TEESP Level 3 - Lessons 41 - 46

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TEESP Level 3 - Lessons 41 - 46

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Lesson 41: Story #1-La gatita cansada

Objective & Progress Indicator

1a: Express simple descriptions
1b: Answer simple questions
1d: Identify visual and context clues
1d: Respond to oral narratives
1f: Respond to commands
1g: Prepare illustrated stories
1i: Retell stories orally or in writing

Target Vocabulary

se llama = he/she is called
una gatita = small cat
está contenta = is happy
el lunes = Monday
duerme = sleeps

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR to introduce vocabulary for a small cat, he/she is called (named), happy and
sleeps.

2. Show a calendar and check student understanding of the word ‘lunes’ or ‘Monday.’

3. Introduce the little cat named “Miau”.

4. Listen to the podcast story about a little cat who is too tired to keep a date with her
friend. A script of the podcast follows the Teacher Pages, and the text of the story with
English translation is on the last page of this Lesson Plan.

Lesson 41: Story #1 Podcast

5. Use the student pages to have students read and translate the story, or complete the
activity page. Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

6. Have students tell about the pictures, or write about the pictures.

7. Read more stories from the Cuéntame book, or copy the stories and have students read
them together.

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!ˆpages 1 - 13
Graphics of small cat, happy face, calendar
Optional: stuffed cat

Note to Teacher

Lesson 41: Story #2 - La gatita triste

Objective & Progress Indicator

Target Vocabulary

el lunes = Monday
está triste = is sad
está contenta = is happy
duerme = sleeps
el despertador = alarm clock
suena = rings
tiene una cita = has a date

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR command to review vocabulary: sleeps, is sad, is happy.

2. Show a calendar and review Monday.

3. Listen to the podcast. A script of the podcast follows the Teacher Pages, and the text of
the story with English translation is on the last page of this Lesson Plan.

Lesson 41: Story #2 Podcast

4. Retell the story changing names, or characters.

5. Have students retell the story, or write the story.

6. Have students complete the Student Page activities. The complete story is provided on
the first page of the Student Pages. Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

7. Read more stories from the Cuéntame book, or copy some stories for class to read
together.

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!, pages 1 - 13
Graphics of small cat, sad and happy face, calendar
Optional: stuffed cat

Note to Teacher

Lesson 42: Story #1- La gatita necesita limpiar

Objective & Progress Indicator

Target Vocabulary

el martes = Tuesday
llega = arrives
prende = turns on
la radio = radio

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR commands to introduce vocabulary for sleeps, is sad, is happy, arrives.

2. Show a calendar and review Tuesday and Monday.

3. Listen to the podcast. A script of the podcast follows the Teacher Pages, and the text of
the story with English translation is on the last page of this Lesson Plan.

Lesson 42: Story 1 Podcast

4. Retell the story, or read more stories from Cuéntame book.

5. Have students read the story together or in groups.

6. Have students complete the Student Pages. Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!, pages 14 - 23

Note to Teacher

Review words:

problema = problem
la gatita = little cat
suena = sounds, rings
el timbre = doorbell
la ratita = little rat
un día solado = sunny day
relajada = relaxed
enojada = angry
no comió = did not eat
espera = waits
la aspiradora = vacuum cleaner
un cuarto = room
otro = another
qué ruido = how noisy
tiene hambre = is hungry

Lesson 42: Story #2 - La criada baila

Objective & Progress Indicator

Target Vocabulary

la aspiradora - vacuum cleaner
prende = turns on
se duerme = falls asleep
otra vez = again
no está sucia = is not dirty

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR commands to introduce vocabulary for falls asleep, is happy, turns on the
radio, vacuum.

2. Use a calendar to review Tuesday.

3. Use a clock to review 3:00.

4. Listen to the podcast.A script of the podcast follows the Teacher Pages, and the text of
the story with English translation is on the last page of this Lesson Plan.

Lesson 42 Story 2 Podcast

5. Retell the story, or read more stories from Cuéntame book.

6. Have students read or retell the story together or in groups.

7. Have students complete the Student Pages. Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!, pages 14 - 23

Note to Teacher

Review words:

¡Qué ruido! = What noise!
llega = he/she arrives
una criada = a maid
prende el radio = turns on the radio
de la tarde = in the afternoon

Other phrases:

voy a = I’m going to
mira a = looks at
le dice = says to
quieres = do you want
quiero = I want

Lesson 43: Story #1 - La criada limpia

Objective & Progress Indicator

Target Vocabulary

enchufa – plugs in
está sucia – is dirty
limpia – cleans
¡Qué lío! - What a mess!

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR commands to introduce enchufa, limpia, sucia and ¡Qué lío!

