Había una vez

En la clase de Español

Una vieja

Que le gustaba comer

Comer y comer

Entonces la vieja

Vio un pajarito

Y la boca abrió

Y al pajarito se tragó

Y su panza creció

... y explotó

• Pajarito
• Araña
• Perro
• Gato
• Mosca
• Caballo
• Vaca

• Beanie Babies of animals (bird, spider, dog, cat, fly horse)
• Old woman doll
• Big dress for dress up
• Display Board with old woman with open mouth
• Digital Camera
• Camcorder

1. Pajarito
   • Make opening and closing motion with index finger and thymb in front of your mouth. Say pio pio
2. Araña
   • The little fingers lock together as the other finger wiggle while the hands move forward. The fingers represent the legs of a spider
3. Perro
   • One hand pats the lap and then snaps the fingers.
4. Gato
   • Say Miau
5. Mosca
   • Flick and imaginary fly of the back of your hand
6. panza
   • The fingers move down and up in a motion similar to the flapping of a horse's ears.
7. Vaca
   • Say Muuuuhhh
8. Comer
   • Pretend to hold an imaginary spoon and bring to mouth
9. Boca
   • Point to mouth
10. Barr iga/ panza
    • Point to belly
11. Abrió
    • Hold palm of hands together and then open them
12. Creció
    • hand springs up through the earth to show that something is growing.
13. le gustaba
    • Say M -M - M
14. tragó
    • exagerate and pretend to swallow something big. Make swallowing noise

• Introduce vocabulary words through TPR practice.
• Assess students' comprehension through class, group and individual responses to "circle" questioning.
  • Es un gato .
  • Es un gato? Si
  • Es un gato o es un perro?
  • Es un perro? No, no es un perro, es un gato
  • ¿Qué es?
  • Reinforcement of vocabulary words through games
    1. Shhhhhh game
    2. Simon says
    3. 4 sillas
    4. 3 filas
    5. Stand-up

• Use doll and students to act out chant
• Have one student put on enormous dress. Another student pretends to be the animal (holding the Beanie Babie) and gets "swallowed" (Beanie Babie ) into the dress.
• Chant song in different tones with students copying your tone or responding with the opposite emotion
  • High / Low
  • Coughing
  • Laughing
  • Slow / Fast
  • Happy / sad
  • Angry / happy
• Have a volunteer student be the chanter

• Make digital movie
  • Take digital pictures for each step of the chant
  • Use Windows movie maker to create movie
  • Record and add chant to each pictures
• Record video with student performing song
• PowerPoint
  • Download digital book (.ppt)