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Title - The Barking Mouse - Bilingual Fun
By - Mallory
Primary Subject - Language Arts
Grade Level - K-5
Materials Needed:
Framing:
- Circle Center Warm-up Activities:
- Game: "Define my Gibbers" (may need to adapt or find a simpler 'gibberish' games for younger grades).
This game can be played with one player on the spot in front of all others, or within smaller groups/partners. It may also be presented in "war" fashion, where two players stand in front of all others and try to trip each other up.
- The group will give the single player a gibberish word.
- The single player must then define that word.
- Try to use very little hesitation. Don't wait! Go with your gut.
- Be confident! You must prove that your definition is correct and you must believe your idea is a good one.
- Cuban Music Listen-Along:
- Play 2 - 3 tracks that you like.
- Optional questions to ask:
- What kind of instruments do you hear in these songs?
- Do any of you play those instruments?
- What do you like about this music? What don't you like?
Introduce Story:
- Today we are going to be exploring the Cuban folk tale called The Barking Mouse. The story is bilingual, meaning it uses two languages. Can anyone here speak another language, other than English? Well, today we will be speaking both English and Spanish!
- Distribute cat and mouse ears.
- Create a "picnic space", a "fence", and a "play area" (between the picnic and the fence).
- Have the mice set the scene by picking a food to eat. Have the cats set the scene by choosing one cat activity to play behind the fence.
- Next, follow the story, scene by scene. Allow students to follow along by performing the actions and repeating the Spanish. Each student should follow the actions with their corresponding character.
- A co-facilitator (if available) can display the Spanish phrases in large lettering on a poster board.
Follow-up Activities:
- Language Arts/Writing:
- Students can rewrite the story from the cat's perspective.
- Students can rewrite the story using another language.
- Students can write a story using the Spanish phrases from the story.
- Math:
- Calculate how high cats can jump versus the height of a typical fence.
- Calculate how fast cats and mice can run; separate and in regards to each other.
- History:
- Research folktales: What cultures have them? What purpose do they serve?
- Choose a different folktale from any country and report on it.
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