Today our classroom was transformed into the "House of ING." We used the Chinese New Year to enhance our learnING. First we watched a Reading Rainbow video on the Chinese New Year and read a wonderful book called Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas. Go to the Reading Rainbow link on the top button bar if you would like to check out these wonderful resources.
Our morning work was learning to write the numbers 1-10 in Chinese characters. We also filled in a message with tons of missing INGs! Perfect for the residence in the "House of ING." We became ING ending experts.
One my favorite activities today was spelling. The students practiced adding ING to words with the added challenge of chopsticks. We had Chinese take out boxes filled with words. The children had to use chopsticks to pull out a word. They read the word and added -ING. Next, the students glued the word with -ING to the paper plate and read the new word. They worked so hard at the reading and spelling until their plates were full!
A big thank you to Panda Expresss. They gave me the take out boxes to fill with our words. They also gave each of the children a fortune cookie! What a great day for Chinese New Year and learning in the "House of -ING!"
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