Category: Colors

Fortune Teller Fun - el comecocos

11/21/2013

Who didn't love playing with fortune tellers (or cootie catchers) as a kid? Why not bring some childhood fun to Spanish class! A fortune teller is a great way to practice colors and numbers along with any other content you are studying.

The first part of the activity is a great interpretive activity, as students listen to your instructions and fold as they go. While many know how to make a fortune teller, they should listen and follow the steps as you go. For step-by-step instructions, click here.

Students choose 4 colors for the outside. They should make sure they can spell them in Spanish!

Students write 8 different numbers - one on each half triangle.

*Numbers should not exceed 25 or so, since they have to count that high at each turn.*

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Color me pretty

9/3/2013

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There are SO many activities for teaching and reviewing colors. After looking through my files, I was sort of bored with what I had and decided to embark on a new color adventure. Thanks to the The Creative Language Class, I had the idea to review the colors using authentic pictures and paint sample labels. But I needed the kids to do something a bit more interactive.

After two years of learning colors, I figured the 5th graders should dig a little deeper to use more Spanish. Describing something as red or green just wasn't going to cut it anymore! So, thanks to Home Depot and Lowe's, I had a set of paint samples for each student. Each student thought about what their shade made them think of and wrote the word in English first. I figured this would give us a jumping off point and help them be a bit more creative. Their homework was to then find the words in Spanish and be prepared to write them the next day.

Not only do we have a gorgeous color wall now, but the kids also have a long list of colorful adjectives they can use in sentences! I'm thinking I'll keep this up all year so that all of the students can enjoy the adjectives and colors. PLus...it's just so pretty!

Moving forward...The next step is to have the 4th graders take the photos from the color presentation and have them do a little research. I'd like them to find out where each of the pictures is from and to write just a line or two about what the picture shows. Not sure if I want the second part to be in Spanish or English, but I think it would be great to associate those pictures with various events and cultural items across the Spanish-speaking world.

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Fortune Teller Fun - el comecocos

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