Enjoy learning about sizzling South America with the twelve cross-curricular activities in this fun bag. All activities are on card stock, laminated, cut out and ready to use.
1. Gauchos of the Pampas Region: After reading the information pages about the gauchos of the Pampas region, use the Venn diagram to show how Argentinean cowboys (gauchos) and American cowboys are alike and different.
2. Brazilian Rainforest Writing: Finish the sentence and draw a picture of something you would see in the rainforest of Brazil.
3. South America Alphabetic Order: Put the country cards of South America in ABC order.
4. Find the Flag: Read the description of the flags for the countries of Argentina, Peru, Brazil and Colombia. Find the flag that matches each description.
5. Countries and Capitals Matching: Match each country card (which features a picture of a person in native dress along with the country's name) to the card showing map of that country and it's capital.
6. Colorful South America: Color the labeled map page according to the directions on the directions page.
7. Addition and Subtraction South America Style: The addition and subtraction problems are written using the Spanish numeral names. Rewrite each problem using numbers and then solve. You can also write the answer in Spanish if you wish. You can use the list on the page to help you.
8. Population Ordering: Place country cards in order of their population (from least amount of people to greatest).
9. Creatures of Patagonia: Match the pictures of Patagonia with their names.
10. Hit the Penny-A Children's Game from Chile: Follow the directions to play this popular game played by children in Chile. Layers of the Brazilian Rainforest: Put the layers and layer descriptions in order to show the four layers of the rainforest.
11.0The Great Kapok Tree: After reading the book, answer the discussion questions.
12. Who Needs the Kapok Tree: Fill in the blanks to complete each statement to show who needs the Kapok tree and why
13. Activity Letter: Explains how to do each activity.