Teaching the 21 Spanish Speaking countries
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1. Map Labeling- I always start with
showing a PowerPoint which highlights
each country on a map. As each county is
highlighted, I have students fill in their maps
with the country name and capital. This
year, since we are using interactive
notebooks, they have a page in their
notebooks dedicated to this map.
2. Creating acronyms- After we label maps,
we come up with acronyms to remember
the order of the countries on the map. This
year our acronym for remembering Mexico
and Central America is:
For South America, we are using:
We couldn't leave out the other countries,
even though this doesn't help with the map
labeling:
You can check out these posters HERE!
3. Next, we add foldables to our interactive
notebooks. I created a set of interactive
notebook activities to help students
categorize the geographic regions of the
countries and to learn capitals. You can
check those out HERE if you'd like.
4. Students use their interactive notebook
foldables to quiz themselves and each
other. We also practice with some games
like "Yo Tengo...¿Quién tiene?" Countries
and Capitals.
5. I show the countries and capital rap. It
drives students crazy, but I think they
secretly love it! ;) It's all over YouTube, here
is one link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCQmRbDJjBk
6. To assess this unit, I re-test students
using a blank map and they are able to see
that their knowledge has (hopefully!) greatly
improved!
How to you teach countries and capitals?