Malaysia

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Snapshots of Asia - Malaysia (Primary) This book is an excellent way of introducing Malaysia to lower and middle primary students. It includes full-colour photographs, fact files, board games and stories of daily life. These capture the distinctive physical and cultural aspects of living in Malaysia. The accompanying teacher guide contains classroom activities designed to develop reading, writing and listening skills, and blackline masters. Purchase

Student Activities (based on the Snapshots series)

Malaysia

1. Kite Shapes and Decoration
   Look at the different types of wau or kites in the Malaysia book. Look at the decorations on Malaysian kites at the Dancing Frogs Designs website (http://bhc.com/Dancingfrog/). Print out the PDF and choose one of the kite shapes. Copy the shape to a large sheet of paper and decorate it.

2. Rainforest Word Puzzle
   Find all the names of the rainforest plants and animals in the puzzle. Then find all the pictures of the animals.

3. Map of Malaysia
   This map can be used for the suggested activities in the Malaysia teacher guide, or for locating and labelling towns, cities and other geographic features. It can be copied onto an overhead transparency and projected as an enlarged version to be used in front of the class.

4. Illustrating Proverbs 
   Read the dialogue of Nordin and his grandmother discussing proverbs in the Malaysia book. Print the PDF with Malay proverbs and:

   a)  determine the lesson of the proverb;
   b)  find other proverbs with a similar lesson;
   c)  illustrate the main feature, action or scene of the proverb.

5. Timetable 
   Read the schedule of activities for the school week in the Malaysia book and use the proforma to create a timetable.

6. Malaysia: Ten Minute Quiz 
   A quiz based on information in the Malaysia book.