EASY Review ACTIVITIES:
Hey there fellow teachers!
Check out these fun activities to review parts of the digital lesson with your young Spanish learners! Short on time? No worries! Just by showing the digital lesson and or teaching just one of the easy review activities your students will excel in learning Spanish this week!
Check out these fun activities to review parts of the digital lesson with your young Spanish learners! Short on time? No worries! Just by showing the digital lesson and or teaching just one of the easy review activities your students will excel in learning Spanish this week!
1. Flowers, PETALS & colors: 15 minutes
Show your children the picture of the yellow flower with all of its petals in place. Explain that a strong windstorm is approaching the neighborhood, which might blow the petals off the flowers. Play the wind audio below as you stand with the yellow flower, and gently blow or toss the petals off the flower to the floor, simulating the effects of a windstorm. Then, scatter the remaining colored petals on the floor. Turn off the wind audio after the petals have been dispersed.
Display the other flowers without petals and express disappointment that only the center of each flower remains intact. Demonstrate the following with one flower at a time, starting with the yellow flower. Together, say the color "yellow" in Spanish (ah-mah-dee-yoh) and count the missing petals (five). Invite five volunteers to each find a yellow petal and take turns reattaching the petals to the flower, chanting "amarillo" for each one. Repeat this process with the other flowers until all five are complete. This engaging activity will help students feel confident about naming colors in Spanish!
Display the other flowers without petals and express disappointment that only the center of each flower remains intact. Demonstrate the following with one flower at a time, starting with the yellow flower. Together, say the color "yellow" in Spanish (ah-mah-dee-yoh) and count the missing petals (five). Invite five volunteers to each find a yellow petal and take turns reattaching the petals to the flower, chanting "amarillo" for each one. Repeat this process with the other flowers until all five are complete. This engaging activity will help students feel confident about naming colors in Spanish!
2. flower COLORING book: 15-20 MINUTES
Download the flower coloring sheets and make copies for your class. Students can color one or two flowers individually, or assemble the sheets along with the book cover for a personalized flower and color book in Spanish. Encourage your students to take their books home and share them with their families. Hopefully they will be ready to name the colors in Spanish for their family. For an extra special touch, teach older students to read the sentences on the bottom of each sheet to turn their coloring pages into a short story book! How cool it will be for your student to read in their second language!
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Why? Because success doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Your wins are our wins, and they’re proof for others that when you do the work, you get results.
Whether your students are finally beginning to repeat or sing in Spanish along with the digital lessons, or say words in Spanish during the day, or teachers are feeling more confident carrying out the Easy Review Activities, or parents are sharing that their child is speaking Spanish at home — we want to hear your wins BIG and small!
Celebrating you always,
Theresa & Team HOLA
Why? Because success doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Your wins are our wins, and they’re proof for others that when you do the work, you get results.
Whether your students are finally beginning to repeat or sing in Spanish along with the digital lessons, or say words in Spanish during the day, or teachers are feeling more confident carrying out the Easy Review Activities, or parents are sharing that their child is speaking Spanish at home — we want to hear your wins BIG and small!
Celebrating you always,
Theresa & Team HOLA