4th, 5th, 6th Grade: February 24, 2016

Today, students had an in-class work day to work on writing their stories in Spanish!  I can't wait to see everyone's final product next week!  Feel free to email me (ambrouwer@hollandchristian.org) over the course of the week if you run into any questions as you're working on your story!

Ask your student:

• Can you tell me what your story for Spanish class is about?

This week's vocabulary:

• Review

Homework: 

• Storytelling Unit Final Assignment:  The final assignment was handed out in class today.  If you misplaced your copy, you can print a new copy here.  The story is due next Wednesday, March 2. 
• Final Assignment
• Verb list 
• Silly Names for Characters
• Previous Quia Assigments
• Week of Jan 6
• Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Jan 13
• Quia Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Jan 20
• Quia Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Jan 27
• Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Feb 7
• Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Feb 14
• Quia Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing two short passages in Spanish.  Students received a hard copy of the verses in class.  If your student misplaced the paper, you can print a new copy HERE.
• Verses for January and February
• Yo soy el buen pastor; conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí, así como el Padre me conoce a mí, y yo lo conozco a él, y doy mi vida por las ovejas.  Juan 10:14-15 (Juan diez, versículos catorce y quince.)

3rd Grade: February 24, 2016

Today in class we began a new unit.  We'll be learning vocabulary to describe people.  This week we started by learning the vocabulary to describe eyes.

Ask your student:

• Do you remember how to say what color eyes you have? (See vocabulary list below.)

This week's vocabulary:

• tiene-he/she has
• tengo - I have
• tienes - you have
• ojos azules - blue eyes
• ojos verdes - green eyes
• ojos grises - gray eyes
• ojos castaños - brown eyes

Homework

• Quia practice:  Play THIS GAME to practice our vocabulary words.  See how much money you can earn!!  Sorry, it's not real money ;)  
• (A lot of students asked about another Battleship style game.  Next week's game will be Battleship style!  We need to learn a few more vocabulary words to make it work!)

• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing two short passages in Spanish.  Students received a hard copy of the verses in class.  If your student misplaced the paper, you can print a new copy HERE.
• Verses for January and February
• Yo soy el buen pastor; conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí, así como el Padre me conoce a mí, y yo lo conozco a él, y doy mi vida por las ovejas.  Juan 10:14-15 (Juan diez, versículos catorce y quince)
• Audio version coming soon

2nd Grade: February 24, 2016

We continued practicing and reviewing different school-related vocabulary words.  This week, we focused on the verbs (open, close, take out, put away) and played a charades type game.    

Ask your student:

• What did you have to act out in Spanish class? (Each student had to act out a sentence and the class had to guess...in Spanish...what they were doing.) 

Today's vocabulary:

• Review
• la puerta - the door
• el cuaderno - the notebook
• la carpeta - the folder
• el libro - the book
• las tijeras - the scissors
• la mochila - the backpack
• la silla - the chair
• la mesa - the table
• abre - he/she opens
• cierra - he/she closes
• el pupitre - the desk
• saca - he/she takes out
• guarda - he/she puts away
• el lápiz - the pencil

Homework:

• 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
• Practice the numbers Spanish numbers from 0-60 with these games!
• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing two short passages in Spanish.  Students received a hard copy of the verses in class.  If your student misplaced the paper, you can print a new copy HERE.
• Verses for January and February
• Yo soy el buen pastor; conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí, así como el Padre me conoce a mí, y yo lo conozco a él, y doy mi vida por las ovejas.  Juan 10:14-15 (Juan diez, versículos catorce y quince)

1st Grade: February 24, 2016

In Spanish class, we started a new unit.  Over the next few weeks, we'll be learning the words for a Bible story in Spanish.  At first, I didn't tell the students what story we'd be learning, but I encouraged them to see if they could figure it out.  By the end of class today, they were able to guess correctly!

