Subjects: Art & Culture, Language Arts
Grades: Kindergarten-2nd Grade
Estimated Time: 40 minutes
Related Video & Games:
Episode: “The Red Balloon”
Games: • Match It: Colors
• Match It: Vehicles
• You Catch It, You Keep It: “The Red Balloon” focus: Colors and Vehicles
• Word Race: “The Red Balloon” focus: Colors and Vehicles
Lesson Overview
In the “The Red Balloon,” Coco asks Noah to buy a red balloon (“un globo rojo”) for her from a balloon vendor on the other side of a busy street. During the webisode,
Noah learns the Spanish word for “red” and viewers have the opportunity to learn the Spanish words for an assortment of colors and vehicles. In this lesson, students are invited to work in teams to practice their Spanish vocabulary in a fun game and then demonstrate their knowledge of Spanish terms in a print activity.
Objectives
1. Students will reinforce their knowledge of the Spanish words for various vehicles and colors by connecting these words to images.
2. Students will practice their knowledge of Spanish colors and vehicles.
3. Students will demonstrate the ability to work both independently and cooperatively with other students.
Materials:
• “ The Red Balloon” flashcards
• Assorted crayons or markers
• Printout of Oh Noah!
What Color is My Vehicle? cards
• “The Red Balloon” Do You Know Your Colors? sheet
• “The Red Balloon” Memory Card Game
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Introduction
Ask your students to think about Noah’s adventure when buying a balloon for Coco.
What did he learn? Noah learned that “rojo” is the Spanish word for “red.” Colors are one way we can describe an object to another person. Tell the children that they are going to play a game to practice the Spanish words for colors and vehicles.
Learning Activity
1.
Begin the lesson by reviewing the Spanish words for the following colors and vehicles using the flashcards provided:
• rojo (red) • amarillo (yellow)
• azul (blue)
• violeta (purple)
• la camioneta (the truck)
• la bicicleta (the bike)
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• verde (green) el auto (the car) el camión de bomberos (the fire truck) el avión (the plane)
Challenge the children to look around the room and find other examples of the colors and vehicles.
2.
Now that the children are more familiar with their new Spanish vocabulary, it is time to play “What Color is My Vehicle?” Divide the class into teams of 4-5 students.
Tape an assortment of Oh Noah! vehicles on the board at a “kid-friendly” height (1 set per team). Explain to the students that when the game begins, you will read a sentence, for example: “El auto es de color rojo .” As soon as they hear the sentence, the first member of each team must go up to the board and color the vehicle the stated color. While the student is coloring in the vehicle, read the next sentence and call the next team member up to the board. Students may be encouraged to assist their teammates as needed. The game continues until all the team members have had a turn.
Culminating Activity
It is now time to color. Using “The Red Balloon” Do You Know Your Colors? sheet, children will demonstrate their new knowledge of the Spanish words for colors and vehicles.
Optional Extension Activities
1. Encourage your students to translate additional words using a Spanish/English dictionary or online at http://google.com/translate.
2.
Print and play the Oh Noah!
Memory Card Game for “The Red Balloon” to review the new words learned in this webisode. You can even challenge
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students to create new memory cards with additional Spanish terms for colors and vehicles. Please note that the Memory Card Game should be printed on heavy paper if possible.
3.
Explore How Do you Say…? on the Oh Noah!
website.
4.
Gather an assortment of magazine/newspaper advertisements for vehicles. Send your students on a scavenger hunt to find the following:
• un auto • una camioneta
• un camión de bomberos
• un avión
• una bicicleta
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