Apr. 16, 2009
La Caja Rosa - The Pink Box
Posted in Flash Card Activities
 I recently had the delightful experience of making another online friend! Sandra lives in Southern California, teaches Montesorri, and originally hails from Guadalajara, Mexico. A woman from Guadalajara is called a "Tapatía" I had heard the term before, but was never sure what it meant, so I love that Sandra enlightened me. Her husband is from Spain, and the family takes summer trips there to visit relatives. What a rich, bilingual culture her children are being raised in! Sandra shared with me an idea that she uses with her Montessori kids. She has words categorized by difficulty level, with the easiest being the "pink box" words. So open up La Caja Rosa, and let's have fun with some vocabulary.... Sandra shared two files with me of vocabulary and picture flash cards of Caja Rosa words. They teach simple CVC words, and will not only expand vocab, but teach pronunciation and reading Spanish. If you need a review of Spanish pronunciation, please see the pronunciation links on my sidebar. Each word has a picture with it to aid in retaining what is learned. While most of the words are very evident from the pictures, just in case there is any confusion, these are the words presented: File 1 : sol - sun, pez - fish, col - cabbage, sal - salt, paz - peace, cal - lime, tez - skin/complexion, uva- grape, pan - bread, mar - sea, oso - bear, ola - wave File 2 : sed - thirst, tul - tulle, dos - two, tos - cough, luz - light, voz - voice, más - plus, uno - one, pie - foot, ojo - eye, ajo - garlic, oca - goose The only word that may be problematic to pronounce is "pie". It is pronounced: pyay. For the most part, Spanish is very pure in its phonics, and it is easy to read. Model, and encourage the student to sound out each word. For example, if you are teaching the word "sol" introduce each letter by its sound in Spanish, not its name. Este es el ssssssssssss (this is the sssssss) y este es el ohhh (and this is the ohhh) y este es el llllllllll (and this is the lllll) Then model blending these sounds: ssss..ooohhh...lllll - sol After practicing, these should become easy to read, and the new vocabulary will be a side benefit, as well as increased confidence in tackling reading in Spanish. Thanks again Sandra! Coming soon: Caja Azul words! |
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Apr. 20, 2009 - Lo conseguiste!
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