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Showing posts with label Chinese New Year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese New Year. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

CHINESE NEW YEAR ACTIVITIES and RESOURCES

How do you celebrate the Chinese New Year? In my classroom, I use poetry to introduce the celebration. The following poem introduces some of the holiday traditions:


Chinese children will greet their parents and other adults by saying, "Gung Hay Fat Choy," which means wishing you great happiness and prosperity. Naturally, we greet the adults in our school with this phrase.

The dragon dance is often conducted in the streets during Chinese New Year. My students create a parade of their own using these templates:

We make a dragon for the parade, keeping in mind that the longer the dragon, the greater the luck it bestows.  To make the dragon's body, create an accordian fold. Use 2 strips of paper about 1.5" wide.  Choose different colors and make the strips as long as you like.  Begin by gluing the strips together. 


The head in these pictures is a template that can be colored or printed in color.

Of course I have a poem dedicated just to the Dragon Dance.

Along the way, I incorporate other learning. These activities are part of my Winter Poetry Possibilities unit. The possibilities provide a plethora of lessons from various disciplines.



GUNG HAY FAT CHOY!




































 

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Chinese New Year Poetry Possibilities




It's about time, teachers, for 



That means it's about time for some Poetry Possibilities to help you celebrate.

Included in Poetry Possibilities: Winter Edition are 2 poems and many possibilities for teaching with them.  









The possibilities include teaching points about poetry, but also include lessons from multiple subjects.  They even include several craftivities.

GUNG HAY FAT CHOY!


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Friday, February 20, 2015

Freebie February and Chinese New Year

Gung Hay Fat Choy!
"Best wishes and Congratulations. Have a prosperous and good year."




It's Chinese New Year and in celebration, I have a poem for you.


And some possibilities for teaching with it.





These are samples from Poetry Possibilities for Winter.

It's day 20 of Freebie February.  Today's offering is St. Patrick's Day Square Puzzlers. Challenging enough for G/T; fun for everyone.


Have a great weekend!