Ask your student:

• What Bible Story will you be learning in Spanish class?  (See vocabulary list for a few clues...it's about Jesus feeding the 5000)  

Today's vocabulary:

• New
• come - he/she eats
• prepara - he/she prepares/makes
• le da - he/she gives to him/her

Homework:

• Weather/Seasons songs and videos
• Weather song
• Weather/seasons song
• Weather/seasons silly video
• Days of the week song
• Months of the year song
• Bible Memory Verse!
• This semester, we will learn two Bible memory verses in Spanish.  
• Verse for January and February:
• Yo soy el buen pastor;  conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí.  Juan 10:14 (diez, versículo 14)

Kindergarten: February 24, 2016

In class today, we started a new unit!  Over the next few weeks, we'll be learning all about animals in Spanish!

Ask your student:

• What animal did you learn about in Spanish class today?  (We learned about elephants!  We also learned how to say that they are BIG and gray.) 

This week's vocabulary:

• New
• el elefante - the elephant
• grande - big
• pequeño - small 
• gris - gray

Homework:

• Second Semester Bible Memory Verse!  
• Jesús dijo, "Yo soy el camino, la verdad, y la vida."  Juan 14:6 (catorce, versículo 6)

4th, 5th, 6th Grade: February 17, 2016

This week, we began wrapping up our storytelling unit.  I told *my* last story in class.  Next week, students will be working on creating their own stories in Spanish, and on March 2, they'll have the opportunity to share those stories with the class!  (See homework section below for a description of the final story writing project!)

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 cat and a dog.  We learned that the cat likes to sleep on her bed, and sometimes fights with the dog.)  
• What was the silly story about in Spanish?  Could you understand most of it?  (It was about a giant gecko and all of the other characters we have had in our previous stories!)

This week's vocabulary:

• Amigo del Día
• Each week, we'll learn more about our classmates!  
• duerme - he/she sleeps
• la cama - the bed
•  pelean - they fight
• comida de gatos - cat food
• Story Vocabulary (some new, some review)
• ahora - now
• también - also, too
• pero - but, however
• Interrogatives
• ¿Quién? - Who?
• ¿Qué? - What?
• ¿Cuándo? - When?
• ¿Dónde? - Where?
• ¿De dónde? - From where?
• ¿Por qué? - Why?
• ¿Cómo? - How?
• ¿Cuál? - Which?
• ¿Cuánto/Cuánta? - How much?
• ¿Cuántos/Cuántas? - How many?

Homework:

• Complete the story sheet that was handed out in class today.  If you misplaced your sheet from class, you can print a new copy...
• Front Page (worth 1 sticker)
• Back Pages (worth 3 stickers)
• Quia assignment 
• Quia Assignment for February 24 (worth 2 stickers)
• Storytelling Unit Final Assignment:  The final assignment was handed out in class today.  If you misplaced your copy, you can print a new copy here.  Next week (Feb 24), we will have a work day in class.  Please come to class prepared to get right to work.
• Final Assignment
• Verb list 
• Silly Names for Characters
• Previous Quia Assigments
• Week of Jan 6
• Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Jan 13
• Quia Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Jan 20
• Quia Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Jan 27
• Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Feb 7
• Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing two short passages in Spanish.  Students received a hard copy of the verses in class.  If your student misplaced the paper, you can print a new copy HERE.
• Verses for January and February
• Yo soy el buen pastor; conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí, así como el Padre me conoce a mí, y yo lo conozco a él, y doy mi vida por las ovejas.  Juan 10:14-15 (Juan diez, versículos catorce y quince)
• Audio version coming soon

3rd Grade: February 17, 201

Today in class, we finished talking about the Good Samaritan in Spanish by watching a short video of the story.

Ask your student:

• Did you think the story of the Good Samaritan in Spanish was easy to understand?  (We watched the short video twice--the first time, we just watched straight through and the second time we paused it and talked about it.)

