Description
This set of activities is an awesome accompaniment to the book “Pan de Sal Saves the Day”.
Pan de Sal Saves the day is a dual language English/Tagalog book is about Pan de Sal, a shy child named for the Filipino bread of the same name, who feels out of place. She doesn’t feel as pretty or have as much as her classmates Croissant, Danish, Donut, and other pastry named kids. When she and her classmates get stranded, she saves the day with the things she was nervous to share before. This book is a great way to use a non-musical storybook to create a musical lesson.
Includes:
– Composition worksheets with stick and regular notation with the characters’ names.
– Writing prompts for students on how they could save the day, or their reactions as if they were a student that got stranded.
– Listening – This book doesn’t disappoint for great examples. Pan de Sal sings 3 kundiman songs to her friends and a Filipino folk song. Includes listening links for the four songs that Pan de Sal sings in the book.
– Listening Reactions – Listening worksheets for the 4 songs in the book.
– Learn some Tagalog! Even as a dual language book with English and Tagalog on each page, some of the words Pan de Sal uses are strictly in Tagalog. This offers a great way to introduce some very important cultural things in the Philippines.
– An introduction to play sipa – It’s a favorite children’s game with variations that turned in a professional sport. This could be a great outdoor activity or cross-curricular activity with Physical Education Class.
– Word search – a word search of the characters’ names for early finishers or subs.
– Posters to show what each of the pastries the characters are named for in the story look like.
– Image to introduce the banduria, a folk instrument from the Philippines that is used in one of the listening examples.
Melissa Stouffer is not affiliated with the author or publisher of Pan De Sal Saves the Day. This product is designed to be used as a companion for Pan De Sal Saves the Day, not as a stand-alone product.
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Kristen D. –
I just used this with my 1st and 2nd graders and they absolutely loved it! My students learned so much from using this resource. I loved this book and this is a great companion set of activities! Highly recommend!
Shelley –
Thanks so much for your kind words!
Elena Z. –
This is an awesome companion set of activities to go along with the book! I bought the book because of this resource… it sparked my interest. The book & this resource do not disappoint!
Shelley –
I’m so happy you loved this AND the book! 🙂
Brianna P. –
This resource was very useful. My students are still working on some of the worksheets. They are so many great worksheets!
Lena M. –
I love this book and your materials made it even better. Thank you!
Paige M. –
This resource had so many different activities I could do with the story which was great because the story is pretty long. I was able to split it over a couple classes and have new engaging activities for each class.
Beth S. –
This went perfect with the book! My students loved this lesson during Asian and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month.