A Taste of Africa for Emergent Readers


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A Taste of Africa for Emergent Readers

Here are some activities you can use to practice your listening and reading skills while you learn some interesting facts about animal life in Africa.

Informational Texts:

Watch the following three videos and read the fun facts about each animal:

1. Elephants (RIF)
2. Giraffes (RIF)
3. Rhinoceros (RIF)

Literature Texts:


4. Listen and sing along to the song Let’s Go on a Safari(RIF).
5. Read along while you listen to the story This is the Tree (RIF).

Elephants (RIF)

Watch this short video with interesting facts about elephants.

Giraffes (RIF)

Watch this short video with interesting facts about giraffes.

Rhinoceros (RIF)

Watch this short video with interesting facts about rhinos.

Let’s Go on a Safari (RIF)

Let's go on a safari in this video about African animals with read along text!

This is the Tree (RIF)

Words are highlighted as they are read aloud in this book about the life of an African Baobab tree.

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