Today's vocabulary:

• Review
• venía - he/she was coming
• venga - come on
• el hombre - the man
• se fue - he/she left
• ¿quién? - who?
• puedo - I am able (can)
• no puedo - I am not able (can't)
• regresaré - I will return
• pronto - soon 
• el camino - the path, the road
• camina - he/she walks
• ayuda - he/she helps
• ¡Ayúdame! - Help me!
• dijo - he/she said

All of those words are used in this version of the story: 

Homework:

• Rewatch the story above and listen for our vocabulary words.
• Did you miss a previous assignment?  Catch up here!
• January 27 Quia assignment  (worth 1 sticker)
• January 20 Vocabulary Practice (Battleship style)
• January 13 Vocabulary Practice
• January 13 Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing two short passages in Spanish.  Students received a hard copy of the verses in class.  If your student misplaced the paper, you can print a new copy HERE.
• Verses for January and February
• Yo soy el buen pastor; conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí, así como el Padre me conoce a mí, y yo lo conozco a él, y doy mi vida por las ovejas.  Juan 10:14-15 (Juan diez, versículos catorce y quince)
• Audio version coming soon

2nd Grade: February 17, 2016

We continued practicing and reviewing different school-related vocabulary words with a new pictionary-style game with some fun ways to earn extra points.

Ask your student:

• How did the "Rebote" game work in Spanish class? (You get 10 points for a correct answer, but if another team has an incorrect, you earn an additional 5 point "rebound"!) 

Today's vocabulary:

• Review
• la puerta - the door
• el cuaderno - the notebook
• la carpeta - the folder
• el libro - the book
• las tijeras - the scissors
• la mochila - the backpack
• la silla - the chair
• la mesa - the table
• abre - he/she opens
• cierra - he/she closes
• el pupitre - the desk
• saca - he/she takes out
• guarda - he/she puts away
• el lápiz - the pencil

Homework:

• 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
• Practice the numbers Spanish numbers from 0-60 with these games!
• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing two short passages in Spanish.  Students received a hard copy of the verses in class.  If your student misplaced the paper, you can print a new copy HERE.
• Verses for January and February
• Yo soy el buen pastor; conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí, así como el Padre me conoce a mí, y yo lo conozco a él, y doy mi vida por las ovejas.  Juan 10:14-15 (Juan diez, versículos catorce y quince)
• Audio version coming soon

1st Grade: February 17, 2016

This week, we used the days of the week we've been learning in Spanish to play a Very Hungry Caterpillar Bingo game!

Ask your student:

• How many "Bingos" did you get in Spanish class?  (Everyone had at least one BINGO and many students had more than one.)

Today's vocabulary:

• Review
• sábado - Saturday
• el picnic - the picnic
• la salchicha - the sausage
• el pastel - the cake
• la tarta de manzana - apple pie
• la paleta - the lollypop
• el panecillo - the muffin
• el helado - the ice cream
• el queso - the cheese
• el pepino - the cucumber
• la sandía - the watermelon
• el salami - the salami
• domingo - Sunday
• la hoja - the leaf
• miércoles - Wednesday
• jueves - Thursday
• viernes - Friday
• la ciruela - the plum
• la fresa - the strawberry
• la naranja - the orange
• lunes - Monday
• martes - Tuesday
• la fruta - the fruit
• ¡¡Disfruta la fruta!! - Enjoy the fruit
• la oruga - the caterpillar
• la manzana - the apple
• la pera - the pear
• me gusta - I like
• no me gusta - I don't like
• come - he/she eats

Homework:

• La Oruga Muy Hambrienta
• Weather/Seasons songs and videos
• Weather song
• Weather/seasons song
• Weather/seasons silly video
• Days of the week song
• Bible Memory Verse!
• This semester, we will learn two Bible memory verses in Spanish.  
• Verse for January and February:
• Yo soy el buen pastor;  conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí.  Juan 10:14 (diez, versículo 14)
• Audio version coming soon.

Kindergarten: February 17, 2016

Today we finished our unit on outdoor/winter clothes.  Using the paper cutouts from two weeks ago, we "dressed" a stick person to go out in the cold!

Ask your student:

• What did you make in Spanish class today?  (Students brought home their winter clothes cut outs that we glued down to make a person.) 

