Week 9/24 to 9/28 (Week 4)

This week we will:

• Complete tone quiz
• Learn 3 self-introduction questions
• Learn numbers 11-99
• Learn to write characters 6-10
• Teach your parents correct pronunciation for numbers 1-10

Homework: 

-Character sheet 6-10 due Wednesday 

-Teach your parents numbers 1-10 signature sheet due Friday for a quiz grade 

-Number quiz next Monday (10/1)

-Introduction Test in Week 6

Tone Practice

How to practice for your tone quiz on Friday (listening): 

Step 1: Write down the sentence you see on a piece of paper. 
Step 2: Click on "HERE" and listen to the tone for the sentence. Listen three times each and write down the correct tone mark (keep in mind the 3 rules of tone mark placement) 
Step 3: Check your answer at the bottom of the page 


1. Ma ma bu zai jia ma? 
Click HERE to listen:

2. Wo jin tian wan de zhen kai xin, ni ne? 
Click HERE to listen:

3. Xiao mei mei mei you tang guo chi. 
Click HERE to listen: 

4. Chun mian bu jue xiao, chu chu wen ti niao. 
Click HERE to listen: 









Answers:
1. mā ma bú zài jiā ma? (Is mother not home?)
2. wǒ jīn tiān wán de zhēn kāi xīn, nǐ ne? (I had a good time today, did you?)
3. xiǎo mèi mei méi yǒu táng guǒ chī. (Little sister has no candy to eat.)
4. chūn mián bù jué xiǎo, chù chu wén tí niǎo.(It is hard to wake up from a spring nap. Calls of birds are everywhere)

4 Tones and neutral tone practice

Click HERE to hear the 4 tones and the neutral tone for the following sounds. Repeat after each tone to practice. 

MA

ZHOU

YAN

QIANG

YU

Week 9/17 to 9/21 (Week 3)

This week we will:

• Review tones and Pinyin alphabet, 3 rules of tone mark placement 
• Learn about pictographic characters
• Learn numbers 0-99
• Finish China intro PPT
• Learn to write 1-5

Homework: 
-Number character sheet 1-5 due Wednesday
-Tone quiz on Friday (Listening and speaking)

Week 9/10 to 9/14 (Week 2)

This week we will:

• Review Pinyin alphabet
• Review tones
• Learn rules about tone mark placements
• Review class commands
• Learn about pictographic characters
• Learn your Chinese name

Homework:
-Class supplies due Wednesday
-Study Pinyin and tone marks for class commands for Wednesday
-Class command quiz on Friday 
-Your name character sheet due next Monday 

Pinyin Practice

Click HERE and listen to the Pinyin alphabet until you know it well.