Months+of+the+Year

Culture: 2.2 Comparisons: 4.1 ||
 * ==Established Goals (National Standards:== ||
 * Communication: 1.2


 * ==Essential Questions:== ||
 * * In what ways are the Spanish months of the year expressed differently from English months of the year and how are they the same? ||


 * ==Desired Understandings:== ||
 * ===Students will understand that...===
 * there are 12 months of the year in Spanish that correspond with our English months of the year, but just like the Spanish days of the week, they are not capitalized.
 * each month on the Spanish calendar has the same number of days as the months on the English calendar.
 * several of the Spanish months are cognates with the English months (ie. febrero, marzo, mayo, junio, julio, etc.) ||

enero= January febrero= February marzo= March abril= April mayo= May junio= June julio= July agosto= August septiembre= September octubre= October noviembre= November diciembre= December
 * ==Key Knowledge and Skills:== ||
 * ===Students will know that...===

Students will be able to...

 * recognize the similarities and differences between the Spanish and English months of the years.
 * say the months of the year in Spanish in order.
 * identify the months of the year.

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=Lesson Activities and Assessment Resources:= __ Espa ____ ñol Para Ti __ Lesson 58 and accompanying DVD lesson [|Months Flash Activities]

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Say the months of the year with the actions of the "Macarena" (Here are some demonstration videos that break down the actions and then put them with the months) [|Macarena actions with music] [|Macarena actions step by step] [|Months of the year with actions]