Reading aloud to children is the most important step towards making a child a reader. It exposes them to print and excites their curiosity through intriguing story lines. Parents play an enormous role in this aspect of reading development, because it begins long before a child is in school. In the beginning of school, teachers spend time assessing…

As in kits 1-12, the kits in this bilingual language arts strand offer activities in oral language development and language-experience reading, structured reading, and comprehension and interpretation skills. Basic themes of this unit for Spanish-speaking second graders is the neighborhood. Activities also support subthemes of the child, his needs…

The supplement and ditto packet for the unit six language arts strand for second graders features visual aids to help carry out the activities described in the teacher's guide. Visuals based on the stories are used to help stimulate oral language and conceptual development along with class participation activities and written work. Other materials…

The supplement and ditto packet to the Spanish as a Second Language strand of unit six for second graders contains activities for both seatwork and group participation. Unit six is oriented toward the basic theme of the neighborhood as a community; Kits 21-24 reflect the spiraling questions of what the elements are, how wants and needs are…

Theme of this Spanish as a Second Language unit for grade three is the communities of the nation. Learning and assessment activities in kits 29-32, each designed for two to three weeks of teaching, are intended to provide the English-dominant child with structures and vocabulary for effective communication in a bilingual environment. Activities…

Focusing on the community, this Spanish as a Second Language unit provides the English-dominant child with the structures and vocabulary needed for effective communication in a bilingual environment. The instructional and assessment activities help the child build concepts in his new language through formal and informal language experiences.…

Language arts instructional and assessment activities for grade two are described in this teacher's guide to the language arts strand of unit six. Focus, objective and materials for each activity are given in English and Spanish, with teacher instructions only in Spanish. This strand includes a continuation of the basic activities of past units:…

Learning and assessment activities centered around the extended community are contained in this teacher's guide to unit seven of the Spanish as a Second Language strand for grade three. The curriculum provides the English-dominant child with structures and vocabulary for effective communication in a bilingual environment. Activities in kits 25-28…

Spanish for grade 3 is presented in this teachers' guide to the instructional and assessment activities of unit nine. The function of this strand is to help provide the English-dominant child with the structures and vocabulary needed for effective communication in a bilingual environment. Instructional activities are designed to help the child…

Language arts instructional and assessment activities for second graders are presented in the unit five language arts strand. Two readers, "Vamos de Viaje" and "Aventuras para Todos", are used to help the student in reading for details, comprehension, story analysis, and work with grammatical elements. Most of the reading is silent on an…

The Spanish SL strand of unit five for second graders provides the English-dominant child with the structures and vocabulary he will need for effective communication in a bilingual environment. This teacher's guide contains assessment activities, activities for oral language development, and activities for listening and related skills of…

Spanish for second graders is explored in the instructional and assessment activities of the unit six Spanish as a Second Language strand. The function of the strand is to help provide the English-dominant child with the structures and vocabulary needed for effective communication in a bilingual environment. Focus, objective, and materials for…