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Chinese New Year Activities, Worksheets, Printables, and Lesson Plans

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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

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Chinese New Year Draw the Picture

Draw The Picture: Chinese New Year

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Chinese New Year Mazes

Chinese New Year Mazes (easy)

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Chinese New Year Coloring Page - Animals and Years
What animal is your Mom and Dad? Kids can use this to figure out (updated each year automatically)

What animal is your Mom and Dad?

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Chinese New Year Coloring Book

Chinese New Year

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Glyphs

Chinese New Year Glyph

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Chinese New Year Dot to Dots

Extreme Dot To Dot: Chinese New Year

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Dragon Puzzles

Dragon Puzzles

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Picture Puzzles

Picture Word Search

Cut and paste picture and write the word

Circle letters and write the word

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Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     The Eve of Good Fortune (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-5 Readability)
     Red Equals Good Luck (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

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

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

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Make a Daily Chinese New Year Theme Activity Lesson Plan Book

Daily Chinese New Year Theme Activity Lesson Plan Book

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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)

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

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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)

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

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Art Craft

Dancing Dragon

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Book Units
    Chinese New Year (Grades 1-3)
    Hiss! Pop! Boom!: Celebrating 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)

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Document Based Activities

Document Based Activities

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Books

Chang's Chinese New Year (Grades 3-4)

The Myth of the Man-eating Monster (Grades 4-5)

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Compare and Contrast

New Year's Day Traits: Compares the celebrations of American and Chinese New Year (Grades 5-6)

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Ancient China

Ancient China Theme Unit

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Chinese New Year Math Facts

Addition Math Facts with Pictures Subtraction Math Facts with Pictures Addition and Subtraction Math Facts with Pictures Multiplication Math Facts with Pictures

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Board Game

Chinese New Year Vocabulary Board Game

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Analogies

Chinese New Year Analogies

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Story Starters and Borders

Chinese New Year Borders with Chinese New Year Story Starters

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

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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)

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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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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Build a Custom Chinese Numbers Printable
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Select the numbers to include:

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)

Select the type of printable:
Complete the table
Word Search
Crossword Puzzle

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