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Spanish Vocabulary

An Activity in 4 Steps

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Teaching Kids Spanish VocabularyLesson for Spanish Teachers

Learning new vocabulary words in Spanish is an important element in the language acquisition process. Vocabulary should be constantly taught and reviewed during a lesson as a phonological awareness activity, or to pre-teach new vocabulary of a story or text.

Teaching vocabulary is also important because it increases the chances to become a better reader in any language and to improve comprehension skills.

Kids love to learn new words in Spanish, but it might be challenging at times to engage kids in these activities so here I’ll give you an idea on how to make a quick vocabulary lesson that children will love.

First, select the words you want to teach: (according to the age and unit). Here are a couple guidelines to help decide which words to choose:

a. select unknown words

b. select the main-critical words to understand a text/selection children will read

c. You might already be teaching multi-syllabic words with prefixes, suffixes (ex. -ada; payasada, cucharada, millonada) Greek and Latin roots (ex. acróbata, arquitecto, agrónomo), cognates or words with several meanings (ex. banco, tierra)

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8 4-Step Activity to Teach Vocabulary

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VISUALS FOR WORDS INCLUDED

correr (pag. 5)

saltar (pag. 6)

leer (pag. 7)

cantar (pag. 8)

escribir (pag. 9)

bailar (pag. 10)

caminar (pag. 11)

comer (pag. 12)

escuchar música (pag. 13)

Teaching Kids Spanish Vocabulary An Activity in 4-Steps

PASOS ACTIVIDADES: MAESTRO – ESTUDIANTESPaso 1 Presentación PalabrasVerbos-acciones

“Vamos a aprender palabras que representan acciones…”(Mostrar 3 fotos de los verbos correr, saltar, bailar)

“¿Qué acción es ésta?” (apuntar a una de las fotos de acciones)(Después de respuestas, reforzar las palabras nuevas)

“La palabra es correr“ (colocar la palabra al lado de foto)(Continuar procedimiento con las demás fotos, hasta decirlas todas.)

“Repitamos las palabras…”Paso 2Repaso de las palabras, identificación acciones con palabras

“Vamos a cerrar los ojos…”(retirar SOLO las palabras de la pizarra) Invitar estudiantes a colocar palabra por palabra al lado de la acción correspondiente en la pizarra.

“¡Excelente!, ¿la palabra es…?” (estudiante responde)Paso 3Identificación acciones con mímica

“Vamos a cerrar los ojos nuevamente…”(Retirar las fotos de acciones y palabras de la pizarra)

“¡Ahora vamos a ser mimos!”(Modelar una accion para que los estudiantes digan la palabra, luego invitar a uno de los estudiantes a modelar una acción para que los demás digan la palabra)

Paso 4Uso de las palabras(Extensión actividad escrita)

Los estudiantes pueden completar oracciones con las palabras practicadas.Ex. Mi nombre es_____________ y me gusta _________y _________. No me gusta_________o ____________.

See page 4 for a written excersise sheet with more sentences to use in Step 4.

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Spanish VocabularyFill in the blanks with the new words:

1. Mi nombre es_____________ y me gusta

_________ y _________.

2. A mi no me gusta _________ o ____________.

3. Yo quiero aprender a _____________.

4. Yo tengo una hermana que sabe _________.

5. Yo tengo un hermano que no sabe ________.

NEW WORDS:

correr

saltar

leer

cantar

escribir

bailar

caminar

surfear

comer

escuchar música

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