This document discusses integrating Common Core State Standards into Chinese language instruction at Dixie Magnet Elementary School. It provides background on the school's Chinese program and an introduction to the Common Core. The author then outlines challenges of implementing Common Core and how it could impact foreign language classes. Strategies are presented for supporting Common Core through familiarization, collaboration, embedding standards into Chinese curriculum and instruction, and sharing lesson plans online. Examples are given of integrating specific math, English language arts, science and social studies standards into Chinese lessons. A sample thematic unit is designed around the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Reflections and references are also included.

1. Yan Wang
Dixie Magnet Elementary School
Fayette County Public Schools, KY
Integrating Common Core
State Standards
into Chinese Instruction

2. Chinese Program at
Dixie Magnet Elementary School
 Founded by FLEP grant
 Started in 2007 with
kindergarten and adding one
grade level each year. By this
year the whole school has
started learning Chinese.
 It is a FLES program.
Students have Chinese
instruction every other day,
each day for 30 minutes.

3. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative
is a state-led effort coordinated by the National
Governors Association Center for Best Practices
(NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School
Officers (CCSSO).The standards were developed in
collaboration with teachers, school administrators,
and experts, to provide a clear and consistent
framework to prepare our children for college and the
workforce.
*http://www.corestandards.org
Introduction

4. Common Core Standards for:
 Mathematics (K-12)
 English Language Art (K-12) &
Literacy in History/Social Studies,
Science and Technical Subjects
(6-12)
 Kentucky Common Core for Science
& Social Studies Assessments (K-5)

5.  Forty-five states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and
the Department of Defense Education Activity have adopted
the Common Core State Standards.
In the States
Kentucky in 2010
was the first state
in the nation
explicitly tied to
the Common
Core State
Standards.
KY

6. Challenges for Educators
 Professional development
 Curriculum design
 Instruction
 Assessment
 Educator evaluation
“Year Two of implementing the Common Core
State Standards: States’ Progress and Challenges”
-- Center on Education policy, January 2012

7. Effect on
Foreign Language classes
 Reduce the Chinese instruction time
to increase the hours for reading and
math
 Cancel Chinese classes for students
in the 3rd-5th grades
 Eliminate the opportunities for certain
students to take Chinese classes
 Assign Chinese teachers to do
reading or math intervention

8. Support the Implementation of CCSS
 Be familiar with the CCSS
 Collaborate with classroom teachers
 Embedding CCSS into Chinese
Curriculum and instruction

9. Share the lesson plan online

10. Sample Chinese
Long Range Plan (1st grade)

11. Integrate Math Standards
into Chinese Instruction
CC. K.MD.B.3
Classify objects into given
categories; count the
numbers of objects in each
category and sort the
categories by count.

12. Integrate Math Standards
into Chinese Instruction
CC.K.MD.A.2
Directly compare two objects
with a measurable attribute in
common, to see which object
has “more of”/“less of” the
attribute, and describe the
difference.

13. Integrate Math Standards
into Chinese Instruction
CC.1.MD.3
Tell and write time in
hours and half-hours using
analog and digital clocks.
CC.2.MD.7
Tell and write time from
analog and digital clocks
to the nearest five
minutes, using a.m. and
p.m.

14. Integrate Math Standards
into Chinese Instruction
CC.5.MD.1
Convert among
different-sized standard
measurement units
within a given
measurement system
(e.g., convert 5 cm to
0.05 m), and use these
conversions in solving
multi-step real world
problems.
1美元 = 6.2 元
300 元 = ？ 美元

15. Integrate Math Standards
into Chinese Instruction
Patterns
Shapes
Fractions

16. Integrate English Language Art (Reading)
Standards Into the Chinese Instruction
Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1
With prompting and support,
ask and answer questions about
key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.2
With prompting and support,
identify the main topic and retell
key details of a text.

17. Integrate English Language Art (Reading)
Standards Into the Chinese Instruction
Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.5
Identify the front cover,
back cover, and title page
of a book.

18. Integrate English Language Art (Reading)
Standards Into the Chinese Instruction
Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.4
With prompting and support,
ask and answer questions about
unknown words in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.4
Ask and answer questions to
help determine or clarify the
meaning of words and phrases in
a text.

