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SUMMER READING LIST

  By anaisoliver • April 26, 2018 , , , , , , ,

Research shows that reading helps prevent summer learning loss. This is especially true for language learners! Children need to read in both their dominant and second languages. By reading, kids can maintain and even improve their language skills during the summer months.

“When picking out a book to read, be sure the book is at your level. Read a page and lift up a finger for every word you don’t know on that page. If you lift all five fingers, then it means that the readability level is too high, and the book is too advanced for you.” Does that sound familiar? It’s the five-finger rule that reading and language arts teachers generally teach their students when picking books for independent reading.

To determine readability, books are measured against leveling systems such as Fountas and Pinnell, Reading Plus, Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA), or the Lexile Framework. These popular systems measure things such as words per line and per page, sentence complexity, syllable complexity, number of dolch words vs. academic vocabulary, and so on.

Meeting this requirement for FLES (foreign language in elementary school) students is a little more complicated. Why? Because the classrooms exposure to language, including vocabulary and grammatical structures, is more controlled. It has to be in order for a child to learn and practice the new language accurately and in a structured way. Most first-year students will actively work in the present tense and vocabulary will be specific themes (such as animals) or tasks (such as school-related activities). (SantillanaUSA)

Below is a compiled list of books you and your student should try over the summer!

Board Books
Adams, Jennifer. Don Quixote: A Spanish Language Primer​. Series: BabyLit. Gibbs Smith,
2015. ISBN: 9781423638759. 22 pages.

Bridwell, Norman. Clifford: el gran perro colorado​. Spanish edition, translated from English.
Scholastic Trade, 1997. ISBN: 9780590381789.

Carle, Eric. La oruga muy hambrienta / The Very Hungry Caterpillar​. Spanish/English
bilingual edition. Philomel Books, 2011. ISBN: 9780399256059. 24 pages.

Guy, Ginger Foglesong. Siesta​. Spanish/English bilingual edition. Greenwillow Books, 2009.
ISBN: 9780061688843. 34 pages.

Jaramillo, Susie. Canticos: Los Pollitos / Canticos: Little Chickies.​ Encantos, ​2016. ISBN:
9780996995900. 11 pages.

Jurado, Anabel. Cleo​. Spanish edition. Series: La Granja. Urano, 2015. ISBN: 9786077835943.
12 pages.

Katz, Karen. ¿Dónde está el ombliguito?​.​ Spanish edition, translated from English. Libros
Para Ninos, 2004. ISBN: 9780689869778. 14 pages.

Lionni, Leo. A Color of His Own / Su propio color​. Spanish/English bilingual edition. Knopf
Books for Young Readers, 2016. ISBN: 9780553538731. 30 pages.

Masurel, Claire. Un gato y un perro / A Cat and a Dog​. Spanish/English bilingual edition.
NorthSouth, 2010. ISBN: 9780735822771.

Patricelli, Leslie. The Birthday Box/ Mi caja de cumpleaños​. Spanish/English bilingual edition.
Candlewick Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780763650414. 26 pages.

Rabe, Tish. ¡Te amo, te abrazo, leo contigo!/Love you, Hug You, Read to You!
Spanish/English bilingual edition. Random House Books for Young Readers, 2015. ISBN:
9781101936573. 32 pages.

Rodriguez, Patty. Cuauhtemoc: Shapes/Formas.​ ​Lil’ Libros, 2016. ISBN: 9780986109935. 22
pages.

Rodriguez, Patty. Lotería: First Words / Primeras Palabras​. Lil’ Libros, 2014. ISBN:
9781495126550. 22 pages.

Schertle, Alice. El camioncito azul.​ Spanish edition, translated from English. Translated by
Isabel Campoy. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2013. ISBN: 9780547983974. 30 pages.

Picture Books – English and Spanish Integrated Text
Ada, Alma Flor. I Love Saturdays y domingos​. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002.
ISBN: 9780689318191. 32 pages.

Elya, Susan Middleton. Fire! Fuego! Brave Bomberos!​ Bloomsbury, 2012. ISBN:
9781599904610. 40 pages.

Elya, Susan Middleton. Little Roja Riding Hood.​ G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young
Readers, 2014. ISBN: 9780399247675. 32 pages.

Elya, Susan Middleton. Rubia and the Three Osos.​ Hyperion, 2010. ISBN: 9781423112525.
40 pages.

Hood, Susan. Spike, the Mixed-Up Monster.​ Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2012.
ISBN: 9781442406018. 40 pages.

