Date: 11/13/07

Grade levels: K-5

Goal: To review past lessons and answer any questions.

Procedures:

Review questions:      ¿Cómo te llamas?        (What is your name?)
¿Quien es?             (Who is this?)
¿Quien tiene un _________?    (Who has a ______?)
¿Qué color es esto?        (What color is this?)

Review statements: Mi nombre es ________.    (My name is _____.)
Yo tengo _______.         (I have ______.)
El color es _______.        (The color is ______.)

Go over the vocabulary learned by pointing to pictures of family members. Also point to a color and ask them, what color is this? (¿Que color es esto?) They will reply: Esto es …

* If there’s time break the class into pairs to practice all the review questions and statements.

STAR SPANISH ACADEMY
PALISADES CHARTER ELEMTARY SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 2007
MONTHLY UPDATE

Dear Parents/Guardians,

It has been a great pleasure having your son/daughter as my student. Coming up your child will be creating a scrapbook about themselves during the month of November. We will appreciate it if you can send any pictures of your family with your child next week. (However it is not mandatory.)

Students will be learning about their family and home. We will be working on the scrapbook project until the beginning of December. It will be a great gift to take home!

Sincerely,
STAR SPANISH ACADEMY

Date: 11/1/07

Grade levels: K-5

Description: Students will learn about the “All about me” project. Students will learn how to use the verbs having, I am, and my name is. They will start their small books about themselves.

Goal: For the students to be able to speak and reply in conversations.

Objectives:
1. Students will learn the meaning of the question “What is your name?”
2. Students will state the correct questions in Spanish on how to say “What is your name?”
3. Students will learn the meaning of the verb “tengo” (to have).
4. Students will use the verb have in a sentence.

Concepts: Students will be able to:
1. Learn and tell their name in Spanish.
2. Learn and use the verb to have.
3. Know new Spanish vocabulary.

Materials:
1. Manila folders
2. Scrapbook kit
3. Crayons/color pencils/ pencils
4. One activity sheet about the all about me booklet.

Procedures:
There are two parts to this lesson. The first is one is they will learn how to say my name is… and what is your name? And the second lesson how to use the verb to have.

1. Students will be told in the time frame of five minutes what the lesson is today.

2. Students will be introduced to the question what is your name? And how to respond back.
Examples: ¿Cual es tu nombre? Mi nombre es _________.

3. The teacher will model the example a couple of times with the students.

4. Students will get into pairs and practice asking the questions and responding correctly.

5. Students will be introduced to the verb to have and learn how to use it in a sentence.
For example: Yo tengo una mamá. (I have a mom.)

6. Students will get into pairs and practice saying to their partner “Yo tengo una/un …”

Date: 11/6/07

Grade levels: K-5

Description: Students will learn the vocabulary about their family.

Goal: For the students to be able to speak and reply in conversations.

Objectives: to distinguish each family member by their appropriate title. Utilizing each family in conversation.

Concepts: Will be able to:
1.    Learn and pronounce each appropriate family title in Spanish.
2.    Learn and explain each family member in conversation.

Materials:
1.    Handout sheets.
2.    Paper
3.    Crayons, pencils, color pencils

Vocabulary:
1.    Papa/ Padre
2.    Mama/ Madre
3.    Tío
4.    Tía
5.    Hermano
6.    Hermana
7.    Abuelo
8.    Abuela
9.    Primo
10.    Prima
11.    Yo
12.    Tu
13.    Tengo
14.    Escribir

Procedures:
1.    Review previous lesson.
2.    We identify each nuclear and extended family member.
3.    Responding in conversation: ¿Quien es? , ¿Quien tiene un _________?
4.    Pair each student. Each student should ask the questions to each other.
5.    Hand out activity sheets where they label each family member. Coloring is optional.

Date: 11/3/07

Grade levels: K-5

Description: Students will learn how to identify colors in Spanish.

Objectives:
1.    Students will distinguish the name of each color.
2.    Learn to pronounce each color in a conversation.

Materials:
1.    Color chart.
2.    Paper and pencil
3.    Handout sheet.

Vocabulary:
- negro, azúl, marrón/ café, dorado, gris, verde, multicolor, anaranjado (naranja), rosa/ rosado, morado, rojo, plateado, azúl cielo, turquesa, violeta, blanco, amarillo.

Procedures:
1.    Show construction paper depending on the color we are teaching.
2.    Review the color learned by asking what color is this?
3.    Ask the students to point to a color you ask them.

1. Watch the nightly news in Spanish with your children. Minimally you can watch the weather report on the Spanish channels: Univisión; Telemundo; etc.

2. When you watch a movie or show on TV, press SAP on your remote control and watch the show in Spanish.

3. Rent movies in Spanish. You can either watch movies in English with Spanish subtitles, or watch the movies in Spanish with English subtitles.

4. Take a fieldtrip to Calle Olvera, the birthplace of Los Angeles located near downtown LA. There are many historical places to see, stores and restaurants with signs in Spanish. And nearly everyone on Calle Olvera speaks Spanish! You can arrange a tour guide to give you a tour of the area. For more information: www.calleolvera.com

5. Make flashcards with the vocabulary words. Parents, you can work with your child on memorizing vocabulary in Spanish by using these flashcards.

6. There are many web sites that have activities, exercises, quizzes, and information regarding the Spanish language and the Hispanic culture. Here are a few:

www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/index.htm
www.spaleon.com
www.virtual-spain.com/periodicos.html
www.elcastellano.org
www.lenguaje.com
www.donquijote.com
www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/6177 www.eleaston.com/spanish.html
http://www.elemadrid.com/spanish_verbs.htm
www.tododiccionarios.com
www.indiana.edu/%7Ecall/lengua.html