19. Integrate English Language Art (Reading)
Standards Into the Chinese Instruction
Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.6
Distinguish between
information provided by
pictures or other
illustrations and
information provided by
the words in a text.

20. Integrate English Language Art (Reading)
Standards Into the Chinese Instruction
Integration of Knowledge and
Ideas
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.7
With prompting and support,
describe the relationship
between illustrations and the
text in which they appear (e.g.,
what person, place, thing, or
idea in the text an illustration
depicts).

21. Integrate English Language Art (Reading)
Standards Into the Chinese Instruction
Range of Reading and Level
of Text Complexity
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.10
Actively engage in group
reading activities with
purpose and
understanding.

22. Integrate English Language Art (Reading)
Standards Into the Chinese Instruction

23. Integrate English Language Art (Writing)
Standards Into the Chinese Instruction
Text Types and Purposes
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.2
Use a combination of drawing,
dictating, and writing to
compose informative/
explanatory texts in which
they name what they are
writing about and supply
some information about the
topic.

25. Integrate Science Contents
Into the Chinese Instruction
Physical Science
SC-EP-1.1.3
Students will describe
the properties of water
as it occurs as a solid,
liquid or gas.

26. Integrate Science Standards
Into the Chinese Instruction
Earth/Space Science
SC-EP-2.3.4
Students will describe
the movement of the
sun in the sky using
evidence of interactions
of the sun with the earth
(e.g., shadows, position
of sun relative to
horizon) to identify
patterns of movement.
中国是白天， 美国
是晚上， 差12 小时。

27. Integrate Science Standards
Into the Chinese Instruction
Earth/Space Science
SC-EP-4.3.2
Students will describe
patterns in weather
and weather data in
order to make simple
predictions based on
those patterns
discovered.

28. Integrate Science Contents
Into the Chinese Instruction
Biological Science
SC-EP-3.4.4
Students will describe a
variety of plant and
animal life cycles to
understand patterns of
the growth,
development,
reproduction and death
of an organism.

29. Integrate Science Standards
Into the Chinese Instruction
Unifying Concepts
SC-EP-4.6.1
Students will describe
basic relationships of
plants and animals in an
ecosystem (food
chains).

30. Integrate Social Studies Contents
Into the Chinese Instruction
Culture Diversity
POS-SS-P-CS-2
Students will
understand that diverse
groups celebrate
heritage and culture in
a variety of ways.
感恩节
中秋节

31. Integrate Social Studies Contents
Into the Chinese Instruction
Culture Diversity
POS-SS-P-H-3
Students will
differentiate among
fact, fiction, and opinion
in relating historical
events.
传说

32. English Language
Arts – Speaking &
Listening
Mathematics
English Language
Arts Reading:
Literature
Life Cycle
Language
in use
Content
Culture
Design a Thematic Unit:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Days of
week
Colors
Common
food in
the US
and
China

33. Design a Thematic Unit:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

34. Design a Thematic Unit:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

35. Design a Thematic Unit:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

36. Design a Thematic Unit:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

37. Design a Thematic Unit:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

38. Design a Thematic Unit:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

39. Reflections
 Support and reinforce the Common Core State
Standards in the foreign language instruction
 Build the Common Core Contents into the thematic
units
 Deliver the the foreign language instruction to
appropriate grade levels based on the CCSS
 Effectively communicate with administrators,
colleagues and parents about benefits and advantages
of the Chinese program in support of the CCSS

40. References
 Common Core State Standards initiative
http://www.corestandards.org
 Crosswalk - Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
Comparison to Kentucky State Standards
http://education.ky.gov/curriculum/docs/Pages/Crosswal
k-CCSS-(CCSS)-Comparison-to-KY-State-Standards.aspx
 Next Generation Science Standards
http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-
science-standards
 Kentucky Standard for World Language proficiency
 Core Content for Science Assessments (Elementary)

41. Q & A
Yan Wang 王 雁
Dixie Magnet Elementary School
Fayette County Public Schools
Lexington, Kentucky
Email: yan.wang@fayette.kyschools.us
Website: http://wanglaoshi.wikispaces.com