Days Months and Dates Vocab Hoy Today Maana
Days, Months, and Dates
Vocab: • Hoy- Today • Mañana – Tomorrow • El día- The day • La semana- The week • El fin de semana – The weekend • El Mes- The month • La estacion- The season • El año- The year
Spanish Calendar The Spanish calendar starts on Monday (lunes) and ends on Sunday (domingo)
Capitalization You do not capitalize the days of the week or months of the year in Spanish. The days of the week are NOT capitalized Example: Hoy es lunes. (Today is Monday. )
Los Días de la Semana
lunes
martes
miércoles
jueves
sábado
domingo
CLASS WORK 1. Work with a partner and sequence the days of the week. 2. When you are finished raise your hand
“El” has a Special Meaning When used with the days of the week, the el has the special meaning “On” Fill in the below sentences on your guided notes…
Homework • Page 4 and 5 in the packet
Months of the Year enero - January febrero - February julio - July agosto - August marzo - March septiembre - September abril - April octubre - October mayo - May noviembre - November junio - June diciembre - December
Days of the Week lunes (Monday) martes (Tuesday) miércoles (Wednesday) jueves (Thursday) viernes (Friday) sábado (Saturday) domingo (Sunday)
Finding out the date la fecha - means “date” hoy - means “today” ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy? - What is the date today?
Writing the date In Spanish, the date always goes before the month. Example 1: To write August 16, 2012, you would write 16/8/2012 instead of 8/16/2012 Example 2: October 8, 2012 is written as 8/10/2012
Date in front You also put the date in front of the month when saying the date. The date will follow this pattern: el (number) de (month) the (number) of (month)
Examples English (August 16) Spanish el 16 de agosto (October 8) el 8 de octubre (July 4) el 4 de julio (December 25) el 25 de diciembre
Exceptions For the first day of the month, you wouldn’t say “el uno de enero. ” You would say “el primero de. . . ” (The first of. . . ) Example 1: el primero de enero (January first. The first of January. ) Example 2: el primero de septiembre (Sept. 1. The first of September)
Birthday - cumpleaños Happy Birthday - Feliz cumpleaños Mi cumpleaños es el 8 de octubre. (My birthday is the 8 th of October. )
Las Estaciones The Seasons
Hagan Ahora • Write your birthday in Spanish. ( Hint: My birthday is the _______of _____. • How do you say happy birthday in Spanish?
El invierno Los meses: Hace Frio- It is cold.
La primavera • Los meses: Llueve- It rains.
El verano Los meses: Hace sol: It is sunny. Hace calor: It is hot.
El otono • Los meses: • Hace fresco- It is chilly.
Checking for Understanding
What is the first day of the week on the Spanish calendar? lunes (Monday)
Do you capitalize days of the week or months of the year? No!
How is a spanish date written and spoken differently from english? The date goes before the month
How do you say Happy Birthday? Feliz cumpleaños
Say the following date in Spanish: June 22 el 22 de junio
Say the following date in Spanish: December 25 el 25 de diciembre
Say the following date in Spanish: January 15 el 15 de enero
Say the following date in Spanish: July 1 el primero de julio
Speaking & Listening Practice Activity
Activity Time! Directions: Students, take out a sheet of paper and write your name at the top (to be turned in). Teacher, you will need a sheet of paper too, to make the Answer Key.
Activity Time! On the first line of your paper, write “Mi cumpleaños es _____. ” (My birthday is ______. ) Fill in the blank with your birthday in Spanish, using the Spanish format for dates that you learned today.
Activity Time! Next, we will go around the room and each student will say “Mi cumpleaños es (the date in Spanish). ” As each student says their birthday sentence, the other students must listen to the date in Spanish and write down that student’s birthday in English. Teacher, be sure to write down the students’ birthdays to make your Answer Key.
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