Teacher and students locate Louisiana on a world map and a U.S. map, using Microsoft Virtual Globe. Students locate Louisiana on printed map, identify compass points, identify neighboring states. They mark and label all. Students use a note-taking guide to list three facts about Louisiana, based upon what we heard and saw.
Students listen and observe more Louisiana facts in video, Gumbo Island or other resource.
3-6 students list Louisiana nouns as part of the prewriting phase of the writing process. They use this list to write sentences or paragraphs. They may dictate the sentences in a synergized writing exercise. They have a finished copy to take to the computer to publish. Students trace outline maps of Louisiana from transparencies taped to the computer screen into KidPix .