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Children will explore vocabulary related to bats and their behavior

Vocabulary: apetito, colonia, nocturno, cachorro, siesta, bajar en picada

Science Focus: animal behavior and adaptations

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• These bats love to read, and they get a big treat when one of the library's window stays open.

• Find and circle the word murciélago (or murciélagos) and each word with an accent mark or tilde.

• Play this game in small groups. Print out the skill sheet and give children a number cube. Let children take turns rolling the cube and following the directions.
• This is a great interactive way to build knowledge!

Skill: word families

Materials: ¡Murciélago tiene tilde! skill sheet, scissors

• Take advantage of the bat theme to explore words with accent marks! Cut out the bats on the skill sheets. Then draw a large cave shape and mount it on a bulletin board.
• Place the bats in a paper bag and tell children that only bats with words with accent marks, tildes, are allowed in the bat cave!
• Let children take turns picking a bat from the bag and attaching it inside or outside the cave according to whether they have an accent mark.