Chinese Feet

Date: Dec 2, 2015

Class: KIN 355
Grade Level:(4th Grade)
Time: 10 mins
Targeted NASPE Standard(s):
NASPE Standards: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Teacher: Luxin Xue

School: MSU Elementary School
Equipment Used:
N/A

Specific Objective: By the end of this lesson, the students will be able to say and
behave Chinese characters (run) (jump) (squat)
Concomitant Objective: The students will stay physically active.
Time
Procedures Followed
Warm Up: None needed
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Transition: Students sitting at their seats to begin
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Set Induction:
-Write with pinyin on board.
-Good Morning Class! Welcome to our Happy Chinese
class. Before we start, please look at the blackboard,
and tell me do you notice anything in common for these
characters?
-Left sides are the same.
-Excellent!
Learnable Piece:
-Today, we are going to learn these three characters
with feet on the left side, we call it zuzipang. When you
say a word with this zuzipang, you should know that it is
about feet in some way. Understand (Thump up) Alright.
-For example, pao, means run, you run with your feet,
right? (write on board), please followed me, pao, again,
pao.
-The next is tiao, means jump, you jump with your feet,
too, right? Follow me, tiao, tiao.

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-The last one is dun, means squat. Follow me dun, dun.

Cool! Pao Dun Tiao
-Lets have a quiz (cover Chinese character)
Transition:
-Today, we are going to play a game named Chinese
Feet. When I say go, I need you to stand up along the
aisle /ail/, and give yourself some space, go!

Materials

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Activity:
-For this game, When I say pao, tiao, or dun, and you
should react to it with actions. For example, pao
(you run), tiao (you jump), dun (you squat), understand?
-Lets have a practice. If you dont remember, just look
at the board. Alright, pao/ dun/ tiao/ tiao/ dun/ pao/ from
slow to fast.
-Lets add challenge to it. You only do it when I say I
say, if I dont say it, you dont do it. Understand? For
example, I say dun, I say tiao, tiao!
-Excellent, everyone!

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Notes:

Possible Modifications:
N/A
Lesson Review:
-You can have a seat. Lets review them. What is this?
(Pao), it means (run) (Same for the three characters).
-Some other words with zuzipang such as (step on)
(dance) (knee down) we will learn them in the future
classes.
-Good Class, everyone!