Cinco de Mayo is a date of great importance for the Mexican community. It marks the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla. This week we will learn a little more about this celebration.
(Homework)
FOURTH: Continue to study numbers 1-100 because we will keep on having quizzes on the spelling of these numbers.
FIFTH and SIXTH: Practice reading El Padre Nuestro. Remember to look up the words cielo, nombre, reino, voluntad, tierra, pan, dia, ofensas, nosotros, tentación, mal in your dictionary.
SEVENTH: Be ready to recite El Padre Nuestro prayer. We have been praying it daily and by now you should be able to easily memorize it.
WORD OF THE WEEK: INDEPENDENCIA
SEMANA DEL VEINTE DE ABRIL (4/20/08)
WORD OF THE WEEK : EL PAPA (THE POPE). Remember this word does not have an accent mark as opposed to "el papá" (meaning "the father")
SEMANA DEL CATORCE DE ABRIL (4/14/08)
Homework
palabra de la semana (word of the week): ÁRBOL (tree)
FOURTH: Study for quiz on the vocabulary from page 50.
FIFTH: Study for vocabulary quiz: rompecabezas, tarea, trabajar, abajo, caminar, repartir, periódico, paraguas. Also, keep practicing your reading skills.
SIXTH: Make sure to turn in last week's homework if you haven't done so and practice your pronunciation as you are being graded for it.
SEVENTH:Be prepared to recite the dialogue with a classmate on Monday. David will be in charge of our minuto cultural on Monday and Kevin will do it Wednesday.
SEMANA DEL SIETE DE ABRIL (4/7/08)
KINDERGARTEN: We have been learning new vocabulary regarding items we find in the classroom. We answer the question ¿qué es esto? (what is this?) to practice all the new words.
FIRST: First graders are counting up to veinte (20) and doing a great job!
SECOND: We are busy learning new animals. They have done crossword puzzles, "use the clues" games and used individual whiteboards to draw the animal they are given in Spanish. Second graders are a busy bunch and love all this animal talk. Ask them about pez, culebra, gato, pájaro, pato, perro, caballo, elefante, gallina, pollo, vaca, puerco, serpiente...
THIRD: We started la lección 2 and hopefully will finish it this week. Third graders are working on their spelling and pronunciation skills and learning lots of new vocabulary.
FOURTH: Took a quiz on la lección 8, and practiced reading skills in pairs taking turns to read the lesson's dialog. Let's keep it up!
FiFTH: We are concentrating on mastering our pronunciation. Please keep reading the "Con mi hermano"book at home to practice before you are graded on your reading skills again.
SIXTH:Write a short description of yourself, based on the example given to you on the bottom of page 24 of your textbook that we reviewed in class last week. Please read it to yourselves a couple of times as you will be reciting it for your classmates.
SEVENTH: Prepare for Monday's quiz on gender of nouns: masculino o femenino. Remember the gender rules we have covered: FEMENINO NOUNS END IN -a, -sión, -ción, -dad, -tad, -tud, -umbre. Also the word "mano'' (hand). MASCULINO NOUNS END IN -o, -l-o-n-e-r-s, -ma. Also the words "dia'(day), "mapa" (map), "planeta" (planet), "sofá"
WORD OF THE WEEK : PARAGUAS
RESURRECCIÓN de El Greco ( THE RESURRECTION by El Greco). Museo del Padro de Madrid (Spain).
Espero que todos disfruteis un buen Domingo de Pascua.
Fifth grade: Find the nouns in the Con Mi Hermano story and decide if they are masculino or femenino, according to the rules we have studied.
Seventh grade: Conjugate five more -AR vebs. Natalie in charge of our minuto cultural.
SEMANA DEL DIEZ DE MARZO (3/10/08)
palabra de la semana (word of the week): CRUZ (cross)
La Señal de la Cruz
Homework
Fourth grade: Study vocabulary on page 44 of the textbook for the quiz we never took on Friday
Fifth grade: Read the story MI HERMANO from the Surprise book. Read it first in English and, if you have time, also in Spanish since we will be going through this story in class. We will this way work on our reading and pronuntiation skills and also build our vocabulary.
Sixth grade: Remember we are having a review test. The test will cover shapes, colors, numbers, pronouns, dates, word spelling, and pages 7-16 of the textbook. If you have any questions come and see me before the test.
Seventh grade: Monday we will have a quiz on the -ar verbs. You will need to know the Spanish pronouns yo, tú, él (ella), nosotros (as), vosotros (as), ellos (as) and the conjugation endings -o, -as, -a, -amos, -ais, -an. Refer to your class notes and your yellow verb chart for review. John will be in charge of our minuto cultural.
SEMANA DEL TRES DE MARZO (3/3/08)
Homework
Fourth grade:Study vocabulary on page 44 for a quiz on Friday.
Fifth grade and Sixth grade: Write cinco things you learned about our class visitor.
Seventh grade: Conjugate the following -ar verbs: DIBUJAR, AYUDAR, ESCUCHAR. Remember to also look up their meaning in your dictionaries. Kris will be in charge of el minuto cultural on Friday.
palabra de la semana (word of the week): ALFABETO
SEMANA DEL VEINTICINCO DE FEBRERO (2/25/08)
Palabra de la semana (word of the week):CUARESMA (Lent). Does the root of this word remind you of any other Spanish word?
Homework
Sixth grade:1) What would your name be if you would have been born in a Spanish speaking country? 2) Do exercise 3 on page 20 of your textbook. Write the role play on your own, without a partner .
Seventh grade:Study for aQUIZ on the planets: La Tierra (Earth), Marte (Mars), Mercurio (Mercury), Júpiter (Jupiter), Venus (Venus), Saturno (Saturn), and also Luna (Moon) y Sol (Sun). To help you remember these planets, think about the days of the week in Spanish.
Kelly will be in charge of the cultural minute on Monday. ¡Gracias!
SEMANA DEL ONCE DE FEBRERO (02/11/08)
palabra de la semana (word of the week): CORAZÓN (Heart)
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
KINDER: We are learning about La Familia. We have learned el papá, la mamá, el hermano, la hermana, el bebé, el abuelo, la abuela. This week we will incorporate these family members into our día de San Valentín celebration by making cards for them.
FIRST: First graders are performing skits using a micrófono to learn how to greet someone and introduce themselves. We have watched the ¿cómo estás? video to guide ourselves, and we are singing the alfabeto song.
SECOND: We are continuing Los meses del año by using different handouts, looking at the calendar, reviewing las estaciones (the seasons) and answering the question ¿cuándo es tu cumpleaños? Second grade is also learning el alfabeto.
Contrary to English, the names of the months in Spanish are not capitalized.
our textbook for grades 3 & 4
THIRD: We are now following a textbook. We have so far covered páginas 4-6, la escuela y los saludos and are working on our reading and pronuntiation skills.
FOURTH: We are continuing our review of question words: qué, cuándo, por qué, dónde, quién, cómo, cuánto, cuánta, cuántos, cuántas, de quién. We have learned that all question words in Spanish have an accent mark (tilde) which differentiates them from other words.
FIFTH: We are ready to present our projects to the rest of the class and be graded on pronuntiation. Please read your part many times to become familiar with it and if possible read it in front of an audience (your family).
SIXTH: We are learning how to form dates in Spanish, using el + number + de + month. For Wednesday, your homework consists of telling the dates of the following holidays:
-Martin Luther King day
-San Patricio
-San Valentin
-Navidad
-Labor day
You can refer to your textbook, página 17 under the ¡OJO! section and your class notes from last week.
SEVENTH: For this week, look up the months and the names of the planets in your dictionaries. Then check your dictado and see if you spelled them correctly in class last Wednesday. Morgan will be in charge of the Culture Minute on Monday
SEMANA DEL VEINTIOCHO DE ENERO (1/28/08)
Homework
FOURTH GRADE: Review the questions words we listed on Friday- Que, Como, De que, De donde, Quien, Donde, Cuantos, Cuantas, De quien, Cuando.
SIXTH GRADE: Complete exercise 2 on page 15 of your textbook.
SEVENTH GRADE: Work on cognates. Remember to use your dictionary for help. QUIZ on Wednesday: numbers 1-20
SEMANA DEL 14 DE ENERO (1/14/08)
¡FELIZ AÑO NUEVO A TODOS!
KINDERGARTEN: We are learning to introduce ourselves by asking and answering Como te llamas?. Students made pictures of themselves, colored and decorated nametags, watched a video regarding introductions, and performed a little skit in front of the class. We have been having fun with this and will continue it this week.
