Heritage Spanish · Week 34 · Orgullo y puente entre casa y academia
Enseñar mi idioma
Students plan a mini lesson to teach a younger sibling or classmate something in Spanish, practicing patience and leadership.
- Students will
- Students plan a short mini lesson using "tú" commands, including common irregular commands, to teach Spanish with patience.
- SEL skill
- Teach with patience and encouragement and adjust when a learner is confused
- What it looks like
- Students practice leadership by teaching with patience and encouragement.
- Content focus
- "Tú" commands for instructions; teaching vocabulary
- Format
- Role play
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean communicating clearly, listening, and supporting others in ways that build trust and cooperation. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- WL.CM2.I: Communication Standard 2, Interpersonal Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CM6.I: Communication Standard 6, Productive Structures in Service of Communication (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Cultural Comparisons, Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive Communication
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
More relationship skills activities for Heritage Spanish
- Escribir lo que oímos Relationship skillsStudents turn an oral story, from their family, a book, or an imagined elder, into a written narrative and may share it with the person who told it or someone they choose.
- El registro: casa y escuela Relationship skillsStudents compare how they talk at home and at school and see moving between registers as a skill, not a flaw.
- Las palabras que hieren Relationship skillsStudents analyze how words like "pocho" and "nopal" hurt heritage speakers and practice repairing harm when language is used to shame.
- Corridos de mi gente Relationship skillsStudents write a short "corrido" in pairs that honors a person from their community.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.