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Teacher’s Supplement MAGAZINE ARTICLES New Year’s Celebrations Through the Ages 8 Expository Non-fiction 1260L Ringing in the New Year with Red Underwear 12 Expository Nonfiction 1130L Hog Wild for Hogmany 14 Expository Nonfiction 1030L New Year’s Eve New York City Style 28 Expository Nonfiction 1060L The Oldest New Year’s Party: Celebrating Nayrouz 22 Expository Nonfiction 1110L Songkran 26 Expository Nonfiction 970L Rosh Hashanah: The Jewish New Year 30 First Person Narrative Nonfiction 950L Hijri: The Islamic New Year 36 Expository Nonfiction 1190L Holiday of Hope 38 Expository Nonfiction 870L The Chinese Zodiac 42 Expository Nonfiction 960L FACES: Happy New Year Around the World © January 2016 Contents Teachers’ Guide for FACES: Happy OVERVIEW New Year Around the World In this magazine, readers will learn Using This Guide 2 how people around the world Common Core: Reading, Speaking ring in the New & Listening, and Writing 3 Year. Happy New Year Around the World includes Article Pages 4 information about the history, customs, and traditions surrounding New Year’s celebrations from Cross Text Connections China to New York City. with Multiple Articles 14 Mini-Unit 15 Printables 18 ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Glossary 21 How do New Year celebrations differ amongst people, places, and cultures and what recurring themes unite them? Online Resources 23 1 FACES: Happy New Year Around the World © January 2016 Using this Guide We invite you to use this magazine as a flexible teaching tool, which is ideal for interdisciplinary learning of social studies and science content and core literacy concepts Find practical advice for teaching articles individually or utilize a mini-unit that helps your students’ make cross-text connections as they integrate ideas and information READ MULTIPLE ARTICLES PAGES 4 – 13 Each article in this magazine is well-suited for teaching Common Core literacy concepts and content area knowledge For each individual article page in this guide, you’ll find the following: Prepare to Read CCSS.SpeakListen.1, 2, 4 Essential Question Content Concepts Close Reading Questions C3 Framework for Social Studies CCSS.Reading.1-10 State Standards Common Core Connections to teach Key Vocabulary reading and writing standards CCSS.Reading.4 CCSS.Writing.1, 2, 3 & 6 TEACH A MINI-UNIT PAGES 15 – 17 SOCIAL STUDIES Magazine articles can be easily grouped to make cross text CONTENT connections and comparisons Our Common Core mini-unit guides students to read and discuss multiple articles and integrate ideas and information (CCSS Reading 9) Discussing multiple articles (CCSS SpeakListen 1, 2, 4) prepares students CORE to write informational texts to share and publish in a variety of LITERACY ARTICLES ways (CCSS Writing2) 2 FACES: Happy New Year Around the World © January 2016 Common Core Reading, Speaking & Listening, and Writing READING Core literacy concepts, such as the ones found in the Common Core State Standards, help students access social studies and science content Integration of both literacy thinking and content study offers students a great way to become experts in reading informational text and literature for content knowledge This guide provides questions to cover many core literacy concepts Draw Inferences (CCSS. InfoText.1) Summarize (CCSS.InfoText.2) Describe Relationships (CCSS.InfoText.3) Determine Word Meaning (CCSS.InfoText.4) Analyze Text Structure (CCSS.InfoText.5) Understand Author’s Point of View (CCSS.InfoText.6) Interpret Visual Information (CCSS.InfoText.7) Explain Reasons and Evidence (CCSS.InfoText.8) FOCUS STANDARD: CCSS. InfoText 9: Integrate Ideas and Information: Have students read multiple articles from this magazine on the same topic, build knowledge, and make cross-text comparisons SPEAKING AND LISTENING Use the articles in this magazine to spark meaningful discussions in person and online Encourage deeper discussions where students can become topic experts (CCSS.SpeakListen.1, 2, 4) DISCUSSION OPTIONS—IN CLASS OR ONLINE Article Clubs: Form small reading groups of students reading the same article Have students discuss the content, share ideas, and critically evaluate the text Jigsaw Clubs: Form small reading groups of students reading different articles Invite students to share information and resources with each other Whole Class: Launch with an essential question Encourage students to find and share evidence from different articles building a greater understanding of the question WRITING Use the articles in this magazine to prompt informative/explanatory writing (CCSS.Writing.2). Have students use evidence from the texts to share information