We had a station for each continent:
- Africa: Families wrote their own porquoi story (such as why the zebra has stripes, why the moon comes out at night) and recorded it. I uploaded these onto a Soundcloud page.
- Antarctica: Families tried to answer True/False questions about interesting facts about Antarctica using a Quizlet quiz on the iPads.
- Asia: Families heard Indian Music with a tabla (Indian drum) demonstration from our music teacher. She also read aloud a book called The Drum, and students tried out different drumming rhythms.
- Australia: Students colored in big posters of Aboriginal-style designs. They also could read books and a Keynote presentation about Australia.
- Europe: Students heard simple stories told in another language, from staff members who can speak another language.
- "Melting Pot:" In the library, we had a family reading area with books about different areas and folktales and stories from around the world. We also had some paper money and coins from different countries. Most of this was from my travels and another teachers' travels but we also borrowed some bills from a banker that is a parent at my school.
- North America: Families played Cognates Bingo. The Bingo boards had cognate words in another language, and the caller read the words in English and the children had to guess which word it was. (For example, cámara, helicóptero, freund, gras.)
- South America: We had a Samba demonstration and lesson! One of the art teachers in another building in our district is a dancer who has danced the Samba at Carnival in Rio de Janeiro! For a small charge she was willing to show our families the basics.
See below for some pictures of the evening. If you have any questions about what we did, I'd be happy to share!
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