But I have news! Lately, I've been joining a couple of linky parties that I've found while catching up on blog reading (so many to read!) and have found a couple of the weekly or monthly ones that I like. I recently saw a linky party (can't remember where I found it) for February holidays but it didn't include Lunar New Year! So I thought, hm, why not start a linky party for that! And here it is! (My first time hosting!)
I'll have to admit, Lunar New Year, or as many people call it, Chinese New Year, is probably one of my favorite lessons to teach. The reason? Well, I'm Chinese so it's the time when I can share my language and culture with my classroom. I am lucky that my school also celebrates this holiday by having a school-wide Lunar New Year parade. Many of the classrooms (including mine) have a luncheon before the parade and the students get to try a variety of Asian foods like potstickers, fried rice, cha shu, etc. I haven't exactly planned everything for Lunar New Year as the day of our parade is still a couple weeks away on February 22nd (Lunar New Year's is actually on February 9th, but it's a two week celebration), but I did want to share some of the things I did last year and plan to do again this year. I'm sure you will hear more about my Lunar New Year plans as we get closer to the actual date! :)
We're all about songs in first grade, so of course I have to introduce to the kids one of the traditional songs you will here during Chinese New Year!
I also went ahead and typed up the lyrics to the first verse and chorus using simplified and traditional Chinese characters along with the romanization and English translation. My first graders last year had a blast with the song and video and they begged me to play it over and over again. I swear, I played the video at least 10 times that day. By the end of the day, they were definitely able to sing the chorus!
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I saw that linky party too, and thought "hey what about Chinese New Year!" Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteAdventures in Room 5
Hi Cassandra!
DeleteThanks for linking up! A little sad that there seems to be no action going on here :(...but maybe it will pick up soon! :)
Pam
Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed it. We studied ancient China last year and did tons of activities. I linked up our tea party and wood block printing activity. We live in Germany and here there is a Fasching season (carnival) that also corresponds with the end of winter and the beginning of spring. I hadn't realized the Chinese New Year had the same theme until watching this video. - Thanks Again, Julie
ReplyDeleteHi Julie,
DeleteThanks for linking up! It's exciting to see a teacher from Germany visiting my blog. :)
Pam
What a great idea you have for using chopsticks! Love it!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see more lunar/chinese new year linky parties and posts! Love the video you shared and I'm definitely going to share it this year! Also, I'm your newest follower!
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Cheers To School
Hi Pam! Chinese New Year is one of my favorite times too! The kids love it! It falls right at the beginning of a busy week for us...but we are still going to celebrate it! I figured out how to link up with you...now I need to figure out how to link you to my blog! Thanks for your great ideas! :) I am a new follower!
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