4th, 5th, 6th Grade: December 16, 2015

This week, we learned all about another "amiga del día." (Friend of the day).  We practiced learning our Bible memory verse (Psalm 100) in Spanish--all five verses!  We also watched a few videos of Belenes (and how to make them!), and had a Spanish Christmas carol sing-a-long time.

Ask your student:

• Who was the "amiga del día" in Spanish class today?  What is one thing you learned about her?  (This week, our Amiga del Día was a girl who has a pet rabbit.)  

This week's vocabulary:

• Amigo del Día
• Each week, we'll learn more about our classmates!  On the blog, I'll only list the words we learned in class that week.  However, I'm keeping a list of all of our Amigo del Día vocabulary.  Click HERE to view the entire list.
• el perrito - the dog
• el conejo - the rabbit
• la jaula - the cage
• las orejas - the ears
• comida de conejos - rabbit food
• las zanahorias - the carrots
• muerde - he/she bites
• rasca - he/she scratches
• Chirstmas Vocabulary (Review)
• el árbol de navidad - Christmas tree
• los adornos - the ornaments
• las luces - the lights
• los calcetines - the stockings
• el nacimiento - the nativity scene
• Belén - Bethlehem
• un belén - a "Bethlehem"...a large nativity scene showing a large part of Bethlehem.

Homework:

• Last week's Quia assignment
• Practice our vocabulary with THIS game.
• Complete THIS Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Listen to Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Bible Memory Verse! 
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

3rd Grade: December 16, 2015

Today in class, we continued learning about "Los Reyes Magos" and other Christmas customs in Spanish.

Ask your student:

• When do people exchange Christmas gifts in Spain and Mexico? (They don't exchange gifts on Christmas.  Instead they wait until Three Kings Day--January 6th.)   

This weeks' vocabulary:

• New
• escriben - they write
• reciben - they receive
• Review
• ellos - they
• ven - they see
• siguen - the follow
• traen - they bring
• los regalos - the gifts
• buscan - they look for
• encuentran - they find
• ¿Por qué? - Why
• porque - because
• le dan - they give him/her

Homework:

• Sing along with the song We Three Kings in Spanish.
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Just for fun, practice the vocabulary words with these activities:  "Rags to Riches" and Hangman  (same activities as last week)
• Bible Memory Verse!  (We added verse 5 this week!)
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

2nd Grade: December 16, 2015

Today in class, we reviewed the Christmas vocabulary words that we learned last week.  We also reviewed Spanish numbers from 1-50 with a Christmas BINGO game.

Ask your student:

• How close were you to getting a BINGO?  Did you have a second BINGO? (Everyone had at least one BINGO by the end of class!)

Today's vocabulary (review):

• María - Mary
• José - Joseph
• el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
• el establo - the stable
• la estrella - the star
• Belén - Bethlehem
• los ángeles - the angels
• los pastores - the shepherds
• los reyes magos - the magi/wise men
• el pesebre - the manger
• la posada - the inn
• hay - there is/there are
• numbers 1-50

Homework:

• Sing along with our Christmas song:  Hoy es Navidad (to the tune of Jingle Bells)
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Sing along with our new numbers songs:  El Canto de las Decenas (The Song of the Tens...counting to 100 by tens in Spanish), Counting to 100 by Tens
• Bible Memory Verse!  

• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

1st Grade: December 16, 2015

This week in Spanish class, we continued our Christmas unit!  We reviewed 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!

Ask your student:

• Can you show me some of the actions from the Burrito de Belén song?  (Burrito: make floppy donkey ears with your hands, el camino:  make a path with your hands, Belén:  outline the tops of houses and other buildings with your hands.)

Today's vocabulary (review from last week):

• 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)
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Weather/Seasons songs and videos
• Weather song
• Weather/seasons song
• Weather/seasons silly video
• Bible Memory Verse!
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  Con alegría adoren al Señor.  Con gritos de alegría, vengan a su presencia.  Salmos 100:1-2 (cien, versículos uno y dos)
• Audio version 

Kindergarten: December 16, 2015

This week, practiced our Christmas vocabulary words by playing games and singing songs.

