCS Parent(s):

 

Happy New Year! 新年好！It is very excited to see all my students again. We are going to learn to sing New Year song in Chinese this month.  As you know, the Chinese New Year always comes later than regular New Year.  In Chinese Lunar calendar, we are currently still in 2012, the year of the Dragon. The Chinese New Year will be on Feb. 10^th this year, and the year of Snake will come soon. We will have Chinese New Year celebration on Monday, Feb 11^th at GYM from 10:30am to 11:30am. Please book your schedule to watch your children’s performance on that date. I will need some parent helpers to do decoration in the GYM on Feb. 8^th, and helpers on February 11^th to take photos, videos and passing food/gifts. Please email me if you are interested in to donate your time to the Chinese New Year celebration activities.

 

This month’s topic is the Body and Motion. K through 2^nd grade will concentrate on Body’s, 3^rd and up will concentrate on Motion.  At the same time, they will be listening, speaking, reading and writing and making crafts in Chinese. In addition to this:

 

·        Kinder will focus on body parts songs

·        1^st grade will focus on recognizing Chinese rhythm, basic strokes, My first Chinese words book and songs

·        2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th will continue to study the Chinese Paradise text book

·        6^th, 7^th  and 8^th grade will continue to study the Happy Chinese text book

 

Before the winter break, all 5^th grade and up students have taken Chinese proficiency sample test (YCT test). I can share test results information if you are interested.

 

Below are two useful websites for our students to learn Chinese at home.

For all grade levels: http://www.languageguide.org/mandarin/vocabulary/

For 6^th grade and up: http://www.chinese.cn/kid/en/article/2009-09/25/content_68533.htm

 

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or need to set up an appointment.

 

Sincerely,

Wenny Chunwen Liao

w.liao@chpcs.org

Chinese Teacher at CHPCS

 “Where Children Soar!

Hosting family needed for Feb. 2013

Host Families Needed for Chinese Students!

 

Cascade Heights Public Charter School will have the opportunity to host 11 students and one teacher from Suzhou Experimental Elementary School   February 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. These students will be coming to our school and learn with our students. We are seeking families who can host students during this time frame and provide transportation to school and the airport. Our first preference would be to have at least two students with a host family. This is an excellent opportunity for Cascade Heights students to practice speaking Chinese with a native speaker and to help the visiting students enjoy our part of the world.

If you are interested in hosting, please email Wenny Laoshi at w.liao@chpcs.org , by December 10th. Please indicate how many students you can host, if you have completed your criminal background check for the year and if you have been cleared as a Cascade Heights volunteer.

November/December Newsletter

中文课十一/十二月快讯

 

Dear CHPCS Parent(s):

 

It was very nice to meet with some of you during Friday conferences. If you couldn’t make it, you can always email, or make an appointment with me. November and December are both short months for our world language classes. We will have no Chinese class on November 26, 27 and the week of December 17^th.  The themes for both months are Family and Friends. During these months, the biggest event is Thanksgiving (感恩节) and Christmas (圣诞节), which we will celebrate with greetings in Chinese. At the same time, they will be listening, speaking, reading, writing and making greeting cards in Chinese. In addition to this:

 

·        Kinder will focus on colors, numbers, and songs

·        1^st grade will focus on recognizing Chinese numbers, characters, rhythm, basic strokes, and songs

·        2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th will continue to study the Chinese Paradise text book

·        6^th, 7^th  and 8^th grade will continue to study the Happy Chinese text book

Before the winter break, all 5^th grade and up students will take Chinese proficiency sample test (YCT test). The test results a information for your reference. 

 

Below are two useful websites for our students to learn Chinese at home.

For all grade levels: http://www.languageguide.org/mandarin/vocabulary/

For 6^th grade and up: http://www.chinese.cn/kid/en/article/2009-09/25/content_68533.htm

 

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or to set up an appointment.

 

Sincerely,

Wenny Chunwen Liao

w.liao@chpcs.org

Chinese Teacher at CHPCS

 “Where Children Soar!

