Chinese New Year

In literacy I have been learning about celebrated and I found out information about why how\where\who\when people celebrate the Chinese New Year.
I had to watch a videos read about it and created own dragon or lion.

I found reading about chinese new year difficult.
I enjoyed creating our own dragons or lions.

When - between january 21 february 20 new moon

Who\where - china - anyone who is chinese. All around the world.

How - light + sound.firecrackers. Traditional lion dance.

• Families- dinner - clean their house to sweep away bad luck an new year's day.
• Red envelopes - lucky money “ - family gives it to children.

Why - welcame the new year to bring good luck, good fortune,wealth prosperity + happiness

Dragon dance

1. The dragon dance is performed by a skilled team whose job is to bring the motionless body to life.
2. The correct combination and proper timing of the different parts of the dragon are very important to make a successful dance.
3. Any mistakes made by even some of the performers would spoil the whole performance.
4. To be very successful in the dance, the head of the Dragon must be able to coordinate with the body movement to match the timing of the drum.
5. For larger ceremonial and parade style dragons, the head can weigh as much as 12 katie (14.4 kg, almost 32 lb).

prediction

In reading I have been learning how to predict. I wse my prior knowledge and clues from the picture or text to predict I had to use my prior knowledge about being alone in the forest and clues from the picture to predict what would happen next.

camping trip

In Reading I am learning to predict. I had to look at the picture and predict what was happening.I use my prior knowledge and clues from the text.

Camping Trip

“I guess this is what the wilderness feels like.” John said to himself. Standing there in the woods, he couldn’t believe he had agreed to go on a camping trip with his cousins. He’d always been scared of new experiences. John noticed that his cousins were unpacking the camping gear while his Uncle Jim was setting up the tent. Suddenly, John felt a little bad about not helping. “Hey, Uncle Jim, what can I do to help?” he asked, trying to sound confident. “Why don’t you gather some firewood?”Uncle Jim answered. “Um, sure” John replied. “Where do they keep it?” Uncle Jim gave John a curious look. “We are in the woods John, just look around for some clean and dry wood.”

Based on the story… do you think John will enjoy the camping trip?

Evidence	What I already know - Prior Knowledge.
Scared, felt bad,	Lake river bike ride campfire fishing hill climb the food runing beds hide and seek darken and cutting logs.

Prediction He will not like the camping trip because he is scared of the woods and he Felt bad because he didn't help anyone else.

Predicting

In Reading I am learning to predict. I had to look at the picture and predict what was happening.I use my prior knowledge and clues from the text.

Predict

• Describe the scene. How does the picture make you feel?
• Murky dark water.
• Do you think the boy knows what lurks beneath the surface?
• Answer no he doesn’t but the boy gets eaten by a monster in the water.
• What do you think he can see/hear?
• Answer He can not see our hear the monster while fishing
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• What is the crocodile’s character like? He is mean.
• What will happen next? Continue the story.
• The crocodile jumps out of the water and eats him
• If you could jump into the picture, what would you do? Would you help the boy? How? I will help the boy by cutting the line and tell him to run as fast as you can.