Morales, Yuyi. Niño Wrestles the World​. ​Roaring Brook Press, 2013. ISBN: 9781596436046.
36 pages.

Thong, Roseanne Greenfield. Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors.​ Chronicle Books,
2014. ISBN: 9781452102030. 40 pages.

Thong, Roseanne Greenfield. Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes.​ Chronicle Books, 2013.
ISBN: 9781452106168. 40 pages.

Tonatiuh, Duncan. Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin.​ ​Harry N. Abrams, 2010. ISBN:
9780810938724. 32 pages.

Vamos, Samantha R. The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred.​ Charlesbridge, 2013. ISBN:
9781580892438. 32 pages.

Picture Books – English/Spanish Bilingual

Ada, Alma Flor and F. Isabel Campoy. Ten Little Puppies / Diez perritos.​ Rayo, 2011. ISBN:
9780061470431. 32 pages.

Ada, Alma Flor and F. Isabel Campoy. Muu, Moo!: Rimas de animales/ Animal Nursery
Rhymes. ​Rayo, 2010. ISBN: 9780061346132. 48 pages.

Blackstone, Stella. Bear at home / Oso en casa​. Barefoot Books, 2010. ISBN:
9781846864223. 24 pages.

Brown, Monica. Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/ Marisol McDonald no combina.
Children’s Book Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780892392353. 32 pages.

Brown, Monica.Marisol McDonald and the Monster: Marisol McDonald y El Monstruo​. Lee
& Low Books, 2016. ISBN: 9780892393268. 32 pages.

Brown, Monica. Maya’s Blanket / La manta de Maya​. Lee & Low Books, 2015. ISBN:
9780892392926. 32 pages.

Brown, Monica. Tito Puente, Mambo King / Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo.​ ​Rayo, 2013. ISBN:
9780061227837. 32 pages.

Cumpiano, Ina. Quinito’s Neighborhood / El vecindario de Quinito​. Children’s Book Press,
2013. ISBN: 9780892392292. 32 pages.

Dominguez, Angela. ​Maria Had a Little Llama / María tenía una llamita.​ ​Henry Holt and Co.,
2013. ISBN: 9780805093339. 32 pages.

Gonzalez, Maya Christina. Call Me Tree / Llámame árbol.​ ​Children’s Book Press, 2014. ISBN:
9780892392940. 24 pages.

Gonzales Bertrand, Diane. Cecilia and Miguel Are Best Friends / Cecilia y Miguel son
mejores amigos.​ ​Arte Publico Pr., 2014. ISBN: 9781558857940. 32 pages.

Kanellos, Nicolás. El Torneo De Trabalenguas / The Tongue Twister Tournament. ​Arte
Público Pr., 2016. ISBN: 9781558858329. 32 pages.

Luna, James. The Place Where You Live / El lugar donde vives​. Arte Público Pr., 2015.
ISBN: 9781558858138. 32 pages.

Marshall, Linda Elovitz. Rainbow Weaver/Tejedora del arcoíris.​ Lee & Low Books, 2016.
ISBN: 9780892393749. 32 pages.

Mercado-López, Larissa M. Esteban De Luna, Baby Rescuer! /Esteban De Luna,
Rescatador De Bebés!. ​ ​Arte Público Press, 2017. ISBN: 9781558858473. 32 pages.

Mora, Pat. Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos El día de los
niños/El día de los libros.​ ​Rayo, 2009. ISBN: 9780061288777. 40 pages.

Mora, Pat. ​Gracias~Thanks.​ ​Lee & Low Books, 2005. ISBN: 9781600602580. 32 pages.

Reiser, Lynn. Margaret and Margarita / Margaret y Margarita.​ Greenwillow Books, 1996.
ISBN: 9780688147341. 32 pages.

Reiser, Lynn. My Way: A Margaret and Margarita Story / A mi manera: un cuento de
Margaret y Margarita.​ Greenwillow Books, 2007. ISBN: 9780060841010. 32 pages.

Torres, Jennifer. Finding the Music / En pos de la música​. Lee & Low, 2015. ISBN:
9780892392919. 40 pages.

Picture Books in Spanish
Ayres, Katherine. Arriba, abajo y alrededor.​ Candlewick Press, 2014. ISBN: 9780763670566.
32 pages.

Cain, Janan. Así me siento yo.​ Parenting Press, 2009. ISBN: 9781884734830. 32 pages.

Carle, Eric. De la cabeza a los pies.​ Rayo, 2007. ISBN: 9780060513139. 32 pages.

Dobbins, Jan. ¡Vivamos la granja!​ Barefoot Books, 2013. ISBN: 9781846868603.

