4th/5th/6th Grade: April 27, 2016

Today in class, we finished talking about Joan Miró.  Students got to draw their own Miró inspired masterpieces and describe them (in Spanish!) to a classmate.  Based on the Spanish description, the classmate had to try to draw a replica of the drawing without having seen it.

Ask your student:

• Who were the amigos del día in class today?  What did you learn about them?  (Today, we had two amigos del día:  a girl who has several pets and a boy who likes Harry Potter books.)
• What did your Miró inspired drawing look like?  What was it supposed to be?           

This week's vocabulary:

• el garabato - the scribble
• una línea - a line
• horizontal - horizontal
• vertical - vertical 
• diagonal - diagonal
• un punto - a dot
• un cuadrado - a square
• un rectángulo - a rectangle
• un triángulo - a triangle
• un círculo - a circle
• una estrella - a star
• un corazón - a heart

Homework

• Final Assignment:  Our final assignment was handed out in class today.  If you misplaced the paper, you can print a new copy HERE.
• CLICK HERE to see the three paintings you will be writing about for the final assignment.  
• If you prefer, I have also made a Quia version of the assignment.  It's exactly the same as what's on the paper, I just have it all organized in a Quia assignment for those of you who are comfortable using Quia.  (No papers to lose!)  CLICK HERE for the Quia version of the assignment.  
• Previous Quia Assignments from this unit
• Assigment due 2/27 (worth 1 sticker)
• Assignment due 4/20 (worth 1 sticker)
• Assignment  due 3/23 (worth 1 sticker)
• Assignment due 4/13 (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.
• 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: April 27, 2016

Today in class we finished our unit about "las descripciones/descriptions."  We looked at some paintings by Spanish speaking artists and described people in the paintings.

Ask your student:

• What do you remember about the paintings you saw in class?  (We looked at paintings by Fernando Botero (Colombia) and Simón Silva (Mexico).)
• Orgullo de familia (Pride of Family), Simon Silva

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• El general y su familia (The General and His Family), Fernando Botero

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This week's vocabulary:

• Review
• alto - tall (boy)
• alta - tall (girl)
• bajo - short (boy)
• baja - short (girl)
• la barba -the beard
• el bigote - the mustache
• las pecas - the freckles
• las gafas - the glasses
• el pelo - the hair
• el cabello - the hair (used in some Spanish speaking countries.  In class, we'll stick with "el pelo.")
• el pelo rubio - blonde hair
• el pelo castaño - brown hair
• el pelo negro - black hair
• el pelo rojo - red hair
• el pelo canoso - gray hair 
• calvo - bald
• 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

• Our final assignment was handed out in class.  If you misplaced it, you can print another copy HERE.

• Quia practice (to practice vocabulary...same practice activities as previous weeks) 
• VOCABULARY PRACTICE (flashcards and matching)
• BATTLESHIP game.
• "Rags to Riches game. 
• Previous assignments:
• Quia Assignment, due April 27, 2016 (worth 1 sticker)
• Quia Assignment, due March 16, 2016 (worth 1 sticker)
• Quia Assignment due March 9, 2016 (worth 1 sticker)

• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing a short passage 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.
• 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)

2nd Grade: April 27, 2016

This week, we started a new, short unit!  We'll be learning about direction words (up, down, in, out) in the context of playing on a playground.

Ask your student:

• What did you make in Spanish class to help you remember the new words you learned today? (We made a short book which students will bring home next week.)

This week's vocabulary:

• voy - I go
• subo - I go up
• bajo - I go down
• entro - I go in
• salgo - I go out
• voy hacia arriba - I go high
• voy hacia abajo - I go low

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 Ten
• Practice the numbers Spanish numbers from 0-60 with these games!
• Second Semester Bible Memory
• • This semester, we'll be memorizing a short passage 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.
  • 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: April 27, 2016

Today in class, we continued learning about community related vocabulary words in Spanish.  This week, we learned about some important people in our community.

Ask your student:

• Do you remember the actions you learned for each of the new words?  (El vecino: wave hello, la profesora: point to Sra. Brouwer, el bombero: pretend to hold a fire hose, el policia: pretend to blow a whistle and direct traffic, el cartero: pretend to put mail in mailboxes, el pastor: say "Amén," el médico: pretend to listen to a heartbeat.) 

