Spanish Lesson: Ayudamos a la tortuga marina
Lesson Plan
45 minutesGrades3Spanish
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Written by Lorissa Clark, Sustainable Jersey for Schools
About this lesson
Students learn how people in Mexico and New Jersey are helping sea turtles and create an infographic to educate others.
Inquire: Students learn phrases about actions people can take and decide which ones help or harm sea turtles.
Investigate: Students watch a video and complete a “missing information” paired activity to compare and contrast how people help sea turtles in New Jersey and Mexico.
Inspire: Students create an infographic to share with others about ways to help sea turtles.
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- This lesson can be added to a unit on the life cycle of animals, or animals in danger of extinction. This lesson highlights the importance of working as a community to support animals in their environment.
- This unit highlights the importance of turtles in our environment, including ones that can be found in New Jersey, while connecting students to a target-language culture.
- Teachers should model the information gap activity with a student to show how it should be done if this is the first time that students are engaging in an activity like this.
- Teachers can view this website to gather more information on sea turtle conservation in Mexico and this website for more information on sea turtle conservation in New Jersey.
- Teacher can show this video or this video as an example of how Mexico is helping sea turtles.
- Teachers can reach out to the Sea Turtle Recovery of New Jersey to find out ways that the class can get involved in their turtle protection project through the turtle recovery program.
- The Turtle Recovery Program can also come to the school to do a free presentation when contacted. Information can be found on this website. This site also includes ways the school can help raise funds for the organization.
Prerequisites
- This is lesson 3 of 3 in our 3rd grade Spanish Unit: La tortuga marina.
- This lesson is designed for students at novice-mid or higher proficiency.
- Students should be familiar with comparison phrases.
Differentiation
- Teachers can print pictures illustrating the vocabulary terms for students to make it more hands-on instead of just showing the pictures on the screen.
- Teachers can create a Venn Diagram after the information gap activity to reinforce similarities and differences between the two cultures.
- Students can complete the infographic with pictures only and focus on oral presentation instead of writing.
- Students with higher proficiency levels can explain why or how the actions they chose could help sea turtles.
From the scientist review
Esta lección permite a los estudiantes aprender sobre las tortugas marinas y maneras de cuidarlas. También compararían las medidas adoptadas para preservarlos en New Jersey y México y lo explicarían en una infografía en lengua española. Después de revisar la lección, pasó nuestras evaluaciones de credibilidad en la ciencia.
This lesson allows students to learn about sea turtles and ways to care for them. They will also compare actions taken to preserve them in New Jersey and Mexico and explain it in an infographic using Spanish language. After reviewing the lesson, it passed our credibility assessments in science.
This lesson allows students to learn about sea turtles and ways to care for them. They will also compare actions taken to preserve them in New Jersey and Mexico and explain it in an infographic using Spanish language. After reviewing the lesson, it passed our credibility assessments in science.
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Lorissa Clark
Lorissa Clark holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from The College of New Jersey and a Master of Arts in English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education from the American College of Education. She has been teaching since 2006 and has 20 years of experience teaching Spanish and English as a Second Language to students in grades K–12. Lorissa holds K–12 teaching certifications in Spanish and English as a Second Language and has extensive experience designing curriculum, integrating technology into instruction, and supporting educators through professional development.
Sustainable Jersey for Schools
Sustainable Jersey is a network and movement of municipalities, schools and school districts working collectively to bring about a sustainable New Jersey. Acting with state agencies, non-profit organizations, foundations, academia and industry, Sustainable Jersey researches best practices for what communities could and should do to contribute to a sustainable future.
