Spanish Level 1, Activity 01: Bienvenidos / Welcome (Online)
Description: This activity is designed to be a fun ice breaker for beginning Spanish students. They will get to know each other and practice using the alphabet.
Semantic Topics: Spanish, Getting to Know You, Survival Phrases, presentaciones, el alfabeto, me llamo, soy de
Grammatical Structures: Spanish alphabet, nouns, verbs, articles, alfabeto español, sustantivos, verbos, artículos
Products: Introduction
Practices: Making introductions
Perspectives: What is the importance of making new connections?
World-Readiness Standards:
- Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
- COMP 1.1 – Observe formal and informal forms of language.
- COMM 2.1 – Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics..
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can spell my name in Spanish.
- I can use phrases to ask for help or clarification
Materials Needed
Warm Up
Go over the presentation in English (English used for today’s warm up only)
- Introduce yourself
- Explain how labs are going to work online
- Go over the survival phrases
- Talk about the makeup activities
- Go over the online etiquette
MAIN ACTIVITY
- Practice introductions. Start by saying your name, how to spell it, where you are from, and what you study/studied.
Vamos a practicar nuestros nombres. Example: *Point to self* Hola, me llamo George. Mi nombre se deletrea G-E-O-R-G-E. Soy de San Juan, Costa Rica. Pero ahora, vivo en Boise. Estudio Español y Matemáticas.
Wrap Up
- Have the students practice introductions amongst themselves. Have them practice saying their name, how to spell it, where they are from, and what they study/studied.
Example: Hola, me llamo George. Mi nombre se deletrea G-E-O-R-G-E. Soy de San Juan, Costa Rica. Pero ahora, vivo en Boise. Estudio Español y Matemáticas.
End of Lab
- Does anyone have any questions about lab?
- Remind students that they have to come to the same collaborative session at the same time each week.
- Remind students that the expectation is to speak in Spanish 100% of the time.
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence. (Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.)
- Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!
Can-Do Statements:
- I can spell my name in Spanish.
- I can use phrases to ask for help or clarification
Cultural NOtes:
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