Day #5: Nature and Weather Regions in the USA

USA Places of Interest: Student Examples

Time	Activities	Materials needed:
Hour #1: 0—15 15—30 30—45	Review vocabulary and introductions Review transportation and symbols Finish symbols flipbook   Review US Map	·         Previous day’s flashcards, maps, presentations
Hour #2: 0—15 15—30 30—45	Introduce weather vocabulary; have students practice first on a map of Ukraine. Presentation on weather in Ukraine. Students write full sentences = “In _______(city), the weather is _________(weather word).”	·         Weather in Ukraine PPT ·         Weather vocabulary ·         Papers with map outlines
Hour #3: 0—15 15—30 30—45	Introduce landform vocabulary; have students practice on a map of the United States. Review weather, now in the United States. Students write full sentences = “In the _______(direction), there are ________ (landforms) and the weather is _________(weather word).” Students respond—Where would you live? Why?	·         Landform vocabulary ·         Papers with map outlines
Hour #4: 0—15 15—30 30—45	Finally, use the large US map to present places of interest. Students will write sentences where they are located. Students must finish all maps, with landforms and weather sentences. Students will present their maps to the whole group.	·         Places of interest presentation PPT ·         Places of interest cards for map.

Time

Activities

Materials needed:

Hour #1:

0—15

15—30

30—45

 

 

Review vocabulary and introductions

Review transportation and symbols

Finish symbols flipbook

 

Review US Map

·         Previous day’s flashcards, maps, presentations

Hour #2:

0—15

15—30

30—45

 

 

Introduce weather vocabulary; have students practice first on a map of Ukraine.

Presentation on weather in Ukraine.

Students write full sentences = “In _______(city), the weather is _________(weather word).”

·         Weather in Ukraine PPT

·         Weather vocabulary

·         Papers with map outlines

Hour #3:

0—15

15—30

30—45

 

Introduce landform vocabulary; have students practice on a map of the United States.

Review weather, now in the United States.

Students write full sentences = “In the _______(direction), there are ________ (landforms) and the weather is _________(weather word).”

Students respond—Where would you live? Why?

·         Landform vocabulary

·         Papers with map outlines

Hour #4:

0—15

15—30

30—45

 

 

Finally, use the large US map to present places of interest. Students will write sentences where they are located.

Students must finish all maps, with landforms and weather sentences.

Students will present their maps to the whole group.

·         Places of interest presentation PPT

·         Places of interest cards for map.

Making US maps

Weather and Landforms of the USA