(Photos ~ Running with the Dragons, Nian the Dragon, A Parade of Dragons
Greeting from St. Joseph's Academy - Kalawa, Kenya ~ St. Joseph’s Academy.
~ Update # 1 ~
The Term opened with the New Year Celebration
* learning about ‘happenings’ associated with the holiday
* talking and learning about and making “New Years Resolutions” at class level)
* choosing something fun they would like to try in the New Year
at home … at school
* choosing a personal goal / an academic goal for school / just a
fun goal
* connecting “New Years Resolutions” to a Life Skills Lesson
- about “priorities” or “things I have the time for”
from a story last school year during 3rd Term Do You Have the
Time, Lydia?
* reading/listening to stories and traditions of how other cultures
celebrate the New Year
- making text to self, text to text, and text to world connections
* Chinese New Year information
- connecting to our Mapping Units over the last couple of years
(Now … where is China?)
- learning of China and many Asian country’s/culture’s & holiday
traditions around a legend
(another story) this time about a monster named Nian . . .
* welcoming the ‘Year of the Horse’
(learning which of the 12 animals in the Chinese calendar
represent their birth year)
* watching a puppet play and singing New Year songs
The Chinese New Year Lantern Example
Getting Started
Cutting the Slits for the Light to Shine Through
How to Fix the Light
Getting it Just Right
Almost Finished
The Final Lantern Look!