This week's vocabulary:

• New
• María - Mary
• José - Joseph
• el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
• Review
• el establo - the stable
• el pastor - the shepherd
• el ángel - the angel
• la estrella - the star

Homework:

• Listen and sing along with our two Christmas songs!
• 25 de diciembre
• La Virgen María tuvo un bebé
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Bible Memory Verse!
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  Salmos 100:1 (cien, versículo uno)
• Audio version (the audio version includes more than just the first verse, but it may still be helpful for Kindergarten students)

Christmas Break Activity Ideas~December 2015

To see the list of Christmas Break Activity ideas (recipes, crafts, books, and songs) from last year, CLICK HERE.

• Las Posadas:  In second grade, we talked about the Mexican tradition of "Las Posadas."  THIS LIST includes a lot of ideas for learning more about this tradition.
• Make a Posadas Piñata Ornaments

• Belenes:  In fourth, fifth, and sixth grade, we learned that many families in Spain decorate their homes with Belenes...or scenes of Bethlehem (not just the stable).  Design one of your own!

• Los Reyes Magos:  In third grade, we talked about Three Kings Day celebrations in Spain and Mexico.  Check out THIS LIST of Reyes Magos inspired activities.  

4th, 5th, 6th Grade: December 9, 2015

This week, we learned all about two more "amigos del día." (Friend of the day).  We practiced learning our Bible memory verse (Psalm 100) in Spanish--all five verses!  We also learned a little about a Christmas tradition in Spain.

Ask your student:

• Who were the "amigos del día" in Spanish class today?  What is one thing you learned about each of them  (This week, we had two amigos del día.  A girl who likes to ride her bike, and boy who likes to practice archery.)  
• How do most people in Spain decorate for Christmas?  (The put up a "belén"...it's like a nativity set, but much bigger.  It has Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, shepherds, wise men, and animals, but also buildings, mountains, a lot of other people and animals, and even King Herod and his soldiers.)

This week's vocabulary:

• Amigo del Día
• Each week, we'll learn more about our classmates!  On the blog, I'll only list the words we learned in class that week.  However, I'm keeping a list of all of our Amigo del Día vocabulary.  Click HERE to view the entire list.
• montar en bicicleta - to ride a bike
• compartir - to share
• el tiro con arco - archery
• dónde - where
• practicas - you practice
• Chirstmas Vocabulary
• el árbol de navidad - Christmas tree
• los adornos - the ornaments
• las luces - the lights
• los calcetines - the stockings
• el nacimiento - the nativity scene
• Belén - Bethlehem
• un belén - a "Bethlehem"...a large nativity scene showing a large part of Bethlehem.

Homework:

• Quia assignment (links will be live by late Thursday afternoon)
• Practice our vocabulary with THIS game.
• Complete THIS Quia assignment (worth 2 stickers)
• Listen to Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Bible Memory Verse! 
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

3rd Grade: December 9, 2015

Today in class, we learned a new Christmas song in Spanish.  We also learned about "Los Reyes Magos" in Spanish.

Ask your student:

• Who were "Los Reyes Magos"? (The Magi, the three Kings)

This weeks' vocabulary:

• ellos - they
• ven - they see
• siguen - the follow
• traen - they bring
• los regalos - the gifts
• buscan - they look for
• encuentran - they find
• ¿Por qué? - Why
• porque - because
• le dan - they give him/her

Homework:

• Sing along with the song We Three Kings in Spanish.
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Quia
• Practice the vocabulary words with these activities:  "Rags to Riches" and Hangman 
• Complete this assignment (worth 2 stickers)
• Bible Memory Verse!  (We added verse 5 this week!)
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

2nd Grade: December 9, 2015

Today in class, we began our Christmas unit!  Today, we reviewed some basic Christmas vocabulary and we used that vocabulary to talk about a Christmas tradition in Mexico:  Las Posadas!  

