read and find out about the countries they presented. 1. Have students work in groups of 3. 2. Give students the work they have been developing through the unit and it’s in the file. 3. Give students construction paper and crayons. Have them color the countries they chose in Step 3. 4. Tell teams to color each country a different color. Ask each student in a team to choose a different country and find out information about the country on the Internet or in reference books. Tell the students to write their information on the construction paper. Walk around checking information and helping where required. Ask teams to check each other’s information. 5. Tell teams to cut out the countries to make the pieces of their jigsaw puzzles. Have teams mix up the pieces and exchange their puzzle with another team. Invite groups to present their charts to the class. Self-evaluation If students have completed the unit’s activities successfully, they can check the box. Wrap Up Have students form their teams. Ask them to put the pieces of their puzzle in a bag. Tell them to take turns taking pieces of their puzzle out of the bag. Tell them to score one point for each piece of information they can tell the team about the country they pulled out of the bag.
Map Puzzle of the Americas Materials • Construction paper • Map of the Americas
• Colored pencils • Scissors and glue Steps 1 Work in teams. Paste the map of the Americas on the construciton paper. 2 Identify the three main regions of the Americas. Color them and cut them out. 3 Choose three different countries. Find out what languages people speak and what food they like. 4 Write the information in a chart on the construciton paper. 5 Play with some classmates. Solve the puzzle and share the interesting facts.
Self-evaluation • Can I say interesting facts about di erent countries?
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Expected Outcomes Find areas of the American continent on a map. Revise use of capital and lower case letters. Materials Activity Book 2 p. 94, students’ materials that have been collected in their files; construction paper, colored pencils or crayons, scissors, glue sticks Warm Up Tell students they are going to create a map of the Americas. Draw three columns on the board. Label the columns: North America, Central America, South America . Invite volunteers to name the countries they remember in each continent and write them on the board under the correct label. Tell students that they are going to continue working with their product. Write the title of the project on the board: Map Puzzle of the Americas. Ask students what they can do with maps; elicit answers (for example, people can locate continents, countries, cities, towns, oceans, mountains, etc.). Tell them they can put up their final products outside their classroom or on the common board at school so everybody can
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