Spanish Level 1- Activities Designed for Online Instruction
📓 Spanish Level 1, Activity 04: La Escuela / School (Online)
Description: In this activity, students will practice school supply vocabulary. The lab instructor will start with a Kahoot game as a warm up. For the main activity, students will play jeopardy to practice vocabulary and practice making complete sentences. They will then be asked wrap-up questions.
Semantic Topics: Kahoot, Jeopardy, school, school supplies, objects, backpack, escuela, materiales escolares, objetos, mochila
Grammatical Structures: nouns, sustantivos
Products: Jeopardy game
Practices: Discussing school and school subjects with others
Perspectives: The importance of education in a culture
World-Readiness Standards:
- Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2 Students understand and interpret spoken and written Spanish on a variety of topics.
- Standard 1.3 Students present information, concepts, and ideas in Spanish to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- COMM 1.1 – Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
- 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…
- Identify items that are common in a classroom or household.
- Answer a question and give a reason why I answered that way.
Materials Needed
- Google Slideshow
- Kahoot Game
- Jeopardy Games
Would you like to make changes to the materials? Access the template(s) below:
- Las Mochilas Tarjetas (Canva Template, free account required)
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Warm Up
Materials Needed for the Warm Up
- Begin by opening the Google Slideshow and introducing the can-do statements.
- For the warm-up, we are going to play Kahoot. Tell the students to go to “Kahoot.it” and to enter the pin showing on the screen.
Para el calentamiento vamos a jugar “Kahoot.” Vayan a la página de “kahoot.it” e introduzcan el código.
Main Activity
Materials Needed for the Main Activity
- Google Slideshow
- Jeopardy Games
- There will be a set of slides that will have different objects. Students will practice talking about themselves and their preferences in full sentences and the instructor will ask a follow-up question. For example: “Do you prefer colored pens or black pens for taking notes?”
¿Prefieres escribir notas con las plumas con tinta negra o con tintas de muchos colores?
- OPTIONAL ACTIVITY IF TIME PERMITS: The instructor will facilitate a Jeopardy game about school supplies to practice vocabulary.
Para la actividad principal, vamos a jugar Jeopardy con preguntas sobre los materiales escolares para practicar vocabulario. - For the next part, the students will play Jeopardy, answering in complete sentences. Give the students an example.
Vamos a jugar otra vez más, pero vamos a usar oraciones completas.
Por ejemplo:
¿Qué cosa es la más importante que tienes en tu mochila?
La cosa más importante en mi mochila es ______. - Begin the second game to practice making complete sentences.
Vamos a comenzar con el juego de Jeopardy usando oraciones completas.
Wrap Up
- Ask the following wrap-up questions:
- ¿Qué es la cosa más importante en sus mochilas? (What is the most thing in your backpack?)
- ¿Les gusta escribir con una pluma, lápiz o solo usan una computadora? (Do you like to write with a pen, pencil, or do you only use a computer?)
- ¿Cuál es tu lugar favorito en la escuela? (What is your favorite place in school?)
End of Lab
- Read can-do statements
- Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!
Can-Do Statements:
I can…
- Identify items that are common in a classroom or household.
- Answer a question and give a reason why I answered that way.
Cultural Notes:
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