I began by reviewing the steps of Dictado, performing our TPR movements together as a whole class ("Escucha, Repite, Escribe, Estaciona tu lápiz").

I showed a slide with various photos of what the Dictado sentences would be about to help provide context for students as they were writing. We followed the Kagan cooperative learning structure of a "Mix, Pair, Share" and students discussed what they observed from the photos on the slide (i.e. "¿Qué observas? Yo observo…"). Then we reviewed some of the key words they would need to know (i.e. el desierto, corremos, buscamos, etc.)

We then began our Dictado, starting with writing the date, which I modeled under the document camera. While reading, I chunk the Dictado sentences, saying only a couple of words at a time.

Dictado Sentences: Jack y yo estamos perdidos en el desierto. Corremos juntos y buscamos la casa del árbol.

Students listened, wrote what they heard, first repeating what was said then writing it, parking their pencil at their desks after they finished writing each section.

While the Dictado writing is also independent practice, the third stage of Dictado are the corrections, of which the students themselves correct in their own writing. I reminded students to say goodbye to their pencil and greet their pen. "¡Diles adiós lápiz y hola pluma!" I then began modeling by writing the sentences on my own Dictado booklet under the document camera, while students observed their own errors and fixed them themselves using a pen (red or blue, they choose).

I reminded them that the errors are what helps us learn, that this is just practice so we can grow. "¿Está bien cometer errores? Si, claro. Somos estudiantes, no necesita ser perfecto. En esta actividad, los errores nos ayudan y voy a hablar más sobre eso mañana. Cada vez que lo hacemos, ¡cada vez que mejoramos!"

I then circled the three verbs in the sentences, asking students to share with their partner what pattern they see across all three verbs. After hearing their thoughts, I gave a mini lesson on the nosotros pronouns for present tense verbs in Spanish (i.e. ar-amos, er-emos, ir-imos).