Los Reyes Magos – Interactive Notebook Bell Ringers

It is just the beginning of December and I’m already planning for when we return from Christmas break in January. I like to be super-planned so that when the time comes, I can fly by the seat of my pants and do something similar to, more creative than, and sometimes completely different from my plan.

For the first time in my CI journey, I’m tied to common targeted structures. Added to that, we started school 2 weeks late in the fall so when we return in January, there is little time for content and we’ll spend most of our time prepping for finals. (Check back soon for a post on how I plan to prepare for finals this year).

All of that to say, I usually spend several days on the Reyes Magos. But this year, I fear I won’t have my normal luxury of time and decided to make a brief digital interactive notebook. I *plan* to assign this in Google Classroom as bell-ringers and add slides each day to the student version. This way they can’t work ahead and be left with nothing to do during the Friday bell-ringer. This is an extremely simplified version of Los Reyes Magos suitable for level 1. 

There are drag and drop activities and type-in-the-answer activities. I didn’t add more because I want them to be able to complete a slide or two quickly and then move on to our lesson. 

The lesson we’ll be focusing on in January is Muchacha, a catchy song by Gente de Zona. It’s super upbeat and fun – just what we need to ring in the new year! (I am not doing a cloze or other lyric activity with this song as the lyrics are a bit too sexy. However, the music video has a modern Cinderella story that is just right.)

My wish for this holiday season is that we all get a break from the strain of teaching in a global pandemic. If these slides can be helpful, I hope you will make a copy and use them. If not, maybe you can pass them on to a friend in need. Unfortunately, they aren’t editable due to the nature of drag and drop activities.

Happy teaching, friends.