2. Use a calendar to review Wednesday.

3. Use a clock to review 9:00, 9:30, 5:00, and 5:30.

4. Listen to the podcast. A script of the podcast follows the Teacher Pages, and the text of
the story with English translation is on the last page of this Lesson Plan.

Lesson 43 Story 1 Podcast

5. Retell the story, or read more stories from Cuéntame book.

6. Have students read the story together or in groups.

7. Have students complete the Student Pages. Students may illustrate the original story, or
modify the story. Then, students either copy the sentences from the original story to
accompany their illustrations, or they may simply label what they have drawn.
Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!, pages 24 - 33

Note to Teacher

Review words:

la aspiradora = vacuum cleaner
prende = turns on
de la mañana = in the morning
de la tarde = in the afternoon
mira por la casa = looks around the house
duerme = sleeps
llega = arrives
está sucia = is dirty
¡Qué casa muy limpia! = What a clean house!

Lesson 43: Story #2 - La criada limpia, come y duerme

Objective & Progress Indicator

Target Vocabulary

todos los miércoles - every Wednesday
llega - arrives
al mediodía - at noon
busca - looks for
se duerme - goes to sleep

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR commands to review arrives, looks for, goes to sleep, is hungry, is tired.

2. Review Wednesday on the calendar

3. Use a clock to review 9:00, 3:00, 6:00.

4. Listen to the podcast. A script of the podcast follows the Teacher Pages, and the text of
the story with English translation is on the last page of this Lesson Plan.

Lesson 43 Story 2 Podcast

5. Retell the story, or read more stories from Cuéntame book.

6. Have students read the story together or in groups.

7. Have students complete the Student Pages. Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!, pages 24 - 33

Note to Teacher

Review words:

le dice - says to
prende - turns on
enchufa - plugs in
de la mañana - in the morning
de la tarde - in the afternoon
la sala - living room
camina - walks
¡Qué lío! - What a mess!

Lesson 44: Story #1 - La gatita tiene hambre

Objective & Progress Indicator

Target Vocabulary

el jueves - Thursday
tiene mucha hambre - is very hungry
abre - opens
el refrigerador - refrigerator

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR commands to review sleeps, eats, is hungry.

2. Review Thursday on the calendar.

3. Listen to the podcast. A script of the podcast follows the Teacher Pages, and the text of
the story with English translation is on the last page of this Lesson Plan.

Lesson 44 Story 1 Podcast

4. Retell the story, or read more stories from Cuéntame book.

5. Have students read the story together or in groups.

6. Have students complete the Student Pages. Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!, pages 34 - 43
Graphics of small cat, refrigerator, window, door, wind

Note to Teacher

Review words:

¡Qué problema! - What a problem!
durmió - slept
cerca de - near
lejos de - far from
comida - food
caminar - walk
cierra - closes
el viento - wind
sale - leaves
comprar - buys
va a - goes to

Lesson 44: Story #2 - Todas son amigas

Objective & Progress Indicator

Target Vocabulary

se pega - sticks to
comió - ate
está enfadada - is angry
Lo siento. - I’m sorry.
se ríe - laughs

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR commands to review tiene hambre, corre, le da la mano (shakes hands), and
to introduce se pega, está enfadada, se ríe.

2. Review Thursday on the calendar, and 11:00 with a clock.

3. Listen to the podcast. A script of the podcast follows the Teacher Pages, and the text of
the story with English translation is on the last page of this Lesson Plan.

Lesson 44 Story 2 Podcast

4. Retell the story, or read more stories from Cuéntame book.

5. Have students read the story together or in groups.

6. Have students complete the Student Pages. Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!, pages 34 - 43
Calendar and clock for review

Note to Teacher

Review words:

corre - runs
le dice - says to
la comida - food
tiene hambre - is hungry
le da la mano - shakes hands
grita - yells
visita - visits
camina - walks
la cocina - kitchen
la sala - living room
una pieza de queso - a piece of cheese
la cola - tail
mucho gusto - pleased to meet you

Lesson 45: Story #1 - Las vacas no son biencriadas

Objective & Progress Indicator

Target Vocabulary

el viernes - Friday
la muchacha - girl
es biencriado - is well-behaved

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR to introduce biencriado, and review tiene hambre, baila, se ríe.

2. Review Friday and 9:00 and 11:00 on the calendar and clock.

3. Listen to the podcast. This story asks students to help make decisions throughout
instead of only checking for comprehension at the end. A script of the podcast follows
the Teacher Pages, and the text of the story with English translation is on the last page
of this Lesson Plan.

