Language Arts

This lesson plan will focus on teaching student about the study of masked dance traditions of Guerrero and students will be able to learn vocabulary while translating a story into a drama.

This teachers guide provides outlines for teaching about the book "Yum! Mmmm! Que rico!" by Pat Mora and examines themes within the book that relate to a variety of disciplines such as Language Arts, Social Studies and Science/Nutrition. Explore this book with your K-5 students and enjoy the questions and guidelines provided as a resource to teaching!

Explore the book "Love to Mama: A Tribute to Mothers" by Pat Mora with this teacher's guide. Students will learn vocabulary and can use book to grow their knowledge in language arts, social studies or science.

Students in teams invent an animal that is specifically adapted to the rain forest environment, focusing on the Amazon Rain forest. They create a tear-art picture of the creature and present it in class. Students will first list adaptions animals have, then discuss different animals in the rain forest, then create their creatures and later describe adaptations of their specific creature to other students in class. This is a fun way to get students thinking about their surrounding environment including brainstorming adaptions that creatures who live in the rain forest can have.

This lesson plan provides an overall introduction to the country of Guatemala, which is borders the southern part of Mexico. Guatemala is a par of Central America and this lesson plan provides lessons in mathematics, social studies and more.

Utilizing the book "My Name is Gabriela", which can be found in the Latin American Studies Outreach Library, this lesson plan provides a guide for various activities that connect to the book. Students will be prompted to complete various writings and partake in their own research. This lesson plan will allow for students to be more comfortable with writing and learn about Gabriel Mistral, the first Latina woman to win a Nobel Prize.

In this lesson, students will read the tale "La Carretanagua" and listen to various descriptions given by the Nicarguan people on the "Death Cart". A "Death Cart" was used by the Spanish to instill fear in the peoples they had colonized. As an extension activity, students can make their own "Death Cart".

This guided lesson is adaptable to all age levels and utilizes the book "Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas" by Juan Felipe Herrera to improve reading comprehension and allows students to learn how to produce their own texts and stories as well.

In this lesson, students will learn about the history of the famous Mexican bingo game, Loteria and use the game to learn different vocabulary words commonly used in the Spanish language. This a fun way to improve the vocabulary of students as well as learn more about the Mexican culture!

In this lesson plan, students will be able to read poems written by Latin American Poets and learn what it means to have a voice and express ideas. Students will then create a letter to a poet who they feel speaks to them. This lesson plan allows for students to become engaged with the writer behind poems they connect with and will help them practice their drafting and writing skills.