Ice Festivals

Level 3 - 5

Culture Readers: Holidays Ice Festivals

Activity Pack

Vocabulary

A Write the vocabulary words under the pictures.

beautiful fjord sculpture musical instruments attract concert activity musician

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

B Circle the correct vocabulary words.

1. The temperature / concert in the town of Harbin is -13 to -24°C in January.

2. People used to freeze water in buckets, then make a fjord / hole for a candle.

3. The Harbin Ice Festival has some of the world’s biggest sculptures / musical instruments.

4. There are many fjord / beautiful ice lanterns in Harbin.

5. At the Harbin Festival, you can do activities / musicians on the Songhua River.

6. At the Geilo Ice Festival, the sculptures are musical instruments / holes.

7. Temperatures / Musicians play the ice instruments to make music.

8. People enjoy listening to concerts / activities at the Geilo Festival.

Comprehension

A Read and check (). True False

1. Harbin is a town in China.

2. The Songhua River is the longest river in the world.

3. Every part of the musical instruments at Geilo is ice.

4. A fjord has land on all of its sides.

5. Ice musical instruments can melt or break.

6. Over 2 million people go to the Sapporo Snow Festival.

B Choose the correct sentence for each picture.

a. A musician started the Geilo Ice Music Festival. b. Ice festivals are not fun for people who don’t like cold weather. c. There are fun activities at the ice and snow festivals. d. The Sapporo Snow Festival takes place in February.

1. 2.

3. 4.

Graphic Organizer

Complete the organizer. Use the information from the book.

Ice Festivals

The Harbin Ice The Geilo Ice The Sapporo Snow Festival Music Festival Festival

· · · Country & City · · ·

Year Started

· · · Things To See · ·

· · ·

· ·

Things To Do

Survey

A Complete the survey. Use the sample answers as a guide. If you are at school, ask two classmates. If you are at home, ask your family or call two friends.

1. Which ice festival sounds most The Geilo Ice Music Festival sounds interesting to you? most interesting to me.

2. Which ice festival activity would you The activity I would like to try is ice like to try? fishing.

3. What is a festival that happens in your A festival that happens in my town is town? the Fire Festival in spring.

My Answers Partner 1 Partner 2

B Share one of your partner’s answers with the class.

My partner was . He/She told me that the ice festival that sounds most interesting to him/her is . He/She also told me that the activity he/she would like to try is . He/She told me about a festival that happens in his/her town. The festival is .

Team Project

A Choose one of the topics below to research.

Sapporo

Ice Sculptures

Fjords

Mazes

Snow

B Write three or more interesting facts about your topic. Then share your information with the class.

Our Topic:

Fact 1

Fact 2

Fact 3

Learn More 1

A Learn how to read large numbers. Practice saying them.

ten ten ten one million million million hundred hundred hundred thousand thousand thousand

100,000,000 10,000,000 1,000,000 100,000 10,000 1,000 100 10 1

• 584,319,266: five hundred eighty-four million, three hundred nineteen thousand, two hundred sixty-six • 72,905,434: seventy-two million, nine hundred and five thousand, four hundred thirty- four • 15,518: fifteen thousand, five hundred eighteen

B Write the numbers.

1. Twenty-four thousand, seven hundred eighty-one 2. Three million, six hundred fourteen thousand, four hundred and two

3. One hundred twenty-five million, nine hundred fifty-nine thousand, three hundred seventy-seven

C Write the numbers in word form.

1. 35,265,719

2. 526,764,480

3. 5,328,671

Learn More 2

A Learn about square meters and cubic meters.

1 m 2 1 m 3 (high) 1 m (high) 1 m

1 m (wide) 1 m 1 m (long) (long)

m (meter) m2 (square meter) m3 (cubic meter)

B Describe the ice sculpture with the given information. Write the numbers in word form.

13,000 m3

8 m

250 m

1. The ice sculpture is high and long.

2. It uses over of snow.

Literature

A Ice and snow are common winter sites. Here is a poem about snow and ice. Read the poem aloud.

