1 - New year facts
This dish is often eaten on New Years Day for good luck in Berks County
Pork and Sauerkraut
The first New Year's celebration dates back this many years
4,000 years!
People try to stay up awake until this time...
12:00am - midnight
Describe how to check out a book or movie at the library
Choose a book/movie, give a library card to the librarian, scan the book/movie, find out when the book is due back, and take the book/movie home to enjoy
Why are garbage collectors so important?
They pick up the trash so it does not smell, or blow around
People make these promises to themselves to do something better for themselves. We call these _________
resolutions
When having a New Years party, some people wear these on their heads
Party hats
Some towns like to set off ____ _____ which are often loud and beautiful!
Fire works!
Describe your perfect day at the mall. What would you see, eat or buy
I would see
I would eat
I might buy
What does a cashier at a grocery store do?
Scans the price or bar code on items to find the price, weighs fruits and vegetables, helps bag the items, takes payment for the items
What we yell at midnight on New Years Eve
Happy New Year
About 1 million people gather in New York City's Times Square to watch this event that has happened annually since 1907, with two notable exceptions — due to World War II light restrictions, Times Square remained dark in 1942 and 1943. Only a few special 1st responders were invited to attend this year.
The New Years ball drop.
Some people do a tradition of eating exactly a precise number of this fruit ; 1 for each month of the year
__ ______...
12 grapes! (exactly)
Describe when you family uses a shopping cart while shopping
Where do you shop and use a cart?
What might you buy?
Why do you need a cart?
Describe a job a fast food worker might do
take food order, clean off tables when customers leave, pick up trash from the trash cans, make food, take customers payment for their food
In Japan and China people eat this long food to hope to have a long life. It is a type of pasta that we might eat in chicken soup
noodles
At the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia, 10,000 participants step through City Hall and perform in unique..
costumes!
This fizzy apple drink is a great way to start the new year
Sparkling apple cider
Where can you go to mail a package?
The post office, UPS Store
Explain why firefighters jobs can be dangerous
Putting out fires is a hard job. You need a lot of training, You help rescue people. You hold heavy water hoses.
In Denmark, it’s tradition to smash ______ against your friend’s front door at midnight...
dishes
New Year’s wasn’t always celebrated on January 1. The earliest New Year festivities date back about 4,000 years. At that time, the people of ancient Babylon began their new year in the month we now call..
March!
Many people watch this college sports game around New Years
Football
Describe a time a person might go inside a bank to do something
to open or close an account, to get a debit card, to deposit money or a check into their account, to get cash
Who is in charge of our school? Do you know their names?
The principals and supervisors