We finished the shopping unit this week when students shared their clothing store dialogues with their classmates (a few need to complete theirs next week Monday or Tuesday). Students have been spending part of a class period every week doing independent reading and related activities. The kids are able to make a lot of progress with reading comprehension on topics of interest and expand their vocabulary. They complete a writing activity with each reading session that gets turned in for feedback. We began working with new vocabulary for an award winning short film we will be watching in May called Cuerdas. We will pick up with that again after break. Next week due to the 1/2 day on Thursday, that class will only meet once. The Monday/Wednesday class will be doing some whole group activities on Monday and then engaging in the free reading activities. All classes will have group activities on Tuesday/Wednesday and then have time to work on reading, vocabulary, speaking and listening activities of their choice.
Students are finishing up the clothing and fashion unit on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week when they share their clothing store dialogues. They need to be done in video form or live and memorized. Students should use appropriate props. Students worked with the song Plástico by Rubén Blades this week, and had 1 or two class periods where they had opportunities to read their book of choice in Spanish and work on related activities. Students will be receiving oral speaking grades for talking about the chapters they read. They are also completing choice writing activities for which they will be receiving regular one on one feedback. Next week we will begin a new unit. Students will be learning vocabulary and doing activities to help them understand the storyline for a video called Cuerdas.
There is some intense competition going on Memrise and Duolingo! Some students have already started their second Spanish book after only 3 days of independent reading time and I just ordered some new books. I love seeing the kids digging into the books and taking charge of their learning outside of the classroom! |