Topic: Mexico
Subject: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Grade level: K- 2
Objectives:
- Students will understand the difference between
fiction and non-fiction books.
Materials and Resources:
- teacher.scholastic.com/hispanic - Spanish
Language
- Guest speakers: Mrs. C. (parent), Mrs. B.
(Spanish Teacher)
- Field trips
- Hill of Fire by Reading Rainbow
- fiction
- Mexico by Anita Ganeri and Rachel
Wright - non-fiction, poetry
General Activities:
- Make corn cakes as in Hill of Fire.
- Plan a fiesta.
- Make tortillas.
- Write directions for making tortillas.
- Create a dictionary of Spanish words.
Discussion Questions:
Where is Mexico? Has anyone here ever been to Mexico?
What do you think a second grade child in Mexico does after school?
How is that child’s life different/the same as yours?
Evaluation:
The student can tell which information is fiction and which is non-fiction.
Related Works of Literature:
Hill of Fire by Thomas P. Lewis
Hill of Fire by Reading Rainbow
Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema, ilus. Petra Mathers
Borreguita and the Coyote by Reading Rainbow
The Tortilla Factory by Gary Paulsen
(explains the tortilla from seed to factory).
Mamaís Birthday Present by Carmet Tafolla, illus. Juvenal
Martinez
Cuckoo/Cucu by Lois Ehlert
The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote by Tony Johnston
Beginnerís Spanish Dictionary by Helen Davies
A Family in Mexico by Peter Otto Jacobsen
Cinco de Mayo by Lola M. Schaefer
Say Hola to Spanish by Susan Middleton Elya, illus Loretta Lopez
Read to Your Bunny by Rosemary Wells
The Three Little Javelina by Susan Lowell, illus. Jim Harris
Diego by Jonah Winter, illus. Jeanette Winter
Hello, Amigos! by Tricia Brown, photographs by Fran Ortiz
The Little Red And the the Great Big Crumb, A Mexican Fable retold
by Shirley Climo
In Rosaís Mexico by Campbell Geeslin, Illus. Andrea Arroyo
My Mexico-Mexico Mio by Tony Johnson, Illus. F. John Sierra
Uno, Dos, Tres: One, Two, Three by Pat Mora, illus. Barbara Lavalee
Mexico (crafts, games, recipes, stories, and other cultural activities
from Mexcian-Americans) by Phyllis Shalant
Cesar Chavez and La Causa by Naurice Roberts
(Large print. You could use it to cover a few political issues that
this man encountered while fighting to help farm workers
Mexico - Things to make, activities, facts (ISBN 0-531-14316-3)
This book shows you how to make ponchos. Very easy with volunteer
parents.
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