Fox, Mem. Quienquiera que seas.​ Libros Viajeros, 2002. ISBN: 9780152164607. 32 pages.

Freeman, Don. Corduroy.​ Puffin, 1980. ISBN: 9780140542523. 32 pages.

Galán, Ana. Qué cosas dice mi abuela.​ ​Scholastic en Espanol, 2013. ISBN: 9780545328630.
32 pages.

Kohara, Kazuno. El pequeño mago​. ​Obelisco, 2015. ISBN: 9788416117154. 32 pages.

Krebs, Laurie. ¡Nos vamos a Mexico!​ Barefoot Books, 2006. ISBN: 9781846860140. 32 pages.

London, Jonathan. Froggy se viste.​ Viking Books for Young Readers, 1997. ISBN:
9780670874149. 32 pages.

Martin, Bill. Oso pardo, oso pardo, ¿qué ves ahí?​ Henry Holt and Co., 2002.
ISBN: 9780805069013. 28 pages.

Masurel, Claire. Diez perros en la tienda.​ North South, 2000. ISBN: 9780735813038. 32
pages.

Medina, Meg. Tía Isa quiere un carro.​ Candlewick Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780763661298. 32
pages.

Numeroff, Laura Joffe. Si le das una galletita a un ratón.​ ​Rayo, 2000. ISBN: 9780060254384.
40 pages.

Reynolds, Aaron. Las zanahorias maleficas​. Spanish edition. Obelisco, 2015. ISBN:
9788416117130. 40 pages.

Shardlow, Giselle. Julieta y un día en el jardín: Un cuento de primavera de yoga para
niños.​ ​Spanish Edition. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015. ISBN:
9781506184463. 34 pages.

Slobodkina, Esphyr. Se venden gorras.​ Spanish edition. Rayo, 2000. ISBN: 9780064434010.
48 pages.

Zion, Gene. Harry, el perrito sucio.​ Spanish edition. Rayo, 2003. ISBN: 9780064434430. 32
pages.

Spanish and Bilingual Books for Early Readers
Bridwell, Norman. Clifford va al doctor.​ Spanish edition. Series: Scholastic Reader Level 1.
Scholastic en Espanol, 2011. ISBN: 9780545341189. 32 pages.

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin. Bizcocho encuentra un amigo.​ Spanish Edition. Series: My First I Can
Read. Rayo, 2008. ISBN: 9780061435263. 32 pages.

Delacre, Lulu. Rafi y Rosi​. Children’s Book Press, 2016. ISBN: 9780892393787. 63 pages.
http://spanishplayground.net

Floyd, Lucy. Rabbit and Turtle Go To School / Conejo y tortuga van a la escuela.
Spanish/English bilingual edition. Series: Green Light Readers Level 1. HMH Books for Young
Readers, 2010. ISBN: 9780547338989. 28 pages.

McPhail, David. Cerdo y Cerdito / Big Pig and Little Pig.​ Spanish/English bilingual edition.
Series: Green Light Readers Level 1. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2009. ISBN:
9780152065614. 32 pages.

Most, Bernard. ¡A que no me alcanzas! / Catch Me If You Can! ​Spanish/English bilingual
edition. Green Light Readers Level 2. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2007. ISBN:
9780152059675. 28 pages.

Tuchman, Gail. Pequeño zoológico.​ ​Spanish edition. Series: Lector de Scholastic Explora Tu
Mundo. ISBN: 9780545695121. Scholastic En Espanol, 2014. 32 pages.

Tuchman, Gail. Planetas.​ Spanish edition. Series: Lector de Scholastic Explora Tu Mundo.
Scholastic en Espanol, 2014. ISBN: 9780545769778. 32 pages.

Wilhelm, Hans. No me gusta mi moño.​ Spanish edition. Series: Scholastic Reader Level 1.
Scholastic en Espanol, 2002. ISBN: 9780439226455. 32 pages.

Longer Books and Poetry
Berlak, Ann. Joelito’s Big Decision / La gran decisión de Joelito​. Spanish/English bilingual
edition. Hard Ball Press, 2015. ISBN: 9780986240096. 38 pages.

Tonatiuh, Duncan. Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for
Desegregation.​ Harry N. Abrams, 2014. ISBN: 9781419710544. 40 pages.

Alarcon, Francisco X. From the Bellybutton of the Moon: And Other Summer Poems / Del
ombligo de la luna: y otros poemas de verano.​ ​Series: The Magical Cycle of the Seasons.
Children’s Book Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780892392018. 32 pages.

