I usually start out my Arabic lesson plans with questions and advanced organizers . Today I asked my students if they liked spiders. Then they shared what spiders they like, how they dislike spiders and I drew a couple of pictures of spiders. This type of advanced organizer really helps the students think about what's coming next and exercise their brains a little before being introduced to the new letter and word.
After writing the letter ع on the board and having them say it a couple of times we move to the fun activity! عنكبوت is spider in Arabic. I stayed up last night pulling apart egg cartons and painting them:
I encourage critical thinking and thinking outside the box. So I told my students to use their imaginations with the spiders. I was so surprised what they came up with!
This is what I did and showed them:
Our supplies were toothpicks, pipe cleaners, glitter glue, ribbons and the egg cartons. This is what the students came up with:
They loved this activity! I then asked them as they were working on the project what they were making (had them say it in Arabic-- as assessment) and had another spider conversation. Some kids came up with stories about how their spiders were crying because they were going to get squished. Others made their spiders simple and to the point!
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