{"id":5805,"date":"2018-03-27T12:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T16:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/?page_id=5805"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:10:57","slug":"sample-lesson-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/index.php\/sample-lesson-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sample Lesson Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Now, that you have reviewed the Forest Adventure learning module summary on the previous page (click here<\/a><\/span>), you can use Watch-Learn-Play\u00a9<\/i><\/b> framework to create lesson plans and guide students through the learning process.<\/p>

This page offers a sample lesson plan using the Forest Adventure as an example. Please note that before starting the Little Sponges program, you should always conduct the pre-assessments in both languages and review students’ scores in the Gradebook to inform you instructional approach.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The first step in each Adventure module is the Learning Video.\u00a0 The goal of this section is to introduce students to the new content and vocabulary. In this module, students receive direct instruction.\u00a0 Teachers should encourage students to repeat after the puppets and pause the video as needed to discuss the content and expand upon it.\u00a0 Teachers should also ask questions before or after the video to encourage active engagement and participation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

If you are implementing the Dual Language course, you’ll have 3 video options. In this Lesson Plan, we’ll use Spanish and English course as an example.\u00a0 The first video is in Spanish, the second video is in English and the third video is bilingual. Students have a choice of watching the video in their L1 or L2 or both. The purpose of the bilingual video is to help students bridge between the languages and gain even deeper understanding of the content as well as similarities and differences of two languages.\u00a0 In this video they’ll see puppets mirroring each other in their dialog to provide comprehensible input and enable “cross-linguistic transfer”.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

If you are implementing one of our Full Immersion courses, you will have one video that will present all of the content and vocabulary in the target language (i.e. Spanish, Chinese, French, etc).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

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Lesson 1<\/b>: \u00a0Students watch the entire Forest Adventure learning video in the target language for Full Immersion.\u00a0 If you are implementing the DL course, this lesson may expand to multiple days or even take place in different classes to give students an opportunity to watch all 3 videos (example: watch the Spanish video in Spanish class, English video in English class and Bilingual video on your own as part of homework).\u00a0 Mishka and Frog will introduce and guide the instruction throughout the video. Allow students to listen and absorb the vocabulary in the videos! Remember, for many students this is going to be their first encounter with authentically rich, interactive language learning video content.<\/p>

After watching the whole video, teacher and students start to work through each chapter of the video.\u00a0 This is where the teacher begins to break down the learning video to focus on specific concepts and vocabulary.\u00a0 Advanced students should focus on literacy aspect of the video by paying close attention to the subtitles. They may pause the video and take notes to help them remember the vocabulary.\u00a0 \u00a0Each Little Sponges\u00ae video is separated into chapters that are embedded into the video’s timeline. These chapters allow teachers to easily access the specific content they wish to cover each day.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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