Session 3 - Brazil

This week we traveled south to the country of Brazil.  We learned about the rain forest, the Amazon river, soccer, and carnival!  Some interesting facts were: the giant anaconda, who lives in the amazon, can grow longer than the length of the classroom we were sitting in; when Brazil plays in the World Cup they close school so that the students and teachers can watch the game; there are schools in Brazil where they practice dances and work on their carnival costumes for a whole year leading up to the festival.

Students enjoyed looking at the pictures of the floats and bright costumes.  We also talked about the animated movie Rio that is set in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil's second largest city. It is a cute movie if you have not seen it, and if the kids watch it now, they will understand more about carnival and the rain forest from the film.

For our art project today, we made carnival masks.  My original plan was for everyone to make masks and parade around the room, but we ran out of time.  Sorry about the glitter and the feathers:)

Next week's clue on where we are traveling: we are staying in a warm climate, there is a restaurant on Lindbergh that serves its food, and its national animal stands on two legs... See you all next week.