Lesson 45 Story 1 Podcast

4. Retell the story, or ask questions based on the story vocabulary.

5. Have students read the story together or in groups. Instead of accepting the narrator’s
choices, students can substitute other answers to the questions asked, and then retell the
story using their own version.

6. Have students complete the Student Pages. Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!, pages 44 - 52
Calendar and clock for review

Note to Teacher

Review words:

tiene hambre - is hungry
tiene - has
baila - dances
¿Quieres ver? - Do youwant to see?
por el campo - through the field
se ríe- laughs

Other words used:

la vaca - cow
muy lejos - very far
me gustaría - I would like
entonces - then
¡Qué verguenza! - How embarrassing!

Lesson 45: Story #2 - La nariz grande

Objective & Progress Indicator

Target Vocabulary

el sábado - Saturday
la nariz - nose
es biencriado - is well-behaved
es malcriado - is badly-behaved

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR to introduce sábado, la nariz, biencriado, malcriado.

2. Review va a, se ríe, tiene, ¡Qué vergüenza! and la escuela.

3. Listen to the podcast. This story asks students to guess about what will happen next. A
script of the podcast follows the Teacher Pages, and the text of the story with English
translation is on the last page of this Lesson Plan.

Lesson 45 Story 2 Podcast

4. Retell the story, or ask questions based on the story vocabulary.

6. Have students complete the Student Pages. Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!, pages 44 - 52
Calendar for review
Optional: Stuffed animals

Note to Teacher

Note: biencriado has the meaning of well brought-up, mannerly; malcriado means spoiled,
unmannerly.

Review words:

la jungla - jungle
el campo - field
vive - lives
madre - mother
maestra - teacher
grita - yells
les dicen - says to them
caminan - they walk
pero - but

Lesson 46: Story #1 - El río de chocoloate

Objective & Progress Indicator

Target Vocabulary

está desesperado - is desparate
trota - jogs
se pone - puts on
preferido - favorite

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR to introduce está desesperado, trota and se pone.

2. Review los zapatos, salta, padre, compra.

3. Listen to the podcast. This story asks students to answer questions after each statement.
Then the whole story is told at the end. A script of the podcast follows the Teacher
Pages, and the text of the story with English translation is on the last page of this
Lesson Plan.

Lesson 46 Story 1 Podcast

4. Retell the story, or ask questions based on the story.

5. Have students read the story together or in groups. Students may substitute other
vocabulary words as they retell the story.

6. Have students complete the Student Pages. Extra stories are provided on the student
pages, with translations to English at the end of the lesson plan pages. Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!, pages 53 - 6

Note to Teacher

Review words:

salta - jumps,
compra - buys,
padre/papá - father/dad,
los zapatos - shoes,
el río - river,
otros- others,
la tienda - store,
arruina - ruins

Note: Qué engañoso! - how tricky or misleading; el muchacho and el chico both mean
‘boy’

Lesson 46: Story #2 - El examen

Objective & Progress Indicator

Target Vocabulary

llama por teléfono - makes a phone call
llora - cries
le explica - explains to her
¡Qué engañoso! - How tricky!

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR to introduce está desesperado, llama por teléfono, llora.

2. Review days of the week, ¡Qué engañoso!

Lesson 46 Story 2 Podcast

4. Retell the story, or ask questions based on the story.

5. Have students read the story together or in groups. Students may substitute other
vocabulary words as they retell the story.

6. Have students complete the Student Pages. Extra stories are provided on the student
pages, with translations to English at the end of the lesson plan pages. Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!, pages 53 - 61

Note to Teacher

Review words:

el examen - test
estudia - studies
la casa - house/home
la escuela - school
va a - goes to
mira - watch
enfermo - sick
todo el viernes - all Friday

Lesson 46: Story 3 - La ropa preferida

Objective & Progress Indicator

Target Vocabulary

sombrero - hat
ropa - clothes, clothing
tiene vergüenza - is embarrassed

Activities and Procedures

1. Use TPR to introduce tiene vergüenza, ropa, sombrero.

2. Review days of the week, colors, clothing.

Lesson 46 Story 3 Podcast

4. Retell the story, or ask questions based on the story.

5. Have students read the story together or in groups. Students may substitute other
vocabulary words as they retell the story.

6. Have students complete the Student Pages. Click the Link: Level 3 Student Page

Suggested Additional Resources

¡Cuéntame!, pages 53 - 61

Note to Teacher

Review words:

trota - jogs,
otra vez - again,
el suéter - sweater,
blusa - blouse,
preferida - favorite,
se pone - puts on
la vecindad - neighborhood,
anaranjado - orange,
rojo - red,
amarillo - yellow,
morada - purple,
varios - various, many