October Newsletter

中文课十月快讯

 

Dear CHPCS Parent(s):

 

Great news! We will have 15 students 2 parents and 2 teachers from our sister school at Suzhou China come to visit us on October 4^th. They will arrive 8:30am at morning and leave around 2:30 afternoon. We decided to divided them to three groups and join our 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th grade classroom this year. It is very good opportunity for some of our students meet students from other county that they didn’t get chance to meet last year.

We have celebrated Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival by making lantern, origami rabbit and moon cake in September. This month our world language classes theme is Seasons. During this month the biggest event is the harvest festival; where we celebrate the changing seasons. They are listening, speaking, reading and writing these things. Addition to this:

 

·        Kinder will focus on fruit name, color, number and songs

·        1^st grade will focus on practice fruit cards, rhythm, basic strokes and songs

·        2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th will begin to learn Chinese Paradise text book

·        6^th, 7^th  and 8^th grade will begin to learn Happy Chinese text book

 

Please feel free to email me and set up appointment if you have any more questions.

I hope all of my students will have fun while learning Chinese this year!

 

Sincerely,

Wenny Chunwen Liao

w.liao@chpcs.org

Chinese Teacher at CHPCS

 “Where Children Soar!

September Newsletter

 

中文课开学快讯

 

Dear CHPCS Parent(s):

 

Welcome back! 欢迎回来！ I hope you all had a very wonderful summer. Chinese class will start early this year! The first day of the Chinese class will be on September 5^th. Also, there is another big change this year for Chinese program. Based on the research and teachers’ discussion, the first grade will choose their language instead of waiting until 2^nd grade. Here is more information about 2012-2013 Chinese class:

 

Course Description:

Mandarin is China’s official language. The purpose is to improve student speaking, writing, listening, and reading in real-world situations in a spontaneous and non-rehearsed context.  The course follows International Foreign Language Standard called the “5 C’s” (communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, communities) to connect our class room to the whole world and prepare our children to be global citizens.

 

Content:

We will follow the standard to develop our own learning materials from K to 8th Grade. At the same time, we will use Better Chinese, Chinese Paradise, Experience Chinese 体验汉语 and Kuai Le Han Yu 快乐汉语 (Happy Chinese) as supporting study materials.

 

In addition, you may expect your Chinese student to learn:

· “Pinyin” (four tones of pronunciation of the Chinese characters)

·  Vocabulary and simple interactions’ communication through following topics: Greeting, My Classroom, Counting, Colors and Shapes, Time and Date, My Body, My Home, Sports and Hobbies, Food and Drinks, Birthday and Festivals, Shopping, Daily Life, Location, Occupations, Animals and Nature, Seasons and Weather, Nationalities and Cities, Traffic and Travel, and more.

· How to recognize the basic Chinese Characters and read short stories

· Rules of writing Chinese Characters including the strokes, the sequence of the strokes and the radicals (strokes and radicals are marks on the page which combine to create Chinese characters).

· How to write short sentences in correct Chinese sentence construction

· Chinese culture, such as traditional Games, Chinese songs, Calligraphy, Paper-cutting, Chinese painting, and Chinese cooking.

· How to type in Chinese into Computer for upper grades.

· How Chinese people celebrate traditional holidays in China

Materials:

Text: Kuai Le Hanyu for 6th to 8th Grade (web link will be provided to the student.)

K- 8 Teacher created materials and some materials from donated to our Confucius Chinese classroom as part of our Hanban grant. 

 

Course Requirements:

· Read all handout materials. Attend all classes on time and be prepared. Follow class rules. Participate in all class and group discussions.

· Keep all classroom handouts in Chinese folder and bring notebook to class for 5th grade and up every day.

 

· Homework: Please turn in your homework on time. 2nd Grade and up will have homework once a week. Please bring you planner to Chinese class every Thursday. Homework is due the following Monday. Chinese is a standards graded subject like all other core subjects at Cascade. Students will be graded based on progress toward main objectives for lessons and units.

 

Please feel free to email me and set up appointment if you have any more questions. I look forward to meeting all of you at Back to School Night!

I hope all of my students will have fun while learning Chinese this year!

 

Sincerely,

Wenny Chunwen Liao

w.liao@chpcs.org

Chinese Teacher at CHPCS

 “Where Children Soar!