prepositions


 * [|McDonalds Beanie Baby Preposition Activity] - From FLTEACH user:chericem1

> Here's the video link: [|Muppets!] user:armst136
 * The Muppets help with prepositions! Use the [|Manamana video] (that irritatingly catchy song from the Dr. Pepper commercials) to help with learning prepositions. You can make a worksheet to go along with this short video, or you can do it orally. I had the students tell me where the Muppets were in English first, then I paused and asked them in Spanish, then I had them call out in Spanish. Laura Knapp actually came up with this idea, but I thought I'd pass it along in her name!


 * I learned a rhyme that has a lot of prepositions in it. I think it is a pretty common nursery rhyme in Spanish speaking countries. It goes like this, using gestures of course.

Izquierda (thumbs point left), derecha (thumbs point right) delante (point ahead), detras (point behind) cerca (hands close to your stomach) y lejos (arms stretched WAY out front) y algo mas (pointer finger in air, like you have an idea) abajo (thumbs down), arriba (thumbs up) enfrente (one hand makes a fist, the other hand flat on front of it), encima (hand still in a fist, other hand flat on top) y ahora muchachos, se acaba la rima (sad face! :*

Here is a youtube video for it, but the guy who does it isn't very animated. Imagine a happy world language teacher in a very effective and energetic voice and I think it should help you get the feel for the pace, speed and rhyme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYeqUetm6fY&feature=related

user:cartierm

Here is a handout that I used with my students. It's good reference for them to help them remember the song as well.


 * Prepositions Visual Aids** user:chericem1



After learning the classroom objects and the prepositions, we had an activity where the students told each other where to go. (Hadn't learned commands, so they just said, "Tú estás debajo del reloj.") They loved it, since it gave them an excuse to stand on the table, get under the desk, stand on chairs, lay on the ground, etc etc. Just don't let it go too long. At the end, I let them tell me where I was, and they enjoyed making me stand in the trash, under the chairs, and "lejos de la clase de español" (I wrote "Clase de español" on the board and stood in the other end of the room...). user:angelajm00


 * Piensapapel -** This Piensapapel only teaches how in Spanish we say "voy __el__ lunes" instead of "I go __on__ Monday." And the plural of the days of the week. I used it as a review in Spanish 3. [[file:Piensapapel los días de la semana.doc]] user:angelajm00

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