| | I'm working with Ana Lomba's series of fairytales in English and Spanish, though these books are also available in French -- and you could try these ideas with other bilingual storybooks as well. Spread these ideas out over the length of a week, or the length of the unit.
Listen to the story all the way through in each language. If possible, have a native speaker of each language read the story, or use recordings (Ana Lomba's books have recordings for both languages).
Have students write and illustrate word cards for each of the vocabulary words in the book (if your books don't have a glossary or vocabulary section, you can choose some yourself).
Listen again to the story in the target language if you have one, or in both for bilingual classrooms. Have students pull out the appropriate word card when they hear it said.
Hold up picture cards (with labels, for emergent readers) and give each card to the first student to identify each card. Ask students to stop giving answers once they have cards, so that each card goes to a different student. Let students retell the story, each explaining about his or her word card. So, the student who chooses the card for "Caperucita Roja" can tell how Caperucita Roja was a little girl who wore a caperucita roja -- or how Caperucita Roja vivia con su mama en una casa muy bonita.
Learn the shorter and more essential pages of the story as Jazz Chants. Lines like "Abuelita, abuelita, que dientes mas grandes tienes" are just as good for chanting as "Grandmother, Grandmother, what big teeth you have."
Create matching games with word and picture cards and put them in the Centers area of the classroom.
Once the basic words are very familiar, pick out new groups. Lomba's "Ricitos de Oro y los tres osos" has a nice set of emotion words: asustada, enfadado, llorando, pensativo, and atterorizata. "Caperucita Roja" has a set of adjectives, too, as well as exclamations. Make word cards, play games, or conduct drills -- all your favorite vocabulary activities can come into play here.
Check out my lesson plans on "Little Red Riding Hood" and "The Three Bears" to find cross-curricular connections to round out your units.
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