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Rhyming...if you are a PK/K teacher, that very word could strike terror in your soul! You have probably been working on rhyming all year and now you are administering assessments on your little ones to see if they can generate rhyming words and identify rhyming pairs. I am currently preparing a training for a group of PK/K bilingual teachers on how to teach rhyming in Spanish. EL Saber has a new resource available for teachers called Palabrimas. The resource is a series of Spanish rhyming activities that give students the opportunity to practice their rhyming skills to become successful readers. While I have always known that rhyming was an important skill for literacy, I really didn't know why. I could see the need for blending syllables...this helps you read words. I could see the need for segmenting syllables...this helps you write words. But rhyming? Besides being fun, why is it considered so foundational, especially for Spanish-speakers and readers who do not rely on word families for decoding? Well, after spending several hours searching the research journal databases, I found some really good articles and came up with these general recommendations from their studies on Spanish-speaking bilingual learners and rhyming instruction: · Developing the skill of rhyming in both languages simultaneously can help students acquire phonological awareness more quickly due to cross-linguistic transfer. Dickinson, D., McCabe, A., Clark-Chiarelli, N., & Wolf, A. (2004). · Spanish-speaking children may require more exposure than their English-speaking peers to acquire rhyming skills. Culatta, B., Reese, M., & Setzer, L. (2006). · Be careful when using visual images because of ELLs’ tendency to emphasize meaning over sound. Moreira, S. & Hamilton, M. (2006). · Target one rhyme per activity (initially) and provide multiple examples of the targeted rhyming words. Nonsense words may be included but students must understand their purpose. Culatta, B., Reese, M., & Setzer, L. (2006). · While teaching rhyme in Spanish is constrained by the limited number of rhyming word pairs available, teachers may compensate by repeatedly using the same word pairs in a large array of meaningful activities. Culatta, B., Reese, M., & Setzer, L. (2006). · Anchor students’ understanding of the words rhyme/rima and rhyming words/palabras que riman. Prior to reading subsequent stories, check for an understanding of what rhyming is and remind the children to listen for words that rhyme. Adams, M., Foorman, B., Lundberg, I., & Beeler, T. (1998). · Highlight the ending using intonation and stress. While reading rhyme stories aloud, exaggerate the meter and rhyme to encourage active listening and anticipation among the children. Culatta, B., Reese, M., & Setzer, L. (2006). In addition to all of these Palabrimas resources, I have found and created a lot of other rhyming activities/games as well as located A LOT of Spanish rhyming books. I will post more next week! Until then...¡Hasta mañana, iguana!
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Centers for Diptongos Crecientes & Decrecientes. If you are wondering how to teach diphthongs in Spanish--in primary--as part of the literacy sequence for your class, then stick with me because in this post I will show you an easy way to understand 'diptongos', and I will show you some centers that you can use to easily teach, or to easily reinforce student learning of diptongos in kindergarten through 2nd grade. For many Bilingual or Dual Language Teachers, diphthongs, or 'diptongos' can be very confusing because diphthongs are not the ordinary 'silaba directa' or 'silaba trabada' or 'silaba mixta'. Diptongos require a bit more focus on our part as teachers, especially if we did not study our teacher prep in Spanish, or in a Spanish-speaking country. So if you are slightly perplexed with the 'how-tos' of Diptongos, let alone how to teach diptongos to the Littles, then you need to: 1) Have a simple understanding of what diptongos are: Simply stated Diptongos are syllables in Spanish that are made of a sequence of 2 vowels. and 2) You need some simple ways to teach them. This post is going to keep it simple, because the focus in the primary grades is on teaching initial literacy skills in Spanish. The focus here is not on accentuation or anything other than teaching kids to read in Spanish. What are Spanish Diphthongs? As stated above, Spanish Diphthongs (diptongos) are simply a set of 2 vowels that work together to form one syllable. To better understand the "2 vowels as 1 syllable" a very simple test is to say a word with a 'sílaba diptongada' in it as you place your hand under your chin. If this is a 'silaba diptongada', then you will feel your jaw open against your hand only once for that syllavel. HOWEVER, you must pronounce the word naturally, without exaggerating the vowels. Some words to try: aguacate, bailar, anciana, escuela, apio, pies, Lourdes... and the list goes on. For our purposes of teaching initial literacy skills in Spanish, there are 2 different kinds of diptongos to be aware of: 1. Diptongos Crecientes: These diptongos begin with a weak/'debil' (or 'closed/cerrada') vowel first, and then the strong vowel. The reason the diptongo is called 'creciente' is because this means that as you say the syllable, your mouth grows open as you say the syllable-- 'crece'. These vowel combinations are: ia / ie / io / ua / ue / uo. 2. Diptongos Decrecientes: These syllables are totally to the contrary. They are 'decrecientes' meaning that as you say the syllable your mouth, or jaw, goes from more open for the strong vowel, to more closed for the weak vowel. These vowel combos start with the open vowel to the closed vowel, or the strong vowel, to the weak vowel. These vowel combinations are: ai / au / ei / eu / oi / ou. How can I effectively teach my Kindergarten, First or Second Grade class Spanish Diphthongs? First of all, know that kiddos don't need the technical jargon above so that they can do the reading. They might be able to understand about their jaw 'opening' or 'closing' with the vowel combos, but they might not understand this. That concept is not important for kiddos learning to read in Spanish. However, when kids are learning to read 'silabas diptongadas' or 'silabas directas' they do need to understand about the vowels coming together to form one syllable, as opposed to the vowels being split up as the word is pronounced. The easiest way to test out the number of syllables in a word is by putting the top of your hand under your chin as you say the word. If you feel your chin 'touch' or 'move' your hand, then there is more than one syllable. But remember, of course, not to exaggerate the pronunciation of the word and/or the syllable. Steps to effectively teach Spanish Diphthongs. 