Read-Alouds and Presentations Week to Week by Grade Level

Week of January 22, 2024 | TK | Happy New Year!
​Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids 

My First Chinese New Year, by Karen Katz
This very simple introduction to the Chinese New Year focuses on food, families, and customs

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon 

At-Home Crafty Connection Cupcake liner dragon 

Week of January 22, 2024 | Kindergarten | Happy New Year!
Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids 

Bringing In the New Year, by Grace Lin
A girl and her family get ready for Chinese New Year.

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon 

At-Home Crafty Connection Cupcake liner dragon 

Week of January 22, 2024 | First Grade | Happy New Year!
Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids 

Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas, by Natasha Yim
n this retelling of a favorite fairy tale, Goldy Luck is asked to take a plate of turnip cakes to the neighbors. The Chans aren't home, but that doesn't stop Goldy from trying out their rice porridge, their chairs and their beds -- with disastrous results. But plucky Goldy takes responsibility for her actions and makes a new friend just in time for Chinese New Year.

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon 

At-Home Crafty Connection Cupcake liner dragon

Week of January 22, 2024 | Second Grade | Happy New Year!
Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids 

The Runaway Rice Cake, by Ying Chang Compestine
After chasing a special rice cake, nian-gao, that their mother has made to celebrate the Chinese New Year, three poor brothers share it with an elderly woman and have their generosity richly rewarded.

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon 

At-Home Crafty Connection Cupcake liner dragon

Week of January 22, 2024 | Third Grade | Happy New Year!
Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids 

The Nian Monster, by Andrea Wang
The legendary Nian monster has returned at Chinese New Year. With horns, scales, and wide, wicked jaws, Nian is intent on devouring Shanghai. The old tricks to keep him away don't work on Nian anymore, but a clever girl has a plan.

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon 

At-Home Crafty Connection Cupcake liner dragon

Week of January 22, 2024 | Fourth Grade | Happy New Year!
Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids 

Nian, the Chinese New Year Dragon, by Virginia Loh-Hagan
This retelling of a Chinese legend explains why people light firecrackers, wear red, and give food offerings to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon 

At-Home Crafty Connection Cupcake liner dragon​

Week of January 22, 2024 | Fifth Grade | Happy New Year!
Celebrating the New Year of the Dragon (February 10)

Video Scholastic News Lunar New Year for Kids

Friends are Friends, Forever, by Dane Liu
Just before New Year, Dandan discovers that her family is moving to America, far away from her best friend Yueyue; before they leave Yueyue gives her a stack of red paper and a spool of string so she can share the art of paper cutting with Americans--and when New Year comes around again Dandan remembers Yueyue's gift and introduces her new friend Christina to this ancient art.

​Crafty Connection Step-by-step directions to draw a dragon

Crafty Connection Fold and cut intricate designs on red paper (instructions begin at minute 7:07)