Academic Standards
Learning Objective:
Children will identify parts of a morning routine at school.
Social and Life Skills Focus:
self-management
Page 4 skill:
visual discrimination
Vocabulary:
despedir
CCSS (and states that have similar standards):
RI.K.1 key details, SL.K.1 collaborative conversations, RI.K.4 vocabulary, RF.K.2.A rhyming words, RL.K.1 key details (literature)
Watch the video
Watch the video
Build background knowledge about school routines by watching “Bienvenido a la escuela” When you’re done watching, ask the following question: ¿Qué te hace ilusión de la escuela?
Preview new vocabulary words
Preview new vocabulary words
Project the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce this issue’s featured word.
Set a purpose for reading
Set a purpose for reading
- Have students do a picture walk through the issue. Then read and discuss the cover.
- Then, before turning to page 2, say, “Mientras leemos el artículo, pensemos en lo que hacemos cuando llegamos a la escuela”.
- As you read, pause after each box to let children answer the question.
- When you’re done reading, let children turn and talk to a partner about what they do when they get to school. Then do the ¡BAILA BAILA!
- Demuestra lo que sabes (skill: comprehension)
- Parejas perfectas: Materiales (skill: visual discrimination/drawing)
Play the online game:
School Bus Rhymes (skill: rhyming)
Complete a hands-on activity: ¿Por la mañana o por la noche?
Kids distinguish between morning and nighttime routines in this fun hands-on game. (skill: critical thinking)
Read a paired text
In the classic ¡Qué nervios! El primer día de escuela by Julie Danneberg, Sarah Jane Hartwell is very nervous about her first day at a new school. The surprising reveal at the end of the story shows kids that everyone gets first-day jitters!