¡No me digas! Curriculum

¡No me digas! is a CI curriculum for early elementary Spanish.

It was created for pre-literate and emerging readers, PreK -2nd grade students.

It uses multiple Comprehensible Input methods such as (but not limited to) TPR, PQA, Storytelling, Story-asking, and MovieTalk. What is Comprehensible Input? Check it out HERE
Culture is in Context and taught in the target language. All vocabulary is based on high-frequency language and student-centered vocabulary
All units follow a basic sequence.
- Establish Meaning – TPR, Mini-Stories, or songs
- Total Physical Response – targeted vocabulary and high-frequency words
- Personalized Questions and Answers (PQA) – What can we learn about each other using this vocabulary?, common and interesting topics
- Story or Stories – TPRS, Presentation, and/or MovieTalk
- Process the Story – Activities to review, “play” with the story and assess
- World Connection – Use the language from the unit to discuss something in the world that introduces different topics unique to the Spanish-speaking world

BUNDLE Year One – Ciclo de Comida – AVAILABLE on TPT – Buy HERE

AVAILABLE on TPT – Buy HERE

Target Structures: me gusta, me encanta, se llama, hay, tiene hambre

Thematic Vocabulary: food, family

Question (PQA):

What are your favorite things to eat?
What is your least favorite?
What do your friends and family like?

Activities:

First days of class suggestions – Magic Box – Name Game
TPRS story – ¡No me gusta la pizza! – A little girl who does not like pizza and tells everyone. But while she is telling her parents, the baby eats all the pizza.
¿Qué hay en la bolsa? – Colors and numbers

World Connection: Optional Activity for sampling different foods from Spanish speaking countries.

TPR: se sienta, se levanta, mira, come, está contento, está triste, rápidamente, despacio (lentamente), dice, “Tengo hambre”

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Target Structures: quiere, le da, por favor, gracias

Thematic Vocabulary: food, locations

Question (PQA):

What do you like on your pizza?

Activities Included with resources :

TPRS story – La pizza diferente – A boy orders a pizza with some interesting toppings but it doesn’t come the way he ordered.
GPTV Salsa Episode 114 – Los Tres Chivos (pre-viewing, MovieTalk script and post activities)
SONG “Soy una pizza” Gestures and suggestions for teaching
Le da game

World Connection: Pizza from around the world

Optional: Build your own pizza craft

TPR: le da, gracias, por favor, corre, lleva

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Target Structures: está cansado, ¿Cómo estás?, baila

Thematic Vocabulary: emotions

Question (PQA):

How are you today?
How is she/he feeling?

Activities Included with resources :

TPRS story – La niña y el payaso – A girl goes to a circus and meets a clown. The clown dances with her to make her happy but he dances so long he gets too tired and falls over. (based on the song SONG “Buenos Días, ¿Cómo estás” Gestures and suggestions for teaching)
Picture Talk – images for discussing “quiere, tiene, le da, hay”

World Connection: Flamenco (story to present facts, optional extensions like – Book – Lola’s Fandango)

Optional: Emotions Book – Students create a book of emotions

TPR: está (muy) bien, está mal, está más o menos, está cansado

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Target Structures: bebe, va a, está (emotions), le da

Thematic Vocabulary: drinks, meals

Question (PQA):

What do you like to drink?
What do you eat for breakfast?

Activities Included with resources :

TPRS story – El bebé bebe – A baby is thirsty and the mom keeps bringing him something to drink but the baby does not want it. Finally the mom is so frustrated but suddenly the baby grabs her cup of coffee. The baby drinks it all and is very happy.
Post-story Activities like acting out the story with the entire class, using props to retell the story, using images from the story for listening comprehension, alternate story to compare and contrast
SONG “El jugo de naranja” (Gestures and suggestions for teaching)
TPR game – The Invisible Ball
Picture Talk – Discuss what you like to eat for breakfast and students’ drawings of their favorite breakfasts
PQA – Bulletin Board Chart – What is your favorite drink?

World Connection: Breakfast around the World (MovieTalk), Picture Talk of “Man Drinks Orange Juice” by Fernando Botero, and short reading on Fernando Botero

TPR: bebe, tiene sed, “Tengo sed”, está frustrado, tira, agarra, llora

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Target Structures: es/son (description), tiene

Thematic Vocabulary: body parts, colors and numbers

Question (PQA):

What color are your eyes? your hair?

Activities Included with resources :

Activities include two versions – Novice-Low and Novice-Mid
TPRS story – La niña y el payaso – A girl goes to a circus and meets a clown. The clown dances with her to make her happy but he dances so long he gets too tired and falls over.
SONG “Cabeza, Hombros, Piernas, Pies” Gestures and suggestions for teaching
SONG – “Cabeza” Gestures and suggestions for teaching
SONG – “Había una vez” Gestures and suggestions for teaching
Picture Talk – images for discussing “quiere, tiene, le da, hay”
PQA – Los colores de los ojos (guessing game – great for first days of class)
Building Señor Patata – CI activity ¿Qué hay en la bolsa?
Guess the famous character’s hair color or eye color game
MovieTalk – “Hair Love” with scripts and screenshots

World Connection: different eye colors around the world, Sophia, princess of Spain and the royal family

Optional: El Pelo Loco – craft for creating “crazy hair”

TPR: toca, levanta, baja, mueve

AVAILABLE on TPT – Buy HERE

Target Structures: es/son (description), tiene

Thematic Vocabulary: body parts, colors and numbers

Question (PQA):

What color are your eyes? your hair?

Activities Included with resources :

Activities include two versions – Novice-Low and Novice-Mid
TPRS story – La niña y el payaso – A girl goes to a circus and meets a clown. The clown dances with her to make her happy but he dances so long he gets too tired and falls over.
SONG “Cabeza, Hombros, Piernas, Pies” Gestures and suggestions for teaching
SONG – “Cabeza” Gestures and suggestions for teaching
SONG – “Había una vez” Gestures and suggestions for teaching
Picture Talk – images for discussing “quiere, tiene, le da, hay”
PQA – Los colores de los ojos (guessing game – great for first days of class)
Building Señor Patata – CI activity ¿Qué hay en la bolsa?
Guess the famous character’s hair color or eye color game
MovieTalk – “Hair Love” with scripts and screenshots

World Connection: different eye colors around the world, Sophia, princess of Spain and the royal family

Optional: El Pelo Loco – craft for creating “crazy hair”

TPR: toca, levanta, baja, mueve

AVAILABLE on TPT – Buy HERE

Target Structures: puede / no puede, escribe, habla

Thematic Vocabulary: actions, animals

Question (PQA):

What can you do? What can others do?

Activities Included with resources :

NEW – Student Workbook with 21 listening/reading comprehension activities perfect for extending the text and reviewing most activities. Great to send home to parents for students to share learning from class.
Activities include two versions – Novice-Low and Novice-Mid
MovieTalk – “Monster and Dumplings” – teacher script included in novice-low and novice-mid
Presentations and instructions for SIX interactive non-fiction presentations on amazing people around the world
SONG “La Cucaracha” presentation to explain song lyrics and suggestions for teaching
TPRS story – El Rey no tiene una boca – A king has no mouth so he is very unhappy because of all the things he cannot do. He goes on a search for a mouth and meets different characters that may/may not be able to help him.
TWO presentations to introduce Picasso’s life and major works – ¡NO, NO, NO, Picasso! and Los Tres Músicos. (including suggestions for art projects)