Activites

Activities
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== This activity introduces Samba as a type of music to play and dance to. Samba is what is played throughout Rio Carnival. ==

== 1. First introduce what Rio Carnival is by showing this video: media type="youtube" key="K3mYDwRTALo" height="241" width="300" align="right"== ==2. When finished inform students that samba can be played using simple percussion instruments and playing a simple repeating beat. ==

==5. Have students play the parts. After they get the hang of playing an instrument, have them switch until everyone has had a turn to play them all. ==

== In this lesson, students will be read the book " //How Night Came from the Sea: A Story from Brazil//" By Mary-Joan Gerson. It is an old folk story told in Brazil. There are great illustrations to go along with the story. After the story, the students will be able to draw their favorite part of the story and write down why. The drawings will be displayed. ==

 5. Ask students if they have ever heard of another folk story that explains how something came to be.
== 6. Pass out paper to the students and have them illustrate their favorite part of the book. Have them write down why it is their favorite part. ==

== In this lesson, students will get to pick an animal found in the Amazon. They will then create a poster about the animal. They will briefly discuss their poster to the class when finished. ==

 1. Introduce the Amazon rain forest to the students. Tell how it is home to many different animals.
== 2. Tell students they will quickly research an animal that lives in the rain forest and create a poster with information on the animal and then briefly present it to the class. ==

 3. Have an example either created by the you are a previous class to show as a model.
== 4. Tell students that possible things to write about the animal are; its name; what it likes to eat; is it endangered; how big or small it is; etc. Tell students to include a picture of the animal from the computer on the poster. ==