One of my favorite lessons to teach is the one I am doing now with the 2nd graders. We learn the words, read, write and book and as I teach them those words in Spanish I get to read the students lots of LIBROS (books)! Some books in particular that we love are those written by Susan Middleton Elya. Her books are written in English with Spanish words intermixed throughout. Usually they rhyme and the stories are funny, cute and entertaining. It really helps the kids learn the meaning of new words in context. It is great because that is how I teach them Spanish as well…TPRS=contextualized learning!
More of my favorite books to read with the students are any of the Skippy Jon Jones books by Judy Schachner. Her website is awesome and her books are so imaginative and promote such great creativity and inspiration to use your imagination within the students. Her books are also written in English, but her character (a Siamese kitten) believes that he is a Mexican chihuahua and goes around with a band of chimichangos (more chihuahuas) speaking un poco (a leetle bit) of Spanish. They are GREAT!
The 2nd graders and I decided to make a video of all the words that Skippy Jon Jones taught us in Spanish. Here it is below! ENJOY!
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