Message from kfenimore

[Anonymous]

I teach second grade and at our school we have Big Buddies program where 5th graders comes in to work with my second grade class. I decided to incorporate a lesson celebrating China through art, map skills, and writing. My students first made a Chinese Lantern with their buddy in order to celebrate the Chinese New Year. We spent time discussing the Chinese New Year as a class. When they completed their lantern, they received a map of China. Together they were able to color in the map and answer a number of questions using the map. The students gained map skills along with learning interesting facts about china. Students were able to identify cities and rivers in China and label their map accordingly.