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Books to Read - posted from El Cajon, CA
*RAL is my abbreviation for myself, that means that I found a YouTube read aloud version of the story
South America by Veronica Wilkins RAL
South America by Rebecca Hirsch RAL
South America by Allan Fowler RAL
Zonia’s Rain Forest RAL
Dear Primo, A Letter to My Cousin by Duncan Tonatiuh RAL
Digging for Words RAL (choose Miss Ana)
Living in…Brazil RAL
Marco’s Travels: Hello, Brazil RAL
Brazil by Joyce Markovics
From my Window RAL
Along the Tapajós RAL
Columbia by Joyce Markovics RAL
Felíz New Year, Ava Gabriela! RAL
Tiny Travelers: Colombia Treasure Quest
by Steven Wolfe Pereira
Where is Venezuela by Nacho Palacios RAL
Roberto's Trip to the Top
Argentina by Joyce Markovics
On the Pampas by Maria Brusca RAL (Argentina)
The Paraguay Christmas book by Auxi Benitez RAL
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay RAL
Peru by Joyce Markovics RAL
Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains RAL
Ecuador by Joyce Markovics RAL
Pirhanas Don’t Eat Bananas RAL
Molly and the Magic Suitcase: Molly Goes to Peru (chapter book)
Molly and the Magic Suitcase: Molly Goes to Rio de Janeiro
Baseball in the Barrios
Nini at Carnival RAL
To Carnival RAL
Additional Reading - posted from Dhahran, Eastern Province
As a supplement to this unit, we read "Dear Primo, A Letter to My Cousin" by Duncan Tonatiuh. (It is about cousins living in Mexico and a US city. While Mexico is part of North America, it seemed to fit into the curriculum best in this lesson.) It showed the ways the cousins were different, but also emphasized that underneath, they were very similar. The art in the book was very well done and it was fun to look at the details.
Supplementary Book - posted from Dhahran, Eastern Province
Animal Videos and Info - posted from DeRidder, LA
We used the section on Anacondas and my daughter loved that it had video. I am linking the list of all the animals.
A South American Arpillera (Replaced Activity Pages) - posted from Linton, ND
The two attached activity pages were replaced in the curriculum when the book Tonight Is Carnaval was replaced in the curriculum with Greetings South America!. If you are using an old version of the curriculum, these two pages are not in our new student activity books. They are provided here for your benefit.