Primary Playground

Primary Playground

  • Home
  • About
    • Contact
  • Blog
  • Shop
    • My Account
    • My Downloads
    • My Cart
    • Checkout
    • Shop on TpT
  • Primary Playground
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Shop
    • My Account
    • My Downloads
    • My Cart
    • Checkout
    • Shop on TpT
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

Literacy Snack Idea Lunar New Year

January 23, 2019

literacy snack idea Chinese new year - The Runaway Wok

The Lunar  New Year is quickly approaching, so I wanted to find a fun read-aloud for the day. This week for our literacy snack idea, we’ll be reading, The  Runaway Wok, by Ying Chang Compestine.

This is a remake of the traditional Danish folktale, The Talking Pot.

“When a boy goes to the market to buy food and comes home with an old wok instead, his parents wonder what they’ll eat for dinner. But then the wok rolls out of the poor family’s house with a skippity-hoppity-ho! and returns from the rich man’s home with a feast in tow!”

The Lunar New Year emphasizes sharing. Families and friends gather from far and near to share a New Year’s Eve feast and to wish each other a prosperous and happy new year.

The most significant dish during the Lunar New Year for children is the festive stir-fried rice. Parents urge their children to eat it so so that they will get along in the new year. So for our literacy snack this week, we’ll be having festive stir-fried rice!

Ingredients

eggs

salt

green onions

olive oil

garlic

frozen green  peas

bell  pepper

cooked rice

raisins

soy cause

Assemble

This will be a snack that you make ahead of time at home and bring in to share with the class. The recipe for the festive stir-fried rice is in the back of  The Runaway Wok book. Requesting it from the library is a great option in case you don’t have the book.  It’s a simple recipe and makes the perfect amount for your class to try some. I used quick rice that I made in the microwave, using  2 cups of the dry rice.

Literacy Snack Idea Chinese New Year -The Runaway Wok -festive stir-fried rice

It’s a great opportunity to have the students try a dish that they may otherwise be hesitant to do so. A lot of them are surprised at how much they liked it!

Free Printable

While they are tasting their festive stir-fried rice,  I made a free printable for them to work on.  They get  to draw in the circles the 3 things that the wok took from the rich family to give to the  poor family.

Literacy Snack Idea Chinese New Year -The Runaway Wok free printable

You can download the free printable from my teacherspayteachers store below.

Do you have any other fun activities that you  do for the Lunar New Year?

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

literacy snack idea chinese new year

Share this:

  • Tweet

Related

«
»

Filed Under: Books, February, Freebies, January, Literacy Snack Ideas, Primary Playground On TPT Leave a Comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Cooking Class Bundle

Search blog

Shop Menu

  • Shop
  • My Account
  • My Downloads
  • My Cart
  • Checkout

Categories

Have you Tried Emeals? LESS STRESS, MORE DINNERS We Plan, They Shop, You Cook.

Emeals.com

Popular Posts

Literacy Snack Rainbow Read-Aloud

Sunshine Sight Word Memory Game

Literacy Snack St. Patrick’s Day Read-Aloud

Read Across America Ideas

Read Across America Week Ideas

Beginning Sounds Letter Bingo

Latest on Pinterest

  • The Bear Ate Your Sandwich is a silly book that follows a bear on his adventure. Check out our snack idea and free printable to go along with the book.  #literacysnack #booksnack #kindergarten #readaloud
  • Free Printable Color By Code CVC Words.
  • CVC Crossword Puzzles by Primary Playground | Teachers Pay Teachers
  • Spring Color By Code Sight Words Dolch Pre-Primer - Primary Playground
  • free printable 2D ShapeFlower
  • Come check out our Read Across America Week Ideas. From reading bingo, a scavenger hunts to mystery readers, there's something for everyone!
  • St. Patrick's Day Teacher Gift Idea
  • Spring Bingo by Primary Playground | Teachers Pay Teachers
  • Subtraction Bowling
Follow Me on Pinterest

Latest on Facebook

Primary Playground

22 minutes ago

Primary Playground
Wow! These cookies are amazing!What was your favorite children’s book as a kid? My kindergarten teacher heart had so much fun with these cookies! ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Primary Playground

14 hours ago

Primary Playground
I love this rock pit outdoor play area! Such a great way to invite kids to use their imaginations and build and createSee it here: toddlerapproved.com/2021/01/backyard-construction-play-area.html ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Primary Playground

16 hours ago

Primary Playground
Spring Color By Sight Word:"My students loved doing these and I like how there were several different options for each page."www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spring-Color-By-Code-Sight-Words-Dolch-Pre-Primer-5174293 ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Primary Playground

18 hours ago

Primary Playground
I have a NEW literacy snack read-aloud for you today! Today's read-aloud is A Rainbow Of My Own. A small boy uses his imagination to see what it would be like to have a rainbow of his own. In the end, he even gets a rainbow of his very own in his room made by the sun shining through his goldfish bowl.Come check out our snack idea and grab the printable to go along with the book here: primaryplayground.net/literacy-snack-rainbow-read-aloud/ ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Primary Playground

18 hours ago

Primary Playground
This looks like so much fun! ... See MoreSee Less

Video

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Latest on Instagram

Follow on Instagram
This error message is only visible to WordPress admins
Error: No posts found.

Copyright © 2021 · Primary Playground · Website Design By Jumping Jax Designs