October BW Spanish Newsletter
3rd – 6th grades
Dear Parents,
We have been busy in Spanish classes reviewing and learning these past weeks. We keep a different pace for the younger ones than for the older ones. So far the younger ones have taken a look at:
- basic greetings
- how to ask for what each other's names are and how to spell them in Spanish
- the Spanish alphabet (with the 4 extra letters) through individual organizing of the alphabet and the card game “Vete a Pescar” (Go Fish)
- the numbers from 1-100.
- how to say the date, the days of the week, the months of the year (with a couple of songs)
- how to tell the time
- simple commands
The older grades have reviewed all of the above plus they have filled a questionaire in which they have brushed up on past structures and expressions (questions, weather, colors, ... ) as well as on different vocabulary. They have practiced telling time in two different ways (the simple and the complicated way) and gone over the numbers from 1 – 1,000,000. They have also worked on commands and had fun asking each other to do different things.
I have read the book Todos somos parecidos, todos somos diferentes (“We Are All Alike... We Are All Different”) which reinforces multicultural and anti-bias learning and appreciation. And we have gone over the lyrics and music of the classic beautiful song “De Colores” which we didn't have a chance to see last year.
In our classes I try to expose the students to the Spanish language when I talk, read, or sing to them, and also when we do activities that require the interaction with their peers. We will also be doing simple written activities to reinforce the language.
Thank you for the opportunity of teaching your kids,
Señora Pepi (3rd -6th grade teacher)
pepirosado.bwspanish@yahoo.com
¿Qué pasa en la clase de español?
K – 2nd grades October 2009
Hola parents,
What a busy month it has been in Spanish class!
Here is a typical day:
Culture – Where Spanish is spoken throughout the world, El día de los muertos festivities in Mexico (Oct 31st – Nov.2nd.)
Whatever we’re learning in Spanish, we are doing so through games, songs, interacting with each other and having fun so that the experience of learning another language is an enjoyable one.
¡Muchas gracias!
Señora Murray
susanmurray.bwspanish@yahoo.com
3rd – 6th grades
Dear Parents,
We have been busy in Spanish classes reviewing and learning these past weeks. We keep a different pace for the younger ones than for the older ones. So far the younger ones have taken a look at:
- basic greetings
- how to ask for what each other's names are and how to spell them in Spanish
- the Spanish alphabet (with the 4 extra letters) through individual organizing of the alphabet and the card game “Vete a Pescar” (Go Fish)
- the numbers from 1-100.
- how to say the date, the days of the week, the months of the year (with a couple of songs)
- how to tell the time
- simple commands
The older grades have reviewed all of the above plus they have filled a questionaire in which they have brushed up on past structures and expressions (questions, weather, colors, ... ) as well as on different vocabulary. They have practiced telling time in two different ways (the simple and the complicated way) and gone over the numbers from 1 – 1,000,000. They have also worked on commands and had fun asking each other to do different things.
I have read the book Todos somos parecidos, todos somos diferentes (“We Are All Alike... We Are All Different”) which reinforces multicultural and anti-bias learning and appreciation. And we have gone over the lyrics and music of the classic beautiful song “De Colores” which we didn't have a chance to see last year.
In our classes I try to expose the students to the Spanish language when I talk, read, or sing to them, and also when we do activities that require the interaction with their peers. We will also be doing simple written activities to reinforce the language.
Thank you for the opportunity of teaching your kids,
Señora Pepi (3rd -6th grade teacher)
pepirosado.bwspanish@yahoo.com
¿Qué pasa en la clase de español?
K – 2nd grades October 2009
Hola parents,
What a busy month it has been in Spanish class!
Here is a typical day:
- Greet each other
- Learn with the help of the following activities:
- Singing, Movement
- Counting
- Listening to stories
- Talking about cultural similarities and differences
- Following Directions
- Responding with simple words and phrases
- Interacting with puppets and each other
- Playing games
- Doing art activities
- Sing goodbye song
- Greetings – Hola, Buenos días, Buenas tardes and Buenas noches
- Goodbyes – Adiós, Hasta mañana, Hasta luego, and Hasta la vista.
- My name is ____, what’s yours? Me llamo _____, ¿Cómo te llamas?
- How are you? ¿Cómo está usted? or ¿Cómo estás?
- Very well, thank you – Muy bien, gracias,
- So so – Así así or más o menos,
- Not very well – Muy mal
- Manner words – Por favor, Gracias, De nada, Con permiso (Excuse me)
- Numbers – 1 – 10 (K), 1 – 20 (1st), 1 – 30 (2nd)
- Colors - rojo, azul, amarillo, verde, morado, café, rosa, negro, blanco, gris y anaranjado
- Some of the songs – Buenos días, Me llamo, Hola amigo, Diez deditos, Cabeza, hombros, piernas, pies, Red es rojo, Uno, dos, tres, cha, cha,cha, Hasta mañana, Mexican Hat Dance calendar song and dance
- Calendar words – 1st and 2nd grades – los meses (months), los días de la semana (days of the week), la fecha (date), el tiempo(weather)
Culture – Where Spanish is spoken throughout the world, El día de los muertos festivities in Mexico (Oct 31st – Nov.2nd.)
Whatever we’re learning in Spanish, we are doing so through games, songs, interacting with each other and having fun so that the experience of learning another language is an enjoyable one.
¡Muchas gracias!
Señora Murray
susanmurray.bwspanish@yahoo.com
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