This week's vocabulary:

• el vecino - the neighbor
• la profesora - the teacher
• el bombero - the firefighter
• el policía - the police officer
• el cartero - the mail carrier
• el pastor - the pastor/minister
• el médico - the doctor

Homework:

• Practice last week's vocabulary words (places in the community) with THIS video. 
• Practice this week's vocabulary words (people in the community) with THIS video.

• 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!
• Yo soy el buen pastor;  conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí.  Juan 10:14 (diez, versículo 14)

Kindergarten: April 27, 2016

Today, we continued to practice and review the animal action words.  We also learned about two new animals.

***Next week will be "amigo" day in class!!  Each student is invited to bring ONE stuffed animal to Spanish class.  We will use our stuffed amigos for some games and speaking activities.  If your student forgets to bring an amigo, I have some extras he or she may borrow for the day.

Ask your student:

• What animals did you learn about this week?  What do the "come"? (This week, we learned about bears and monkeys. The bear eats the "pez" (fish) and the monkey eats bananas.)

This week's vocabulary:

• Review
• el mono - the monkey
• el oso - the bear
• come - he/she eats
• All Review
• Animals
• la tortuga - the turtle
• la rana - the frog
• el elefante - the elephant
• el pez - the fish
• el pájaro - the bird
• el pingüino - the penguin
• el tigre - the tiger
• Colors
• marrón - brown 
• gris - gray
• verde - green 
• blanco - white
• negro - black
• rojo - red
• anaranjado - orange
• Verbs
• salta - he/she jumps
• dice - he/she says
• nada - he/she swims
• canta - he/she sings
• vuela - he/she flies
• corre - he/she runs
• Adverbs/Adjectives
• lento/lenta - slow
• grande - big
• pequeño - small 

Homework:

• Watch THIS VIDEO to practice the animal action words we've been learning!
• We learned a fun rhyme and hand clap from Spain.  Watch the video and practice the actions!  Chocolate, Chocolate (jumping game).
• Sing along!  Alele, alelu, alelu, aleluya
• 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: Galería de Arte

These are the three Joan Miró paintings that you will use for your final assignment.

A.  Nord-Sud (North-South).  1917.  Collection Maeght, Paris.

Description:  Describe the painting.
1-3 sentences=1 pegatina
4-6 sentences=2 pegatinas
7+ sentences=3 pegatinas

Opinion:  Give your opinion about the painting.
1-3 sentences=1 pegatina
4-6 sentences=2 pegatinas
7+ sentences=3 pegatinas


B.  Bleu 1 (Blue 1).  1961.  Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris.

Description:  Describe the painting.
1-3 sentences=1 pegatina
4-6 sentences=2 pegatinas
7+ sentences=3 pegatinas

Opinion:  Give your opinion about the painting.
1-3 sentences=1 pegatina
4-6 sentences=2 pegatinas
7+ sentences=3 pegatinas

C. La Sonrisa de una Lágrima (The Smile of a Tear).  1973.  Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona.

Description:  Describe the painting.
1-3 sentences=1 pegatina
4-6 sentences=2 pegatinas
7+ sentences=3 pegatinas

Opinion:  Give your opinion about the painting.
1-3 sentences=1 pegatina
4-6 sentences=2 pegatinas
7+ sentences=3 pegatinas

Part D~Comparisons

Comparison:  Compare the paintings.
1-2 sentences=1 pegatina
3-4 sentences=2 pegatinas
5+ sentences=3 pegatinas

The three paintings are:  "Nord-Sud", "Bleu 1", and "La Sonrisa de una Lágrima" (you may abbreviate it "Sonrisa").

4th, 5th, 6th Grade: April 20, 2016

Today in class, we continued to learn about Joan Miró.  We focused on expressing where things are located (within a painting).

Ask your student:

• Who were the amigos del día in class today?  What did you learn about them?  (Today, we had two amigos del día:  a girl who has sheep and a girl who loves to swim.)
• In Spanish, can you tell me two things about this painting?
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Joan Miró, Cabeza (Head), 1927.
From WikiArt:  http://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/painting-head-1927

This week's vocabulary:

• encima - on top/above/over
• debajo - below/under
• a la derecha - to the right
• a la izquierda - to the left
• enfrente - in front
• detrás - behind
• está - is located
• hay - there is/there are
• tiene - it has

Homework

• Quia Assignment
• Vocabulary Practice
• Quia Assigment
• Previous Quia Assignments from this unit
• Assignment due 4/20 (worth 1 sticker)
• Assignment  due 3/23 (worth 1 sticker)
• Assignment due 4/13 (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.
• 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: April 20, 2016

In class today, we learned a few more words for describing people.  Using our new vocabulary we played a game for drawing more characters.

