These Chinese New Year activities for elementary students are very popular the days leading up to this holiday. They provide fun and engaging learning experiences to help you celebrate Chinese New Year with your class. Check out all of the Chinese New Year activities for elementary students below!
7 Chinese New Year Activities for Elementary Students
Below are our favorite Chinese New Year activities for elementary students.
1. Chinese New Year Activity Packet
This Chinese New Year Activity Packet is filled with fun and engaging activities students love like a directed drawing writing activity, word search, and crossword puzzle! These activities can be used as center activities, homework, fast finisher tasks, filler activities, or indoor recess activities. Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
2. Chinese New Year Book Companions
This Chinese New Year Book Companion Bundle includes 5 of our Starts With a Story resources: Ruby’s Chinese New Year, Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas, How to Catch a Dragon, Ruby’s Wish, and Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao. Each of them includes printable and digital resources, so they can be used in school or at home. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
3. Chinese New Year Non-Fiction Reading Unit
This Chinese New Year Nonfiction Reading Unit includes 3 leveled reading passages, vocabulary cards, reading and writing activities, and more. It pairs really nicely with our fictional book companions like Ruby’s Chinese New Year, Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas, How to Catch a Dragon, Ruby’s Wish, and Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
4. Chinese New Year Would You Rather Activities
Our Chinese New Year Would You Rather Activities are great for the days leading up to Chinese New Year when you need a fun way to get students talking during your morning meeting or a way to motivate even your most reluctant writers. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
5. Chinese New Year Parts of Speech Color by Code Activity
This Chinese New Year Color by Code Activity is a fun and engaging task that invites students to practice identifying the parts of speech of thematic words like firework, eat, and dragon. It’s a quick print and go activity you can have printed on your desk whenever you have 15-20 minutes to fill. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
6. Chinese New Year Reading Comprehension Activities
These Chinese New Year reading comprehension activities offer engaging, meaningful practice to greatly improve your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th grade students’ reading and writing skills. Each of the reading graphic organizers included in this set can be used over and over and with ANY Chinese New Year book you choose. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
7. Chinese New Year Unit
This Chinese New Year Unit is a fun and engaging way to celebrate this winter holiday and learn about the Chinese culture and traditions. Your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students will love all of the printable activities and really enjoy the learning experience! Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
In closing, we hope you found this list of Chinese New Year activities for elementary students helpful! If you did, then you may also be interested in these other related posts:
