look inside this issue: Hispanic Heritage Month Poster! Vol. 5, No. 1 ISSN: 1930-742X Español Level 2 A Great Year for SLL It s always exciting to begin a new year. You surely have loads of work, but we are here to help. Take a look at all the new features and goodies you are getting this year with Scholastic News /Español. Digital Editions Go to our Web site, and you ll find our digital issues ready to use on your whiteboard. Learning Features like: Explore Your World for cultural connections Funny Idioms to understand everyday language Move and Learn to teach vocabulary through movement, and Whole Class Read Aloud for pronunciation Topics You Want like Latinos at Work and Día de los Muertos. Enjoy these September issues! Un cordial saludo, A Supplement to Scholastic News Isabel Santos, Editor isantos@scholastic.com september LESSONS and Standards What s the Magic Word? TESOL STANDARDS: Students will interact in, through, and with spoken and written for personal expression and enjoyment. BUILD VOCABULARY: Where in the World? ORAL language: Self Introductions LAnguage Structure: Noun Hunt Eat a Rainbow TESOL STANDARDS: Students will use learning strategies to extend their communicative competence. BUILD VOCABULARY: Mind Your Manners phonics structure: Short or Long? Oral language: Good Manners Game 2010-2011* Planning Calendar September Latinos at Work Individuals, groups, and institutions Manners Personal health & safety Poster: Hispanic Heritage Month October Facts About Bats Daring Rescues Individuals, groups, and institutions November Day of the Dead Culture/History Wild Turkeys December Animals From Autumn to Winter A Holiday Card Civic ideals and practices January Animals Camouflage Martin Luther King Jr. Civic ideals and practices February Presidents Day Time, continuity, and change Dental Health Month Personal health March Weather Idioms Culture Pond Animals in Spring Changes in the Earth and sky April Earth Day Science, technology, and society Seeds on the Go! Life cycle of organisms May Summer Safety Personal health Insects Organisms and environments *Topics may change at editor s discretion.
The Latinos Constitution at Work La constitución Latinos trabajando OBJECTIVE: Read to learn about Latinos and different jobs and OBJECTIVE: options. Read to learn the laws in the United States Constitution STANDARDS: for Constitution Social Day. Studies (NCSS): Individual development and identity; individuals, groups, and institutions; civic ideals and practices STANDARDS: Social Studies (NCSS): Power, authority, and governance; TEACH THE ISSUE IN SPANISH OR ENGLISH BEFORE READING A bit of geography What is Latin America? Display the map of the Americas included in this issue. Ask, Where are we on this map? (North America) Have students point to North America. Then explain that there is a region called Latin America. Point to it on the map and name countries, such as Mexico and Guatemala. Tell students they are going to read about people from Latin America. DURING READING look at the pictures How to read the map in the magazine Before reading, explain that each person in the issue is from Latin America or has a Latin American family. Tell students to look at the map on p. 3. Each person is represented by a photo and corresponding color. For example, the astronaut on p. 2 is in a purple box. When you look at the map on p. 3, the same astronaut is in a purple circle. Ask, What country does the astronaut come from? (Mexico) Repeat with each person in the issue. AFTER READING Learn about heritage Teach a new word: heritage. Explain that this month we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Ask, What does heritage mean? (Heritage means important traditions passed down from parents to sons.) Brainstorm a list of traditions. (e.g., language, food, holidays, etc.) Ask, What do we celebrate during Hispanic Heritage Month? (We Develop Language Build Vocabulary where in the world New word: Latino Tell children that Latinos are Americans with origins in Latin America. That means that they, or members of their family, come from a country in Latin America. Show children a map or a globe and together, make a list of all the countries in Latin America. Are any children in the class Latino? If so, what is their or their family s country of origin? Can they find it on the map? ORAL LANGUAGE self introductions Target phrase: Hello, I am. When I grow up I want to be a. The Latinos in this month s issue introduce themselves by telling their name and job. Review the professions described in the issue. Write them on a list. Ask children to use the phrases above to introduce themselves and share the work they would like to do in the future. Add these jobs to the list. LANGUAGE STRUCTURE NOUN HUNT Focus: nouns Tell children that nouns are words that name people, places, animals, or things. Give children a piece of paper and show them how to fold it into four squares. Have them label each square as people, places, animals, or things. Challenge children to search this month s issue for all the nouns they can find. Have them write each noun in its proper square. Bridging Languages: Capitalize This! Ask children to circle all the country names they can find in the map on p. 3 of the Spanish issue. Have them do the same in the issue. What kind of letters start the country names in the Spanish issue? What about in? Explain that in both Spanish and, country names are capitalized. 2 Scholastic News Bilingual Edition Level 2
Nombre: Español El trabajo perfecto para ti Haz un dibujo del trabajo que te gustaría tener cuando seas grande. Gramática Ahora, llena los espacios en blanco. Hola! Me llamo. Me gusta. Por eso, quiero ser cuando sea mayor. 2010 by Scholastic Inc. Teachers may make machine copies of this page to distribute to their students. 3 Scholastic News Edición bilingüe Nivel 2 Septiembre 2010
Name: Español Reading Comprehension Match the Job Draw a line to match the job with the correct sentence. We did the first one for you. I explain the law. I work with dinosaur bones. JUDGE I love animals. Let s learn EngIish With Maya and Miguel What do you want to be when you grow up? 4 Scholastic News Bilingual Edition Level 2 2010 by Scholastic Inc. Teachers may make machine copies of this page to distribute to their students. I walk in space.
Nombre: Español Telling Time Manners All Day! Look at the clocks. They show when some children have good manners in school. Then answer the questions. a.m. a.m. a.m. & 2004 Scholastic Entertainment Inc. Maya & Miguel CC-12 Ana says thank you to the bus driver. p.m. Juan raises his hand before he talks. p.m. Lucas says please to the lunch aide. p.m. Daniel invites a new student to play. Marta lends Miguel an eraser. Sara helps her teacher clean up. 1. At what time does Ana say thank you to the bus driver? : a.m. 2. At what time does Lucas say please to the lunch aide? : a.m. 3. What happens at 1:00 p.m.? 4. What happens at 3:00 p.m.? 5 Scholastic News Bilingual Edition Level 2
Nombre: Español Buenos modales al día Lee cada historia. Luego escoge la mejor respuesta. Buenos modales 1. Quieres colorear tu dibujo de amarillo. Tu amigo tiene el único crayón amarillo del salón. Le dices: O Con permiso. O Dámelo. O Por favor. 2. Tu amiga te ayudó a encontrar un libro. Le dices: O Nos vemos luego. O Gracias. O Adiós. 3. Le hiciste daño a tu amigo mientras jugaban. Le dices: O Eso no es nada. O Ups! O Lo siento. 2010 by Scholastic Inc. Teachers may make machine copies of this page to distribute to their students. 6 Scholastic News Edición bilingüe Nivel 2 Septiembre 2010
The Constitution La constitución How Are Your Classroom Manners? Cómo son tus modales en el salón de clases? OBJECTIVE: Read Take to learn a fun quiz the laws to practice in the United politeness! States Constitution for Constitution Day. STANDARDS: Social Studies (NCSS): Individual development and identity; STANDARDS: individuals, Social Studies groups, (NCSS): and institutions Power, authority, and governance; TEACH THE ISSUE IN SPANISH OR ENGLISH BEFORE READING personal connections Share ideas about using good manners. Begin a discussion about manners by asking, If you stepped on a friend s toe by accident, what would you say? (I m sorry.) Then ask, How would your friend feel if you didn t say you were sorry? (The friend might feel hurt.) Talk about how using good manners is a way to be a good friend at school. DURING READING USe TEXT FEATURES Show children how to take the quiz. Explain that this issue asks questions that students will answer by writing in the magazine themselves. Tell children to listen to each possible answer before they fill in the circle next to the one they think is correct. Ask children not to call out their answers. They will discuss them after the quiz. At the end of the quiz, help them count up their scores! AFTER READING draw conclusions Talk about the reasons for good manners. Return to the question on p. 1. Read choice B aloud. Then ask, What would happen if everyone did this? (Spills would never get cleaned up; the classroom would be messy; people could slip and fall.) Read choice C, explain that this would be unfair and untrue. Finally, ask: Why is choice A correct? (It shows good manners and solves the problem.) Use a similar procedure for each question. Develop Language Build Vocabulary MIND YOUR MANNERS New words: please, thank you, I m sorry Explain that one way to show good manners is to use kind words (e.g., please, thank you, I m sorry). Write those words on chart paper. Have children sit in a circle and show them the first word, please. Ask students about a situation where they can use that word. (e.g., when you ask for a pencil, when you ask for a favor) Repeat the process with each word. phonics Structure short or long? Target sound: short and long a Write the words act and behave on chart paper and say them aloud. Have children say them back to you. The letter a sounds short in act, and long in behave. Write the following words on cards and pass them out to children: class, raise, graph, game, ask, that, take, play, at. Which words have the short a like act? Which have the long a like behave? ORAL LANGUAGE good manners game Target phrases: Yes, please! No, thank you! Write the above phrases on chart paper. Tell children that you re going to ask a question, and it s their job to respond with one of these phrases. If you say: Would you like to have recess today? children might reply: Yes, please! If you say: Would you like to have double homework tonight? children might say: No, thank you! Can children think of more questions? Bridging Languages: Cómo? and How? Have children circle the word Cómo? each time it appears in this month s Spanish issue. Then ask them to look at the Spanish and issues side by side. Do they know which word means the same as Cómo? Show children how context clues (e.g., locating the same page, paragraph, and sentence; looking for the same text color) can help them find out! 7 Scholastic News Bilingual Edition Level 2