This week I only taught some of my students because of the short week so I had to create a filler lesson (a lesson that was not part of my unit.) Thanksgiving is around the corner so I decided to teach a game called "Pavo Pavito Pavo." I learned this game first in Spain. But I did need a bit of a refresher. Here is a video from Marian Navarro that I found helpful. I suggest starting at 0:22 for your students:
To play this game start with either odd number of children or enter the game as a player. Students dance while singing in a circle to the tune (below) that repeats. At the end of the song, they say "uno" then they sing the song again. They keep singing and counting until they get to "cuatro" where students must then find a partner. The one remaining alone then becomes the 'pavo.' In most versions of the game students shout "pavo, pavo" to the student who is left out. I preferred that the student who was 'out' remained in the middle and had flap their wings and dance as students played the game again.
The lyrics are as follows:
Al pavo pavito pavo
Al pavo pavito sí,
El pavito se ha marchado
¡Y el pavito ya está aquí!
Al pavo pavito sí,
El pavito se ha marchado
¡Y el pavito ya está aquí!
I found a version of the song on Los Pequeños Diablos' album Fiesta de canciones:
After playing the games several times I talked to students about how to say Happy Thanksgiving in Spanish (Feliz día de acción de gracias) and gave them this worksheet from SpanglishBaby:
I edited the picture a little to give students the opportunity to write something that may not be depicted. I also made sure that when students shared they used the word 'y' in between each word they were grateful for, making this a small lesson on 'and/y.'