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Planning A Bicycle Race

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students plan the route of a proposed bicycle race. They indicate the passage through or around regional landmarks. The goal is for students to translate information into a primary language as part of learning a foreign language.
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Musical Moments

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars listen to a song in popular culture. Using the lyrics, they identify the theme and share their conclusions with the class. While listening to the song again, they complete a worksheet along with defining new vocabulary...
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Al Mercado

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate the concept of a market. They produce a dramatization to simulate the daily activities found inside. Students ask questions about the price, location, and use of items. The acting strengthens communication...
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Simbolismo de colores.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the use of colors in different areas of society. They make contrasts of its uses in places like home and school. Realia is used to determine the ability of students to recognize colors and how they relate to the...
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German Fashion Show

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners explore traditional and modern German clothing items. After observing German folk costumes, students match vocabulary words to the pictures. They bring clothing for a fashion show, describe the clothing and express their...
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The Cities We Live In

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students research a major city. They create a diagram of the city, labeling major monuments and points of interest. Next, students draw a map of their own town and label its major interest areas. Students compare and contrast their...
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Gallery Crawl

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore art and artists from a specific country. While on a field trip to an area art museum, students choose one painting to sketch. After researching the chosen painting, students prepare a presentation in the targeted...
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Let's Have a Lesson Within a Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students role-play the role of a student who does not comprehend the language the lesson is being instructed in. Using the internet, they research the characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations over time. In groups,...
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Globe Raider: Part III

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research a Spanish speaking country before developing a PowerPoint slideshow to share with the class. They come to the computer lab with research work complete so that they can work with their group to create the slides.
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Globe Raider: Part II

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars design a PowerPoint slide presentation using information gathered about a Spanish speaking country. They incluse 6 specific slides in their presentation and present them to the entire class.
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Globe Raider: Part I

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners research a Spanish speaking countries using the Internet and other appropriate resources. They work in groups to complete a computer based treasure hunt before completing a Globe Raiders worksheet. They use the research...
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Mira: Activity 12

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students review clothing and climate words in Spanish. They choose a Spanish-speaking country, and on a piece of paper folded in half or in quarters, they draw the seasons of their country with people dressed accordingly for each...
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Mira

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students respond to different color words in English. Using a paper cut-out of a t-shirt, they color the paper their favorite color. After they are finished, they place the picture into a bar graph on the board. They answer questions...
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Animal Puppets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners view a demonstration of making animal puppets. Using Spanish, they use the names of the animals and create an animal puppet of their choice. They practice using the Gouin Series to make the puppets and saying the words. They...
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Animal's Locations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify pictures of animals that are posted throughout the classroom. Using locations, they match the correct animal with its home. They discover some of the animals could live in many different places. They answer questions...
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Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and discuss a story in Spanish. Creating a poster board, they write the names of the characters in the story. In pairs, they write sentences about their characters they have chosen to role play. They practice and perform...
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Memory

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in a Spanish/English matching game. In pairs, they take turns matching new vocabulary to its English counterpart. They are trying to match all vocabulary and receive a star when it is correct. They play the game...
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Foreign Language: Bienvenidos

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students review family vocabulary and relations with the Bienvenidos CDs. They watch, listen to, participate in, answer questions, and compose letters during the activity. Finally, they apply cultural differences to their own situations.
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Social Studies: Food and Dining in Cameroon

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils review their findings on Cameroon and play a vocabulary game. Using provided recipe packets, they present a mock cooking show with a student narrating in French. They role-play as exchange students and write letters home about the...
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A Colombian Atifact: The Bolillo

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students describe and compare a kitchen utensil that they are familiar with and a target culture kitchen tool that they may have never seen. They will gain cultural insight by writing a short paragraph comparing them and describing what...
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"Asesinato"

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice contrasting the preterite and imperfect tenses.
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Learning the Parts of the Body in Spanish

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Young scholars use the Internet or Spanish dictionary to find the Spanish words for the names of the parts of the body. They examine expressions needed in case they would get hurt and needed to go to the hospital.
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Counting in Espanol

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify the Spanish numbering system from 1-10 and create a mini-book of the numbers. Students compare the English numbers to the Spanish numbers.
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Domus Romana: A Roman House

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study wealthy homes of Roman politicians. They explore a businessman's house and describe the types of activities that go on from there.