Names: ______________________ and _______________________
Happy Chinese New Year!
Created by Mrs. Walles for the 6th Graders at Apshawa School
DIRECTIONS: ________________, 2006, is the first day of the Chinese New Year and the beginning of the Year of the ______________. It lasts for _______ days. Explore the Web Sites below to learn more about Chinese New Year.
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
1. The Chinese New Year celebration begins on the day of the ___________________
and ends on the day of the ________________________ .
2. New Year is a time
for Chinese families to honor their 
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3. Oranges and tangerines are believed to be symbols of _______________________.
4. At midnight on New Year's Eve, doors and windows are opened so the __________________________ can go out.
5. The
is held on the 15th day of the celebration.
Something to Think About: Read one of the Six Chinese Folk and Fairy Tales with your partner at http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Chinese%20Folktales.html.
Which story did you choose? ___________________________________________
What do you think is the moral of the story?
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***DO THIS LAST (if you have time)*** Count Down to the Chinese New Year at http://pbskids.org/sagwa/games/countdown/index.html.
How much time did you spend playing at this site? ___________________________
BONUS: What does Hung Bao mean? _____________________________________
http://www.cdkitchen.com/games/fortune/index.php
Visit the above site and get your fortune. Click on the fortune cookie and
write down 2 fortunes here.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year
Visit the above site: When is Chinese New Year in 2009?
What animal represents your
year(s) of birth? 
Mrs. Walles was born in the year of the rooster. What year does it have to be? ______
http://www.123greetings.com/events/chinese_new_year/happy/
Visit the above site and create a card for me to read. Send it
to: robin.walles@wmtps.org OR
phyllis.becker@wmtps.org.
http://www.edhelper.com/ChineseNumbersIntro.htm
Visit the above site to learn how to write the numbers from 1-10 in
Chinese. You write 1-5 and your partner 6-10.
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Find a picture of people celebrating the Chinese New Year and print it out in color. Make a list of 15 adjectives on the back of it to describe the scene.
Robin Walles
6th Grade Teacher, Apshawa School
Nancy Gridley and Laura Oakes
Elementary Technology Facilitators
West Milford Township Public Schools