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Read It: D is for Dancing Dragon

January 28, by beth. 2 Comments

Picture books are appropriate for any age-from birth on up.  And they make great introductions to mini-lessons. Read a picture book to the whole class, go over a correlating concept as a class, then have the students work individually to reinforce the concept.  It’s a great way to introduce new ideas or review old ones.

This week the Chinese are celebrating New Year and what better way to teach the students about Chinese culture and customs than with a picture book?!?

Take some time to read the book with the class and then try out some of these other activities:

  • Chinese New Year lesson plan for 2nd-3rd grade
  • A craft and a compare/contrast writing prompt from If I Only Had Super Powers
  • An entire unit based on this picture book-complete with worksheets and activities!! (PDF)
  • Learn to write “Good Wishes” in Chinese (PDF)
  • Have a parade to show off your dragon puppets!!
  • And if you’re really ambitious-make a dragon that the whole class has to carry!

Next Plan Idea:

  • Easy Activities for Lunar New Year
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Comments

  1. amy says

    September 11, 2009 at 6:51 am

    AWESOME BOOK!!! ALL 7 OF MY KIDS AGREE!!!

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  1. Teaching Ancient Civilizations with Children’s Literature: D is for Dancing Dragon: A China Alphabet at Open Wide, Look Inside says:
    February 5, 2010 at 4:03 pm

    […] more lesson plan ideas and fun activities for grades 2 & […]

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Play with bunnies and learn shapes with these bunny shape stick cards from A Blog from the Pond. Use craft sticks to make bunnies in the shapes shown on the cards. There are 52 cards with all kinds of different shapes, which you can see on the blog and purchase from Teachers Pay Teachers.

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The Feed the Bunny ten frame activity from Stay at Home Educator is a fun way to work on counting. These bunnies have dots on the ten frame on their bellies and you match them to the carrot with the same number on it. This is a free printable activity.

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