1. Feb.9-12.2015 TEKS: 2A, 5A, Chinese new Year objectives:
LUCKY WORDS reviewing
Chinese culture questions
3) songs: Happy New Year
4) voc. quiz: Wed.
5) Test on Thursday: sing the song “ Happy New Year!”

2. Monday obejctives Teks: 1a, 1b, 5a
Review the new words about the lucky phrases
learn Chinese culture questions
Hw: review voc. on quizlet/ flash card to practice new words at home.

3. Culture questions 1. How many nationalities are in China
2. What is the major nationality in China
3. Who is the current chairman of China
4. Who was the first chairman of China?
5. What's the order Chinese people put their name?
6. What is the order Chinese date? (ex.years, days, months)

4. Cultural Questions- Answers
1. 56
2. han
3. xi, jinping
4.Mao, ze Dong
5. Last name, middle name, first name
6.year, month,day

5. 新年快乐！Xīnnián kuàilè! Happy new year!
恭喜发财！Gōngxǐ fācái! Happiness and prosperity
财源广进Cáiyuán guǎng jìn May Wealth pour in from different directions
生意兴隆shēngyì xīnglóng Prosperous business
前程似锦Qiánchéng sì jǐn Have a bright future
步步高升bùbùgāo shēng Get promoted!
阖家幸福hé jiā xìngfú Joyful family life
迎春接福Yíngchūn jiē fú Embrace Spring and Receive the good luck!
合家欢乐héjiāhuān lè Happy and harmony within the family
白头偕老báitóuxiélǎo grow old together/ lifetime together
百年好合bǎinián hǎo hé love and devote to each other all life
永结同心yǒng jié tóngxīn May you share the same mind forever.
身体健康shēntǐ jiànkāng Good health
龙马精神lóngmǎ jīngshén Having spirit as dragon and horse
健康成长jiànkāng chéngzhǎng Grow up healthily
学习进步xuéxí jìnbù make progress in study

6. Must to master 新年快乐！Xīnnián kuàilè! Happy new year!
恭喜发财！Gōngxǐ fācái! Happiness and prosperity
步步高升bùbùgāo shēng Get promoted!
阖家幸福hé jiā xìngfú Joyful family life
身体健康shēntǐ jiànkāng Good health
学习进步xuéxíjìnbù make progress in study

7. Voc quiz 新年快乐！Xīnnián kuàilè! 恭喜发财！Gōngxǐ fācái!
财源广进Cáiyuán guǎng jìn May Wealth pour in from different directions
生意兴隆shēngyì xīnglóng Prosperous business
前程似锦Qiánchéng sì jǐn Have a bright future
步步高升bùbùgāo shēng Get promoted!
身体健康shēntǐ jiànkāng Good health
龙马精神lóngmǎ jīngshén Having spirit as dragon and horse
健康成长jiànkāng chéngzhǎng Grow up healthily
学习进步xuéxí jìnbù make progress in study
阖家幸福hé jiā xìngfú Joyful family life
迎春接福Yíngchūn jiē fú Embrace Spring and Receive the good luck!
合家欢乐héjiāhuān lè Happy and harmony within the family
白头偕老báitóuxiélǎo grow old together/ lifetime together
百年好合bǎinián hǎo hé love and devote to each other all life
永结同心yǒng jié tóngxīn May you share the same mind forever.

8. Tuesday objectives TEKS: 1A, 1B,5A New words of happy new year song
Listen and learn the song
Hw: students will be able to identify the Chinese words and will be able to use it in their Chinese New Year greating.

9. 身体健康shēntǐ jiànkāng Good health
龙马精神lóngmǎ jīngshén Having spirit as dragon and horse
健康成长jiànkāng chéngzhǎng Grow up healthily
学习进步xuéxí jìnbù make progress in study

10. 合家欢乐héjiāhuān lè Happy and harmony within the family
白头偕老báitóuxiélǎo grow old together/ lifetime together
百年好合bǎinián hǎo hé love and devote to each other all life
永结同心yǒng jié tóngxīn May you share the same mind forever.

11. 生意兴隆shēngyì xīnglóng Prosperous business

12. Rice cake: 发糕 is a sign for prosperity

13. 鱼fish= abundance 年年有余：abundance of money all through the year.

14. 步步高升：get promoted

15. 新年快乐：happy New Year!

