Rompecabezas
Posted by Katie BrennaSpanish teachers employ a myriad of activities to help make verb conjugations come to life for their students. Sra. Corvese. Mr. Ross-MacCormack and I recently collaborated to bring to life a new idea to make learning verbs more dynamic and fun for our sixth graders. To start, sixth graders were asked to come up with a theme that spoke to them. Some examples were “cooking,” “my birthday” and “summer.” Once each student had a theme in mind, he/she was then asked to use an online dictionary to create a list of fifteen verbs that fit the respective theme. Continuing to use an online resource, each student then needed to determine which verbs were regular and which ones were irregular by observing patterns. Once the student-generated list was complete, students then used it to create a verb “puzzle” of sorts. We are now in the midst of working in the Tech Lab and in the makerspace to produce our verb puzzles, which will then serve as valuable thematic, conversation-starters for all of our Spanish language learners. Sixth graders are excited to continue exploring how verbs work and through the trials and tribulations of this type of work, they are truly learning why “puzzles” are called “rompecabezas” in Spanish. The verb “romper” means to break and the work “cabezas” means head. At times, this work can really stretch your mind!
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