Facilitating the learning of elementary students in a content based and

meaningful context

MIS Annual ConferenceSouth Gate, California

Nov. 1, 2014

Ping Liu, PhD

Professor

Teacher Education Department

CSU Long Beach

ping.liu@csulb.edu

詠鵝駱賓王

鵝，鵝，鵝，曲項向天歌。白毛浮綠水，紅掌撥清波。

咏鹅骆宾王

鹅，鹅，鹅，曲项向天歌。白毛浮绿水，红掌拨清波。

Designing instructionHow to select key characters?What strategies can be applied?Questions to ask?

◦Aligned with sequence of the poem◦Other

What subject(s) to integrate?Connection or transition between

lessons?

Key character study- Connection to prior learning- By meaning - aligned with the poem

- By radical/structure鵝：我 ＋ 鳥 ◦結構◦音意

Key words

鹅、 (曲 )项、白毛、红掌、 ( 绿 ) 水、 ( 清 ) 波、歌、浮、拨池塘、植物、荷花、岸边、游

泳、只

Vocabulary studyCurriculum Framework… (Liu, 2012)

Strategies to applyVisual scaffoldingLabelingGraphic organizerSentence (frame) to rewrite/retell

the poemQuestioning techniques

Visual scaffolding(google image search key word: 鹅）

Line 1: Labeling (google image search key word: 鹅）

鹅 鹅

鹅

Line 2(google image search key word: 鹅）

曲项

歌

天

♪♫♬...

Line 3(google image search key word: 鹅）

白毛

绿水

Line 4(google image search key word: 鹅）

红掌

清波

拨

Graphic organizer － A

鵝

白毛紅掌

曲項

Graphic organizer B

鹅

曲项 白毛 红掌

Graphic organizer - C

鹅

红掌

曲项白毛

Questions to ask(aligned with sequence of the poem)

What’s on the picture? What do they look like?

How does a goose sing? What are colors of feathers and

water? How does a goose swim?

Other questions related to the poem

How do you like the poem?Which is your favorite line? Why? What is the tone of the poem?

Why do you think so? Cite evidence from the poem.

Subjects to integrateLanguage arts

◦Vocabulary ◦Writing ◦Reading

ScienceMathVisual arts…

ScienceHow do you describe/draw a

goose?What can a goose do?What is special about the living

environment of a goose?Why do you think a goose can

swim?Make a list of words ( 成語

等） related to geese

Enrichment鵝毛大雪 , 千里 ( 送 ) 鵝毛 , 水儘鵝飛 ,

鵝行鴨步清澈見底，水平如鏡，碧波蕩漾，風

景如畫魚，青蛙，蝌蚪，鴨，烏龜，鳥，蜻

蜓，蝴蝶

Thank you for

your participation!