During Chinese New Year, set up a classroom Chinese restaurant. encourage students to say the names of the Chinese food and order food to celebrate the new year... Read More...
Use these dragon head templates to make your own Chinese New Year dragon.
Dragon Mask (color)
Dragon Mask (black and white)
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Chinese New Year is just around the corner!
Do your students know the difference between a Lion Dance and a Dragon Dance? Many people confuse the two. This ... Read More...
Choice Board includes:
1. Chinese Food research and design a menu.
2. Make a red envelope 红包.
3. Create a card game to teach classmates the nam... Read More...
Download either the colored or black and white dragon mask.
Students can review colors as they color in their own mask.
Download the 2 versions of the dra... Read More...
Escape Rooms are digital adventures where students need to collect items to complete the task. The URL and Cheat Sheet are included in the PDF below.
Slide 1: ... Read More...
Download the Chinese New Year Placemat
Students will learn about the animals in the Chinese Zodiac and color each animal to use as a placemat.... Read More...
Download CNY Photos
Students will use the photos to guess how they are related to the CNY celebrations. Students may also develop questions about the objects... Read More...
These three different lanterns include Chinese characters for students to learn. Just download, print, fold in half and cut from the folder edge of the paper. C... Read More...
Essential Question: How important is food during the Chinese New Year celebrations?
Provocation: Place a set of Chinese New Year food photos on each group ta... Read More...
These Inquiry Cards are designed to be used to get students asking questions about what happens during Chinese New Year.
Print a few copies of each card and ... Read More...
Students will talk about the Chinese New Year greeting 恭喜恭喜 and then color and cut out each child on the worksheet. Make each one into puppets and students can ... Read More...
This 4 page PDF explores how to write the two characters for Chinese New Year. The correct stroke order is the focus on this activity.
Once the students have... Read More...
Students will explore the images on the worksheet and how they relate to Chinese New Year. It can be used for a speaking or writing task.
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Introduce some of the traditions related to Chinese New Year - money, red envelope, lanterns, dragon and firecrackers.
Download the worksheet to introduce ob... Read More...
Students will be able to:
Celebrate Chinese New Year!
Sing a Chinese New song
Learn Chinese food and celebrate with a Chinese class lunch
Chinese New... Read More...
Use this writing sheet during Chinese New Year. Students will paste red paper on the 福 character. Then students will practice writing the character themselves.
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Happy Chinese New Year - 新年快乐
This is a great game for the whole class
Place post-it notes around the room and ask them to find 新年快乐 around the room.
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Essential Question: What do we use to celebrate Chinese New Year?
Provocation:Chinese New Year Objects (real or printed)
Red envelope
Spring Couplet ... Read More...
As students explore Chinese New Year, encourage them to construct knowledge themselves. Print images or show videos to harness their curiosity. Students will us... Read More...
Download and Print this Chinese New Year Board Game to help students review the traditions of Chinese New Year. Students will need to recognize the characters: ... Read More...
Students will learn the Chinese word that is especially used during Chinese New Year - 福 and then learn to write the characters.
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In Week 2, students will:
Identify the 12 animals in Chinese zodiac
Role-play at a Pet Store – buying a pet
Create a song using animal vocabul... Read More...
The red colour is good luck and supposed to ward off evil spirits. Typically, red envelopes are given by the married to the unmarried, most of whom a... Read More...
Students will love making these cute rabbit lanterns.
All instructions are needed. You will need:
6 white paper plates · 4 paper lace doilies · White, pink,... Read More...
This teeny, tiny paper rabbit is so cute!
Chinese New Year in 2023 is the year of the rabbit. Try this paper-folding craft to make tiny rabbits.
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This is an easy song for even the youngest students to sing for Chinese New Year. The lyrics only include the first verse of the song. (characters, english and ... Read More...
Chinese New Year is a time of celebration! As with all celebrations, food is a very important aspect.
This 12 page PDF provides students with photos of Chine... Read More...