1st Grade: December 11, 2013

This week in Spanish class, we started our Christmas unit!  We'll be reviewing basic Christmas vocabulary words and talking about some of the animals that may have been at Jesus' birth.  It's a great way to review the animals we learned about earlier this year.  We're also learning a Christmas song that is very popular in Mexico!  For more information about our Christmas unit, click HERE.

Ask your student:

• What was Joseph's job?  What action do we do when we say Joseph's name?  (He was a carpenter.  When we review our vocabulary words, we pretend to be carving something out of wood for Joseph.) 

Today's vocabulary:

• María - Mary
• José - Joseph
• el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
• Belén - Bethlehem
• el establo - the stable
• la estrella - the star
• los ángeles - the angels
• los pastores - the shepherds
• los reyes magos - the magi/wise men
• el burro - the donkey
• las ovejas - the sheep
• el camino - the path/the way (This word is in both our song, El Burrito de Belén, and our Bible Memory verse!) 

Homework:

• Sing along with our Christmas song:  El Burrito de Belén (The Little Donkey of Bethlehem)
• Practice our new Bible memory verse:  Psalm 119:105 
• Tu palabra es una lámpara a mis pies, y una luz en mi camino.
• Salmos ciento diecinueve, versículo ciento cinco
• To review calendar/weather vocabulary at home, you can sing along with these songs...
• Days of the week
• Weather, seasons, and months