Immersion Night Packet

Homework Help!

• Ask your child to be the teacher and explain to you what they understand
• Do not translate entire lines of text for your child or use an online translator!
• Highlight key words
• Look up and translate key words ONLY
• Encourage your child to use context clues to decipher unknown words
• A picture is worth a thousand words—draw, draw, draw, and label!
• Communicate with your child’s teacher if homework is a struggle or taking significantly longer than the suggested time

Homework Clues

• Escribir  = write
• Dibujar  = draw
• Colorear  = color
• Cortar  = cut
• Pegar  = glue
• Circular/encerrar en un círculo = circle
• Emparejar/unir  = match
• Leer  = read
• Hacer  = do/make
• Revisar/Comprobar  = check/revisa
• Llenar/Completar  = fill in/complete

Useful Classroom Phrases

• ¿Puedo ir al baño, por favor? = May I use the bathroom, please?
• ¿Puedo tomar agua, por favor? = May I get a drink of water, please?
• ¿Puedo sacar punto a mi lápiz, por favor? = May I sharpen my pencil, please?
• ¿Puedo coger un pañuelo, por favor? = May I get a tissue, please?
• No me siento bien. = I don’t feel well. 
• ¿Puedo ir a la clínica, por favor? = May I go to the clinic, please?
• Yo terminé mi trabajo.  = I have finished my work. 
• ¿Dónde pongo….? = Where do I put…?
• ¿Puedo usar ________, por favor? = May I use _______, please?
• Se me olvidó mi _______ en mi casa.  = I forgot my _______ at home.  
• Se me olvidó mi ______ en mi otra clase.  = I forgot my _____ in my other class.  
• ¿Puedes ayudarme, por favor?  =  Can you help me, please?    
• No entiendo.  = I don’t understand. 

Internet Resources
Wonderful websites you must explore!
http://www.leeyseras.net/
A bilingual website from Scholastic with resources for students and parents.
http://colorincolorado.org/familias
A bilingual website to help your child to be a better reader and successful student.
http://www.uni.edu/becker/Spanish3.html#games
An amazing website with a variety of Spanish language links!
http://www.quia.com/mc/65819.html
Basic Spanish vocabulary matching game.
http://www.childrenslibrary.org/
Read books in Spanish with your child or in any language!
http://www.storyplace.org/
More stories/books in Spanish!
http://cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza/mimundo/default.htm
Explore the world. A website from España (Spain)!
http://www.peruvianembassy.us/en.html
Peruvian Embassy- click on Cultural Activities and Kids Room
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
My favorite Math Site-switch it over to Spanish!
http://pbskids.org/mayaandmiguel/flash_esp.html     
Maya and Miguel: two lovable PBS characters!
http://www.latinoteca.com/app-home/
http://www.mylibros.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=202_203&sort=20a&filter_id=26&alpha_filter
http://www.spanish-bookworld.com/us/shop.php?c=spanishbooks&n=2966&x=Literature

http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_for_children
A website with categorized information on basic Spanish vocabulary.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/clubleo/october.htm
http://pcool.scholastic.com/parentordering/login.jsp
Purchase grade level Spanish books from this Scholastic site.
Login online:              Ravensworth             Password: read

A great site with video and interactive learning.  It costs $ though!
http://esp.brainpop.com/

Dictionaries
	Dictionaries for intermediate to advance level. Students can look at the word and find the meaning or meanings.
Picture Dictionaries
	Students look at the word that matches the picture. They are friendly user.
Bilingual Books
	For emerging readers. These books are written in both languages On one side is the Spanish and on the other side is the English.