Story: The Great Race
Happy New Year! We just celebrated the new year on January 1, 2020. On new year’s day in the U.S. many people watch the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl football game. As an Oregonian, I happily watched the Oregon Ducks win the Rose Bowl ! Yippee!
Did you know that we can celebrate new year’s day again in January but this time it will be Chinese New Year on January 25, 2020. You maybe wondering why the dates are different. Well, for Chinese New Year the date changes every year because it is based on the lunar calendar, while the western new year is based on the solar calendar.
To help celebrate Chinese New Year in the classroom, we made the holiday learning module The Chinese Zodiac Signs: 2020 The Year of the Rat. This module features fun and insightful information about all twelve zodiac signs, activity sheets and the story The Great Race, a rewritten Chinese tale that explains how twelve animals were picked for the zodiac.
Lets take a look inside the module, The Chinese Zodiac Signs: 2020 The Year of the Rat. Here are some samples of the contents.
The Lesson Plan includes:
- detailed steps on how to use the worksheets,
- suggestions on how to tell and use the story in class,
- a Fun Fact Sheet for more details about Chinese New Year,
- and audio of two Chinese New Year phrases.
The story The Great Race and Questionnaire encourage students to:
- listen and interact with the story,
- question and interact with classmates,
- self-reflect on his or her strengths and weaknesses.
The Activity Sheets include:
- detailed steps on how to use the worksheets,
- play listening and reading games,
- and puzzles to engage the mind.
The Chinese Zodiac Signs: 2020 The Year of the Rat module has:
- The Great Race, A Chinese Tale
- Fun Fact Sheet about Chinese New Year
- Audio pronunciation links for Mandarin Chinese
- Lesson Plans
- 4 Activity Sheets
- Crossword Puzzle
- Word Search
- 2 answer keys
I always enjoy story telling so I hope you also have fun telling the story Great Race and exploring different character traits with your class. Next I’m working on a new winter song and updating the Quirkydale story: The Mistaken Valentine.
I hope you have a wonderful and meaningful new year.
新年快乐!
Xīn nián kài lè!
Happy Chinese New Year!
Click the below Teacher-Pay-Teachers icon to download The Chinese Zodiac Signs: 2020 The Year of the Rat.
