DECEEMBER Week 1: EASY Review ACTIVITIES
Hey there, teachers!
We're providing you up with some easy activities to help you review what you watched and learned with your students by watching the Digital Lesson. The following review activities are completely optional, pick and choose as you please. If time is tight, just make sure you show your students some of the digital lesson and you'll still be a Spanish-teaching hero!
We're providing you up with some easy activities to help you review what you watched and learned with your students by watching the Digital Lesson. The following review activities are completely optional, pick and choose as you please. If time is tight, just make sure you show your students some of the digital lesson and you'll still be a Spanish-teaching hero!
1. Compliments (10 minutes)
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Looking for a classroom boost? Grab this Compliment Poster and turn your space into a vibrant classroom of positivity! Simply play the audio file and point to the compliments and the song will teach the compliments for you! Afterward, I like to call on individual students and ask the which compliment they want me and the class to say to them. Then we sing that compliment to the student twice to a catchy rhythm. Eg. " ¡Bravo Charlie, bravo Charlie!" or " ¡Qué chulo Quinn, qué chulo Quinn!" You will see your students smile and even blush when they hear the entire class singing them a compliment. I ask that how that makes them feel and they always reply with a smile, "good!"
Let this ultimate Spanish compliment cheat-sheet, inspire you and your students to sprinkle kindness and compliments to each other in Spanish every day! encourage spanishMake a Spanish "bonus jar." Every time a student pays another a compliment, add a marble or a cotton ball to the jar. When the jar is full, celebrate their good behavior combined with speaking Spanish by throwing a classroom party or with a movie and popcorn or extra outdoor time, or let your students suggest a reward. Let's make speaking Spanish and spreading kindness a winning combo! |
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2. Christmas Tree vocabulary (15 minutes)
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In just 15 minutes you and your students can be ready to decorate a Christmas tree in your second language, but first you have to learn some key vocabulary! (the star, the lights, the ornaments). Begin by telling your students you would love their help to decorate the tree for Christmas! Then one by one show them the decorations and have the students raise their hands to tell the class what the decorations are in English. Next, tell the kids that you will listen to an audio file to learn how to say the decorations in Spanish. As you play the audio file, hold up the decorations for your class to see and repeat the names together in Spanish. You can even test your new language skills with "What is this?" and "What are these?" in Spanish. But if that's too much, feel free to hit pause and take it at your own pace.
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¡Vámonos! (Let's go!)
Hit play on the audio file and check out the handy cheat sheet below for the English and Spanish translations along with the pronunciation for each word. Just read the words like you normally would in English, and you'll be sounding like a local in no time!
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3. decorating a christmas Tree vocabulary
(15 minutes)
Now it's time to decorate the Christmas tree! I'm here to help you as always. Simply hit play on the audio file, and let's learn two easy phrases that will make it easy for you to direct your students in Spanish to decorate the tree. For older students, challenge them to take the lead and direct their classmates like a pro! You may have to prompt them to use the Spanish phrases. Don't forget to shower your hardworking elves with compliments in Spanish using those amazing phrases you polished up in Easy Review Activity #1. They deserve it!
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4. Coloring Sheet
To help your students practice the vocabulary for decorating a Christmas tree, they can color the picture below. Print off as many copies as you need for your classroom. Enjoy!
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Share Your Wins!
Every time we get your WINS AND SUCCESSES in our inbox, we can’t help but do a little happy dance — to "Don't Stop Believing" or "La Bamba" of course! Why? Because success doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Your wins are our wins, and they’re proof for others that when you do the work, you get results.
Whether your students are finally beginning to repeat or sing in Spanish along with the online videos, or say random words in Spanish throughout the day, or teachers are feeling more confident carrying out the follow-up activities, or parents are sharing that their child is saying words in Spanish at home — we want to hear your wins BIG and small!
Celebrating you always,
Theresa & Team HOLA
Every time we get your WINS AND SUCCESSES in our inbox, we can’t help but do a little happy dance — to "Don't Stop Believing" or "La Bamba" of course! Why? Because success doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Your wins are our wins, and they’re proof for others that when you do the work, you get results.
Whether your students are finally beginning to repeat or sing in Spanish along with the online videos, or say random words in Spanish throughout the day, or teachers are feeling more confident carrying out the follow-up activities, or parents are sharing that their child is saying words in Spanish at home — we want to hear your wins BIG and small!
Celebrating you always,
Theresa & Team HOLA