Week 3 Plan from Carmen

Familia Extendida: Week 3

Hello Everyone!

Heather and I thought that things went very well last week, and it seems that you and your families are warming up to each other well. You seemed to be enjoying yourselves. It would be very helpful if you would take a moment to blog for us what you think went well, or didn't go well. Please email me if you have specific questions, requests, needs or concerns.

Another reminder: We provide the Sed de Saber machines and some handouts to be used as guides for your studies with families. The purpose of allowing for individual tutors is for you to meet individual needs that work best for your teaching style and the needs of your student. Please use the instructions as guidelines and let us know how we can support you. It seems that all of you are doing a great job with this. For example, one of you made flashcards with your family.

Now, it is time for week 3: this week's theme is food and family celebrations. You will receive a packet in your box on Monday, so please stop by and get it before you come to our program. I've also attached some helpful tips from the great website Heather found last week.

WEEK 3: FOOD

FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU HAVE ANY OLD CATALOGS OR MAGAZINES AT HOME THAT WE CAN USE WITH THE KIDS. PLEASE BRING THEM MONDAY.

5:00–5:30 Social time:
Please get your food and sit down with your family or another family to talk about the week.

· Review what you did last week in conversation.

· Make an effort to speak a little Spanish or "Spanglish" so that they can see that you can relate to communication difficulties.

· Ask the families what literacy activities they did at home with their children. Did they read the books? Did they enjoy them?


5:30-6:30 Tutoring Time:
· Review vocabulary from the last couple of weeks, try and get a feel for how they are doing and what they want to practice more. If you need to, take the time to go back and practice. (5-10 min.)

· Work on the food section of the sed de saber materials. Use the Oxford Picture Dictonary to help. (approx 30min)

o Level 1 will need straight vocabulary words to identify foods.

You can start with asking what their favorite foods are, what the ingredients are and how to make it.

Also, find out if they need phrases to use in the grocery store such as "how much" and "is this on sale" or perhaps cooking verbs or useful phrases if they work in food service such as "do you want me to wash that" "can I help you" "where do I put this"?

o Level 2 can work on verbs, directions for making something, looking for food words they don't know, and more advanced phrases that they may need to know for the grocery store or the work place. Such as, "Where are the corn tortillas (whole milk, black beans, etc)?

Or This needs to cook for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. The oxford dictionary has a good verb section to use.

· Discuss family traditions and foods made for these occasions. Have the parents describe their favorite tradition and meal. Help them develop the vocabulary they need. Ask questions to understand the tradition. Share you own. Help them to write down a description of their favorite traditon and/or meal. This is in preparation for the work that they will do with their children. (15-20 min)

6:30-7:30 PACT Time (Parents And Children Together):

1. The parents should've rehearsed a little about their favorite tradition/food with you. Now it is time to share with their children—in English. The children will have worked on this themselves and be ready to share with the parents as well. After discussing these things in English with each other, they can write it down and illustrate their favorite foods and traditions to put it into the scrapbook. They will also need a little time to glue their pictures into their scrapbook from last week and finish their autobiographies and family trees. Since there is so much to do, there may be less time for reading together. Please do this at the end. Pick a story from the Carmen Lomas Garza book about food. Ask questions to connect their experience with the story.


Homework: They will have to write out their favorite recipe to bring for next time. I will have a sheet to hand out to them on which to put the recipe(s) and with directions. I will encourage them to bring their favorite dish next time if they can.