16. 白头偕老：Grow old together, long and joyful marridge

17. 财源广进Cáiyuán guǎng jìn May Wealth pour in from different directions

18. 合(阖）家欢乐héjiāhuān lè Happy and harmony within the family

19. 前程似锦Qiánchéng sì jǐn Have a bright future

20. Wednesday
Teks: 1b, 1c, 5a
Writing red couplets: send them to family. And put it on both side of doors on Feb.16th 2015

21. Red couplets

22. Thursday
Teks: 1b, 1c
Voc. quiz
Chinese new Year song

23. 新年好 Happy New Year song
xīn nián  hǎo  ya  xīn nián  hǎo  ya   新   年    好   呀 , 新   年    好   呀 zhù hè dà jiā  xīn  nián  hǎo  
祝  贺 大 家   新   年     好 wǒ men  chàng gē                                  
我  们     唱      歌
wǒ men tiào wǔ
我  们   跳   舞
zhù hè dà jiā  xīn  nián  hǎo : ` 祝  贺 大 家  新   年     好

24. New words zhù hè : ` 祝 贺 , to wish dà jiā 大 家 , all xīn nián
新   年     , new year
Hǎo
好, good

25. practice
zhù hè      祝  贺
dà jiā
大 家 
xīn  nián
新   年   
Hǎo 好

26. Friday: make fish and decorate the classroom
Teks: 5a
Make valentine card

27. Qíngrén jié kuàilè 情人节快乐！Happy Valentine. Valentine Card making
Qíngrén jié kuàilè 情人节快乐！Happy Valentine! Valentine Card making!  Please write 3 sentences in your card and present to Ms.Wu
Nǐ shì wǒ de
你是我的！You are mine.
Wǒ ài nǐ!
我 爱你！ I love you!
Nǐ shì wǒ de wéiyī!
你是我的唯一！You are my only one!
Nǐ shì wǒ de bǎobèi
你是我的宝贝！You are my baby!

28. Extra information about Chinese New Year Traditions
Important days of the 15-day New Year Festival, including:
1)New Year’s Eve:
2) visiting temple and visit the seniors of the family on the first day of Chinese New Year. Eat rice dumpling to have sweet and smooth new year.
3) Visiting wife’s parents on the second day’s of Chinese New Year.
4) JIE CAI CENG: Welcoming the Gods of Wealth and Prosperity On the 5th day of New Year's, it is believed that the gods of prosperity come down from the heavens. Businesses will often participate in setting off firecrackers as they believe it will bring them prosperity and good fortune for their business.

29. 元宵节YUAN XIAO JIE: Festival of Lanterns
The 15th day of the New Year is known as The Festival of Lanterns and marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations. All types of lanterns are lit throughout the streets and often poems and riddles are often written for entertainment. There are also paper lanterns on wheels created in the form of either a rabbit or the animal of the year (Pig for 2007). The rabbit lantern stems from a Chinese myth or fairytale about a female goddess named "Chang E" who jumped onto the moon. So she wouldn't travel alone, she brough a rabbit with her to keep her company. It is said that if your heart is pure enough, you can see the goddess Chang E and her rabbit on the moon on this day.

30. Red envelopes 红包
Called "hong bao" in Mandarin, the red envelopes filled with money are typically only given to children or unmarried adults with no job. If you're single and working and making money, you still have to give the younger ones the hong bao money. The color red denotes good luck/fortune and happiness/abundance in the Chinese Culture and is often worn or used for decoration in other celebrations.

31. Dragon
The Dragon is present in many Chinese cultural celebrations as the Chinese people often think of themselves as descendants of the mythical creature. On the fifth day of the New Year when many people have to start going back to work, they will also have the Dancing Dragons perform in the front of the office building. On the 15th day of the New Year (Yuan Xiao Jie), they will also have a lot of dancing dragon performances. The dragon represents prosperity, good luck and good fortune.

32. Traditional Foods
The Chinese New Year's Eve meal is the most important dinner of the year. Typically, families gather at a designated relative's house for dinner, but these days, many families often celebrate New Year's Eve dinner at a restaurant. Many restaurants require reservations months in advance. There are also some families that hire a professional chef to come cook at their house. Chefs are often busy running from one home to another cooking dinners for different families on New Year's Eve.

33. How many days is Chinese New Year celebration?
Chinese New Year is a 15-day celebration and each day, many families rotate celebrations between homes of their relatives. The fest ivies are day-long and sometimes, a family ends up cooking two meals for their relatives, once at lunch and once at dinner. These dishes used to be all made from scratch, but now people can easily buy them prepackaged at the supermarkets.

34. 八宝饭
Eight Treasures Rice (contains glutinous rice, walnuts, different colored dry fruit, raisins, sweet red bean paste, jujube dates, and almonds).

35. Tang Yuan" - black sesame rice ball soup; or a Won Ton soup.

36. "Song Gao", literally translates to "loose cake"- which is made of rice which has been coursely ground and then formed into a small, sweet round cake.

37. Year of sheep video