A Global New Year - New Year Reading Comprehension

- Grades
- Pre-K–4, Elementary
- Pages
- 2
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- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Holiday & Seasonal, Holidays, Seasons, Chinese New Year, New Year's Day, Winter
- Topic
- reading comprehension, new year reading comprehension
- Resource types
- Teacher Tools, Assessments, Lesson Plans, Worksheets & Printables
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- Print ready
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What's inside this resource
Start the year with a fun and educational journey around the world! The A Global New Year activity lets students explore how different cultures celebrate the new year, all while improving their reading, comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary skills.
Activity 1: Answer two questions based on a short reading about New Year traditions across the globe.
Activity 2: Match four important words to their meanings to help build your vocabulary.
Activity 3: Work on grammar by filling in the blanks with the right words.
Activity 4: Test your understanding by completing sentences with the missing words.
Activity 5: Use your creativity to draw a picture representing a New Year celebration from any of the traditions in the reading.
Why you’ll love it:
Discover new cultures and learn how people around the world celebrate the new year.
Improve your reading and comprehension skills.
Expand your vocabulary and get better at grammar.
Challenge yourself with word-matching and gap-filling exercises.
Get creative with a fun drawing task.
Interactive and enjoyable, keeping you engaged while learning about different traditions!
Enjoy!
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Answer questions about how different countries celebrate the new year
- Match vocabulary words from the New Year passage to their meanings
- Choose the verb form that agrees with the subject
Skills covered
- Subject-verb agreement — picking the correct verb to complete two sentences
- Using context — filling missing words into gapped sentences
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Core concepts
- New Year traditions
- Vocabulary
- Subject-verb agreement
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