Birthdays Around the World

Reading: Birthday parties are the same around the world.

• True

• False

Reading: People in the United States and Mexico celebrate birthdays differently.

• True

• False

Reading: On their birthdays, children in China receive

• crackers

• money in red envelopes

• wooden birthday wreaths

Vocabulary: A person who has good ______________ has good fortune.

• property

• hair

• luck

• historian

Vocabulary: A wreath is the same shape as a ____________.

• candle

• wheel

• box

• symbolize

Vocabulary: When people celebrate, they usually feel ___________.

• scared

• historians

• hungry

• happy

Reading: On a child's birthday in Germany, parents light a ________.

• life candle

• firecracker

• pinata

• a red envelope

Reading: In the United States, people give ___________ and eat cake.

• noodles

• candy

• cake

• presents

Reading: The main idea of the article is that ______________

• Ms. Campbell loves to read about birthdays.

• Germans may have had the first birthday parties for children.

• people around the world celebrate birthdays in various ways.

• people around the world like to celebrate special occasions.

Vocabulary: People can exercise and eat healthful foods to increase their _____________.

• fortune

• celebrate

• longevity

• vary