TABLE OF CONTENTS

How to Use This Curriculum for Home UseLesson Guide Note to ParentsReference Section: Page• The Alphabet ii• Common Words and Phrases iii• Commands v• Colors and Numbers vii• Making and Practicing Flashcards viii• Games and Activities ix• About the Fiestas xii

Lessons:•Lección 1 - La fiesta de cumpleaños (The Birthday Party) 1

•Vocabulario y mandatos 1•Verbos - cantar, hablar, comer, abrir 3•Gramática - Demonstrative Adjectives (this, that, these, those) 7

•Lección 2 – El día de los muertos (Day of the Dead) 9•Vocabulario y mandatos 9•Verbos - celebrar, regresar, poner, hacer 11•Gramática - Possessive Adjectives (my, your, our, etc.) 15

•Lección 3 – Carnaval (Carnival) 18•Vocabulario y mandatos 18•Verbos - bailar, ser, disfrazarse 20•Gramática - Definite Articles (4 ways to say “the”) 23•Gramática - Making Plurals 24•Gramática - Describing with Adjectives 26

•Lección 4 – La semana santa (Holy Week) 28•Vocabulario y mandatos 28•Verbos - andar, llevar 30•Gramática - Direct Object Pronouns - lo, la, los, las 33•Gramática - Personal Pronouns (yo, tú, él, etc.) 34

•Lección 5 – La feria de abril (April Fair) 36•Vocabulario y mandatos 36•Verbos - tocar, comprar, escuchar, vender 38•Gramática - Present Progressive (the “ings”) 42•Gramática - Comparing Things (más...que, menos...que, tan...como) 44

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Lección 1La fiesta de cumpleaños

(The Birthday Party)

Vocabulario (Vocabulary)

la canción (the song) la música (the music) el cumpleañero(the birthday person)

los amigos (the friends)

la piñata (the piñata) la comida (the food) los refrescos (the drinks)

los juegos (the games)

la vela (the candle)

el pastel (the cake) el regalo (the gift)

los caramelos(the candy)

Mandatos (These are things we tell a person to do.)

canta = sing habla = talk abre = open come = eat

Learning Your New Vocabulary• Make flashcards for your new vocabulario and mandatos above. See

Making Flashcards page for ideas on how to do this.• Choose an activity from the Practicing Flashcards page to begin learning

your new words.

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Using Your New Vocabulary • Listen to these sentences as you read along. Pretend to do what you hear.

Or pause the audio after each sentence and quickly draw a picture to show what you hear or say what it means. (con = with)

•Abre el regalo. (Open the present.)•Canta la canción. (Sing the song.)•Come la comida. (Eat the food.)•Abre la piñata. (Open the piñata.)•Habla con los amigos. (Talk with the friends.)•Canta con la música. (Sing with the music.)•Canta Feliz Cumpleaños. (Sing Happy Birthday.) •Canta con los amigos.•Abre los regalos.•¡Come el pastel!

• Now listen to the vocabulary words you hear. See if you can say them in English or lay out your flashcards and point to what each one is.

• Now listen to the vocabulary words you hear in English. See if you can say them in Spanish.

• Now listen to the vocabulary words in Spanish. Write them in Spanish and then check your spelling. See if you spelled them correctly.

Interactive Use of Vocabulary• Play Memory with someone or by yourself. See Games and Activities

section on how to do this.• Do the Listen and Draw Activity. See Games and Activities section.• Play any other game or activity from the Games and Activities section.• Have fun!!

Master what you have learned. As you follow the lesson guide you will do the self-checking worksheets for your grade level for this new vocabulary.

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