chinese+new+year

=January 26-29 = Title: Chinese New Year Objective(s):  o  Students will create a table with a picture of an animal and adjectives to describe it   o   Students will learn their own sign in the Chinese Zodiac  o  Students will learn that animals represent character traits  o  Students will create an acrostic poem that describes their name Materials o  Word o  Google Images o  Markers/crayons o  White board/chart paper o  www.flickr.com o  Copies of blank Chinese Zodiac o  Copies of the Chinese Zodiac years MONDAY Procedure Strong Loud Proud || TUESDAY Procedure: || Good: smart, fuzzy Bad: eats garbage || || Good: fast, strong Bad: runs loudly || || Good: brave, can fly Bad: sets things on fire || WEDNESDAY Procedure: THURSDAY Procedure: A J Q N O U N E A I L  E  EXAMPLE
 * 1)  gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) explain that the Chinese New Year is today (Monday, January 26th) so they are going to do a project on the Chinese New Year
 * 3) tell the students that their goal today is to create a table with a picture or an animal and some adjectives that describe it
 * 4) explain that an adjective is a word that describes something like strong, brave, busy, stinky etc.
 * 5) tell the students that animals can be used as symbols
 * 6) give the example of the word BRAVE. Ask the students what animals they think of when they hear the word “brave”
 * 7) give another example using the word SLIMY. Ask the students what animals come to mind when they hear the word “slimy”
 * 8) move students around 1-2 computers to model the activity
 * 9) show the students how to open Microsoft Word
 * 10) show the students how to click “table” at the top
 * 11) click “insert” and then click “table”
 * 12) choose 2 columns and one row
 * 13) show the students how to enlarge the table to take up most of the page
 * 14) next, explain they need to choose any animal they want
 * 15) use the example of a lion
 * 16) show the students how to minimize the Word document and open internet explorer
 * 17) go to Google.com
 * 18) in the upper left hand corner, click “images”
 * 19) in the search box, type lion
 * 20) choose a picture of a lion
 * 21) show the students how to right click on the picture and select “copy”
 * 22) go back to the Word document and right click in the left hand column of the table
 * 23) choose “paste”
 * 24) next, in the right hand side of the table, choose 3-4 words that describe a lion (you can have the kids help you)
 * 25) some words that might be used to describe a lion are brave, strong, loud, proud etc.
 * 26) next, show the kids how to print their work
 * 27) make sure the correct printer is selected
 * 28) once the project is printed out, the students can color their animal
 * 29) hang their projects around the lab
 * || Brave
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and review the theme for the week- Chinese New Year
 * 2) remind the students that yesterday they chose an animal and used adjectives to describe it
 * 3) explain that today they are going to listen to a story about the animals of the Chinese Zodiac
 * 4) tell the students to listen very carefully because at the end of the story they need to be able to name 12 animals that are in the Chinese Zodiac
 * 5) remind the students of the expectations during a story (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 6) read the Chinese Zodiac story
 * 7) after the story, brainstorm all the animals that were in the story -  [|rat], [|ox] , [|tiger] , [|rabbit] , [|dragon] , [|snake] , [|horse] , [|sheep] (ram or goat), [|monkey] , [|rooster] , [|dog] , and [|boar] (pig).
 * 8) brainstorm 2 good traits and one bad trait about each animal from the story (you do not have to write these down)
 * 9) for example, 2 good traits about the rat might be that it is smart and fuzzy and a bad trait might be that it eats garbage; 2 good traits about a horse may be that it is fast and strong, but a bad trait might be that they are loud when they run so enemies can hear them coming
 * 10) explain to the students that they are going to create a chart telling 2 good traits and one bad trait about each animal in the Chinese Zodiac
 * 11) gather students around 1-2 computers to model the activity
 * 12) open Word
 * 13) show students how to click on “table” then “insert” then “table”
 * 14) choose 2 columns and 12 rows
 * 15) model how to list all the animals in the first column
 * 16) next, show the students how to minimize the Word document and open Google
 * 17) click on “images” in the upper left hand corner
 * 18) in the search box, type in each animal and find a picture that matched it
 * 19) show the students how to right click on the picture and choose “copy”
 * 20) open the Word document and right click under the animals’ names in the right column
 * 21) choose “paste”
 * 22) in the left hand corner, model how to write 2 good traits and 1 bad trait next to each animal (see example)
 * 23) you don’t have to do this for ALL the animals, but model two or three
 * 24) ask for questions
 * 25) assist/monitor students as they work
 * 26) **for this part, if students want to work together in groups of 2, that is fine**
 * Rat
 * Horse
 * Dragon
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind students of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) review the lesson for this week-Chinese New Year
 * 3) Ask the students what they have done so far (listen to a story, make a table telling adjectives about animals etc.)
