Pepita Talks Twice by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman

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Pepita Talks Twiceby Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
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Pepita Talks Twice is about a young girl who
speaks two languages, English and Spanish.

• Lets discuss What Spanish words do you know?
• Many of our words in English come from Spanish.
• Lets check it out!

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Spanish/English Words
taco
iguana
armadillo
tornado
salsa
guitar
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Now, lets learn more!
padre el nino
la nina madre
el perro
la maestra
la hermana el hermano
el gato
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Vocabulary
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language

• I know how to speak one language.
• Language means a spoken or written human speech.

Spanish
French
English
Italian
German
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Spanish

• My friend grew up in Mexico and speaks Spanish.
• Spanish is a language.

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tortilla

• I took the last tortilla at the dinner table.
• A tortilla is a round, flat, Mexican bread.

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enchilada

• My mom makes the best enchiladas.
• An enchilada is a tortilla rolled around a
  filling, then covered with spicy sauce.

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salsa

• I love to dip chips in spicy salsa.
• Salsa is a spicy sauce usually made of tomatoes,
  onions, and peppers.

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tamales

• On my trip to Mexico, we stopped at a restaurant
  and ate tamales.
• Tamales are fried chopped meat and crushed
  peppers rolled in cornmeal dough and steamed.

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taco

• I add meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomato to my
  taco.
• A taco is a tortilla folded around a filling such
  as ground meat or cheese.

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Put on your thinking caps!Its time to practice!!
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Match the word to the definition.

• Language
• Spanish
• Enchilada
• Salsa
• Tortilla
• Tamales
• Taco

1. Tortilla rolled around a filling, then covered
   with spicy sauce.
2. Tortillas folded around a filling such as ground
   meat or cheese.
3. A language.
4. A spicy sauce usually made of tomatoes, onions,
   and peppers.
5. Spoken or written human speech.
6. A round, flat, Mexican bread.
7. Fried chopped meat and crushed peppers rolled in
   cornmeal dough and steamed.