Lesson 15: Where the Wild Things Are
Online Reading:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cOEFnppm_A
Songs:
Hello To All The Children Of The World
Focus Vocab:
- Travel
- Passport
- Camera
- Ticket
- England
- France
- Mexico
- Australia
- Germany
- Japan
- Italy
- Israel
- Russia
- China
- America
Activities:
Compare and Contrast-
Print this worksheet out and help the students write words that describe both Max and the Wild Things.
Masks–
Print out these pictures of the Wild Things and glue to sticks. Have the students act like the Wild Things as you read the book. When you read “Let the wild rumpus start,” have them dance around in a circle.
Where are the Wild Things?
Print out this worksheet and have the students fill it out.
Travel Show and Tell-
Let students know ahead of time to bring in an item that they would like to talk about. This item should be from a place they have recently visited. Have them show the item to the class tell where the item is from. After all the students all present their items, ask the class where they would go based on what they’ve heard and why.
Travel Around the World-
Bring in a map of the world, or draw it on the board. Ask students questions such as, “Where do you live?” or “Where would you like to travel?” Have the students draw a picture of themselves on the board in the general area of the country they would like to travel.
Games:
Around the World Rumpus-
Write the names of different countries on different sheets of paper. Give each student some Blue-Tak or something to stick the sheets of paper on the wall around the room. Then, on small colored pieces of paper write different names of countries such as Germany, Japan, etc. Use a stick or pole as a “scepter” and give it to one student to be “it.” They will become the king or queen of the wild things. They are in charge of telling the wild things where to go. A crown is optional. He or she will place a name of a country on the scepter and make the grand announcement. Everyone should. (Click Here)
Guess the Country-
Before you start you’ll need a number of small pieces of paper (one for each student in the class) with a different country written on each one. Hand out the pieces of paper to the students (one each) and let them read which country they have. Explain to them that you are going on a world travel trip and each one of the students is a destination on your journey.
You will read out clues to the next location and it’s up to the students to listen carefully and raise their hand when they think it’s their country that the clues are referring to. Pretend to fly across the room, check the student’s piece of paper to make sure they are the intended destination, read out the next clue and continue on until you’ve been to every country in the room.
Pack Your Suitcase-
Hide pictures of different things that you would pack in a suitcase around the room (ie: Passport, Camera, Ticket, etc). Have the students search for them. Draw a suitcase on the chalkboard and tape each item that the students locate on the board.
Travel the World (simplified version of “Around the World Rumpus”) –
Write the names of different countries on different sheets of paper. Give each student some Blue-Tak or something to stick the sheets of paper on the wall around the room. Then bring everyone into the middle of the room. Shout out “France” and everyone has to race over
to the France card and touch it. Then “Germany” and so on.