Argueta, Jorge. Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup​. Spanish/English bilingual edition. Series:
Bilingual Cooking Poems. Groundwood, 2009. ISBN: 9780888998811. 24 pages.

Johnston, Tony. My Mexico / México mío​. ​Puffin Books, 1999. ISBN: 9780698117570. 40
pages.

Llanos, Mariana. Poesía Alada: poesía y arte para volar​. Purple Corn Press, 2017.
978-0998616100. 54 pages.

Mora, Pat. The Desert is My Mother/El desierto es mi madre​. Pinata Books, 2008. ISBN:
9781558851580. 32 pages.

Nye, Naomi Shihab. The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems and
Stories from Mexico with Paintings from Mexican Artists​. Aladdin, 1998. ISBN:
9780689820878. 112 pages.

Vardell, Sylvia and Janet Wong. The Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations: Holiday
Poems for the Whole Year in English and Spanish​. Pomelo Books, 2015. ISBN:
9781937057411. 372 pages.

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1st- RITMO Y MOVIMIENTO

  By anaisoliver • April 16, 2018

This week we are continuing to explore traditional Latin songs while solidifying our learning from last week!

We begin class with a fun game of introductions and “popcorn” around the room.

We are continuing to work on the rana song, la bamba, con mi dedito, La araña pequeñita and we explored some Zumba!

Be on the lookout for some new songs this week 🙂

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1st- RITMO Y MOVIMIENTO

  By anaisoliver • April 9, 2018

This week we are going to get moving and singing(more than usual 🙂 ). We are focusing on singing and moving to traditional Spanish songs! By using rhythm and movement we are using our energy and body movements to solidify and reinforce our vocabulario! As we move throughout the week I will be attaching videos for you to see what songs we are learning.

Today we will be introducing the song ¨La Bamba.¨ This is an important song because it was one of the first ¨crossover¨ songs into traditional American culture. Culturally it was a gigantic step for Latino culture in the US.
“La Bamba” is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens, a top 40 hit in the U.S. charts and one of early rock and roll’s best-known songs. Valens’ version of “La Bamba” is ranked number 354 on Rolling Stone magazine′s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It is the only song on the list sung in a language other than English.

“La Bamba” has been covered by numerous artists, most notably by Los Lobos, whose version was the title track of the 1987 film La Bamba and reached No. 1 in the U.S. and UK singles charts in the same year!

I am attaching the traditional version of the song with the accompanied dance.

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Registro de Videos

  By anaisoliver • February 21, 2018 , , , , ,

Video Log in Español! (Logs will be sent home in Friday folders. Upon completion of a log, students will bring me the completed and I give them an empty log.)

It’s not a reading log, it’s a video log! Los estudiantes are moving fast y furioso through our Spanish units. However, I want to encourage students to bring the language and culture into their homes. The whole month of March is going to kick off with friendly class competition. March 1st-March 31st. Each grade level is going to be challenged to listen to as much Spanish content as possible. All grade levels are participating from grades K-5th. Whichever grade level has the highest percentage of view time per student, wins a classroom party with a pelicula y popsicles!

Each time your student watches Spanish content, they need to record it in the log and have it signed by an adult. The content that is viewed can ONLY be in Spanish! NO ENGLISH. The videos are allowed to have English subtitles, however the audio MUST be in Spanish.

What can my student watch? Try their favorite tv shows! Disney Latino, Nickelodeon Latino, Animal Planet Latino or Discovery Latino are all available online. Also, be sure to check out your local libraries! Often times, movies you already have in your homes can have the audio switched to Spanish.

Some students have asked if music counts toward content. Absolutely, however only one listen per song will count toward total time. No repeat songs or videos will qualify. Try playing some Spanish radio in your car on the commute to school!

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Bring Spanish Home!

  By anaisoliver • February 13, 2018 , , , , , , ,

Just a friendly reminder that I want to encourage you all to bring Spanish language and culture into your home! Perhaps have a family ¨date night¨ when you try a Latino restaurant and go home to watch a Spanish movie? Maybe you watch the movie CoCo or Ferdinand and talk about the cultural similarities and differences? Maybe try watching a few Spanish televised programs? Check out Telemundo for real world shows! I only have your students for 45 minutos, 2x/week! I wish I could see them everyday 🙁 If we do not bring language home, how can we expect fluency or fluid conversation and understanding?

