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Chinese New Year
Theme Unit
Chinese Zodiac
Chinese Fable: Chinese Zodiac (Grades 4-6)

Chinese New Year (with pictures of Chinese zodiac animals)
        Unscramble names of Chinese New Year animals
     Fill-in missing letter (one missing letter)
     Fill-in missing letter (two missing letters)
     Circle names of Chinese New Year animals (correct spelling)
     Match names of Chinese New Year with pictures
     Chinese New Year animal word search

     Chinese New Year with pictures puzzle book

Dragon Puzzles
            Dragon Puzzles

Picture Puzzles
   Picture
Word Search

   Cut and paste picture
and write the word

   Circle letters
and write the word


Short Reading Comprehensions
Short Readers
     Tales of the Chinese New Year (Short Reader; Grade 4 Readability)

Spanish
     Cuentos del Aņo Nuevo chino (grades 3-4)

Reading Comprehensions
Fiction
             Xiu Mei's Dragon (Grade 1)
     Po's New Year (Grades 2-3)

Non-Fiction
     Fifteen Days of the Chinese New Year (Grades 2-3)
     Chinese New Year - An Introduction (Grades 3-5)
     Chinese New Year - Traditions (Grades 4-6)

Plays:  Reader's Theater Scripts
     Chinese Zodiac or Chinese Zoo? (Grades 1-4)

Read and Color
             Chinese New Year Read and Color (PDF file)
            The Rat
            The Ox
            Rabbits
            Dragons
            The Snake
            The Horse
            The Monkey
            The Rooster
            The Dog
             Pigs (PDF file)

Finish the Story
     Good Luck or Bad? (Grades 3-4)
     Where Are the Fireworks? (Grades 4-6)

Art Craft
            Dancing Dragon

Book Units
    Chinese New Year (Grades 1-3)
    Nancy Drew: The Chinese New Year Mystery (Grades 1-3)
    Dragonwings (Grades 4-8)
    Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter (Grades 5-8)

Document Based Activities
     Document Based Activities

Ancient China
Ancient China Theme Unit

Board Game
   Chinese New Year Vocabulary Board Game


Analogies
             Chinese New Year Analogies

Story Starters and Borders
Chinese New Year Borders with Chinese New Year Story Starters

Art Project: Chinese Dragon (Grades 1-3)
     Art Project: Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a Chinese Dragon. Have your own parade! (PDF file)

Mazes and Dot to Dot
Spelling Dot to Dot Booklets
     Spelling (challenging)

Alphabet Dot to Dot Booklets
     Alphabet (lowercase letters)
     Alphabet (CAPITALIZED letters)

Counting Dot to Dot Booklets
     Mixed: Each page count by a different number
     Count by 1's (easier)
     Count by 1's
     Count by 2's
     Count by 3's
     Count by 4's
     Count by 5's
     Count by 6's
     Count by 7's
     Count by 8's
     Count by 9's
     Count by 10's
     Count by 25's
     Completed drawings (no dot to dots)

Easier
     Chinese New Year Maze
     Connect the Dots (uses Chinese numbers)

You can use the Chinese new year theme to teach about place value.
 This section is based on The Chinese Numeration System and Place Value by Frederick Uy (published in Teaching Children Mathematics).

How to Write Chinese Numbers
     Writing Chinese Characters to Represent Numbers (Rules)
     Shows how to write the numbers 1 to 7
     Shows how to write the numbers 8 to 100 million

Practice Writing Chinese Characters
     Writing the Chinese Character for 0
     Writing the Chinese Character for 1
     Writing the Chinese Character for 2
     Writing the Chinese Character for 3
     Writing the Chinese Character for 4
     Writing the Chinese Character for 5
     Writing the Chinese Character for 6
     Writing the Chinese Character for 7
     Writing the Chinese Character for 8
     Writing the Chinese Character for 9
     Writing the Chinese Character for 10
     Writing the Chinese Character for 100
     Writing the Chinese Character for 1,000
     Writing the Chinese Character for 10,000

Chinese Numbers: Complete The Table
     Numbers 10 to 99
     Numbers 10 to 99 - Expanded Format: (9 x 10)
     Numbers 10 to 99 - Expanded Format: (9 x 101)
     Numbers 10 to 999
     Numbers 10 to 999 - Expanded Format: (9 x 100)
     Numbers 10 to 999 - Expanded Format: (9 x 102)
     Numbers 10 to 9999
     Numbers 10 to 9999 - Expanded Format: (9 x 1000)
     Numbers 10 to 9999 - Expanded Format: (9 x 103)
     Numbers 10 to 99999
     Numbers 10 to 99999 - Expanded Format: (9 x 10000)
     Numbers 10 to 99999 - Expanded Format: (9 x 105)

Crossword Puzzles
     Chinese Numbers Crossword (2 Digits)
     Chinese Numbers Crossword (2-3 Digits)
     Chinese Numbers Crossword (2-4 Digits)
     Chinese Numbers Crossword (2-5 Digits)

Word Search
     Chinese Numbers Word Search (2 Digits)
     Chinese Numbers Word Search (2-3 Digits)
     Chinese Numbers Word Search (2-4 Digits)
     Chinese Numbers Word Search (2-5 Digits)

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2 Digits      3 Digits      4 Digits      5 Digits

Select the expanded form to include (for the complete the table worksheet):
90+9      (90 x 10) + (9 x 1)      (90 x 101) + (9 x 100)

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Complete the table
Word Search
Crossword Puzzle

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