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What languages part of the U.S.? . Ask: Is Mexico ap border Mexico? Use Buster’s M EPISODE 123 ico? Which states ico e spoken in Mex those states? do you think ar Guanajuato, Mex stribute k are spoken in ng in Spanish. Di ges do you thin n this episode is su What langua ng in speaking childre TOPICS/THEMES . The opening so courage SpanishA New Language learning rough the h and English. En is n th Second language are in both Span rds did you lear the lyrics, which t new English wo don’t ltural traditions a language you , then ask: Wha Cu ions unded by to read both vers s like to be surro riences. pe NGUAGE uss what it feel nguage? Share ex FUNCTIONAL LA translation? Disc n to learn the la learning t helps you begi Second language understand. Wha sh)? r markets or you speak (Spani Do Again with local outdoo different. View and View mpare the market in Guanajuato t speak... me and what is I speak/don’ nish)? g what is the sa re Cultures. Co orking in showin Compa ... in (Spa s mime roles. W a Venn diagram How do you say ing Sigfrido in hi rmarkets. Create e class. The supe ean? ts show to perform for th What does ... m e video segmen t mime routines It Out! Replay th Act e up shor UAGE ve children mak CONTENT LANG small groups, ha message. , eggs, flowers the story or Market: market, class will guess ents Connections template (see page 32). Have stud confetti nd and Make Spanish, Italian rd ish, stca Exte ite a message Languages: Engl e copies of the po episode then wr stcards. Distribut ething from the Po of som BOOKS nt with a picture RECOMMENDED picture. illustrate the fro rections at Town by Susan they chose this the him why n. You can find di Eight Animals on with the childre ere to Buster telling eggs y from Here to Th e confetti-filled M. Elya; My Diar ones.html Cascarones. Mak rez ivities/do/cascar ada Irma Pe org/zoom/act by Am pbskids.
EPISODE 124 New Orleans, Louisian a TOPICS/THEMES Story writing Music and dance Cultural traditions FUNCTIONAL LANG UAGE Asking about/explai ning meaning What does that mean ? It means… When I want them to (walk), I… CONTENT LANGUAGE Sequence words: fir st, second, then, next, finally, sudden ly Mysteries: detective, private eye, signal, code, mystery, disguise, investigate RECOMMENDED BO OKS Can You Dance, Darila ? by Virginia Kroll; The Jazz of Our Stree t by Fatima Shaik
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nnections Set the Scene. As a class, create a setting for a mystery story. what you can see, he Make a chart describ ar, and smell. ing Class Book. Make an illustrated version of Fern’s story. Write th (see left column) on e “Content Language a chart for students ” to use as a word ba Poetry. (See activity nk. tips, page 9.) Have ch ildren create poems episode: drums, da using key words from nce, stilts, parade. the
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Compare Cultures. Pause the video to dis cuss the “second lin the drum and dance e” parade, Congo Sq performance, the go uare, spel choir rehearsal, Create a T-chart (see and the stilt dancers activity tips, page 7) . to compare children with children’s activ ’s activities in New ities in your area. Orleans Act It Out. Discuss Co lin’s explanation of how drums in Africa Have children make were used to send sig up simple drum code nals. s for messages like Take turns tapping ou Fire! Emergency! All t messages and sayin is well. g what they mean.
Use Buster’s Map. Pla y a guessing game to find New Orleans. Children will ask “y es/no” questions: Is it south of us? Is it It’s a Mystery. Ask: by the Atlantic Ocea Has anyone heard, n? read, or seen a myste were the characters? ry or detective story? Where did the story Who take place? What ha or scary? What usua ppened that was my lly happens at the en sterious d of a mystery story? View an
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