¡Feliz Año Nuevo! Lesson Plan

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Academic Standards

 

Reading Objective:

Children will identify and follow some New Year’s holiday traditions.

 

Social Studies Focus:

holidays and traditions

 

Page 4 Skill:

counting

 

Vocabulary:

celebrar, fuegos artifi ciales, medianoche, propósito, tradición, Víspera de

Año Nuevo

 

CCSS:

RI.K.1, RF.K.3.C, L.K.1, SL.K.2

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  • Watch our video ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! to show kids different New Year’s traditions from around the world! Afterward, ask: “¿Qué tradición te gustaría practicar? ¿Por qué?”
  • Read the magazine together.
  • Use the Demuestra lo que sabes skill sheet as a follow-up activity. You can project it and discuss the questions together, or send it home for kids to work on with families.

Materials: Los propósitos de Año Nuevo, crayons, pencils

  • Print out copies of Los propósitos de Año Nuevo. Let children choose a design, color it, and cut it out.
  • Next, help kids cut out the writing sections. Have them finish the sentence to write their resolution. They can get ideas from the issue or come up with their own, for example, I will try to eat more vegetables; I will help walk the dog; or I will practice learning to skateboard!
  • Finally, kids can fold and tape the tab of their horn, balloon, or glasses so it covers their writing. If you like, place children’s work on display. They can f lip up the New Year’s designs to see each other’s resolutions!