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Lesson Plans - February

So Many Inventions!

Students listen to two books about Chinese inventions. Then they make a simple compass. Later students look at home for Chinese inventions, bring them to school, and make a display.

Chinese New Year

Students will recognize that different groups of people celebrate holidays unique to them.

–Students will demonstrate their understanding of the concept of tradition.

–Students will identify and participate in three traditional activities used during Chinese New Year celebrations.

–Students will explain why the traditional activities are done.

–Students will locate the year they (and members of their family) were born on a Chinese zodiac chart and determine if the characteristics of the animals are an accurate portrayal of their personalities.

Valentine’s Kindness

The following activity nurtures essential:

* social and emotional skills
* creative expression skills

Craft for St.Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s day is an occasion in which we express our love to our loved ones. We are going to prepare a decoration for this occasion.

Valentine’s Day

* Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand nonfiction text
* Sequence events
* Identify letter combination ow
* Identify and compare past and present tenses
* Arrange words in alphabetical order