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1、Writing and ArtHow do you celebrate the New Year?Draw a picture and write about what you do.Social StudiesCompare your New Year celebration to a celebration in the book using a Venn diagram.Include how and when the celebrations take place.Use facts from the book and outside resources.ConnectionsNew

2、Year CelebrationsA Reading AZ Level R Leveled BookWord Count:962Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.www.readinga-LEVELED BOOK RLORWritten by Evan RussellNew Year Celebrationswww.readinga-What are different ways people celebrate the New Year?Focus QuestionWritten by Evan RussellN

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7、ritten by Evan RussellAll rights reserved.www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL RN3030Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAWords to Know3Table of ContentsIntroduction .4North America .5Central and South America .7Europe .10Southeast Asia .12Changing New Years .14Conclusion .15Glossary .16New Year Celebrations

8、Level R4IntroductionPeople around the world celebrate the New Year at different times of the year and in many different ways.In some cultures,people celebrate with parties.In other cultures,people usher in the New Year with fascinating and unusual traditions,such as wearing yellow underwear.Many cit

9、ies set off stunning fireworks displays at midnight.People around the world make resolutions for the New Year.A resolution is a promise to end a bad habit or begin a good one.It can be anything from eating healthier foods to being a better friend.Resolutions are an inspiring,positive way to greet th

10、e New Year.A Chinese boy celebrates the New Year by wearing red and eating a stick of candied red berries(left).Two Japanese children ring in the New Year(right).5North AmericaIn the United States,a New Years Eve celebration might mean a small party with family and friends.However,in Times Square in

11、 New York City,its estimated that a million people gather together.They count down the last minute of the year as a giant ball covered with lights drops from a tall building.Millions of people around the world watch the celebration on television.At the stroke of midnight,the crowds cheer and celebra

12、te.New York City,New YorkPhiladelphia,PennsylvaniaMexicoAtlAntiCOCeAnPACiFiCOCeAnGulf of MexicoCanadaUnited StatesPasadena,Californianorth AmericaA young girl and her father celebrate the New Year in Times Square,New York City.New Year Celebrations Level R6In the United States,college football teams

13、 play special games on New Years Day.The most famous is the Rose Bowl game in Pasadena,California.Before the game,many people watch the Rose Parade.It has flower-covered floats and marching bands.At the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,thousands of men,women,and children dress up in fancy

14、(and sometimes ridiculous)costumes.They gather in the morning and spend the day playing music,dancing,twirling,and strutting through the city.Do You Know?In the southern United States,people eat a dish of rice and black-eyed peas called Hoppin John.Some believe that if you enjoy simple foods on New

15、Years Day,you might be successful the rest of the year.Floats made from thousands of flowers are part of the Rose Parade in California.7Central and South AmericaEating twelve grapes during the last twelve seconds of the year is a tradition that came to Central and South America from Spain.Each grape

16、 stands for one month of the coming year,and eating them all invites good luck.In many countries,the color of the clothes you wear on New Years Eve is importantthe color of your underwear,that is!In some places,people hoping for riches wear brand-new yellow underwear to represent gold.Eating twelve

17、grapes just before the New Year starts promises good luck for each of the twelve months in the coming yearbut its difficult to swallow them all in time!PanamaPeruEcuadorUruguayCentral and South AmericaSOUth AMeriCAAtlAntiCOCeAnPACiFiCOCeAnNew Year Celebrations Level R8The people of Peru,Panama,and E

18、cuador share a fascinating New Years custom in which they make muecos(moon-YE-kohs),or figures,out of straw,rags,and paper.People decorate the figures and parade them around on New Years Eve.At midnight,people gather in the streets and set their muecos on fire.Burning the figures represents the rele

19、ase of bad memories from the past year.People hope to start the New Year without any negative reminders of the previous year.Children in Peru pose next to muecos that will be burned in honor of the New Year.9In many countries,people say goodbye to bad luck by pouring water out of windows onto the st

20、reets below.Another popular New Year tradition is cleaning your home before midnight so that good luck feels welcome.Its a good idea to start the New Year fresh and clean!Women throw water out of a window in Uruguay to bring luck in the New Year.Two-Faced!The month of January is named for the ancien

21、t Roman god Janus.Janus was the god of doors,gateways,and beginnings.He is usually shown with two faces.One face looks backward at the old year and the other looks forward into the New Year.This statue of Janus was made in Russia.New Year Celebrations Level R10EuropeIn Denmark,people collect old and

