Glastonbury Foreign Language Program
Spanish Curricular Unit: The Geography of Central & South America

Lesson: Mapping
Grade Level: 5
Subject/Topic Area(s): geography of Central & South America
Key Words: mapping, compass, world, hemisphere, ocean, sea, continent
Designed by: Denise

Standards:

Major standards— 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1
Supporting standards—

Brief Summary of Lesson:

In this lesson, students will practice locating specific places on a blank map of the world. Each student will have an opportunity to choose a magnetized vocabulary card. The magnetized cards can either be in a jar or spread out on a table. There are enough cards so each student will have at least one turn. Students will read the word out loud and place the card on the map.

Number of days for activity: 1 day

Materials and resources (including technology and multimedia):

Overhead Projector
Transparency of blank map of the world
Magnetized color coded vocabulay cards of map locations -el hemisferio norte, el hemisferio sur, la línea del ecuador, 0* latitud, América del Norte, Canadá, México, Puerto Rico, América del Sur, Europa, España, Asia, China, Africa, Ghana, Australia, Antártica, el Océano Atlántico, el Océano Pacífico, el Océano Artico, el Océano Indico, el Mar Caribe, Norte, Sur, Este, Oeste, Noreste, Sureste, Noroeste, Suroeste
Magnetized Chalk/Whiteboard
Jar or table to store cards

Activities:

1. Warm up: e ntire class reviews prepositions rhyme and corresponding movements
2. Teacher draws points of compass on board and asks for volunteers to fill in the spaces to name the points
3. Teacher introduces today's activity by projecting transparency of world and describing activity
4. Students take turns choosing magnetic vocabulary cards to place on magnetized board (Students can choose cards at random from a jar or choose from all the cards spread out word side up from a table depending on what teacher and students want.)
5. Student reads the word out loud and asks the class to repeat and or spell the word
6. Student places the word in the appropriate location on the projected map.
7. Teacher assists student if necessary
8. Teacher reviews lesson of the day and prepares students for the next day's lesson

Identifying Desired Results

What do they already know that will help them learn new information? Where and when did they learn it?

Continents (2 nd grade)
Oceans (2 nd grade)
Compass Points, Mar Caribe (4 th grade)
Prepositions introduced in previous lessons (5 th grade)

Students will understand...

how to complete blank map of the world with names of locations.

Student will know...

the locations of the northern and southern hemispheres, the equator, the continents, some countries, the oceans, the Caribbean Sea, and the points of a compass.

Student will be able to...

name and locate places on a map of the world.

New vocabulary, structures acquired:

el hemisferio, el hemisferio del norte, el hemisferio del sur, latitud, longitud, la línea del ecuador

Determining acceptable evidence

Performance Tasks
Other Evidence  

Examples of Student Work: