Present Progressive WITH Direct Object Pronouns for Spanish 2....Multi-Sensory Learning

NOW LETS PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER!

Present Progressive ('ING' VERB FORM) with the Direct Object Pronoun.

1.  Find your subject.
2.  Pick your 'Estar' card to match the subject.
3.  Write your Present Progressive verb on your 'dry erase board'.
4.  Pick your Direct Object Pronoun.  (Who/What is receiving the action)
5a.  Put Direct Object Pronoun at the end of the Present Progressive verb.
6a.  Count syllables to add accent.
5b.  Put the Direct Object Pronoun in front of the 'Estar' verb.

We had a blast!  I loved this lesson!

'I am watching her'.  ESTOY=I am, MIRANDO= watching, LA= her/it.

'She is watching me'.  ELLA= she, ESTÁ= is, MIRANDO= watching, ME=me.

Notice how I magnetized my sets so I could put them on the board for my visual learners.  Kids could also come up to the board and manipulate the cards, if you only wanted to make one set.

Me showing how to count the syllables so kids know where to put the accent.

Here the Direct Object Pronoun is put in front of the verb 'Estar' so there is no need for an accent.

 My example on the board means the same as the picture above; it is just written different.  Also, I've written down an example of what 'las' could represent.  (Las palabras= the words)  Está= he/she is, dieciendo= saying, las= them. 

My example on the board of the Direct Object Pronoun going at the end of the 'verb'.  I need an accent.  

I am saying it.

He/She is writing it.

They are learning me......High school kids coming up with their own sentences.

Notice on the board I have the 'Preterite Past' color coordinated, the 'Estar' color coordinated, and the 'Direct Object Pronouns' also color coordinated.  Then on the right I have the Rapid Word Chart so the kids can visually see the irregular 'ing' verbs.  Now this might be too much stimuli for some students.  But having the consistency with the colors really helps the learning different student.

When I was done a student said, "Señorita, when I get a job I hope I am just as happy as you are!"

For another class, a student all week was asking if he could use pen and paper to learn all these lessons.  I asked him to try my way first since it was kinesthetic (and I knew he was a kinesthetic learner).  After, I was done with all the lessons, I told him he could now practice on paper and write the examples down.  After ten minutes he was so frustrated with his mistakes that he asked if he could go back to manipulating the cards.