Gung Hay Fat Choy

Happy Chinese New Year!  Today we celebrated Chinese New Year at school.  Our letter of the week was Ff for fireworks and festival.  We came up with a long list of words that started with Ff.  Here it is...

As you know, this year is the year of the dragon. We learned a new poem called Chinese Dragon. 

Chinese Dragon

Chinese dragon, Chinese dragon,

Breathing fire, breathing fire,

Happy, happy new year,

Happy, happy new year,

Gung hay fat choy,

Gung hay fat choy.

After recess we made some great fireworks using black construction paper, glue and glitter.  Mrs. Morrison will be sure to post photos of them tomorrow once they are dried and displayed.

In the afternoon, we got to play a Chinese New Year letter game, do a ribbon dance and read a book about Chinese New Year.

 Spin the spinner... Find an animal that starts with that letter in your pile.

 Cover up that animal on the game board.

 Next persons turn.

 The first person to put all their animals on the game board wins.

 Spinning the ribbons this way and that way.

 Making some circles...

 Tangram puzzles!

Ready to celebrate!