Ask your student:

• Can you describe the person you drew in Spanish class?  Was he/she tall or short? How did you decide what to draw? (We rolled large cubes with vocabulary words on them to decide what each student would draw.)

This week's vocabulary:

• New
• alto - tall (boy)
• alta - tall (girl)
• bajo - short (boy)
• baja - short (girl)
• Review
• la barba -the beard
• el bigote - the mustache
• las pecas - the freckles
• las gafas - the glasses
• el pelo - the hair
• el cabello - the hair (used in some Spanish speaking countries.  In class, we'll stick with "el pelo.")
• el pelo rubio - blonde hair
• el pelo castaño - brown hair
• el pelo negro - black hair
• el pelo rojo - red hair
• el pelo canoso - gray hair 
• calvo - bald
• 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 (to practice vocabulary...same practice activities as last week) 
• VOCABULARY PRACTICE (flashcards and matching)
• BATTLESHIP game.
• "Rags to Riches game. 
• NEW Quia Assignment, due April 27, worth 2 stickers
• Previous assignments:
• Quia Assignment, due March 16, 2016 (worth 1 sticker)
• Quia Assignment due March 9, 2016 (worth 1 sticker)

• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing a short passage 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.
• 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)

2nd Grade: April 20, 2016

This week, we watched a short video of the David and Goliath story all in Spanish!

Ask your student:

• What did you think about the David and Goliath video?  Was it easy for you to understand?  (Video linked below.) 

This week's vocabulary:

• Review

Homework:

• Watch the VIDEO again.  See if you can do all of the actions for our vocabulary words.
• Sing along with our new song: Con su arpa toca David (Little David Play on Your Harp)
• Practice our vocabulary words with THIS activity.
• 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 Ten
• Practice the numbers Spanish numbers from 0-60 with these games!
• Second Semester Bible Memory
• • This semester, we'll be memorizing a short passage 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.
  • 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: April 20, 2016

This week, we began a unit about community-related vocabulary words.  This week, we learned about 6 different places in our community.

Ask your student:

• Do you remember the actions you learned for each of the new words?  (La casa: hold two arms over head like a roof; la escuela: spread out arm--as if to say "right here," el hospital: ambulance noise, la iglesia: fold hands, holding up index fingers as a steeple, el supermercado: pretend to push a cart, la tienda: pretend to pay for something.) 

This week's vocabulary:

• la casa - the house
• el supermercado - the supermarket
• la escuela - the school
• el hospital - the hospital 
• la iglesia - the church
• la tienda - the store

Homework:

• Practice our new vocabulary words with THIS video. 

• 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!
• Yo soy el buen pastor;  conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí.  Juan 10:14 (diez, versículo 14)

Kindergarten: April 20, 2016

Today, we continued to practice and review the animal action words.  We also learned about one new animal.

Ask your student:

• What animal did you learn about this week?  Does it "vuela" or "corre"? (This week, we learned about tigers.  They run -corre- but don't fly -vuela.)

This week's vocabulary:

• Review
• anaranjado - orange
• el tigre - the tiger
• corre - he/she runs
• All Review
• Animals
• la tortuga - the turtle
• la rana - the frog
• el elefante - the elephant
• el pez - the fish
• el pájaro - the bird
• el pingüino - the penguin
• Colors
• marrón - brown 
• gris - gray
• verde - green 
• blanco - white
• negro - black
• rojo - red
• Verbs
• salta - he/she jumps
• dice - he/she says
• nada - he/she swims
• canta - he/she sings
• vuela - he/she flies
• Adverbs/Adjectives
• lento/lenta - slow
• grande - big
• pequeño - small 

Homework:

• Watch THIS VIDEO to practice the animal action words we've been learning!
• We learned a fun rhyme and hand clap from Spain.  Watch the video and practice the actions!  Chocolate, Chocolate (jumping game).
• Sing along!  Alele, alelu, alelu, aleluya
• 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: April 13, 2016

Today in class, we continued to learn about Joan Miró.  We focused on expressing comparisons in Spanish.  

