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Teachers Guide

Elementary SpanishGrades 5 and 6

Unit 5 - Vamos de vacaciones

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Teachers, please feel free to use this letter. You may adapt it or modify it. Parents may be interested

in knowing this information. Personalize it by putting your school logo on it.

Unit 5Parent Letter

Dear Parents/Guardians:

We have really enjoyed studying and learning Spanish this year. As we approach the end of the school year

we will begin our final unit, Vamos de vacaciones, or We Are Going on Vacation.

In this unit we will be discussing vacations and travel. We will learn interesting aspects of the culture,

history, and tourist spots of Mexico. As always, we will be spiraling back to review the concepts that we have

learned in previous units.

Your continued support of the program is essential to successful learning. The interest that you display at

home enriches our efforts here at school. Please continue to review with your children the activities that

they do in class. This review serves many purposes that help the children get the most out of their

education.

Any materials or experiences that you may have to share with your children or the entire class would be

greatly appreciated. If you could come in to visit us and give us a presentation, the students and I would

enjoy having you. If you would like to come to class during our Spanish lesson, we welcome your

participation.

Again, please feel free to contact me at any time regarding anything that you have observed in your child at

home. Any concerns you have should be addressed at the earliest possible time. I also like to hear any

positive comments about how your child is doing. We all want your child to succeed.

Gracias!

Sincerely,

Boleto

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Lesson Plans

Grades 5 and 6Unit 5 - Vamos de vacaciones

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Vamos de vacaciones Unit 5 Lesson 1

Sequence of Recommended Class Procedures Follow-up Activities

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES This unit focuses on vacation vocabu-

lary and pre- and post-colonial Mexico. If you have access to Latin American historians encourage them to come in and speak to your stu-dents and parents.

PARENT PARTICIPATION Have the parents discuss possible

vacation plans with their children. Encourage parent participation by having them contact a travel agency to get travel information and posters. These can be used at home or in the classroom to create an atmosphere that encourages thinking about vaca-tions. The Parent Letter explaining this unit can be found immediately preceding the lesson plans.

1. El saludo: teacher greets students; opening song.

2. Las actividades del da: spelling dictation activity; adivina la palabra!; introduce the concept of travel; introduce some basic travel vocabu-

lary words.3. Las acciones del da:

TPR; Las vacaciones activity sheet.

4. El repaso: adivina! and review. 5. La despedida: good-bye song.

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Vamos de vacaciones - Unit 5Lesson 1

Vocabulary List

*Teachers: The vocabulary list for each lesson will be included with the lesson. These lists areprovided for YOUR INFORMATION. It is not our intention to hold children accountable for learningeach of the words or phrases used during the lesson but to facilitate your understanding.

Transitional Phrases - Use of these words indicates a transition in the lesson. These words will beused throughout the unit. Ahora - Now Repitan. - Repeat. Vamos a repasar. - Let's review. Escuchen. - Listen.Todos juntos - All together Listos? - Ready?Bajen los instrumentos. - Put your instruments down. Presten/Pongan atencin. - Pay attention.Soy el seor Morris. - I am Mr. Morris. Canten conmigo. - Sing with me.Soy el maestro de espaol. - I am the Spanish teacher.

VOCABULARY LIST - Words with an asterisk next to them will be used daily or almost daily but willappear on the Lesson 1 list only.

* acciones - actions* actividades - activities* Adis. - Good-bye.* alumnos/estudiantes - students* Bienvenidos. - Welcome.* Buenos das. - Good morning/Good day.* Seora/Seor/Seorita - Mrs./Mr./Miss* maestro(a) - teacher (feminine)* espaol - Spanish* repaso - review* despedirnos/despedida - say good-bye/farewell* la (f) or el (m) - the

viajar - to travelagencia de viajes - travel agencyviajero(a) - traveler (female)viajeros(as) - travelers (all female)comprar - to buypagar - to paydinero - moneyhotel - hotelrestaurante - restaurant

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Las vacacionesUnit 5 Lesson 1 Activity Sheet

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Vamos de vacaciones Unit 5 Lesson 2

Sequence of Recommended Class Procedures Follow-up Activities

1. El saludo: teacher greets students; opening song.

2. Las actividades del da: spelling activity; adivina la palabra!; review vocabulary from previous

lesson; introduce the question Adnde

quieres ir?; introduce some responses; Adnde quieres ir? activity sheet.

3. El repaso: review. 4. La despedida: good-bye song.

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES Use large travel posters to review the

various vacation destinations that we discussed in todays lesson. Have the students illustrate and label the desti-nations to display in class.

PARENT PARTICIPATION Encourage parent participation by

recommending that parents take theirchildren to their local libraries to research different Spanish-speaking countries they may want to visit.

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Vamos de vacaciones Unit 5 Lesson 2

Vocabulary List

viajar - to travelagencia de viajes - travel agencyviajero - travelercomprar - to buypagar - to paydinero - moneyhotel - hotelrestaurante - restaurantAdnde quieres ir? - Where do you (familiar) want to

go?Hablamos con la agente de viajes. - We talk to the travel agent.Quiero ir ___. - I want to go ___.a la playa - to the beachal desierto - to the desertal bosque - to the forestal lago - to the lakea las montaas - to the mountainsal ro - to the riverVamos a ____. - Lets go to ___.

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Adnde quieres ir?Unit 5 Lesson 2 Activity Sheet

Hablamos con la agente de viajes.Adnde quieres ir?

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Vamos de vacaciones Unit 5 Lesson 3

Sequence of Recommended Class Procedures Follow-up Activities

1. El saludo: teacher greets students; opening song.

2. Las actividades del da: adivina la palabra!; review travel vocabulary; review the vacation destinations; review the seasons; introduce weather.

3. Las acciones del da: TPR; Los lugares tursticos y el tiempo activity

sheet.4. El repaso: