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1 Vol. 5, No. 7 ISSN: Español March 2011 Level 1 Questions? isantos@scholastic.com Go Interactive! Let s take a look at our new Web site: Scholastic News Interactive. It s easy and fun for you and your students! After you go to and register, you will get videos, games and extra printables in and Spanish. Take a look at the images to learn how. To see our videos in Spanish, first go to our digital issues. Look for the Spanish button to see the Spanish edition. Then click on the yellow button Vea el video en español on the cover. Digital Issue Scholastic News Interactive Web site Click here to see the digital issues. Click here for extra printables. Click here to watch a video in. Here you will find interactive games, printables and web resources to complement your lessons. Click here to listen to the text in out loud. A Supplement to Scholastic News Click here to view our videos and digital issues in Spanish. Here you will find your games and printables.

2 Seuss News Las noticias de Seuss OBJECTIVE: Read news about Dr. Seuss for Read Across America Day! NATIONAL STANDARD: Language Arts: Author Study COMMON CORE STANDARDs: READING: 1. Determine what the text says explicitly and make inferences; 5. Analyze the structure of texts. Online resources this month Go to Scholastic News Interactive: Feature Video La historia del Dr. Seuss FAST FACTS The Dr. Is In! Dr. Seuss was born in 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. His real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel. But Dr. Seuss s friends and family just called him Ted. When Ted was a kid, he doodled pictures of funny animals in his school notebooks. Ted had another pen name besides Dr. Seuss Theo LeSieg. Can you guess why? Theo is short for Theodor. LeSieg is Geisel spelled backward! A publisher once asked Dr. Seuss to write a book that would teach kids to read 220 different words. He did it! It was The Cat in the Hat! Another time, one of Dr. Seuss s friends bet him that he couldn t write a book using 50 words or less. Well, he did it, and it s one of his most famous Green Eggs and Ham! Bettman/Corbis lesson plan vocabulary Silly Seuss New Word: silly Tell children that Theodor Seuss Geisel wrote very silly books. Explain that if something is silly, it s funny and it doesn t have to make sense. For example, Dr. Seuss wrote about a fox wearing socks, and a cat in a hat. Invite children to draw something they think is silly. PHONEMIC AWARENESS sound search Focus: the letter s Say Seuss aloud. Ask children what sound they hear at the beginning. What sound do they hear at the end? Is it the same sound? Yes! That s the sound of the letter s! Ask children to search this month s issue for more words that start or end with the letter s (e.g., news, simple, it s, as, kids, silly, hats, such, said, spins, swerves). Have them circle each word and practice saying each aloud. oral Language personal preference Key Phrase: Yes, I would eat (or) No, I would not eat green eggs and ham. Tell children that one of Dr. Seuss s books is Green Eggs and Ham. Explain that one of the book s characters tries to get the other charachter to eat green eggs and ham. Invite children to sit in a circle, and have them point to the picture of green eggs and ham on page 4. Ask them to take turns using one of the phrases above to share whether or not they would eat green eggs and ham. Bridging Languages: Time to Rhyme Dr. Seuss s books are filled with words that rhyme. Read page 1 of this month s Spanish issue. Which words rhyme? (sombrerillo, sencillo). Go to page 1 of the issue. Which words rhyme (hat, that). Explain that in both Spanish and, words that rhyme have similar ending sounds. 2 Scholastic News Bilingual Edition Level 1 March 2011

3 Nombre: Español Rima como el Dr. Seuss Tú también puedes hacer rimas. Une con una línea las palabras que riman. Rimar zorro silla submarino cola pasa gorro pirata ardilla bola casa corbata pingüino 2011 by Scholastic Inc. Teachers may make machine copies of this page to distribute to their students. TEACHERS: For the Spanish version of this page, go to: 3 Scholastic News Edición bilingüe Nivel 1 Marzo 2011

4 Name: Español Vocabulary, Spelling Green Eggs and Ham Crossword Use words from the Word Bank to complete the sentences. Then fill in the crossword puzzle. Use page 4 of Seuss News to help you. Word Bank Eggs break green lunch slice 1 2 ACROSS 2. On March 2, some schools serve a special. 3. The name of the recipe is Green and Ham. 5. Do not the yellows of the eggs when you make the recipe. DOWN To make the recipe, you need a of ham. 4. Now you know how to make eggs and ham! by Scholastic Inc. Teachers may make machine copies of this page to distribute to their students. TEACHERS: For the Spanish version of this page, go to: 4 Scholastic News Bilingual Edition Level 1 March 2011

5 Name: Español So Many Flowers! Eva collected 20 flowers on a spring day. Look at the chart. Then follow the directions below. Flower Pie Chart (out of 20 flowers) Reading a Pie Chart 10 dandelions 7 violets 3 tulips 1. Color the dandelion section of the chart yellow. Color the violet section purple. Color the tulip section pink. 2. Which kind of flower did Eva have the fewest of? 3. Which kind of flower made up half of the bunch? 4. How many tulips and violets did Eva collect altogether? 2011 by Scholastic Inc. Teachers may make machine copies of this page to distribute to their students. TEACHERS: For the Spanish version of this page, go to: 5 Scholastic News Bilingual Edition Level 1 March 2011

6 Nombre: Español Problemas matemáticos Matemáticas del diente de león Resuelve los problemas de abajo. Muestra tu trabajo y haz un círculo alrededor de tus respuestas. 1 Sara pidió 3 deseos 2 Una abeja se posó en antes de soplar las semillas de su diente de león. Su amiga Mimi pidió 3 deseos también. Cuántos deseos pidieron en total? 3 dientes de león un día. Al día siguiente, se posó en otros 5. En cuántos dientes de león se posó en total? 3 José sopló 10 semillas 4 Un oso encontró 10 de dientes de león y 5 crecieron y se convirtieron en nuevos dientes de león. Cuántos no crecieron? dientes de león creciendo en el campo. Se comió 3 de ellos. Cuántos dejó sin comer? 2011 by Scholastic Inc. Teachers may make machine copies of this page to distribute to their students. TEACHERS: For the Spanish version of this page, go to: 6 Scholastic News Edición bilingüe Nivel 1 Marzo 2011

7 Keep Flying, Dandelion! Sigue volando, diente de león! OBJECTIVE: Learn about a dandelion s life cycle. STANDARDS: Science: characteristics of organisms; life cycle COMMON CORE STANDARD: READING: 7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats. Online resources this month Go to Scholastic News Interactive: Feature Video Semillas en camino! FAST FACTS Dandy Dandelions! The name dandelion comes from the French term dent de lion, which means lion s tooth. The dandelion s leaves are long, and they have sharp edges. Long ago, people thought they looked like lions teeth! Dandelions wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night. When the sun comes out, the flowers open to get the light. When it is dark, they close up again. Did you know that you can eat dandelions? People use the leaves in salads and also eat them cooked. There is dandelion tea and even dandelion coffee. People also use dandelions in different kinds of medicines. But don t go eating dandelions on your own! You might get sick. VStock LLC/Tetra Images/Corbis lesson plan vocabulary PLANT PARTS New Words: roots, stem, leaves, petals Ask children to point to the poppy plant on page 4. Where are the roots? The stem? The leaves? And the petals? Talk about what each part of the plant does. Then ask children to stand up. If they were a plant, where would their roots be? (beneath their feet) What would be their stem? (their body) Can they make leaves with their arms? Where would their petals be? (up around their head) WORD STUDy NAME GAME Key Words: puffball, dandelion Ask children to find the puffball on page 3. How do they think it got its name? Is it because it s puffy and round like a ball? Or is it because if you puff, or blow, on a puffball, you can blow the seeds away? Explain that the puffball may have gotten its name for both of these reasons. oral Language BEFORE AND AFTER Key Words: after and before Have children go to pages 2 and 3. Together, point to the picture of the dandelion in bloom. Moving in a clockwise direction, talk through the steps of the dandelion s life cycle, using the word after. (e.g., After the dandelion comes the puffball, after the puffball come the seeds, etc.) Go back to the beginning, move in a counterclockwise direction and talk through the steps again using the word before. Bridging Languages: Flower Power Write the words diente de león and dandelion on chart paper. Ask children which words are in Spanish and which in. How do they know? What do the Spanish words mean? What does the word mean? How are the Spanish and words similar? How are they different? 7 Scholastic News Bilingual Edition Level 1 March 2011

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