Topic

Language
Content

Standards

Unit 1
Who We Are
Greeting others and
Introducing yourself

Greet in Chinese
count, read and
write number 1 to
10
Use short sentence
pattern to tell their
names, ages, family
members, body
parts, five senses, &
favorite color(s).
Tell days of the
week, months of the
year, and basic
weather
Understand simple
commands and
follow directions in
target language.
MLEK.IP1A, B, C, D,
E, F
MLEK.P1A, B

Wesley Chinese Curriculum Map - Kindergarten

Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
How the World
How We Express
Where we are in
Works
Ourselves
place and time
Animals, motions,
holiday celebrations,
Tell sharp time,
shapes, and colors
Holiday food, and
countries of origins
songs
Tell directions.
Say holiday greetings
Use short sentence
Tell opposites in
Express their like and
pattern to tell their
target language.
dislikes
names, ages, body
Describe animals
Tell their favorite food parts, colors, and
from the
for holidays
family members.
characteristics of
Sing holiday songs in
Tell sharp time in
their body.
target language
target language.
Tell the names of the
Tell basic countries
aquatic organism.
and continents from
Tell the story of the
target language.
tadpole in target
language from
pictures.
Tell basic motions
and needs of animals
and aquatic organism
in target language.
MLEK.IP1A, 1B, 1C,
1D, 1E, 1E, 1F, 1G, 2A
MLEKINT1A, 1B, 2A,
2B
MLEK.P1A, 1B

MLEK.IP1A,B,C,D,E,F,G
MLEK.INT1A,2B,2A,2B
MLEK.P1A,1B, 2B
MLEK.P2A
MLEK.CU1C
MLEK.CCC1B, 2A, 3B,
4A

MLEK.IP1A,B, C, D, E,
F, G
MLEK.INT1A, B
MLEK.InT2B
MLEK.P1A, B
MLEK.CU1B
MLEK.CCC2A

Unit 5
How We Organize
Ourselves
Chinese Spring
festival, Zodiac
animals
Say Chinese holiday
greetings
Express their like and
dislikes
Tell their favorite
food for holidays
Tell basic Chinese
traditional food for
Chinese New Year
Tell basic
transportations
Tell Chinese Zodiac
animals of their birth
year

Unit 6
Sharing the Planet
Daily activities,
habitats, landforms
and related animals

MLEK.IP1A, B, C, D, E,
F, G
MLEK.IP2A
MLEK.INT1A, B
MLEK.INT2A, B
MLEK.P1A, B
MLEK.CU1A, 1B, 1C
MLEK.CCC1A,1B, 3A,
3B, 4A, 4B

MLEI.IP1A, B, C, D, E,
F, G, H
MLEI,IP2A, C
MLE1.INT1A, B
MLE1.INT2A, B
MLE1.P1A, 1B, 2B
MLE1.CU1A, 1C
MLE1.CCC1A, 1B, 2A,
2B, 3A, 3B

Tell basic vocabularies

of activities in target
language.
Tell opposites in
target language.
Understand some
vocabularies of plants
and insects in target
language.
Tell their daily
activities in Target
language.
Tell their plan for
summer vacation in
target language.

EQs

What do animals
eat?

How do they celebrate Where do I live?

holidays in China?

Interdisplinary
Connection

How do I greet and

introduce myself to
others?
Social Studies
Health Education

Science

History, Social Studies

Social studies,
Math

Cultrual
Studies

Order of introducing
family members

Ancient Chinese
poem about animals,
Chinese folk stories
about animals

Chinese lunar
calendar, ancient
Chinese inventions
about telling time

Learning
Activities

Flash card reading

games, role play,
songs, chants, etc.

Flash card reading

games, role play,
songs, chants, etc.

Comparison of
different cultures of
holidays celebration
Chinese culture in
Christmas,
Thanksgiving and
Halloween
Flash card reading
games, role play,
songs, chants, etc.

Targeted
Picture Books

I Love My Family

This is My Family

The Very Hungry

Caterpillar

Chinese New Year

Materials &
Resources

PPT/Flashcards/
Story books/DVDs
Handouts/Reading
dialogue/Smart
boards/Quizlet
Oral performance
Participation
Class work
Project

PPT/Flashcards/
Story books/DVDs
Handouts/Reading
dialogue/Smart
boards/Quizlet
Oral performance
Participation
Class work

PPT/Flashcards/
Story books/DVDs
Handouts/Reading
dialogue/Smart
boards/Quizlet
Oral performance
Participation
Class work
Speaking and
listening
comprehensive test

Assessment

How do Chinese
people celebrate
their New Year?
Social Studies,
History

What do animals need

for living?

Chinese Spring
Festival and
celebrations,
legendary story of
Nian, and zodiac
animals, traditions of
Spring Festival
Flash card reading
games, role play,
songs, chants, etc.

Chinese children
games: jianzi, tuoluo,
tiaosheng,
tiaoxiangpijing,
origami, paper cuting

Whats the Time, Old

Wolf?

Which Country do
You Come From?

Story of Zodiac
Animals

Brown Bear, Brown

Bear, What do You
See

PPT/Flashcards/
Story books/DVDs
Handouts/Reading
dialogue/Smart
boards/Quizlet
Oral performance
Participation
Class work

PPT/Flashcards/
Story books/DVDs
Handouts/Reading
dialogue/Smart
boards/Quizlet
Oral performance
Participation
Class work
Project

PPT/Flashcards/
Story books/DVDs
Handouts/Reading
dialogue/Smart
boards/Quizlet
Oral performance
Participation
Class work
Speaking and
listening
comprehensive test

Flash card reading

games, role play,
songs, chants, etc.

Science, math, social

studies

Flash card reading

games, role play,
songs, chants, etc.