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African Unit

Submitted by Jess (07-11-2012)

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Hi, I am about to start a unit on Africa. I was wanting to know if anyone has ideas or websites. I have already come up with the music side of the theme but I am wanting some other ideas as well. Please help!

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Al (14-04-2011)

Have a look here for some cute printables to use for tablenames, groups and class decorations etc

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/african_animal_room_decorations.htm


Anonymous (14-04-2011)

In the past I have used the 'Walking through the jungle' theme for year 2 net and we wrote a 'What am I' for various jungle animals. We then had the children paint a large picture of each chosen animal, featuring the descriptors from their 'What am I?'. Lots of fun and makes a great display with the painting hanging up and the text displayed underneath.


Kerrie (13-04-2011)

As part of our unit on Africa, I would write a message to the students telling them what I had hidden and what to search for during the session. Previously I had bought some cheap binoculars from a toy shop.

The children were very excited about searching. Each day the animals were changed. The message was great to encourage reading using new sight words and picture clues if needed. e.g. I can see 4 elephants. Or Look for two zebras. I used the word cards from the word wall as another way of communicating.

Every day it was a task to look forward to and encourage talk and enthusiasm.


Anonymous (12-04-2011)

Hi
My Reception class will be doing a Unit on African Animals as we have Handas Surprise as an Accelerated Literacy Text. We also studied the book 'Mirror' Jeannie Baker this term as we went to an exhibit of her artwork from the book! This book is a double story of a boy in Sydney and a boy in Morocco. Definitely worth a look!

Cheers

Vicki


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