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¡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 Systems

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  1. ¡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

  2. Today’s Agenda: • Part One – Spanish Classroom Management Systems Tips and techniques for daily procedures • Part Two – Sample Lessons & Activities Ideas for teaching Elementary and Middle School students • Part Three – Our Favorite Things A list of resources • Part Four – Program Start-Up and Curriculum Question and answer portion

  3. 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.

  4. ¡Atención! Our attention signals: • Shake a maraca • Count to five in Spanish • “Give me five…”

  5. Noise control “It’s getting spicy in here!” no spice = no talking mild = whispering medium = inside voice hot = game voice fire = not acceptable while in Spanish class

  6. seating arrangements Also used as a geography teaching tool… Mexico Puerto Rico Spain Argentina Peru Venezuela

  7. 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

  8. incentives • Class of the week • Student of the week • FIESTA days

  9. ¡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!

  10. 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

  11. communication

  12. Part two – sample lessons & activities • Warm-ups • General activities and games • Projects • Holidays • Topic-specific activities

  13. warm-ups • ¡Vamos a empezar! • Expresión de la semana • Palabra del día • Nota cultural

  14. General activities & games • BINGO • Charades • Cranium-style games • Dice games • Foldables • Fly swatter • Inner/outer circle • Jeopardy

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. Topic specific activities • Body parts and clothing • Food • Colors • Numbers • House • Alphabet • Family • Weather

  19. 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

  20. Food • Restaurant skit • Design a menu • Menu translation • Paper plate meal • Grocery shopping relay

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

  22. numbers • Clumps • Phone numbers • Math problems • Rap song

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

  24. alphabet • Human alphabet • BINGO • Class book • Alphabet march

  25. family • Family trees • Collage • Descriptive essay • Skits

  26. weather • Four season paper plates • Weather report skits • Daily forecast • Fahrenheit to Celsius conversion math problems • Weather associations

  27. Part three – our favorites • Books • Magazines • Movies/Videos • Websites • Companies

  28. Part four – programstart-up & curriculum question and answer portion

  29. ¡Gracias! Thank you for coming today! Please contact us for more information… Michelle Stager – mstager@east-china.k12.mi.us Cristina Ciarlo – cciarlo@east-china.k12.mi.us Brooke Nowakowski – bnowakowski@east.china.k12.mi.us

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