Fourth graders learn body-part words in Mandarin — 头 (tóu), 眼睛 (yǎnjing), 手 (shǒu), 脚 (jiǎo) — and sort them into parts on the head and parts on the body.
Students will be able to…
From head to toe! What are the parts of the 身体 (shēntǐ — body) in Mandarin?
Project this and sort each part into 头 (tóu - head) or 身 (shēn - body).
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What are the parts of the body in Mandarin?
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Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice).
Interpretive: understand body words.
Connect to the body.
Compare body words.
Interpersonal: name body parts.
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Have students point to and name two body parts in Mandarin (like 头 tóu and 手 shǒu). A printable body sheet is in the World Languages library.
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