First of all, a very big MUCHAS GRACIAS to all of students and parents for making this year's Teacher Appreciation Week truly something special.  You really out-did yourselves and it was greatly appreciated!  Thank you so much!

For the next two weeks, 1st-3rd grade witll be working with seasons and weather expressions.  The 4-6th graders will continue working with the mini-stories and will be writing their own original stories in groups.

We will be celebrating Cinco de mayo this week with various activities and craft projects!  Should be fun as well as educational.

3-6 Grade:  Thursday lunchtime has been set aside this week for any student wanting to retake a quiz.  I will average the two grades together for the final grade.  All study sheets can be found in the documents section of this blog.

First and Second Grade:  Most of the students did much better on the numbers retake test. The grades will be posted on Thursday.  Students have been locating the different Spanish speaking countries on maps.  We will also be working with body parts this week.

3rd Grade:   Students completed a fact sheet on the Spanish speaking country of their choice and then presented the most interesting facts to the class.  They have also been working on parts of the body.

Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grades:  Students are working on learning to tell time in Spanish.  We are also continuing the mini-stories and study guides.

1st graders are working on parts of the face and will be adding body parts this week.  A reminder that some of them will need to take the numbers 1-50 retake test on Thursday, April 15.  Study sheets were sent home with the students on Friday and they can also be found in the documents section of my blog.

Some 2nd graders will also be taking retakes on the numbers 1-100.  Study sheets will be sent home with the students needing to take the retake today, Monday, April 12.

3rd graders have been working on ABC on Spanish speaking countries.  They had fun doing the research.  We starting sharing some of the facts they learned on Friday, and we will continue with them this week.

4-5 graders have been working on stories 3-5 and we will add new stories this week.  We are also working on interrogative words, and there will be quizes for 4th and 5th graders on Monday, April 19, and for 6th graders on Tuesday, April 20.  We will be doing many activities this week designed to help them learn and use...

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All 1st Graders that scored less that 17/20 on the numbers quiz will be required to retake it on Thursday, April 15.   The original quiz and a study guide were sent home with students on Friday, April 9.

1st Grade:  There will be a quiz on numbers 1-50 on Monday, April 5 and we will be reviewing for that.  We will be reviewing colors and descriptions and will working with the animals.

2nd Grade:  There will be a quiz on numbers 1-100 on Friday, April 2 and we will be reviewing for that.  We will also be reviewing colors and descriptions and working with the animals to tell stories.

3rd Grade:  There will be a quiz on numbers 1-100 on Thursday, April 1.  We will also be working with story #1.

4th - 6th Grade:  We will be working with stories #2-4 and we will be starting to work with interrogatives, the words that ask questions.

Parents:  Please remember that there are study guides for all of the vocabulary units in the document section of my blog.

First Grade:  We are working on numbers 1-50 and the days of the week. 

Second Grade:  We are working on numbers 1-100, days of the week and months of the year.

Third & Fourth Grades:  We have been reviewing numbers, days, months and dates.

Fifth & Sixth Grades:  We have been working on numbers over 100 and mini-stories #1-2.  Students have been discussing and retelling the stories in Spanish and expanding them with ideas of their own.  Lots of fun!

I've heard that a lot of families are headed for Mexico for Spring Break, so in their honor, we are going to be studying the geography, history and culture of Mexico this week and the week after we return.

Have a great Spring Break everyone!

  We’ve made some important changes to our elementary Spanish program this year which I am confident will help students get the most out of the time we have.  First of all, Specials will be taught as trimester classes (every other day) which should really help.  In the past, just as the students were starting to get the hang of what we were doing, the end of the six-week session would come and they’d move on to something else.  I’m excited about having them for an entire trimester!

 

Another even more significant change is that students will be placed in Spanish classes by grade level instead of homerooms.  While looping (multi-level classes) works well for some subjects, it does not work well for languages.  It will, however, take a couple of years to completely level the content of the classes.  For this year, the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders will start the year by reviewing the stories we did last year (so that new students won't be completely lost) and then moving on to several new ones.  The 2nd...

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1st Grade:  We will be reviewing parts of the face and adding a few parts of the body.

          La cara – face        el pelo - hair                    el ojo – eye

          La oreja – ear        la naríz – nose        la boca – mouth

          El diente – tooth    el brazo – arm        la pierna – leg

          La mano – hand       el pie – foot           la lengua – tongue

          La cabeza – head    la cola – tail (for the animals in my “zoo”!)

 

2nd & 3rd Grades:  We have been working with months, days and dates.  We will also be working with stories #1 and #2.  The stories can be found on the document page of my blog.

 

4th, 5th & 6th Grade:  The students have been completing short study guides for several of the stories that we have studied (#1-5, 7-13 and 16-19).  They have been given enough time to complete these in class provided they use their time wisely.  All of the completed study guides are due on Monday, Feb. 22 (4th & 6th) or Tuesday,...

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1st Grade:  We’re to review some of the vocabulary and songs that we worked with this year and last year.  We are also working on the days of the week and the months of the year.

 

2nd Grade:  We are working on months, dates and personal pronouns.

 

3rd Grade:  Students that did not get an A or B on the interrogative word quiz will be retaking the quiz on Wednesday.  The grades will be averaged together for their final grade on the quiz.  The students that will not be retaking the quiz will be working with cognates.

 

4th Grade:  There will be a retake test on the interrogative words and exclamations on Thursday, 2/11.  It will be optional.  Students who do take the test will be given the average of the two grades as their final grade for the test.  The majority of the students did very well on this test so we will not spend a lot of class time preparing for the retake.  Students will be responsible for studying at home.  The vocabulary sheets can be found on...

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