Activities: Food and Beverages/ Breakfast and Lunch/ Verbs Comer (to eat) and Beber (to drink)

Dear parents and students, This week we will be reading, listening to, and explaining information about foods and beverages for breakfast and lunch. We will also learn new (present tense) verbs to talk about eating and drinking. These are important skills. The TEKS state that students at this grade level should know how to “engage in oral and written exchanges of learned material to socialize and to provide and obtain information” in order to be able to communicate in the second language being learned. I have included a few activities, found on the internet, which will help you both to master this skill. Activity 1: At the For Dummies website, you can read a very useful article about Ordering at a Restaurant in Spanish. Please read this article as it has helpful vocabulary and even phonology examples for correct pronunciation to help you and your child order any dish from a variety of Spanish speaking country. Activity 2: After you have read about different ways to order food in Spanish (for different Spanish speaking countries), watch the video, How to Order Food and Drinks in Spanish by The Real Spanish Teacher. This video will demonstrate how to use that new vocabulary with correct word pronunciation and specific examples. Activity 3: Our last activity is the food section on the online educational game called DuoLingo . This app is very fun and interactive, and allows for students learning a second language to practice their vocabulary skills at different levels. Señora Soto 