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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)

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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

Project the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce this issue’s featured word.

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!

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!