This week's vocabulary:

• Review
• el pantalón - pants/snow pants
• las botas - boots
• el abrigo - winter coat
• la nieve - the snow
• el gorro - the hat
• los guantes - the gloves

Song (Tune: Frère Jacques)

Ponte el pantalón (ponte el pantalón)
Las botas (las botas)
Lugeo el abrigo (luego el abrigo)
Gorro, guantes (gorro, guantes)

Homework:

• Second Semester Bible Memory Verse!  
• Jesús dijo, "Yo soy el camino, la verdad, y la vida."  Juan 14:6 (catorce, versículo 6)
• Audio version coming soon

February 10, 2016: SNOW DAY

No updates this week, please check back next Wednesday!

4th, 5th, 6th Grade: February 3, 2016

Over the next few weeks, we'll be learning and reviewing a lot of high frequency vocabulary words through silly stories.  As part of this unit, we'll also be learning the Spanish question words.

Ask your student:

• Who was the "amiga del día" in Spanish class today?  What is one thing you learned about him?  (This week, our "amigo del día" was a boy who likes comics.  He likes reading them and even writing/drawing his own.)  
• What was the silly story about in Spanish?  Could you understand most of it?  (It was about a boy who likes kiwi, but when he tries to buy some, a giant gecko comes and eats them.)

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.
• los chistes/los cómicos - the comics
• dibujar - to draw
• leer - to read
• escribir - to write
• Story Vocabulary (some new, some review)
• compra - he/she buys
• agarra - he/she grabs
• quiere- he/she wants
• puede - he/she is able
• Interrogatives
• ¿Quién? - Who?
• ¿Qué? - What?
• ¿Cuándo? - When?
• ¿Dónde? - Where?
• ¿De dónde? - From where?
• ¿Por qué? - Why?
• ¿Cómo? - How?
• ¿Cuál? - Which?
• ¿Cuánto/Cuánta? - How much?
• ¿Cuántos/Cuántas? - How many?

Homework:

• Complete the story sheet that was handed out in class today.  If you misplaced your sheet from class, you can print a new copy...
• Front Page (worth 1 sticker)
• Back Page (worth 1 sticker)
• Quia assignment 
• Quia assignment (worth 2 stickers)
• Previous Quia Assigments
• Week of Jan 6
• Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Jan 13
• Quia Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Jan 20
• Quia Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Jan 27
• Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing two short passages in Spanish.  Students received a hard copy of the verses in class.  If your student misplaced the paper, you can print a new copy HERE.
• Verses for January and February
• Yo soy el buen pastor; conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí, así como el Padre me conoce a mí, y yo lo conozco a él, y doy mi vida por las ovejas.  Juan 10:14-15 (Juan diez, versículos catorce y quince)
• Audio version coming soon

3rd Grade: February 3, 2016

Today in class, we continued learning words for a Bible story in Spanish!  We now have all the words we need, and next week, we'll talk about the story of the Good Samaritan all in Spanish.

Ask your student:

• What was your story about in Spanish class?  (Using the words we've been learning, students were able to finish a story that I started.  I was quite impressed with their creative endings.  I was even more impressed that they wrote those creative endings all in Spanish!)

Today's vocabulary:

• New
• venía - he/she was coming
• venga - come on
• el hombre - the man
• Review
• se fue - he/she left
• ¿quién? - who?
• puedo - I am able (can)
• no puedo - I am not able (can't)
• regresaré - I will return
• pronto - soon 
• el camino - the path, the road
• camina - he/she walks
• ayuda - he/she helps
• ¡Ayúdame! - Help me!
• dijo - he/she said

Homework:

• New vocabulary practice game (link coming by Thursday afternoon)
• Did you miss last week's assignment?  Catch up here!
• January 27 Quia assignment  (worth 1 sticker)
• January 20 Vocabulary Practice (Battleship style)
• January 13 Vocabulary Practice
• January 13 Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing two short passages in Spanish.  Students received a hard copy of the verses in class.  If your student misplaced the paper, you can print a new copy HERE.
• Verses for January and February
• Yo soy el buen pastor; conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí, así como el Padre me conoce a mí, y yo lo conozco a él, y doy mi vida por las ovejas.  Juan 10:14-15 (Juan diez, versículos catorce y quince)
• Audio version coming soon

2nd Grade: February 3, 2016

We continued learning different school-related vocabulary words with several games.  Students also illustrated some simple sentences in Spanish, and they even wrote sentences of their own.

