The children print out the pictures and then Kimball finds a haiku poem to go along with the picture they have chosen. All classrooms make masks for the Dragon Dance that all children take part in. A Chinese feast is also planned near the end of the unit with food provided by a local Chinese restaurant. Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry with five syllables on the first line, seven syllables on the second line and five syllables on the last line. Birds are good at building nests.
Birds are good fliers.
Celebrating Chinese New Year with a Dragon Dance and handmade masks.