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This thematic unit on Mexico is filled with active, fun learning that your classroom or homeschool students will certainly enjoy as they learn important academic skills along the way.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo and the study of Mexico using this unit that is strategically linked to the academic Core Standards.

Contents Include:

Literacy Activities

Cinco de Mayo: Attending to Key Detail in Text

The Sombrero Circle: Identifying High Frequency Words

Fiesta: Decoding Words With Blends, Digraphs, Silent E

Mexican Hat Dance: Fluently Reading Sight Word and CVC Sentences

Fill The Piñata: Segmenting Words 

de Colores: Using Spanish Color Words 

Mi Amigos: Writing CVC Words

Math Activities

Number Match: Matching Number to Quantity With Spanish Words

Party of Ten: Making Combinations of Ten

Jumping Beans: Finding Answers to Equations

Maraca Equations : Writing Equations

Cinco de Mayo Math: Adding and Subtracting 

Math Journal: Ten Amigos in All

Writing

Mexico Word Wall

Writing Prompts: Mexico

Guided Reading Books

Cinco de Mayo

Science

Mexican Jumping Beans

Dramatic Play

Fiesta Supply Store

Kitchen

dulce de leche

Art Projects

Tissue Paper Flowers

Flowing Head Dress

Mexican Vest

Mexican Hat

Paper Bag Maraca

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo and the study of Mexico using this unit that is strategically linked to the Common Core Standards.