Llamas in the South American Continent

By Liliana Jimenez

Kindergarten

I. Subject:

Social Studies and Science
Introduce Llamas from South America
Identify the South American continent on a map

II. Introduce an animal from South America called llamas.

Review location of North America and South America on a map. Count how many countries belong to the South American continent. We will review identifying in which city, state, country, and continent we inhabit.

III. Standards

4.A.1a Listen attentively by facing the speaker, making eye contact and paraphrasing what is said.

4.A.1b Ask questions and respond to questions from the teacher and from group members to improve comprehension.

4.B.1b Participate in discussions around a common topic.

12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environments.

IV. Objectives

Students will be able to:
1. Identify a llama on a picture.
2. Locate on a map where llamas originally come from.
3. Locate on a map South America.
4. Identify which family llamas come from.
5. Identify and describe how people benefit from llamas.

V. Materials:

A book titled Love a Llama by
KWL chart
Map
Computer to show pictures of llamas on the internet
http://fungus.org.uk/camelids.htm
Teacher resource: http://www.llamapack.com/histry.HTM
http://www.smartt.com/~brianp/

VI. Procedures and Activities

A. Teacher

B. Students

1. Review locating the city, state, country, and continent we inhabit on a map.

2. Review how many countries belong to North America.

3. Locate South America on a map.

4. Introduce a book called “Love a Llama”,
Make a KWL chart to record previous knowledge about llamas. Compare and contrast physical characteristics of a llama.

5. Identify and locate original habitats of a llama. Locate the countries and count how many countries South America has. I will show them pictures of the Andes on the internet.

6. Lead discussion about the book. I will ask questions after the book to assess their listening skills. I will ask the students the following questions: What family does a llama belongs to? How many types of llamas exist? How do people benefit and use llamas?
What does a llama like to eat? Where does a llama come from? How does a llama look like?

7. I will have students write a sentence of what they would do with a llama if they had one as a pet.

1. Students will locate the city of Chicago, state of Illinois, United States and North America on a map with their finger.
2. We will count the countries on a map. Students will count and recite the names of each country.

3. I will have a student locate with their finger on a map South America.
4. Students will listen attentively to the book. They will answer questions as I ask them during and after the book.

5. We will count all the countries and count how many countries South America has. Students will verbally identify from which part or countries in South America llamas come from.

6. Students will raise their hands quietly and wait to get their turn to speak. Students will answer the questions during the post-discussion. We will finish filling our KWL chart.

7. Students will work with their buddy to finish their sentence.

VII. Assessment

Children will answer questions during the post discussion about the book. Students will demonstrate knowledge about the location of both American continents by physically pointing at the location on a map.