Ask your student:

• Do you remember the actions you did for María, José, and el Niño Jesús?  (María-pretend to hold a baby and pat him on the back, José-pretend to carve something out of wood, el Niño Jesús-rock a baby in your arms).  
• What is "Las Posadas"?  (Posadas means "inns".  In Mexico, people organize parties for the 9 days leading up to Christmas.  They walk from house to house asking if they can go in...just like Mary and Joseph had to look for a place to stay.  Finally, they get to the "right" house that will let them come in and have a party.  In Mexico, they always plan out who will host the parties in advance!  We did this in class!  Some students "hosted" parties, others were Mary, Joseph, or the Angel.  Ask your student what his/her role was!)  

Today's vocabulary:

• María - Mary
• José - Joseph
• el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
• el establo - the stable
• la estrella - the star
• Belén - Bethlehem
• los ángeles - the angels
• los pastores - the shepherds
• los reyes magos - the magi/wise men
• el pesebre - the manger
• la posada - the inn
• hay - there is/there are

Homework:

• Sing along with our Christmas song:  Hoy es Navidad (to the tune of Jingle Bells)
• Practice our vocabulary words with this QUIA ACTIVITY.
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Sing along with our new numbers songs:  El Canto de las Decenas (The Song of the Tens...counting to 100 by tens in Spanish), Counting to 100 by Tens
• Bible Memory Verse!  

• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

1st Grade: December 9, 2015

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.

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

Homework:

• Sing along with our Christmas song:  El Burrito de Belén (The Little Donkey of Bethlehem)
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Weather/Seasons songs and videos
• Weather song
• Weather/seasons song
• Weather/seasons silly video
• Bible Memory Verse!
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  Con alegría adoren al Señor.  Con gritos de alegría, vengan a su presencia.  Salmos 100:1-2 (cien, versículos uno y dos)
• Audio version 

Kindergarten: December 9, 2015

This week, we learned some new Christmas words!  Next week, we'll play some games and sing songs to review the new Christmas words.

Ask your student:

• What does "como pretzel" mean?  (When we sit on a circle on the floor "como pretzel" means to sit with your legs crossed...like a pretzel!)

This week's vocabulary:

• el establo - the stable
• el pastor - the shepherd
• el ángel - the angel
• la estrella - the star

Homework:

• Listen and sing along with our two Christmas songs!
• 25 de diciembre
• La Virgen María tuvo un bebé
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Bible Memory Verse!
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  Salmos 100:1 (cien, versículo uno)
• Audio version (the audio version includes more than just the first verse, but it may still be helpful for Kindergarten students)

4th, 5th, 6th Grade: December 2, 2015

This week, we learned all about another "amigas del día." (Friend of the day).  We practiced learning our Bible memory verse (Psalm 100) in Spanish--all five verses!  We also reviewed the vocabulary we've been learning and class and read the story of Mary and Martha together in Spanish.

Ask your student:

• Who was the "amiga del día" in Spanish class today?  What is one thing you learned about her?  (This week, our amiga del día was a girl who told us about her pet turtle.)
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This week's vocabulary:

• Amigo del Día
• Each week, we'll learn more about our classmates!  On the blog, I'll only list the words we learned in class that week.  However, I'm keeping a list of all of our Amigo del Día vocabulary.  Click HERE to view the entire list.
• la tortuga - the turtle
• corto - short
• la comida de tortuga - turtle food/turtle pellets
• Bible Story unit vocabulary
• Review
• el hermano - the brother
• la hermana - the sister
• ayuda - he/she helps
• escucha - he/she listens
• habla - he/she talks
• ¿por qué? - why?
• porque - because
• cocina - he/she cooks
• limpia - he/she cleans
• le dice - he/she says to him/her
• trabajador - hardworking (male)
• trabajadora - hardworking (female)
• amable - kind/nice
• la mujer - the woman
• el hombre - the man
• se sienta - he/she sits down
• viene - he/she comes
• la cosa - the thing
• la casa - the house

