Lunar New Year Library Lesson – Library Lesson – 2023 Year of the Rabbit

Item description

This Lunar New Year Library Lesson includes a 55-slide presentation, scavenger hunt activity, and recommended reads list. Updated for 2023, the Year of the Rabbit. Special focus on China, with lots of real photos and colorful clipart.

MADE ESPECIALLY FOR:

• new elementary librarians

• elementary librarians on Specials rotation

• secondary teachers who are now elementary librarians

• anyone who just doesn’t have time to create detailed library lessons

FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS LUNAR NEW YEAR LIBRARY LESSON

• Recommended for: Grades 1-4

• Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons (about 50 minutes total)

• Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF

• Editable: YES, all text is editable

• ANNUAL UPDATES!

DISCLAIMER:

Please note that this presentation is designed to complement a read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! I cannot include a recorded read-aloud due to copyright restrictions.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET:

• 55-slide PPT + Google™ Slides presentation

• Scavenger Hunt Activity, 2 differentiated levels + answer key (3 pages, PDF and PPT)

• List of 23 Recommended Reads for Lunar New Year (1 page, PDF and PPT)

• Lesson plan templates for Grades K-5, includes AASL, CCSS, and TEKS (9 pages, PDF and PPT)

• Google™ Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)

• Instructions on how to set up PPT slide timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF)

ABOUT THIS LUNAR NEW YEAR LIBRARY LESSON

This Lunar New Year Library Lesson focuses on China (I lived in Shanghai and Suzhou from 2014-2020). I took several of the photos in the library lesson myself when I lived in China.

LESSON INCLUDES

• sign language slide and how-to link (“China”)

• a guided discussion of the Lunar New Year traditions

• Every slide in the presentation is illustrated with brightly-colored, high-resolution clipart and photos for K-6.

• guided lesson about how to count to five in Chinese; includes simple pronunciation guide

• Fun facts about the Great Wall of China, Harbin ice sculptures, giant pandas, Lunar New Year traditions, hong bao (red envelopes), Chinese Zodiac, and high-speed trains

• Library review question (about the 900 section)

• “Did you Knows”

• “Would you rathers?” and “This or Thats?”

• Trivia questions with answers

• Vocabulary words: dumpling and prosperity

• This week’s birthdays

MORE RESOURCES FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR:

• 3-Day Chinese New Year Research Activity (Grades 4-7)

• Chinese New Year Trivia Game (Grades 4-7)

• Chinese New Year Reader’s Theater (Grades 4-7)

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