Ice and Snow

Ice is hard. Snow is soft. Both make it difficult to run. Ice is clear. Snow is white. Let’s have a snowball fight!

B Write your own poem.

Art

Make a snowflake.

1. Take a paper square. 2. Fold it to make a triangle.

3. Then, fold it again. Repeat. 4. Cut holes in the paper.

5. You can cut small holes. 6. You can cut big holes.

7. Put your snowflakes in the window!

Vocabulary List

Write the words you learned from this book with their meanings.

Word Meaning

Book Report

Book Title Author

3 Interesting Things I Learned

2 Expressions I Learned 1 Question I Still Have

1. Expression

Sentence (p. )

2. Expression Star Rating

Sentence (p. ) Reason:

Date: Name: Date: Name: Vocabulary Comprehension Vocabulary Comprehension

A Write the vocabulary words under the pictures. A Read and check (). True False

1. Harbin is a town in China. beautiful fjord sculpture musical instruments attract concert activity musician 2. The Songhua River is the longest river in the world.

3. Every part of the musical instruments at Geilo is ice. 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. A fjord has land on all of its sides.

5. Ice musical instruments can melt or break.

musical instruments 6. Over 2 million people go to the Sapporo Snow Festival. activity beautiful fjord

5. 6. 7. 8. B Choose the correct sentence for each picture.

a. A musician started the Geilo Ice Music Festival. attract concert sculpture musician b. Ice festivals are not fun for people who don’t like cold weather. c. There are fun activities at the ice and snow festivals. d. The Sapporo Snow Festival takes place in February. B Circle the correct vocabulary words.

1. The temperature / concert in the town of Harbin is -13 to -24°C in January. 1. 2.

2. People used to freeze water in buckets, then make a fjord / hole for a candle.

3. The Harbin Ice Festival has some of the world’s biggest sculptures / musical instruments. c b 4. There are many fjord / beautiful ice lanterns in Harbin.

5. At the Harbin Festival, you can do activities / musicians on the Songhua River. 3. 4. 6. At the Geilo Ice Festival, the sculptures are musical instruments / holes.

7. Temperatures / Musicians play the ice instruments to make music. 8. People enjoy listening to concerts / activities at the Geilo Festival. d a

Date: Name: Date: Name: Graphic Organizer Learn More 1 Graphic Organizer Learn More 1

Complete the organizer. Use the information from the book. A Learn how to read large numbers. Practice saying them.

Ice Festivals ten ten ten one million million million hundred hundred hundred thousand thousand thousand The Harbin Ice The Geilo Ice The Sapporo Snow Festival Music Festival Festival 100,000,000 10,000,000 1,000,000 100,000 10,000 1,000 100 10 1

• 584,319,266: five hundred eighty-four million, three hundred nineteen thousand, two · Harbin · Geilo · Sapporo hundred sixty-six Country & City · China · Norway · Japan • 72,905,434: seventy-two million, nine hundred and five thousand, four hundred thirty- four • 15,518: fifteen thousand, five hundred eighteen Year Started 1963 2006 1950 B Write the numbers.

1. Twenty-four thousand, seven hundred eighty-one 24,781 · ice lanterns · ice musical · Snow sculpture Things To See 2. Three million, six hundred fourteen thousand, four hundred and two ice sculptures instruments Ice Sculptures · · 3,614,402 3. One hundred twenty-five million, nine hundred fifty-nine thousand, three hundred · skating · Ice music · Ice bikes/slides seventy-seven 125,959,377 · skiing festival · Going in an ice mazes C Write the numbers in word form. · ice swimming ·Building a snowman 1. 35,265,719 · ice fishing · Making a ice glass Thirty-five million, two hundred sixty-five thousand, seven hundred Things To Do nineteen 2. 526,764,480 Five hundred twenty-six million, seven hundred sixty-four thousand, four hundred eighty 3. 5,328,671 Five million, three hundred twenty-eight thousand, six hundred seventy-one

Date: Name: Learn More 2 Learn More 2