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May 4-7, 2010
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Spanish 1

El jardín (the garden)

May is an exciting month for Spanish language students!  We will start the week off learning about the Mexican holiday "cinco de mayo".  We will make "papel picado" and complete a reading comprehension activity about the celebration.  We will continue the week learning new vocabulary pertaining to life cycle of a plant and all of the fun activities we can play outside.  Finally, the students will end the week with a special note to mom for mother's day. 
Thematic Vocabulary
 
la planta (the plant)
  • la semilla: the seed
  • la raíz: the root
  • el tallo: the stem
  • la flor: the flower
  • el pétalo: the petal
  • la hoja : the leaf
  • la tierra: the dirt
  • el sol : the sun
  • el agua: the water
  • la piscina: the pool
  • la cuerda: the jump rope
  • el columpio: the swing
  • el escondite: hide and go seek
  • nadar: to swim
  • brincar: to jump
  • columpiar: to swing
  • jugar : to play
Home practice

What can you practice at home?

Ask students what they like to do outside:

¿Qué te gusta hacer afuera?...What do you like to do outside?
Me gusta __ nadar en la piscina__... I like to __swim in the pool___.

Play charades with the activities.  Ask your student to guess what you are portraying and then switch roles.

Play "Simón dice" (Simon Says). Tell students to do the activity, brinca__jump__... Don't forget to say "Simón dice"!


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