¿Por qué es importante leer? ¿Es importante leer a los niños? ¿Por qué sí o no?

Why is it important to read? Is it important to read to little children? Why or why not?

Why is reading to children so important?

Or do you want to have kids someday?

???

Children who are read to from an early age are more successful at learning to read

Reading serves as the major foundational skill for all school-based learning

Stimulates brain development

Half of adolescents and young adults with criminal records have reading difficulties…

When you learn another language, you can think better in

general◦Like a muscle being exercised

Studies show: foreign language learning increases thinking skills, creativity, and flexibility of mind in young children

Students who are learning a foreign language out-score their peers in the verbal and math sections of standardized tests

Start early!! (It’s easier that way)

¿Quién es el protagonista? (Who is the protagonist?)

¿Dónde está? (Where is he/she?) ¿Hay vocabulario nuevo? ¿Cuáles son las palabras importantes? (Is there new vocabulary? What are the important words?)

¿Qué aprenden los lectores del libro? (What does the reader learn from the book?)

(Write the sequence of events)

1.El libro es sobre ______________________2.Primeramente, ________________________3.Luego, _______________________________4.Entonces, ____________________________5.Entonces, ____________________________6.Finalmente, ___________________________

Reading serves as the major foundational skill for all school-based learning

Children who are read to from an early age are more successful at learning to read

When you learn another language, you can think better in general

Students who are learning a foreign language out-score their peers in the verbal and math sections of standardized tests

Foreign language learning increases thinking skills, creativity, and flexibility of mind in young children

Escoje un libro Lee el libro como grupoResponde a las preguntasHabla de las partes importantes del libro

Penina Jasmine Lupe Jairo Fina

1

Angel B Javier Jose Joseph

2

Wilson Angel P Alex Victor

5

Kassandra

Felicia Alyssa Julian Jamal

4

Kandace Sombath Jennifer Wendy

3

Jonathan A.

Eric Jorge Martin Jose

1

Kentriss Savban Ohn Claudia Alexandra

2

Marion Mitchell Dominique

Sean Noe Javier

5

Mike Anais Abraham Margarita Jonathan

J.

4

Atousa Rashawn David Hoang Christian

3

Donna Liz Jessica Monze Yesenia

1

Sergio Michael Xavier Javier Alex

2

Erica Daisy Jesucita Gloria Oyuki

5

Moriah Valerie Jessie Alicia Thao

4

Luis Ruby Marisol Sergio Julissa

3

¿Quién es el protagonista? (Who is the protagonist?)

¿Dónde está? (Where is he/she?) ¿Hay vocabulario nuevo? ¿Cuáles son las palabras importantes? (Is there new vocabulary? What are the important words?)

¿Qué aprenden los lectores del libro? (What does the reader learn from the book?)

(Write the sequence of events)

1.El libro es sobre ______________________2.Primeramente, ________________________3.Luego, _______________________________4.Entonces, ____________________________5.Entonces, ____________________________6.Finalmente, ___________________________

Brainstorm your story ideas Start working on your story outline on

the handout You have today to work on the outline

and part of tomorrow◦Wednesday: We start working on the actual

books tomorrow◦Thursday: Finish books/workshop with

classmates/peer review◦Friday: Present finished books to the class

Vas a escribir un libro para los niños en Español◦ You’re going to write a children’s book in Spanish Con una pareja, habla de tus ideas◦ Talk about your ideas with a partner Habla de: el protagonista los eventos ¿Qué van a aprender los lectores del cuento? Talk about: the main character, the events,

and what the reader will learn from the story

¿Cómo se llama tu libro favorito? ¿De qué se trata?◦ What is the name of your favorite book? What is

it about?

10 pages and a cover Color pictures drawn on every page Story or lesson – tell a story or teach

about a topic (i.e. different vegetables, fruits) ◦Must be appropriate for young children

Written in Spanish Brainstorm/outline first then go to

the final papers I expect you to create a story

appropriate for your Spanish skill level

Outline = 10 points Final Book = 20 points

◦ 10 pages and a cover = 5 points◦ Creativity/Attention to detail = 5 points◦ Story – Is it interesting/teach something new? = 5

points◦ Grammar/vocabulary (is it used correctly) = 5 points Book presentation to class on Friday= 5

pointsTotal = 35 points

Does the story make sense? Are there parts of the grammar that need to

be fixed? Is the vocabulary used correctly? What details could they add? Could the pictures use more detail? Do they have enough pages/story…or does

it leave you unsure at the end…? What else could they add to improve it?

Describe la idea principal del libro que estás escribiendo en clase.

Si pudieras escribir un libro sobre cualquier tópico, ¿de qué escribirías? ◦(If you could write a book about any topic,

what would you write about?)