1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
Africa
school: Wichtelgasse 67, 1170 Wien
teachers: Sharon Lee-Douglas and Karin Schütz
class: 4.b
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
Africa:
Sitting with the children in a seated circle we began the topic asking
the children what they knew about Africa, what is Africa? Where is
Africa? What countries are in Africa etc. We worked with an atlas
and a globe. We then read to the children some interesting facts
about Africa and then asked them questions to see what they could
remember and having them answer in full sentences. E.g. Africa is a
continent, the highest mountain in Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro and
the river Nile is in Egypt etc.
Working with a large blank map of African we first talked about the
north, south, east and west and what seas or Oceans boarder Africa.
We wrote our findings on the map. Then using post sticks we started
to fill in the countries.
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
The children knew so many of the countries at this point and were
very good at remembering where they were. It was a good lesson for
interaction and for learning pronunciation of the words.
We ended with a game of what’s missing. I remove a country from
the map and the children guessed witch one.
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
Biomes: Desert, rainforest, grassland, Tundra, Savanna.
We talked to the children about what Biomes is.
Using the iPad we showed the children a collection of pictures of
the different types of biomes and discussed each one briefly,
comparing differences between them e.g. a dessert to a rain forest,
a savanna to tundra. The children liked the real pictures as it helped
them to identify and understand each of the biomes. It was a good
lesson for vocabulary building and revision of opposites.
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
African Savanna:
We talked about a savannah in more detail with the children. We
looked at pictures of the baobab tree, acacia trees and grasslands.
Using the map again we went on a journey of Africa.
Each child had a copy of the blank map and a yellow pencil.
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
Starting over in the west at Senegal
we drew a line crossing over to
Ethiopia in the east down through
Uganda and part of Kenya and along
the coast to Swaziland in the south,
then back up into central Africa and
then back east to where we started
passing through all or parts of the
countries that you would find the
savannah. Once we had created the
shape the children coloured between
the lines to identify the savanna . We
then discussed what countries we had
passed through, where each country
lays on the map. E.g. north, south etc. and what countries
neighboured each other. The children thought it quite humorous to
have travelled across Africa and back again in less than one hour.
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
Savanna art work:
Each child created a picture of a savanna background with an acacia
tree, long grass and an African animal.
African savanna animals:
Sitting in a seated circle we placed on the floor in and around the
circle ten African savanna animal picture cards.
We played a game of what am I? The children listened to me
describe an animal from the fact cards I had in front of me and then
children guessed what animal I was. I then asked them what they
had learnt about the animal. Nice activity, encouraging the children
to talk using whole sentences.
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
We played this game again only this time the child had a post stick of
an animal on his/her head and they had to ask the other children
questions to try and solve what animal they were. The children could
only answer with yes and no answers.
The children chose three animals that they wanted to learn more
about. They chose cheetah, giraffe and hippopotamus. The children
read out loud to the class facts about the animal. The children then
wrote simple sentences in their English work books.
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
Reading a story about an African family:
Sitting in a seated circle we read a story about a girl and her way of
life. The children learned more about African school system and
about the children tasks areas in their families.
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
Station day: 2 hours
The children went around individually completing the following tasks.
Crosswords, word search, word scramble, find the missing country on
the map, Africa reading cards and questionnaire activity, computer
station, animal jigsaw puzzles, animal craft.
stations:
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
Some worksheets:
Crocodiles
Crocodiles are reptiles which have the strongest bite of any animal in the world.
Most crocodiles live in fresh water rivers and
lakes but some live in salt water. These animals
can survive a long time without food. In
general they love to eat fish, birds and other
animals. Some crocodiles can weight over
1200kg.
You have to distinguish between crocodiles and alligators. Alligators are less
aggressive than crocodiles and are often found in the US and China.
Unscramble each of the clue words.
Take the letters that appear in
message.
boxes and unscramble them for the final
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Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas
Rhinoceroses
Rhinos have short legs and a gray coloured
skin. They are up to 3000kg and can get 40
years old. There are two different species of
rhinos and both have two horns.
Rhinos eat grass and leaves. They are good in
hearing and smelling but they cannot see very
well. They like being in the water and to wallow in the mud.
In general Rhinos are peaceful animals except when attacked.
Rhinos live mostly alone. A female gives birth to only one baby which stays with
his mother two years.
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1170 Wien, Wichtelgasse 67
Karin Schütz and Sharon Lee-Douglas