The school year has begun and the students are off and running with their Spanish. I hear more Spanish being spoken to me and to each other than ever when I walk through the halls of the Grange. Here is a quick update of what is going on in Spanish class until I can get some pictures and documents loaded.
Kindergarten: Students are coming to Spanish twice a week in a rotation shared with the Music teacher Miss Ericson. They have learned the calendar song, the color song, and the Buenos Días song. Ask them to sing one to you. They are working on numbers up to 25, but they all came in pretty much knowing their Spanish numbers to 10 thanks to Dora the Explorer!. They can tell you how they are feeling and their name in Spanish when asked. We have talked about the people in school, from the teachers to the nurse to the principal and custodians. They are now learning the vocabulary for the different places in the school building.
1st grade: Students have reviewed basic questions like "How are you?" and "What is your name?" and can reliably answer those questions when asked. We have reviewed the color song and practiced several activities with colors. Students should have brought home their color bears activity where they were given a cup of colored bears that they had to sort and count and color their sheet according to the Spanish words. They did all of this following directions given only in Spanish. Students have reviewed the people in school and the places in school and are now working on learning the weather phrases, motions for each, and clothing to wear for each weather situation.
2nd grade: Students have reviewed basic questions just as in 1st grade and are very good at answering those questions. They are continually reviewed throughout 2nd grade. Students have learned the vocabulary for the people and places in school and we have done an activity where they created their resource schedule in Spanish. It is very hard to say Physical Education in Spanish, ask your student if they are able to do that. We have moved onto our daily schedules here at Grange Hall and what school is like for students in Argentina.
3rd grade: Students have learned a lot of new phrases for important things to know to get along in a Spanish classroom and have reviewed basic greetings and introductions. From there we moved onto Symbolic Migration and have made our butterflies to send to Mexico. They were sent off to Mexico late last week and we should be able to see where they end up for the winter in January or February. We will receive butterflies in return in April or May of 2013. Now we are working on telling time to the quarter hour and playing lots of games to reinforce that concept. Soon we will move onto the Ancient cultures of the Mayans, the Aztecs and the Incans. This is a fun unit and the students will learn a lot that will compliment their studies in their regular classrooms with the other ancient cultures they learn about.
4th grade: Students have learned to write and answer a few questions about themselves. They made a foldable and introduced themselves to the class. They all had the opportunity to choose a Spanish name as part of this activity for use in Spanish class. Can your child tell you their Spanish class name? Now 4th graders are learning about People on the Move and why Spanish is spoken in so many parts of the world. We have learned the names of the continents and oceans in Spanish and have labeled a map to keep in their notebooks.
5th grade: Students have reviewed the basic greetings and introductions and answered many questions about themselves. They have created a passport to begin our unit on Great Places and are now working on a project about a Spanish speaking country. They will be sharing their projects over the next couple of weeks. To complete the project students went to the computer lab to use the on-line databases from the Grange Hall library and they also used reference books from the library. They created a foldable about their country which shows many facts. They will share these with the class while only speaking Spanish.
As you can see, we have been very busy in Spanish class so far this school year. I would have updated my blog sooner but there was a delay with the addition of Edmodo to our system as it conflicted with other google accounts. Once I get my googledocs back up and running I will share the vocabulary lists and themes each quarter. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
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