Homework:

• Our final assignment for this unit was handed out in class today.  If you misplaced the paper, and to see the vocabulary list on the back (same as what is listed above), CLICK HERE
• Did you miss a previous assignment in this unit?  Catch up here!
• Week of November 18
• Battleship Vocabulary Practice (just for fun and extra practice)
• Assignment  (worth 2 stickers)
• Week of Nov 11
• Jumbled Words Vocabulary Practice (just for fun and extra practice)
• Assignment to complete for next week (worth 2 stickers)
• Week of Nov 4
• Hangman style game to review the vocabulary words (just for fun and extra practice)
• Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Oct 28 
• Flashcards to review vocabulary (Choose "html" version if you're having trouble).
• ASSIGNMENT  (Worth 1 sticker)
• Bible Memory Verse!  (We added verse 5 this week!)
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

3rd Grade: December 2, 2015

This week, we continued our "me gusta" (I like) unit.  I loved listening as each student introduced his or her "amigo" to the class...all in Spanish!  We laughed a lot as the students worked hard to speak only Spanish today.

Ask your student:

• What are some things that your "amigo" likes to do?  What are some things that he/she doesn't like to do?  Can you tell me about it in Spanish? (Every student did a great job with this in class!)

This week's vocabulary:

• All Review
• Me gusta - I like
• No me gusta - I don't like
• ¿Te gusta...? - Do you like
• Le gusta - he/she likes
• comer - to eat
• nadar - to swim
• bailar - to dance
• cantar - to sing
• leer - to read
• escribir - to write
• saltar - to jump
• correr - to run
• jugar - play
• afuera - outside
• videojuegos - video games
• beisbol - baseball
• fútbol - soccer
• fútbol americano - football
• hockey - hockey
• el rey de la montaña - king of the mountain
• cocinar - to cook 
• mirar la tele - to watch TV

Homework:

• Nothing new on Quia this week!  A lot of students said they enjoyed the battleship game, so here's that LINK again.  :) We'll start a Christmas unit next week!
• Songs and videos from class:
• Sing along with the Me Gusta song we sang in class:  CLICK HERE
• Find out what "Hamilton" likes to do!  CLICK HERE
• Spanish/English "Me Gusta" song:  CLICK HERE
• Review verbs with the happy hedgehog and the grumpy cat:  CLICK HERE
• Did you miss any previous assignment?  You can still complete them for a sticker!
• November 11 Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Battleship Vocabulary Practice Game
• Nov 4 Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Nov 4 Jumbled Words Vocabulary Practice
• Sept 28 Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Sept 28 Hangman Vocabulary Practice 
• Bible Memory Verse!  (We added verse 5 this week!)
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

2nd Grade: December 2, 2015

Today in class, we finished our unit about Peru by learning about Machu Picchu and looking at some traditional clothing.  We also played a Jeopardy-style game to review everything we learned.

Ask your student:

• Do you remember what Machu Picchu is?  (It is an old palace for an emperor/lost city of the Incas.  The mountain in the background looks like a face if you turn it on its side.) 
• Do you remember what "Machu Picchu" means?  ("Machu Picchu" comes from the Quechua language.  It means "the old mountain.")

