Yum! MmMm! Que Rico! Craft Lesson

Mora, Pat. Yum! MmMm! Que Rico!. Illus. Rafael Lopez. New York: Lee & Low, 2007.

Discussion
I think this is a good book for the older students to start learning the countries of the world a little better. It would be good to group students up and assign each student a different country. This book would help students to learn that so many things we use in our lives originated from a different country.

How To Teach It
I will begin by grouping students into groups of 3 or 4. I feel like any more than that and there won't be enough work for everyone to do. I will hang the map on a blank wall and assign each group a different county. I would like them to do some research on their assigned country. They will need to find out what kind of food they eat, what language the speak, population, how big the county is and anything else they want to add. Each group will write a report, that they will turn in, and then make a presentation to the class on what they found out about their country.