FIRST GRADE:We are studying "LAS ESTACIONES"(The Seasons). We have covered Invierno and Primavera so far and next week we will continue with Verano and Otono. To make sure we remember them, we are learning a little song and even doing a little dancing in class. Great moves everyone!!
SECOND GRADE:
We are also talking about The Seasons and this week we will begin also learning "Los Meses del Ano". We will look at a calendar and place the different months in their right season.
THIRD GRADE: We are almost finished with the story of Ricitos de Oro y los Tres Osos. By the end of this week, the book that the third graders made should be coming home. We have learned lots of new vocabulary!
FOURTH: Forth graders have been practicing their reading and listening comprenhension and they are doing a great job. Monday they will have a vocabulary QUIZ covering pages 40-42 of their textbook.
FIFTH GRADE: We have worked on listening and writing skills by taking a long "Dictado". Make sure to turn in your sheets on Wednesday with all the blanks filled in. Practice reading it at home so that you can read it in class for the other students. This assignment will be graded.
SIXTH GRADE: You will have a quiz covering pages 7-13 of the textbook. We will continue to ask Como se dice? (how do you say?) and will learn to ask how to spell a word in Spanish.
EIGHTH GRADE: We are getting to the end of our time together. I am surely going to miss all of you and we will have a little goodbye Fiesta on Wednesday. We will talk about the details on Monday. In the meantime, study for the second part of your final review quiz, which includes the Pronouns, verbs Ser and Estar and the Colors. You all did very well in te first part of the quiz and the grades really show it! Keep it up.
Also, remember to turn in your dictionaries so that seventh grade can use them.
This week, return your dictionary por favor. Gracias.
SEMANA DEL DIECISIETE DE DICIEMBRE (12/17/07)
Nacimiento del Nino Jesus
FOURTH: If you opted not to take the QUIZ on Friday, you need to take it this Monday. FIFTH: Find out what the currency of your country is. SIXTH: Exercises on pagina 12 of your textbook. EIGHTH: It would be a good idea to start reviewing material for the test that you will be taking in January
SEMANA DEL DIEZ DE DICIEMBRE (12/10/07)
KINDERGARDEN is learning Christmas Carols (Villancicos), playing sillas musicales (musical chairs) and having some fun.
FIRST GRADE is talking food: we learned about leche, agua, uvas, cereal, pollo, ensalada, platanos, zanahorias, chocolate, hamburguesas, dulces, patatas, fresas, pan, huevos, manzanas, naranjas, pastel.. We will continue with our food vocabulary this week.
SECOND GRADE is playing hangman to help them learn Los Animales. We also worked on a crossword puzzle and animal matches. This week we will continue learning about them.
THIRD GRADE continues to work on Ricitos De Oro . They are doing a wonderful job practicing their listening skills and learning lots of new vocabulary.
(Homework)
FOURTH: Refer to pagina 38 of your textbook and answer the question Que tiene tu casa?. Also, you are having your first QUIZ on Friday. The quiz will cover the different rooms of a house. You can refer to your notes and your texbook. Buena suerte!.
FIFTH: Find 5 new nouns in your dictionary. Decide if they are masculine or femenine and then give them a corresponding article. You can choose between el, la, un, una.
SIXTH: Write your own little dialog. Refer to pages 7-9 of your textbook to refresh your memory. Have some fun doing it! We will practice them outloud in class.
EIGHTH: Do the word finder in the Palabras con Energia handout and continue working on your dialogs.
SEMANA DEL TRES DE DICIEMBRE (12/03/07)
(Homework)
If you need help, refer to your book pages 36& 37
FOURTH GRADE: Remember to answer the following questions:
1)Donde vives? 2)Como es tu casa? 3)De que color es tu casa?
FIFTH GRADE: We continue learning about gender of nouns in Spanish. Remember to turn in your list of nouns. For each of the following nouns, 1)decide whether the noun is masculine or femenine, 2)say what gender rule it follows, and 3)look it up in your dictionary to figure out its meaning: chico, libro, casa, corbata, ojo, telegrama, nacion, religion, sur, viaje, atencion, humanidad, cumpleanos
Our new textbook
SIXTH GRADE:
We finally have a textbook! Please look over la Tabla de materias, Los mapas, and read paginas (pages) 1&3
EIGHTH GRADE:
Bienvenidos de vuelta. Esperamos que tuvieseis un buen viaje!!!
