GRADE K -2 Transportation

 

Standards 1.1, 2.1 Communicate in languages other than English

3.1 Connect with other disciplines

 

Estimated Time Range:

2 – 3 weeks

 

ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS

The student will understand that:

1.

Spanish speaking cultures also have words for methods of transportation

2.

There are different modes of transportation for land, sea and air

3.

There are some cognates between Spanish and English transportation vocabulary

 

SAMPLE ASSESSMENTS

1.     

Categorize vehicle by land, sea or air

2.     

Tell which vehicle would be used to travel to various places (neighbor, New York, Florida)

3.     

Identify pictures of vehicles in Spanish

4.     

Much of the assessment of a student’s work is in the application of knowledge demonstrated through games, songs and group or individual activities

 

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1.

What are the basic modes of transportation?

2.

How do people travel differently by land, sea and air?

3.

What similarities are there between English and Spanish words?

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of second grade the student will be able to:

1

Identify basic vehicles in Spanish

2.

Categorize vehicles by land, sea or air

3.

Recognize cognates

4.

Match words with pictures of vehicles

 

 

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

Suggested vocabulary:

De la tierra:

El coche/carro

El autobús/La gua-gua

El camion

El taxi

La bicicleta

La motocicleta

El tren

El metro

El patinete

A pie

 

Del mar

El barco/bote

El submarino

La canoa

El barco de vela/velero

 

Del aire

El avión

El helicóptero

El globo

 

 

 

Suggested Structures:

 

¿Cómo va a (N.Y, Block Island etc)?

Voy a…en…(ex. Voy a New York en coche)

 

Suggested Books:

Qué Patatús

Así vamos a la escuela

El agua siempre cambia

El gato volvió

Salimos a zumbar

Soy bombero

En la estación

Tres en un globo

 

Suggested Games:

Vamos de viaje

Charades

Concentración

La tirada mágica

Cuál falta

Loto