¡bienvenidos! 50 Great Ideas for Teaching Elementary and Middle School Spanish What We Learned Our First Year Michelle Stager, Cristina Ciarlo, Brooke.

¡bienvenidos!

50 Great Ideas for Teaching

Elementary and Middle School Spanish

What We Learned Our First Year

Michelle Stager, Cristina Ciarlo, Brooke Nowakowski

East China School District

Today’s Agenda:

Part One – Spanish Classroom Management SystemsTips and techniques for daily procedures

Part Two – Sample Lessons & ActivitiesIdeas for teaching Elementary and Middle School students

Part Three – Our Favorite Things A list of resources

Part Four – Program Start-Up and CurriculumQuestion and answer portion

Part One - Classroom Management Systems

Regular classroom management systems with an added Spanish flair!

Be ready to share! We want to know what works for you.

¡Atención!

Our attention signals:

Shake a maraca

Count to five in Spanish

“Give me five…”

Noise control

“It’s getting spicy in here!”

no spice = no talkingmild = whisperingmedium = inside voicehot = game voicefire = not acceptable while in Spanish class

seating arrangements

Also used as a geography teaching tool…

Mexico Puerto Rico Spain

Argentina Peru Venezuela

Class Themes

Grade Level Mascots & Colors

grado primero pingüinos – azul

grado segundo cebras – rojo

grado tercero tortugas – verde

grado cuarto caballos – amarillo

grado quinto canguros - anaranjado

incentives

Class of the week

Student of the week

FIESTA days

¡fiesta!

Friendly reminders were not given to anyone today!

Is everybody ready when the teacher gives the signal?

Enter the room quietly and sit in your seat!

Students line up properly at the end of class!

Tables and floor are clean; chairs are pushed in!

All students were on task during class today!

passports

A behavioral and/or academic incentive where students can earn stamps for…

• Making good behavioral choices

• Going above and beyond regular academic expectations

• Incorporating Spanish into their daily lives at school and at home

communication

Spanish word pronunciation translation

HolaBuenos días

Buenas tardesBuenas noches

Adiós¿Cómo estás?

(muy) bienasi asi

mal¿Cómo te llamas?Me llamo ______

SeñorSeñoraSeñoritaprofesor,

profesoramaestro, maestra

amigo, amiga

O labway nōs DEE ahs

bway nahs TAŘ daysbway nahs NO chase

ah DEEOHSkōmo es TAHS(mwee) bēhn

ah SEE ah SEEmahl

kōmo tay YAmasmay YAmō ______

sen YOUŘsen YOUŘA

sen YOUŘ ētapro fes OŘ, pro fes OŘAmy Ā střoh, my Ā střahah MEE go, ah MEE

gah

HelloGood morning

Good afternoonGood nightGood bye

How are you?(very) well, fine

so-so, okaybad

What is your name?My name is ______

Mr.Mrs.

Miss, Ms.teacher (male,

female)teacher (male,

female)friend (male, female)

Part two – sample lessons & activities

Warm-ups General activities and games Projects Holidays Topic-specific activities

warm-ups

¡Vamos a empezar!

Expresión de la semana

Palabra del día

Nota cultural

General activities & games

BINGO Charades Cranium-style games Dice games Foldables Fly swatter Inner/outer circle Jeopardy

General activities & games

Pass the pepper Pictionary-style games Putting it in order Role playing & skits Señorita vs. la clase Team games Walk and talks Who wants to be a Millionaire-style games

projects

Spanish-speaking country Famous Hispanic people (athletes,

entertainers, etc.) Famous landmarks Currency investigation project Spanish in the world around us Spanish-speaking country passport

Holidays & celebrations

Hispanic Heritage Month (including Día de la Raza)

Día de los Muertos

Legend of the Poinsettia

Three Kings Day

Cascarones

Cinco de Mayo

Topic specific activities

Body parts and clothing Food Colors Numbers House Alphabet Family Weather

Body parts and clothing

Fashion show Fashion designer “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” song Create monsters “Go Away Big Green Monster” book Clothing relay “Simon Says” Picasso game

Food

Restaurant skit Design a menu Menu translation Paper plate meal Grocery shopping relay

colors

Color dance “Color Colorcito” Color-by-number worksheets “I Spy” Brown Bear book series Color books

numbers

Clumps Phone numbers Math problems Rap song

house

Extreme Home Makeover Design your dream house Room matching game Vocabulary envelopes

alphabet

Human alphabet BINGO Class book Alphabet march

family

Family trees Collage Descriptive essay Skits

weather

Four season paper plates Weather report skits Daily forecast Fahrenheit to Celsius conversion math

problems Weather associations

Part three – our favorites

Books

Magazines

Movies/Videos

Websites

Companies

Part four – programstart-up & curriculum

question and answer portion

¡Gracias!

Thank you for coming today!

Please contact us for more information…

Michelle Stager – [email protected]

Cristina Ciarlo – [email protected]

Brooke Nowakowski – [email protected]