Presente Progresivo

Sixth graders learned about the present progressive (presente progresivo) tense in Spanish this week. In Spanish, it is used to express what someone is doing at the current moment. It is paired with the verb, estar (to be), which students recently learned. In order to comprehend the tense and its uses we did several activities. One of their tasks was to find an article, song or TV commercial where the presente progresivo is used. Several sources students used were: Univision, Telemundo, El Clarín and Moral. In addition, to finding real world examples of the presente progresivo, students played several rounds of charades while others guessed what they were doing at the current moment. Some examples of the charades were: empacado una maleta, haciendo la cama, comiendo sopa, actuando en un teatro. Next, students will explore reflexive verbs.