Ask your student:

• Who were the amigos del día in class today?  What did you learn about them?  (Today, we had two amigos del día:  a boy who has 3 pet fish and a girl who has a lovable dog!)
• Which of Joan Miró's paintings do you prefer?  The more realistic ones or the more complex ones?  (See vocabulary list for help.)

This week's vocabulary:

• Es más __ que - It is more __ than
• El perro es más grande que el gato - The dog is bigger (more big) than the cat
• un ejemplo - an example
• realista - realistic 
• cambió - it changed

Homework

• Quia Assignment:
• Vocabulary Practice
• Assignment due 4/20
• Previous Quia Assignments from this unit
• Assignment  due 3/23 (worth 1 sticker)
• Assignment due 4/13 (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: April 13, 2016

Oh, no.  Someone stole Pedro's cheese!  Before break, students drew the faces of possible suspects and described them in Spanish.  This week, we lined up all of the pictures and had the descriptions all typed up on a suspect sheet.  Students worked to match the pictures to descriptions.  They were great detectives!

Ask your student:

• How many of the suspects were you able to identify? 

This week's vocabulary:

• Review
• la barba -the beard
• el bigote - the mustache
• las pecas - the freckles
• las gafas - the glasses
• el pelo - the hair
• el cabello - the hair (used in some Spanish speaking countries.  In class, we'll stick with "el pelo.")
• el pelo rubio - blonde hair
• el pelo castaño - brown hair
• el pelo negro - black hair
• el pelo rojo - red hair
• el pelo canoso - gray hair 
• calvo - bald
• 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

• No new Quia assignment this week.  You can continue to practice with the vocabulary games or catch up on previous assignments.  
• Quia practice (to practice vocabulary...same practice activities as last week) 
• VOCABULARY PRACTICE (flashcards and matching)
• BATTLESHIP game.
• "Rags to Riches game. 
• Previous assignments:
• Quia Assignment, due March 16, 2016 (worth 1 sticker)
• Quia Assignment due March 9, 2016 (worth 1 sticker)

• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing a short passage 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.
• 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)

2nd Grade: April 13, 2016

This week, we continued talking about David and Goliath in Spanish.  We finished learning all of the vocabulary words, so we'll be listening to the story in class next week.

Ask your student:

• Can you sing the song Con su arpa toca David?  (Use the link below to practice.) 

This week's vocabulary:

• dijo - he/she said
• dijeron - they said
• mira - he/she looks at
• provocaba - he/she bugged, annoyed, provoked
• REVIEW
• la armadura - the armor
• la espada - the sword
• tenía - he/she had
• era - he/she was
• luchará - will fight
• Dios me ayudará - God will help me.
• David - David
• el pastor -the shepherd
• la oveja - the sheep
• Goliat - Goliath
• el soldado - the soldier
• el casco - the helmet

Homework:

• Sing along with our new song: Con su arpa toca David (Little David Play on Your Harp)
• Practice our vocabulary words with THIS activity.
• 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 a short passage 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.
• 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: April 13, 2016

In class this week, we read the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 in class.

Ask your student:

• In the story book, what sound did the rumbling stomachs make?  (The book we read repeated the line "Ron, ron, los estómagos gruñen" several times.  Translation:  Rumble, rumble, the stomachs growled.)  

Today's vocabulary:

• Review

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!
• Yo soy el buen pastor;  conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí.  Juan 10:14 (diez, versículo 14)

Kindergarten: April 13, 2016

Today we learned about not one, but two new animals!

Ask your student:

• What is the same about a "pájaro" and a "pingüino"?  How are they different? (They're both birds-pájaros, but only one can fly-vuela.)

This week's vocabulary:

• New
• blanco - white
• negro - black
• rojo - red
• el pájaro - the bird
• el pingüino - the penguin
• vuela - he/she flies
• canta - he/she sings
• All Review
• la tortuga - the turtle
• la rana - the frog
• el elefante - the elephant
• el pez - the fish
• marrón - brown 
• gris - gray
• verde - green 
• salta - he/she jumps
• dice - he/she says
• nada - he/she swims
• lento/lenta - slow
• grande - big
• pequeño - small 

Homework:

• We learned a fun rhyme and hand clap from Spain.  Watch the video and practice the actions!  Chocolate, Chocolate (jumping game).
• Sing along!  Alele, alelu, alelu, aleluya
• Second Semester Bible Memory Verse!  
• Jesús dijo, "Yo soy el camino, la verdad, y la vida."  Juan 14:6 (catorce, versículo 6)