1. Teach kids to recognize the syllables in each word. As you use the 'hand under chin' method mentioned above, make sure kids do not exaggerate the pronunciation, and be sure that everyone is pronouncing the word naturally. This is the first step in recognizing 'silabas diptongadas', or any other kind of syllable as well. 2. Create an anchor chart with the Spanish Diphthongs. When your class can 'feel' the syllables as they say the words, then create with your class an anchor chart with the 2 different types of diphthongs: Diptongos Crecientes: Diptongos Decrecientes: ia / ie / io / ua / ue / uo ai / au / ei / eu / oi / ou 3. Use word work and sentence building centers for student learning reinforcement. Click on the image to see this resource on Teachers pay Teachers. Using centers in your classroom is a routine that we all do so that we can meet in small groups. I encourage you to check these out. 4. Use Shared Reading as you teach Spanish Diphthongs. Click on the image to see the resource in my TpT store today. Shared Reading, like centers, is something that as teachers we do in our own way, and these resources are some examples that you can use. Also, if you are looking for ways to use shared reading in your room, here is a video where I share my 5-Day Plan for any shared reading passage. I absolutely love this one! 5. Use Lecturitas as you teach Spanish Diphthongs. Of course we want the kids to read right away, and this is why I created these little booklets as a part of this resource! Once you have taught kids to recognize the syllables, and they can read the words with the syllables, then this is the perfect time to give them practice reading booklets! In Conclusion, the best way that I have found for teaching diptongos is by using El Dictado Trifecta in conjunction with the centers. Click on the image to see this resource on TpT.Interested in the centers bundle only? CLICK HERE. If you want to learn more on how to use El Dictado Trifecta Paquete, and what this resource offers you, then check out this blog post. I hope that this post has helped you and that you have been able to glean some tips from here. If this post has helped you out, please leave a kind comment! Happy teaching,
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There have been some huge changes around here! First, you may have noticed that I got a new look! AnD I CouLdn't be MorE in LOVE! Megan from A Bird in Hand Designs seriously went above and beyond what I asked, to create more than I even knew I was looking for! I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a brand new or blog redesign such as mine! You may have also noticed that we tweaked my title a bit and added the whole "...beyond" component as well! As those following lil ole' me know, I am no longer in the classroom with my sweet second graders, but rather, this year, I am working as the Dual Language/ELL coach for our building and have the opportunity to thus work with all grade levels and the teachers on a day to day basis :)! I am so excited to unveil this new blog design to go along with my first official post sharing some of the things I have been doing with the kiddos in my new position! This past week, I set up with each of the dual language staff members an hour long classroom visit in which I did a read aloud/lesson with the students and then stuck around to see how they interact and work with their teachers as well! I had so much fun getting to know all of the classes and wanted to share some of those lessons I did with you all! In the primary grades (K-2) I read the story "El Libro Fantástico" by Leonid Gore. This is a story about a group of animals that find a book and use it in a variety of silly ways (hat, table, house, etc.) as they are not sure what its purpose is. Then a little boy comes along and shows them that books are for "reading" and sits and reads the story to them. This is a great story to use as a review of book purpose at the beginning of the year with the little ones! Before reading, I thought I would do a little sort with the classes to activate their background knowledge. I had a blast recruiting one of our staff members to help me in taking a variety of silly photos enacting the different animal scenarios in the text. These photos were then used in the sort before reading our story! Here is what one of the finished sorts looked like: After doing our sort we of course read the story reflecting back on our sort as a reminder throughout of what the purpose of a book is! In our intermediate (grades 3-5) classrooms, I did a different activity/lesson that I thought was a little more grade appropriate :)! I selected one of my favorite poems entitled "Me x 2" written by Jane Medina. This poem is one compiled in a collection of poems from the text "Amazing Faces". Take a moment to read it...I think you will see immediately why I love it so much. Isn't it beautifully written...and I may add so incredibly fitting for all of the students and staff that I work with? After reading the poem, we had a discussion in each of the classrooms about the "Author's Message". Students worked to think-pair-share their ideas using the key phrase "The author wants me to understand that...". After sharing out as a class we then brainstormed ways in which being bilingual truly is a gift and a "blast" and created this chart together! (I apologize you can see a bit of my other chart behind!...that's what happens when you travel from room to room ;)!) I told the teachers they were welcome to hang these posters in their rooms and as the students thought of more reasons throughout the year as to "Why being bilingual is a blast..." they could add them to them! Hoping it is a good refresher/reminder of why they are taking part in the dual language program! Looking forward to sharing more with you all as the year progresses! Every week truly is a new adventure :)!
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