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Chinese, Japanese and Korean Numbers and Luck!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore numbers in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. They discuss numbers and practice writing and speaking numbers 1-10 in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. As they create a chart of the three countries' numbers, they...
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Mexican Food

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the history of Mexican food and study the Spanish names for common foods. They create a menu of foods using these Spanish words.
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Oral Interviews on Traditions and Celebrations

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students practice speaking in a target language through the use of oral interview techniques. They engage in conversations with peers using a certain theme of celebration and tradition. Students plan questions that they use in the...
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Family Terms

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars complete sentences using appropriate family names and terms in a target foreign language: French, German, or Spanish. Using a fill in the blank worksheet, students give the appropriate noun to complete a sentence about...
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Animal Sounds

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to tapes of animal sounds while they hold up a puppet of the correct animal. They perform different sounds to their classmates in which they have a chance to guess. Using a Venn Diagram, they compare and contrast the...
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El Joki Poki (The Hokey Pokey)

For Teachers 1st
First graders sing and dance the Hokey Pokey bilingually. They read and sing the Spanish words for prepositions and act them out as they sing and act out the motions to the song, "El Joki Poki" (The Hokey Pokey).
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Art Exposes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students view examples of art forms of specific artists. They choose one artist from the country they are studying and present information along with a slide show. Studenys create their own work of art in the style of their chosen...
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Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine pictures and write sentences describing the weather in Spanish. In teams, they compete to discover which team can write a correct sentence faster. They practice evaluating the sentences and reading them aloud.
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Money and Sports

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders translate sports vocabulary words from English to Spanish and complete money problems containing decimals. In this money and sports lesson plan, 6th graders use words to communicate to each other.
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Verb Sheet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners complete template on the conjugation of any tense of verbs in Spanish, and then write teacher-dictated sentences using these verbs.
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Libros Y Amigos: Publishing Bilingual Books

For Teachers K - 5th
Students review simple phrases and vocabulary in Spanish. In groups, they create at least one page of a bilingual class book with an illustration. Once the book is completed, they present their page to the class for another review of...
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Science for Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss sign language and learn how to spell some words.  In this investigative lesson students work with a partner to write and perform sign language on a given topic. 
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Let's Read! Tops & Bottoms

For Teachers K
Students listen to the story Tops & Bottoms and learn the name of one vegetable which grows above ground and one which grows below ground.
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Digan Queso

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work in groups with the assigned roles of either a photographer or a family member. The photographer gives commands in Spanish designating family members to follow where to stand for a family photo.
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Superlative Form

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how to correctly use and form the superlative form. They practice writing and speaking Spanish words using the correct superlative form. Students complete a worksheet using the superlative form of words correctly.
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Food

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review the Spanish words for fruits and other foods by looking at photos. They listen to a funny story involving the fruits that is read to them in Spanish. They access websites to practice the Spanish words for food.
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Mira: Activity 9

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice their Spanish vocabulary playing a game in which groups compete to see who can say a series of Spanish questions and answers, regarding a given picture, the fastest.
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La Ropa (The Clothing)

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn "clothing" vocabulary in Spanish.
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Friday and Friends: A Prospectus of the Mexican Family through Children's Literature

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use literature to examine how the structure of families in Mexico has changed over time. In groups, they examine how their life now relates to their ancestors and the Spanish conquest of the area. As a class, they are read...
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AN INTERNATIONAL MENU

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Studentsl expand vocabulary through word study, literature and class discussion (e.g. word origins, roots and affixes, meaning in context, levels of usage, etc.). They recognize food-related words that have entered the English language...
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Reading the French Newspaper Le Figaro

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students guess the meanings of many unfamiliar French words because of their similarity to English words. They read an article from Le Figaro or another French-language newspaper with cognates underlined to guess the meanings.
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U2

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils examine the cover of a compact disc from U2 and describe what they see. They match words in English with other languages. They discover the meanings of words they do not know from the songs.
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Dia de los Muertas/Day of the Dead Cultural Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars explore the celebrations of different cultures, comparing and contrasting what is unique to them. Students explore different ways to celebrate those holidays. They construct a personalized alter to demonstrate one aspect...
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Papalotzin y las Monarcas

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine theme. In this Papalotzin y las Monarcas lesson plan, students read an English or Spanish version of the story. Students discuss the themes of community and positive change in the story.