This week's vocabulary:

• New
• el palacio - the palace
• vieja - old
• tradicional - traditional

• Review 
  • la bandera - the flag
  • rojo - red
  • blanco - white
  • el invierno - the winter
  • el verano - the summer
  • las estaciones - the seasons
  • el opuesto - the opposite
  • la playa - the beach
  • la capital - the capital city
• las montañas - the mountains
• los Andes - the Andes (mountains in Peru)
• la costa - the coast
• la playa - the beach
• la selva - the jungle
• el lago - the lake
• Lago Titicaca - Lake Titicaca (located between Peru and Bolivia)
• el río - the river
• el Río Amazonas - the Amazon River
• el pájaro - the bird
• el condor - the condor, a bird that lives in the Andes.  It is the largest flying bird with a wingspan of 11 feet!
• la llama - the llama
• la alpaca - a type of llama with very soft, warm, fur

Homework:

• Review what we learned about Peru by watching/listening to the SLIDE SHOW we use in class.
• Here's a link to the Jeopardy style game we played in class...it's all in Spanish!
• Some students wanted a copy of our Condor Hunt chant.  Here's the link (with an English translation, too!)
• Bible Memory Verse!  (We added verse 5 this week!)
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

• Listen to the Seasons Song.  This song is about the seasons in Michigan.  How would the song be different if we were singing it in Peru?  (Hmmm...my Spanish Songs Blog seems to be having technical difficulties.  Here's a LINK to the song on YouTube.)

1st Grade: December 2, 2015

This week, we started class by talking about the weather and seasons.  After practicing our Bible memory verse, we concluded our "Ayudo a mi familia" (I help my family) unit by playing a game to review the vocabulary words we've learned.

Ask your student:

• What was the game you played in Spanish class today?  (Students brought home a "game board" of a house with different rooms, and cards that show various chores/actions.  I would say a sentence in Spanish, and students would put the card in the corresponding room based on what I said in Spanish.  Some sentences made sense, like "The dad prepares the food in the kitchen," and some were just silly, like "The mom sleeps in the bathroom.") 

Today's vocabulary:

• Seasons
• el invierno - the winter
• la primavera - the spring
• el verano - the summer
• el otoño - the fall
• House
• All review this week
• el baño - the bathroom
• limpia - he/she cleans
• lava las manos - he/she washes his/her hands
• el dormitorio - the bedroom
• duerme - he/she sleeps
• la cocina - the kitchen
• prepara la comida - he/she prepares the food
• come - he/she eats
• pone la mesa - he/she sets the table
• la sala - the living room
• ve la tele - he/she watches TV
• recoge - he/she picks up
• el jardín - the garden/yard

Homework:

• Weather/Seasons songs and videos
• Weather song
• Weather/seasons song
• Weather/seasons silly video
• Sing along with our House Songs!!  Rooms in the house, Animals in the house
• Bible Memory Verse!
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  Con alegría adoren al Señor.  Con gritos de alegría, vengan a su presencia.  Salmos 100:1-2 (cien, versículos uno y dos)
• Audio version 

Kindergarten: December 2, 2015

Today in class, we concluded our unit about body parts in Spanish.  We began by playing a few games to review all of the vocabulary words we've learned so far.  We sang some songs to practice a bit more, and finally, we looked at all of the "amigos imaginarios" that students created last time.  We were able to talk about them all in Spanish!

Ask your student:

• Which "amigo imaginaro" (imaginary friend) is yours?  Can you tell me about it in Spanish?  (Check out the creative "amigos" in THIS SLIDE SHOW.  We spent time in class asking and answering questions about them in Spanish.)

This week's vocabulary:

• All review this week
• ¿cuántos? - how many?
• el pelo - the hair
• los dedos - the fingers
• los ojos - the eyes
• las orejas - the ears
• la boca - the mouth
• la nariz - the nose
• las manos - the hands
• los pies - the feet
• la espalda - the back
• los hombros - the shoulders
• espantapájaros - scarecrow
• tiene - he/she has
• la cabeza - the head
• las piernas - the legs
• los brazos - the arms
• el estómago - the stomach

Homework:

• Practice all of our words with THIS VIDEO.  See if you can point to the right part before the picture comes up!
• Sing along!  Father Abraham/Padre Abraham (if that link doesn't work, try this LINK for YouTube)
• Bible Memory Verse!
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  Salmos 100:1 (cien, versículo uno)
• Audio version (the audio version includes more than just the first verse, but it may still be helpful for Kindergarten students)