Here are some things you should do to bring Spanish into your home:
-Find a tandem partner to have free, regular conversation practice in an informal setting. As a bonus, they’ll probably come away with a new friend!
-Change the language of all electronic devices and social media sites to Spanish.
-Make the most of free resources like newspapers and library publications, which are perfect for reading and translation practice.
-Watch Discovery Kids Latino, Disney Latino chances are any show your student likes has a Spanish version! I am attaching several links below for your reference.

https://www.discoverykidsplay.com/

http://disneylatino.com/

https://www.latam.discovery.com/animal-planet

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Silabas-1st

  By anaisoliver • February 6, 2018

This week we continue working in our workbooks. This week in particular we are focusing on syllables. We are using the syllables to add to our learned vocabulary. It has been fun watching the connections with all the vocabulario they have learned throughout the year! In addition to syllables, we are learning the importance of our accents. Depending on how we pronounce and spell a word, we can change the meaning entirely!

Ask them about ¨goodnight potato.¨

Workbooks will be shown during parent teacher conferences and sent home at the end of the year. We are continuing to expand our vocabulary and make sure we sound like our best Spanish speaker 🙂

As always, please reach out with any questions.

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¿Qué hora es?

  By anaisoliver • January 29, 2018

¿Qué hora es? What time is it?

We kicked off the week diving into time telling! Of course, we are going to continue working through our workbooks but today was focused on time. (The students were disappointed there was no book work today) I am attaching a practice video below so you can learn along with your student.

Car ride questions:
When do you subtract time in Spanish?
How do you say, “o’clock” in Spanish?

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Tongue Twisters!

  By anaisoliver • January 23, 2018

I also had a students ask me to post the tongue twisters we do in class on my blog so they could practice, talk about taking initiative! 🙂 I am providing a few below:

Cuenta cuentos
Cuando cuentes cuentos
Cuenta cuantos cuentos cuentas
Por que si no cuentas cuantos cuentos cuentas
Nunca sabrás cuantos cuentos cuentas

De Guadalajara vengo, jara traigo, jara vendo, a medio doy cada jara. Que jara tan cara traigo de Guadalajara.

Erre con erre cigarro
erre con erre barril
rápido ruedan los carros
cargados de azúcar del ferrocarril.

Tres tristes tigres,
tragaban trigo en un trigal,
en tres tristes trastos,
tragaban trigo tres tristes tigres.

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Rhyming, Reading and Writing!

  By anaisoliver • January 23, 2018

On top of the new vocabulary units, which I will provide below, we are now working through our new Spanish workbooks! Our workbooks are from a Spanish school for 1st grade level learners! We have begun working through these books and are practicing our reading and writing comprehension!

This week you may have also noticed the worksheet that was sent home about a boy named, ¨Alejandro.¨ This was an assessment I used to evaluate where our students were in reading comprehension and independent study. It was definitely a hard task! At the end of the allowed time we went out our answers together. We read the story aloud in Spanish and then proceeded to translate. If you did not get this weeksheet, please reach out to me as it is important for you to see your students progression and capacity in Spanish.

Below is a compiled list of units and vocabulary!

HORARIO- SCHEDULE
español Spanish
inglés- English
francés- French
alemán- German
italiano- Italian
russo- Russian
chino- Chinese
latín- Latin
historia- History
geografía- Geography
educación física- Physical Education
música- Music
banda- Band
coro- Chorus, Choir
arte- Art
teatro- theater/drama
clase- class
matemáticas- math
tecnología- technology

DEPORTES – SPORTS
Fútbol Americano- American Football
Pesca- Fishing
Fútbol- soccer
baloncesto- basketball
beisbol- baseball
volibol- volleyball
golf- golf
tenis- tennis
hockey- hockey
esqui- ski
esqui acuatico-water ski
patinaje- skate
boxeo- boxing
lucha libre- wrestling
natacion, nadar- swimming
skate board- monopatin

direcciones
arriba
abajo
derecha
izquierda

Calendario- Calender
lunes, martes, miercoles, jueves, viernes, sabado, domingo
-days of the week are not capitalized
-all days are masculine
-use “el” or “los” to say “on…”
-only sábado and domingo have plurals: los sábados, los domingos
-the Hispanic calendar begins el lunes

Las estaciones del año…
invierno, primavera, verano, otoño

MESES:
enero
febrero
marzo
abril
mayo
junio
julio
agosto
septiembre
octubre
noviembre
diciembre

seasons and months are not capitalized

articles are not used with months

articles are used with seasons, except after “en”

“la primavera” is the only feminine season

watch spelling / pronunciation 🙂

As we continue to work through our notebooks we will also be learning to tell time in the near future!