about social studies, language arts, or science content in the articles See the Mini-Unit section of this guide (pages 15 – 17) as well as the article pages (pages 4 - 13) for ways to incorporate writing into your instruction 3 FACES: Happy New Year Around the World © January 2016 ARTICLE: New Year’s Celebrations Through the Ages Magazine pages 8 - 11, Expository Nonfiction 1260 Discover how the ancient Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians celebrated New Year’s and why most Americans consider January 1st to be New Year’s Day exile Score: exile L ESSENTIAL PREPARE TO READ QUESTION Many holidays are culturally or religiously specific But New Year’s celebrations How do New Year’s celebrations differ amongst people, places, are held all over the world Predict: Where do you think these celebrations and cultures and what recurring originated? themes unite them? SOCIAL STUDIES CONCEPT CLOSE READING QUESTIONS Cultural practices are affected • Why did the ancient Babylonian high priest slap the king? by environmental and physical • Underline three important elements of the Chinese New Year Why are they characteristics of places important? • What phrases from the test describe the relationship between the Egyptians and their gods? CROSS CURRICULAR EXTENSION Science Use a star chart to identify visible COMMON CORE CONNECTIONS constellations and track their movement in the night sky Cite Text Evidence CCSS Info Text 8 Find evidence supporting the idea that religion influences each civilization’s New Year’s festival KEY VOCABULARY Analyze Relationships CCSS Info Text 3 vernal (p.8) occurring in the spring How did the invention of the Gregorian calendar affect the way Catholics equinox (p.8) a day when day and celebrated New Year’s? Why did some Christian groups celebrate New Year’s on night are the same length different days? silt (p.9) sand, soil, mud, etc , that is Narrative Writing CCSS Writing 3 carried by flowing water and that sinks Imagine you are living in ancient China Write a narrative describing your to the bottom of a river, pond, etc preparations for and experiences during the New Year’s celebration celestial (p.9) of or relating to the sky: stars, planets, asteroids 4 FACES: Happy New Year Around the World © January 2016 ARTICLE: Ringing in the New Year with Red Underwear Magazine pages 12 - 13, Expository Nonfiction 1130 From dish throwing to grape eating, there are many seemingly strange customs and traditions surrounding New Year’s celebrations Explore the diverse traditions practiced during New Year’s across the globe exile Score: exile L ESSENTIAL PREPARE TO READ QUESTION How do New Year’s Ask students to hypothesize why many Americans make New Year’s celebrations differ amongst resolutions Why do they think this tradition developed? people, places, and cultures and what recurring themes unite them? SOCIAL STUDIES CLOSE READING QUESTIONS CONCEPT • Make a two-column table listing each location mentioned and the New Year’s Combinations of cultural and traditions practiced there? environmental characteristics make • Underline parts of the text identifying things to avoid on New Year’s places similar and different • Find evidence in the text that supports the idea that people follow New Year’s traditions to influence their future CROSS-CURRICULAR EXTENSION Physical Education & Math Many people make a New Year’s COMMON CORE CONNECTIONS resolution to get fit Set a personal goal for yourself and keep a chart of Analyze Details CCSS Info Text 3 your progress Make a list of objects mentioned in the article and what they symbolize What characteristics of each object leads to the symbolism? KEY VOCABULARY Understand Main Ideas CCSS Info Text 2 What is the main idea of this article? What other ideas are used to support the longevity (p.12) length of life main idea? prosperity (p.12) the state of being successful Present Opinions CCSS Speaking and Listening 4 Which New Year’s tradition do you find most interesting? Form your opinion and superstition (p.12) a belief that share it with your classmates Use facts and other descriptive details to support certain events or things will bring good your opinion or bad luck 5 FACES: Happy New Year Around the World © January 2016 ARTICLE: Hog Wild for Hogmany Magazine pages 14 - 17, Expository Nonfiction 1030 Hogmany is the name of the Scottish New Year’s celebration Many traditions related to this holiday were brought by Viking invaders centuries ago exile Score: exile L ESSENTIAL QUESTION PREPARE TO READ How do New Year’s Ask students what they know about the Vikings Where were they from? What celebrations differ amongst did they look like? 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