Ask your student:

• What sentence did you write on your Spanish paper? (Using the vocabulary list below, students wrote simple sentences such as, "Pedro took out the notebook," "The girl opened the backpack," etc...)  

Today's vocabulary:

• Review
• la puerta - the door
• el cuaderno - the notebook
• la carpeta - the folder
• el libro - the book
• las tijeras - the scissors
• la mochila - the backpack
• la silla - the chair
• la mesa - the table
• abre - he/she opens
• cierra - he/she closes
• el pupitre - the desk
• saca - he/she takes out
• guarda - he/she puts away
• el lápiz - the pencil

Homework:

• 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
• Practice the numbers Spanish numbers from 0-60 with these games!
• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing two short passages in Spanish.  Students received a hard copy of the verses in class.  If your student misplaced the paper, you can print a new copy HERE.
• Verses for January and February
• Yo soy el buen pastor; conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí, así como el Padre me conoce a mí, y yo lo conozco a él, y doy mi vida por las ovejas.  Juan 10:14-15 (Juan diez, versículos catorce y quince)
• Audio version coming soon

1st Grade: February 3, 2016

We began class by talking about the weather and calendar in Spanish.  Today, we talked about the Very Hungry Caterpillar's picnic.  We had a lot of opportunities to talk about which foods we like!
Ask your student:

• What is your favorite food of the caterpillar's picnic?  (Most students chose the ice cream or the cake as their favorite.)

Today's vocabulary:

• New
• sábado - Saturday
• el picnic - the picnic
• la salchicha - the sausage
• el pastel - the cake
• la tarta de manzana - apple pie
• la paleta - the lollypop
• el panecillo - the muffin
• el helado - the ice cream
• el queso - the cheese
• el pepino - the cucumber
• la sandía - the watermelon
• el salami - the salami
• domingo - Sunday
• la hoja - the leaf
• Review
• miércoles - Wednesday
• jueves - Thursday
• viernes - Friday
• la ciruela - the plum
• la fresa - the strawberry
• la naranja - the orange
• lunes - Monday
• martes - Tuesday
• la fruta - the fruit
• ¡¡Disfruta la fruta!! - Enjoy the fruit
• la oruga - the caterpillar
• la manzana - the apple
• la pera - the pear
• me gusta - I like
• no me gusta - I don't like
• come - he/she eats

Homework:

• La Oruga Muy Hambrienta
• We watched just the first minute of this video in class.
• Weather/Seasons songs and videos
• Weather song
• Weather/seasons song
• Weather/seasons silly video
• Days of the week song
• Bible Memory Verse!
• This semester, we will learn two Bible memory verses in Spanish.  
• Verse for January and February:
• Yo soy el buen pastor;  conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí.  Juan 10:14 (diez, versículo 14)
• Audio version coming soon.

Kindergarten: February 3, 2016

In class today, we reviewed our outdoor clothing vocabulary by coloring and cutting some visual aids.  Next week, we'll finish the unit with a few games.

Ask your student:

• What color did you use to color the snow pants?  (Students had to listen and follow directions, all in Spanish, for coloring and cutting.  We colored the snow pants "verde"--green!) 

This week's vocabulary:

• Review
• el pantalón - pants/snow pants
• las botas - boots
• el abrigo - winter coat
• la nieve - the snow
• el gorro - the hat
• los guantes - the gloves

Song (Tune: Frère Jacques)

Ponte el pantalón (ponte el pantalón)
Las botas (las botas)
Lugeo el abrigo (luego el abrigo)
Gorro, guantes (gorro, guantes)

Homework:

• Second Semester Bible Memory Verse!  
• Jesús dijo, "Yo soy el camino, la verdad, y la vida."  Juan 14:6 (catorce, versículo 6)
• Audio version coming soon