Lesson 8

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Lesson Plan: #8
Lesson Plan Title: Los días de la semana
Level 1
Objective(s) & Progress Indicator(s):
Target vocabulary:
1a: Express basic needs.
los días de la semana – the days of the week
1d: Identify visual clues.
el lunes - Monday
1f: Respond to directions.
el martes - Tuesday
4a: Compare Spanish language patterns to el miércoles - Wednesday
English. (capitalization)
el jueves - Thursday
el viernes - Friday
el sábado - Saturday
el domingo - Sunday
Suggested additional resources:
Hola, Niños, K-3, Unit 3, pages 31 - 36
Flashcards for days of the week.
Large calendar to show days of the week.
Sing, Dance, Laugh CD, Song #24 “Sábado”
Procedures/Steps:
1. Use the Spanish days of the week daily with regular calendar activities.
2. For extra practice, listen to Podcast for Lesson 8. Pause the recording to talk about
activities that happen on different days of the week.
3. Have students draw or write about activities that take place each day of the week.
4. Hand out cards with the names of the days. Have the students stand and line up in order.
5. Use any popular tune that your class knows, and sing the days of the week.
Reflections/Assessment:
Teacher observations of students
Notes for teachers:
Length of podcast: 5:39
In Spanish, days of the week are not capitalized.
In Spain, the first day of the week is Monday, so Spanish calendars will begin with
Monday.
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Lesson 8 STUDENT PAGE
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Me llamo _______________
¿Qué come Ana?
Listen to the story in the lesson about what Ana likes to eat. She eats very strange things.
Draw a picture of what Ana eats each day.
El lunes, Ana come una planta.
El martes, Ana come un zapato.
El miércoles, Ana come una camisa.
El jueves, Ana come una jirafa.
El viernes, Ana come un libro.
El sábado, Ana come una silla.
El domingo, Ana come espaguetis.
Ana está enferma (sick).
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Los días de la semana (The days of the week)
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miér
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juev
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sába
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Preview and Review
Try to include the Spanish names for days each day in class. For example, if your class
does a calendar activity in the morning, add the Spanish names to the activity. If students
are already familiar with days of the week in Spanish, you may be able to skip forward in
the lesson to the story of Ana and what she eats each day.
Los días de la semana
The days of the week page can be used by students or teacher. Cut out and use as
flashcards; tape on regular calendar, etc.
Student Page Information
Students may draw what Ana eats as they listen to the story, or do so after hearing the
story. Help students figure out what Ana eats.
Alternative: Have students draw pictures of what they eat each day (use school menu, if
needed), or activities they do each day (PE on Thursday, Music on Monday, etc.). The
goal is to practice the days in Spanish, so list the foods or activities in English as needed.
TRANSLATION of story:
On Monday, Ana eats a plant.
On Tuesday, Ana eats a shoe.
On Wednesday, Ana eats a shirt.
On Thursday, Ana eats a giraffe.
On Friday, Ana eats a book.
On Saturday, Ana eats a chair.
On Sunday, Ana eats spaghetti.
Ana is sick.
Extra activity
Use the weekly lunch menu. (Write on board, or show on projector.)
Teacher says: (Say the foods in English if the class hasn’t learned them yet in Spanish.)
La clase come pizza.
Class responds: el lunes (on Monday)
Teacher says:
La clase come tacos.
Class responds: el viernes (on Friday)
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