Brenda Tejeda Social Studies & Literacy Table of Contents •Preview Page- 3 •Suggestions for celebrating- 4-6 •Main Idea Reading Passages- 7-9 •Color-by-code: Addition, Subtraction, Short vowels- 10-13 •Fortune Cookie activities- 14-25 •Fact cards- 26-34 •True or False Printable- 35 •Differentiated Venn Diagrams w/Answer Key- 36-40 •Chinese New Year web and report stationery- 41-43 •Chinese New Year Word Walls and stationery- 44-69 •Happy Chinese New Year card- 70 •Literacy printables: Rhymes, CVC, blends, digraphs- 71-74 •Chinese envelopes and coins templates: 75-77 •Craft: Make a Paper Lantern- 78-82 •Craft: Make a Dragon mask- 83-85 •Craft: Make a dragon dancer- 86-87 •Pennant pieces- 88-105 Brenda Tejeda http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/brenda-tejeda Over 100 pages of activities: Reading Passages, Word Work, Writing, Fortune cookie and Dragon Crafts, Centers, Envelope with Coins, Research Project, & more! I love Chinese New Year time! We celebrate the whole week with different activities to learn about Chinese culture. In our school, each first grade class makes a gigantic dragon and we parade around our building while everyone sits outside their classrooms cheering us on, many of them waving mini-dragons or paper lanterns. We also borrow the music teacher’s instruments to bang, beat, shake and cause a lot of ruckus on our journey. We reuse the head each year and each child makes a section of the dragon using a brown paper bag and construction paper ‘scales.’ We staple them all together (we parade around with staplers for on-the-go fixing, as you can see here!). You can also see a fellow classroom’s dragon behind us. We have about 7-8 1st grade classes a year so it’s a long parade! After the parade, I usually ask the class moms to join us for a fun celebration in the classroom, which I decorate with a big sign and paper lanterns. We make our own paper lanterns and play the chopsticks game: Finally, we have a little Chinese food (egg rolls, fried rice [no pork], and fortune cookies) and I give the kids red envelopes with plastic golden coins inside (from Party City). From their reactions, though, you’d think it was real money! Of course, before this fun day, we learn about Chinese New Year- important beliefs and traditions. We read many books, visit websites, (you could see real lion dances on YouTube- the kids LOVE it!) and even had a student go to China and tell us all about it! Here is one of my favorite books. I love it because the last half of the book slowly unfolds into a beautiful long dragon and the kids are always amazed by it! Name__________________ Main Idea & Details First, read the story. Then, highlight the main idea yellow. Next, highlight the details green. Last, cut and paste to complete the web. Chinese New Year People celebrate Chinese New Year in many ways. They clean their homes to get rid of bad luck. They hang lanterns. People visit friends and family. Kids get red envelopes with money. There are fireworks and parades, with a lion or dragon dance! detail detail main idea detail detail ©http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Brenda-Tejeda Kids get envelopes with People clean their homes. money. People celebrate Chinese There are fireworks. New Year in many ways. They hang lanterns. Name__________________ Main Idea & Details MAIN IDEA yellow DETAILS green Chinese New Year People celebrate Chinese New Year in many ways. They clean their homes to get rid of bad luck. They hang lanterns. People visit friends and family. Kids get red envelopes with money. There are fireworks and parades, with a lion or dragon dance! Color in the details from the story. ©2017 http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Brenda-Tejeda Name__________________ Main Idea & Details MAIN IDEA yellow DETAILS green Chinese New Year People celebrate Chinese New Year in many ways. They clean their homes to get rid of bad luck. They decorate with lanterns. People visit friends and family. Children get red envelopes with money inside. There are fireworks and parades, with a lion or dragon dance! Draw the details from the story. ©2017 http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Brenda-Tejeda Mystery Pictures Answer Keys Addition Subtraction Short Vowels Name ______________ Mystery Picture greenred orangeyellow red 5 or 6 7 or 8 9 or 10 3 + 2 5 + 0 3 + 2 0 + 5 0 + 5 5 + 2 5 + 0 1 + 4 5 + 3 1 + 4 5 + 5 6 + 3 0 + 5 1 + 4 4 + 1 2 + 8 6 + 4 3 + 7 8 + 1 5 + 0 1 + 4 2 + 3 1 + 4 4+3 1 + 7 1+6 3 + 2 3 + 2 3 + 2 1 + 4 6 + 2 4+5 2 + 3 4 + 1 1 + 4 3 + 2 5 + 0 2 + 6 0 + 7 6 + 1 2 + 3 3 + 2 1 + 4 3 + 2 3 + 2 Name ______________ Mystery Picture orangered orangeyellow red 1 or 2 3 or 4 5 or 6 6 - 0 9 - 3 9 - 4 7 - 2 10-5 6 - 1 9 - 5 4 - 2 7 - 1 9 - 3 7 - 3 10 - 4 3 6 - 2 - 9 3 8-2 - 4 - 0 9-4 4 7-3 5 -2 8 - 4 7-4 10-5 10 - 6 10-5 5 - 1 3 - 2 9 - 5 6 - 1 6 - 1 9 - 3 8 - 3 5 - 4 7 - 2 8 - 2 5 - 0 5 - 0 7 - 2 7 - 1 Fortune cookie directions There are several ways to use these: • You can make them yourself for your students, and use the fortune, inspirational, or writing prompt slips. If using the writing prompt slips, copy the writing page for your students. They will open their cookie, glue their slip to the space provided on their page, and write to answer the question. • You can have students make them for themselves or each other, using the premade slips, or writing out their own fortune or message! Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Cut out circle. Place a little glue on one edge. Fold over like a taco. Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Push middle out, while pulling Keep pulling together. The top and bottom of folded glued side will fold to one side side together. naturally. Open a bit to slip paper in. Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Flip over! You can adjust Place a little glue at folded section. Press glued sides together. slip inside if necessary. Fortune cookie circles Fortune cookie circles You will work hard and do great things this year! You will work hard and do great things this year! 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Fortunes This year, something special will happen to you! You will achieve something awesome soon! - Your dreams are within your reach! inspirational You can achieve anything you put your mind to! Never give up on your dreams! This year will be awesome for you! messages You will do some amazing things this year! When you work hard, you achieve greatness! With practice, you will achieve great things! Super things are coming your way! You can overcome challenges! Nothing can stop you from doing great things! This year, you will work super hard! You will learn a lot this year! You will have a spectacular year! Don’t let anyone get in the way of your dreams! You can do anything if you put your mind to it! Just keep trying and you will do it! You are so kind-hearted! Your kindness shows through to everyone! Compliement You are so talented! Never give up! You are so funny! Your smile is beautiful! Never stop smiling! You are a beautiful person, inside and out! Messages You are so good at everything you try! You are honest and thoughtful! You have excellent manners! You are caring, and a good friend! You show kindness to everyone! People love having you as a friend! It’s so great to have a friend like you! You are a thoughtful and generous person! You have a heart of gold! You demonstrate excellent citizenship! You are a great team player! You are always positive and cheery! You are an amazing person! You are beautiful, inside and out! What is something you want to learn this year? What is something you want to do this year? ( inside Writing How can you show kindness to someone? There What is your favorite Chinese food? use and are 10 10 are prompts How do people celebrate Chinese New Year? with What did you learn about Chinese New Year? different - Make Would you like to celebrate Chinese New Year? Why? next Which zodiac animal is your favorite? Why? fortune prompts page.