La rutina diaria - Actividad de repaso

Today my students were reviewing for an upcoming test on daily routines. This includes reflexive verbs, telling time, and the use of adverbs. I found Kim's blog recently and subscribed. She shared this free download to practice time. I used it with a twist!!

Before students arrived, I taped one of Kim's cute little people to their desks.

Once class started, I got us started. 

First I told them what the time was in my card, and followed it with my daily routine at that time. 

For example: Son las 5:30 de la mañana. Los lunes me levanto lentamente a las cinco y media de la mañana. 

Then each student had to follow the time stamp! So after 5:30 am, came the 6 am. That student shared that at 6, they usually get ready: a las seis de la mañana mi hermano y yo nos arreglamos. 

This went on and on for about 10 minutes! The students enjoyed it and really got into it! 

This was a fun bell ringer that allowed us to put many concepts together and kept students engaged in the activity!

As a follow up, I used a download from El tarro de los Idiomas. This worksheet included in her download was the perfect way to get students to write about their routines at home.

Try it in your class and let me know how it goes!

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Minute to win it

This week my fifth graders were wrapping up the topic of numbers from 21-30. Numbers can be a dry topic, so I brought a couple games to help us practice and prepare for our upcoming quiz. 

Students divided themselves into groups. Then each group came up, wore the "fancy" glasses and competed against the clock to say aloud the numbers their teammates were wearing. It was great to see their competitive spirits and I was impressed by how prepared they were.

After round one, I overheard some students spelling the numbers other teams were using. I was so excited to see this, that I ditched my next game and we did a second round of our minute to win it. However, this time, students had to spell the numbers!!! What a fantastic performance.

Later, while speaking with their teacher, Ms. Bogner, I found out that the student's spelling list for the week included a lot of E I combination words. After finding this out, there was no doubt that practicing their Spanish numbers was also including the E I patter of their English spelling! I love when multiple subjects collide.

Take a look at how cute they all looked wearing the glasses

Comecocos

Paper fortune tellers? Cootie catchers?
In Spanish, we call them Comecocos (coconut eaters), and 4th grade created their own in order to practice orally their interviewing skills. This project helped us put together various topics we had been working with for several months. It was a great review game as well as a great game to get us talking more in Spanish!
They asked each other questions like 
1. ¿Cómo te llamas? (what is your name?)
2. ¿Cómo estás? (how are you?)
3. ¿Cuál es tu color favorito? (what is your favorite color?)
4. ¿Cuál es tu fruta favorita? (What is your favorite food?)
5. ¿Cuántos años tienes? (how old are you?)

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