look inside this issue: Hispanic Heritage Month Poster!
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A Great Year for SLL
It’s always exciting to begin a new year. You surely have
loads of work, but we are here to help. Take a look at all
the new features and goodies you are getting this year
with Scholastic News English/Español.
• Digital Editions Go to our Web site, and you’ll find
our digital issues ready to use on your whiteboard.
• Learning Features like:
Explore Your World for cultural connections
Funny Idioms to understand everyday language
Move and Learn to teach vocabulary through movement, and
Whole Class Read Aloud for pronunciation
• Topics You Want like Latinos at Work and Día de los Muertos.
Enjoy these September issues!
Un cordial saludo,
2010-2011*
Planning Calendar
September
•• Latinos at Work
Individuals, groups, and institutions
•• Manners
Personal health & safety
•• Poster: Hispanic Heritage Month
October
•• Facts About Bats
Characteristics of organisms
•• Daring Rescues
Individuals, groups, and institutions
November
•• Day of the Dead
Culture/History
•• Wild Turkeys
Characteristics of organisms
December
•• Animals From Autumn
to Winter
Characteristics of organisms
•• A Holiday Card
Civic ideals and practices
January
Isabel Santos, Editor
[email protected]
september LESSONS and Standards
What’s the Magic Word?
•TESOL STANDARDS: Students will interact in,
through, and with spoken and written English for
personal expression and enjoyment.
•BUILD VOCABULARY: Where in the World?
•ORAL language: Self Introductions
•LAnguage Structure: Noun Hunt
Eat a Rainbow
•TESOL STANDARDS: Students will use learning
strategies to extend their communicative
competence.
•BUILD VOCABULARY: Mind Your Manners
•phonics structure: Short or Long?
•Oral language: Good Manners Game
•• Animals’ Camouflage
Characteristics of organisms
•• Martin Luther King Jr.
Civic ideals and practices
February
•• Presidents’ Day
Time, continuity, and change
•• Dental Health Month
Personal health
March
•• Weather Idioms
Culture
•• Pond Animals in Spring
Changes in the Earth and sky
April
•• Earth Day
Science, technology, and society
•• Seeds on the Go!
Life cycle of organisms
May
•• Summer Safety
Personal health
•• Insects
Organisms and environments
*Topics may change at editor’s discretion.
A Supplement to Scholastic News
Latinos
at Work
The
Constitution
Latinos
trabajando
La
constitución
OBJECTIVE: Read to learn about Latinos and different jobs and
options. Read to learn the laws in the United States Constitution
OBJECTIVE:
for Constitution
Day.Studies (NCSS): Individual development and
STANDARDS:
Social
identity; individuals, groups, and institutions; civic ideals and practices
STANDARDS: Social Studies (NCSS): Power, authority, and governance;
TEACH THE ISSUE IN
SPANISH OR ENGLISH
BEFORE READING A bit of geography
What is Latin America?
Display the map of the Americas included in this
issue. Ask, Where are we on this map? (North
America) Have students point to North America.
Then explain that there is a region called Latin
America. Point to it on the map and name countries,
such as Mexico and Guatemala. Tell students they
are going to read about people from Latin America.
DURING READING look at the pictures
How to read the map in the magazine
Before reading, explain that each person in the issue
is from Latin America or has a Latin American family.
Tell students to look at the map on p. 3. Each person
is represented by a photo and corresponding color.
For example, the astronaut on p. 2 is in a purple
box. When you look at the map on p. 3, the same
astronaut is in a purple circle. Ask, What country
does the astronaut come from? (Mexico) Repeat
with each person in the issue.
AFTER READING Learn about heritage
Teach a new word: heritage.
Explain that this month we celebrate Hispanic
Heritage Month. Ask, What does heritage mean?
(Heritage means important traditions passed down
from parents to sons.) Brainstorm a list of traditions.
(e.g., language, food, holidays, etc.) Ask, What do
we celebrate during Hispanic Heritage Month? (We
Develop English
Language
Build Vocabulary where in the world
New word: Latino
Tell children that Latinos are Americans with origins
in Latin America. That means that they, or members
of their family, come from a country in Latin America.
Show children a map or a globe and together, make
a list of all the countries in Latin America. Are any
children in the class Latino? If so, what is their or their
family’s country of origin? Can they find it on the
map?
ORAL LANGUAGE self introductions
Target phrase: Hello, I am ____.
When I grow up I want to be a ____.
The Latinos in this month’s issue introduce
themselves by telling their name and job. Review
the professions described in the issue. Write them
on a list. Ask children to use the phrases above to
introduce themselves and share the work they would
like to do in the future. Add these jobs to the list.
LANGUAGE STRUCTURE NOUN HUNT
Focus: nouns
Tell children that nouns are words that name people,
places, animals, or things. Give children a piece
of paper and show them how to fold it into four
squares. Have them label each square as people,
places, animals, or things. Challenge children to
search this month’s issue for all the nouns they can
find. Have them write each noun in its proper square.
Bridging Languages: Capitalize This!
Ask children to circle all the country names they can find in the map on p. 3 of the Spanish issue. Have
them do the same in the English issue. What kind of letters start the country names in the Spanish issue?
What about in English? Explain that in both Spanish and English, country names are capitalized.