 * 4) explain that today they are going to create their own Chinese Zodiac circle
 * 5) show an example of the blank Chinese Zodiac
 * 6) explain that each animal has their own spot on the Zodiac
 * 7) start with the ox and go clockwise around the circle
 * 8) next comes the tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog, boar (pig), rat
 * 9) see the example with numbers
 * 10) on the white board or chart paper draw a large circle
 * 11) divide the circle into 4 parts by drawing a line horizontally and vertically
 * 12) next, divide each of the 4 sections into 3 sections by drawing two lines
 * 13) start with the first section and give clues for each animal
 * 14) first: ox- its like a cow with horns
 * 15) second: tiger-it has stripes and live in the jungle
 * 16) third: rabbit- it can hop
 * 17) fourth: dragon- can breath fire and fly
 * 18) fifth: snake- uses its tongue to smell and has no legs
 * 19) sixth: horse- you can ride it and it is fast
 * 20) seventh: ram (sheep)- you can use its wool to make a sweater
 * 21) eighth: monkey-climbs in the trees and lives in the jungle
 * 22) ninth: rooster- can crow in the morning to wake you up
 * 23) tenth: dog- lots of people have them as pets
 * 24) eleventh: boar (pig)- likes to roll in the mud and has a curly tail
 * 25) twelfth: rat- is furry and sometimes eats garbage
 * 26) as you go through each clue, call on students to guess the animal
 * 27) write the animal’s name in the section of the circle and draw the animal (see example for help)
 * 28) once the Chinese Zodiac has been completed as a class, explain to the students that they are going to use www.flickr.com to find pictures of each of the animals on the Chinese Zodiac
 * 29) explain that they are not going to print out the pictures, but just use them as a guide for their own drawings
 * 30) gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 31) model how to open the internet and go to www.flickr.com
 * 32) in the search box, type in the first animal “ox”
 * 33) scroll down until you see a good picture of an ox
 * 34) tell the students that you are going to use the picture to give you an idea of what to draw for the animal
 * 35) model how to draw the animal in the correct section of the Chinese Zodiac
 * 36) model one more example using the second animal, tiger
 * 37) ask for questions
 * 38) pass out the copies of the blank Chinese Zodiac
 * 39) as a class, begin with the first section (where 1:00 would be on a clock) and go through each section and label it with the correct animal
 * 40) walk around and make sure the students are spelling it correctly
 * 41) once the students have all the sections of their Chinese Zodiac labeled, they may log onto www.flickr.com
 * 42) pass out markers and crayons
 * 43) hang up the Chinese Zodiacs in the lab when the students are finished
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands in lap)
 * 2) tell the students that today is the last day of the Chinese New Year lesson
 * 3) they are going to find out what sign they are and write some adjectives about themselves and their animal
 * 4) begin by passing out a copy of the Chinese Zodiac year chart
 * 5) tell the students to find the year they were born and raise their hand to tell what animal they are
 * 6) once each student has found what animal they are, explain that they are going to create a table with adjectives or short phrases that describe themselves
 * 7) make an example with the class as a model
 * 8) gather students around a computer and open Microsoft Word
 * 9) choose a student to tell you what year they were born
 * 10) put “Year of the _” (for example, Year of the Ox or Year of the Monkey) at the top of the page **make sure the title is capitalized**
 * 11) underneath the title find a picture of the animal
 * 12) show the students how to search in www.flickr.com for a picture of the animal
 * 13)  model how to copy and paste the picture onto the top of the Word document under the title
 * 14) underneath the picture, you will need to make a table
 * 15) the number of rows will depend on how many letters are in your name
 * 16) for example, if your name is Annie, your table will have 5 rows; if your name is Joel, your table will have 4 rows; if your name is Qua, your table will have 3 rows
 * 17) each table needs to have 2 columns
 * 18) write your name vertically in the first column of the table, for example
 * 1)  in the second column, the students need to write either adjectives (happy, athletic, patient, smart) or short phrases that describe themselves (always smiling; good at jump rope; likes to eat peanut butter)
 * 2) use your name in the table as an example
 * 3) when you have written adjectives or short phrases for each letter of your name in the table, model how to print your work
 * 4) ask for questions
 * 5) assist/monitor the students as they create their “Year of the _” project
 * 6) when students have printed out their work, hang them around the room
 * M || Makes people smile ||
 * A || Always friendly ||
 * R || Reads lots of books ||
 * G || Great snowboarder ||
 * A || Awesome at typing ||
 * R || Rides horses ||
 * E || Eats fruits and veggies ||
 * T || Talks on the phone ||