Tag: Homework

  • Jose Ortega parents have created laminated place mats of the San Francisco Unified School District Mandarin vocabulary. The placemats are 11″x17″ and come by grade level in sets of two — one mat has the Chinese characters only (for quizzing) and the second mat has the characters plus pinyin and English meanings (for study). The…

  • Tuesday, December 15 from 5:30-7:00 at Starr King (1215 Carolina Street) in Room 107. The teachers at Starr King will offer a workshop detailing the kinds of Chinese homework assigned for each grade level and why they are assigned, as well as how we parents can support our kids even if we do not know…

  • How to use a Chinese dictionary, especially if you don’t speak Chinese A presentation by the Mandarin Immersion Parents Council and parents with children in the Mandarin immersion programs at Starr King and Jose Ortega Elementary Schools, San Francisco Cheng & Tsui’s Chinese Character Dictionary is the dictionary that the SFUSD Mandarin immersion coordinator suggests…