22、 broken dishes and mugs all year long.On New Years Eve,they smash them onto the doorsteps of family and friends.Finding a heap of broken dishes by the front door means good luck.In Finland,people melt tin to guess next years fortunes.If the tin cools in the shape of a heart,it means love or marriage

23、.If it cools in the shape of a circle,it means good luck.Tin that cools in the shape of an anchor means you may need help in the year to come.europeFinlandScotlandDenmarkeUrOPeASiAAFriCAAtlAntiCOCeAnMediterranean SeaBlack SeaBalticSeaGreece11In Greece,people bake a cake with a coin hidden inside.If

24、you get the slice with the coin,then you should have luck in the coming year!Hogmanay is the name of the New Year celebration in Scotland.For Hogmanay,Scottish people clean their homes by midnight.After dark,groups of people parade through the streets holding torches and swinging balls of flame.Some

25、 fireballs are giant,weighing up to 9.1 kilograms(20 lb.)!At midnight,people sing a song about remembering old friends,called“Auld Lang Syne.”Another Scottish tradition is called first-footing.For good luck,the years first visitor to a home must be a male with dark hair bearing gifts of coal,bread,a

26、nd something to drink.A man swings a ball of fire at a New Year celebration in Scotland.New Year Celebrations Level R12Southeast AsiaIn the Philippines,round objects symbolize coins and good luck.On New Years Eve,Filipino people wear clothes with polka dots to invite luck in the New Year.They gather

27、 and eat twelve different types of round fruit.Filipino people also clean their homes before New Years Eve.At midnight,they open all their windows to invite good fortune in.Southeast AsiaThailandCambodiaASiAPACiFiCOCeAnSouth China SeaPhilippines13In parts of Southeast Asia,people celebrate the tradi

28、tional New Year in late March or mid-April.This is the end of the dry season in Cambodia and other countries.It is a very hot and dusty time of yeara time for water festivals!To prepare for the New Year,people clean dusty statues of Buddha with water.They save the water for priests,who gently pour i

29、t onto their shoulders for good luck.Water Fight!In Thailand,the water festival is called Songkran,and it usually lasts from April 13 to 15.Parade floats spray crowds with water,and children chase one another with water blasters and water pails.It might easily be 38 Celsius(100 F)in Thailand on New

30、Years Day.When its this hot,a water fight is the perfect way to celebrate!Two girls pour water over a statue of Buddha in Cambodia.New Year Celebrations Level R14Changing New YearsIn some cultures,the New Year happens at a different time every year.The Islamic New Year,called Al-Hijra(al HI-jruh),is

31、 based on a lunar calendar.This means that it follows the cycles of the Moon.A lunar year is around eleven days shorter than the 365-day solar year,which is based on Earths movement around the Sun.The Chinese New Year,called the Spring Festival,and the Jewish New Year,called Rosh Hashanah,follow bot

32、h the solar and lunar calendars.A boy blows the shofar,a rams horn,in honor of the Jewish New Year at a school in Los Angeles,California(left).People herd buffalo at a parade for the Islamic New Year in Indonesia(right).People wearing red hold up a dragon at a parade to celebrate the Chinese New Yea

33、r in London,England.15ConclusionMany New Years traditions are shared internationally.House cleaning before the New Year is common in many cultures,many cities celebrate with fireworks at midnight,and many people make resolutions for the coming year.New Year traditions around the world share a hope f

34、or a fresh startand a desire to celebrate with music,dancing,and fun!How will you celebrate the New Year?Children around the world celebrate the New Year with music and dance.New Year Celebrations Level R16GlossaryBuddha(n.)the title given to the person who started the Buddhist religion(p.13)culture

35、s(n.)the ideas and customs of certain groups of people(p.4)custom(n.)a traditional way of doing something in a certain culture(p.8)cycles(n.)sets of events that keep repeating in the same order(p.14)figures(n.)forms or shapes,especially human shapes(p.8)fortunes(n.)predictions about the future;successes or failures(p.10)resolutions (n.)decisions or promises to do certain things(p.4)symbolize(v.)to represent an idea with an object,picture,or sign(p.12)traditions(n.)beliefs or customs that are passed down from year to year and generation to generation(p.4)