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Nombre: _______________________________________
El trabajo perfecto para ti
English
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Español
Gramática
Ahora, llena los espacios en blanco.
¡Hola! Me llamo _____________________________________ .
Me gusta _____________________________________ . Por eso,
quiero ser _____________________________________ cuando
sea mayor.
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Haz un dibujo del trabajo que te gustaría tener cuando
seas grande.
Name: ______________________________________
English
®
Español
Reading
Comprehension
Match the Job
Draw a line to match the job with the correct
sentence. We did the first one for you.
I explain the law.
I work with dinosaur bones.
JUDGE
I love animals.
Let’s learn EngIish With Maya and Miguel
What do you want to be when you grow up?
_______________________________________________________
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I walk in space.
Nombre: ____________________________________
English
®
Español
Telling Time
Manners All Day!
Look at the clocks. They show when some children have
good manners in school. Then answer the questions.
a.m.
a.m.
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a.m.
Maya & Miguel CC-12
Ana says thank you
to the bus driver.
Juan raises his hand
before he talks.
Lucas says please to
the lunch aide.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
Daniel invites a new
student to play.
Marta lends Miguel
an eraser.
Sara helps her
teacher clean up.
1. At what time does Ana say thank you to the bus driver?
:
a.m.
2. At what time does Lucas say please to the lunch aide?
:
a.m.
3. What happens at 1:00 p.m.?
Let’s learn EngIish With Maya and Miguel
4. What happens at 3:00 p.m.?
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Nombre: _______________________________________
Buenos modales al día
English
®
Español
Buenos modales
Lee cada historia. Luego escoge la mejor respuesta.
1. Quieres colorear tu dibujo de amarillo.
Tu amigo tiene el único crayón amarillo del salón.
Le dices:
O Con permiso.
O Dámelo.
O Por favor.
O Nos vemos luego.
O Gracias.
O Adiós.
3. Le hiciste daño a tu amigo mientras jugaban.
Le dices:
O Eso no es nada. O ¡Ups!
O Lo siento.
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2. Tu amiga te ayudó a encontrar un libro.
Le dices:
How
Your Classroom Manners?
The Are
Constitution
¿Cómo
son tus modales en el salón
La
constitución
de clases?
OBJECTIVE: Read
to learn
the laws
in the United
States Constitution
OBJECTIVE:
Take
a fun quiz
to practice
politeness!
for Constitution Day.
STANDARDS: Social Studies (NCSS): Individual development and
identity;
individuals,
groups,(NCSS):
and institutions
STANDARDS:
Social Studies
Power, authority, and governance;
TEACH THE ISSUE IN
SPANISH OR ENGLISH
BEFORE READING personal connections
Share ideas about using good manners.
Begin a discussion about manners by asking, If you
stepped on a friend’s toe by accident, what would
you say? (I’m sorry.) Then ask, How would your
friend feel if you didn’t say you were sorry? (The
friend might feel hurt.) Talk about how using good
manners is a way to be a good friend at school.
DURING READING USe TEXT FEATURES
Show children how to take the quiz.
Explain that this issue asks questions that students
will answer by writing in the magazine themselves.
Tell children to listen to each possible answer before
they fill in the circle next to the one they think is
correct. Ask children not to call out their answers.
They will discuss them after the quiz. At the end of
the quiz, help them count up their scores!
AFTER READING draw conclusions
Talk about the reasons for good manners.
Return to the question on p. 1. Read choice B aloud.
Then ask, What would happen if everyone did this?
(Spills would never get cleaned up; the classroom
would be messy; people could slip and fall.) Read
choice C, explain that this would be unfair and
untrue. Finally, ask: Why is choice A correct?
(It shows good manners and solves the problem.)
Use a similar procedure for each question.
Develop English
Language
Build Vocabulary MIND YOUR MANNERS
New words: please, thank you, I’m sorry
Explain that one way to show good manners is to
use kind words (e.g., please, thank you, I’m sorry).
Write those words on chart paper. Have children sit
in a circle and show them the first word, please. Ask
students about a situation where they can use that
word. (e.g., when you ask for a pencil, when you ask
for a favor) Repeat the process with each word.
phonics Structure short or long?
Target sound: short and long a
Write the words act and behave on chart paper and
say them aloud. Have children say them back to you.
The letter a sounds short in act, and long in behave.
Write the following words on cards and pass them
out to children: class, raise, graph, game, ask, that,
take, play, at. Which words have the short a like act?
Which have the long a like behave?
ORAL LANGUAGE good manners game
Target phrases: Yes, please! No, thank you!
Write the above phrases on chart paper. Tell
children that you’re going to ask a question, and it’s
their job to respond with one of these phrases. If you
say: Would you like to have recess today? children
might reply: Yes, please! If you say: Would you like to
have double homework tonight? children might say:
No, thank you! Can children think of more questions?
Bridging Languages: ¿Cómo? and How?
Have children circle the word ¿Cómo? each time it appears in this month’s Spanish issue. Then ask
them to look at the Spanish and English issues side by side. Do they know which English word means
the same as ¿Cómo? Show children how context clues (e.g., locating the same page, paragraph, and
sentence; looking for the same text color) can help them find out!
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