Welcome back to my blog friends! Today I am here to share
about a fantastic resource you can utilize in your Spanish Immersion/Dual
Language classroom. I was recently contacted by Scholastic to review their Let’s Find Out Bilingual Magazine. Imagine
my excitement!!!
I have been trying these out with my kiddos for about three
weeks and wanted to share with you this wonderful, highly engaging magazine and
some of its components.
Magazine
First, I received magazines for each of the students in my
classroom. I have been utilizing these in small group. I love the crisp
photographs and easy to read format that my students can easily follow. There
is an individual magazine for students and a BIG teacher edition. I love
posting this BIG version on my wall to engage interest even before reading. The
magazines are great for Pre-K – 1st grade students. You can even use
them like me – with my struggling 2nd graders. The content aligns
with the standards as shown below.
Online Components
Let’s Find Out in
Spanish is simple and effective to implement in the classroom. It has an online
component which not only reads the magazine out loud to the students, it also includes
a building background video, learning games, and even links to related
printables. Students are making connections and recalling content with these high interest activities.
Vocabulary
Building language and vocabulary is always of high
importance in the classroom. Just look below at all the vocabulary students
read and studied throughout this past year’s issues! My students immediately
started adding words they were learning to their Libro de Palabras.
Printables
Last, but certainly not least, the printables are SO helpful
and easy to access. There’s prediction charts, observation recording pages,
following directions, patterns to cut/paste, and so much more. The reading is
engaging and it is followed by an activity that is just as engaging for the
students.
So now, time for a GIVEAWAY! Scholastic has allowed me to
choose 1 of my blog readers to win a free
class set of the May/June issue (limit of 30 magazines). If chosen, you must
provide your full name and address to receive these. All
you have to do to enter is leave a comment with your name and how you would
utilize these magazines. Winner will be
chosen on May 5, 2017 and contacted by May 6, 2017.
Hope you’ve enjoyed this post and found helpful ideas for
your classroom. Until next time!