Los estudiantes escribieron sus propios cuentos de hadas y después presentaron espectáculos de títeres. @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt #spanishimmersion https://t.co/j2kL7M8xD0

Los estudiantes escribieron sus propios cuentos de hadas y después presentaron espectáculos de títeres. @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt #spanishimmersion pic.twitter.com/j2kL7M8xD0

— Christie Moulton (@primergradovt) February 21, 2020

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February 21, 2020 at 01:50PM

¡Fuimos a visitar Centroamérica hoy! Students even got their passports stamped! @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt @JerichoElem https://t.co/NyR1HtOVlG

¡Fuimos a visitar Centroamérica hoy! Students even got their passports stamped! @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt @JerichoElem pic.twitter.com/NyR1HtOVlG

— Christie Moulton (@primergradovt) February 21, 2020

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February 21, 2020 at 12:12PM

Hoy aprendimos un poco sobre Honduras y los estudiantes colorearon la bandera. #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/eY8tHujG65

Hoy aprendimos un poco sobre Honduras y los estudiantes colorearon la bandera. #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt pic.twitter.com/eY8tHujG65

— Christie Moulton (@primergradovt) February 20, 2020

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February 20, 2020 at 03:58PM

Thank you @JerichoElem for this wonderful opportunity! Snow motion was so much fun and a great way for students to challenge themselves. @mmuusdvt https://t.co/nGAnttEl2T

Thank you @JerichoElem for this wonderful opportunity! Snow motion was so much fun and a great way for students to challenge themselves. @mmuusdvt pic.twitter.com/nGAnttEl2T

— Christie Moulton (@primergradovt) February 19, 2020

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February 19, 2020 at 03:28PM

¡Déjame entrar! Actuando el cuento de los tres cerditos con títeres. @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/PICLEijzrW

¡Déjame entrar! Actuando el cuento de los tres cerditos con títeres. @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt pic.twitter.com/PICLEijzrW

— Christie Moulton (@primergradovt) February 18, 2020

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February 18, 2020 at 02:39PM

¡Feliz día de la amistad! Students wrote kind, anonymous letters to one another and then tried to guess who they were from! @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/tj6Eyk6YH5

¡Feliz día de la amistad! Students wrote kind, anonymous letters to one another and then tried to guess who they were from! @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt pic.twitter.com/tj6Eyk6YH5

— Christie Moulton (@primergradovt) February 14, 2020

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February 14, 2020 at 04:43PM

¡Esta semana hicimos una celebración con mantitas y peluches! #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/RS9M6tIvV9

¡Esta semana hicimos una celebración con mantitas y peluches! #spanishimmersionvt pic.twitter.com/RS9M6tIvV9

— Christie Moulton (@primergradovt) February 14, 2020

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February 14, 2020 at 09:28AM

Estamos leyendo y escribiendo cuentos de hadas en español. Here is a resource to listen to fairy tales en español at home: https://t.co/OIOBuCmxXC

Estamos leyendo y escribiendo cuentos de hadas en español. Here is a resource to listen to fairy tales en español at home: https://t.co/OIOBuCmxXC

— Christie Moulton (@primergradovt) February 12, 2020

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February 12, 2020 at 05:53AM

Writing Our Own Fairy Tales

We are in the midst of one of my favorite writing units: mixed up fairy tales! It is great practice for budding writers to borrow structure from mentor texts and put their own unique twist on it. This helps writers get more practice with story elements such as setting, problem, and solution. Also, when working with students in a second language, I find the repetition found in fairy tales to be really helpful. Here are some of the fairy tales (cuentos de hadas) we have read so far.

• Los tres cerditos (The Three Little Pigs): we’ve read four different versions of this story so far and I know there are many more out there. Ther students enjoyed a funny version called Los tres cerditos y el lobo no tan feroz and a version set in the southwest called Los tres pequeños jabalíes. 
• La gallinita roja (The Little Red Hen): We enjoyed El fuertecito rojo about a girl building a fort all by herself and Las tortillas del burro which also teachers the reader the traditional way to make tortillas!
• El pan de jengibre (The Gingerbread Man): my favorite version so far is La tortilla corredora written by a Chilean author. The refrain from El cochinito fugitivo has also become a class favorite. “Correle, correle y correle más, soy el cochinito que jamás comerás.” 

If students are ready to extend their writing then they can think of how changing one element of the story (the setting for example) can lead to other changes (such as the materials available for house construction).

How can you support this writing unit at home? Read lots of fairy tales! Make up your own mixed up fairy tale as a bedtime story. Talk with your child about your favorite version of a fairy tale and why.

Cuando tus estudiantes juegan “maestra” durante su tiempo libre y hacen su propia lección de escritura. My students playing teacher at choice time leading their own writing mini-lesson! @mmuusdvt @JerichoElem #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/pMMy4Uv3QN

Cuando tus estudiantes juegan “maestra” durante su tiempo libre y hacen su propia lección de escritura. My students playing teacher at choice time leading their own writing mini-lesson! @mmuusdvt @JerichoElem #spanishimmersionvt pic.twitter.com/pMMy4Uv3QN

— Christie Moulton (@primergradovt) February 7, 2020

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February 06, 2020 at 07:44PM

¡Disfrutando del día! @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/fKVsbNi2ah

¡Disfrutando del día! @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt pic.twitter.com/fKVsbNi2ah

— Christie Moulton (@primergradovt) February 5, 2020

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February 05, 2020 at 02:37PM