- Try a new recipe!
- Try a craft!
- Learn some new songs (All are available through Herrick Library)
- Merry Navidad!: Christmas Carols in Spanish and English by Alma Flor Ada
- Feliz Navidad: learning songs and traditions in Spanish by Anna Maria Mahoney
- Read a book (All are available through the Herrick Library or library loan)
- The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie dePaola
- The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola
- N is for Navidad by Susan Middleton Elya
- Uno, Dos, Tres, Posada! by Virginia Kroll
- The Gift of the Poinsettia by Pat Mora and Charles Ramírez Berg
- A Piñata in a Pine Tree by Pat Mora
- 'Twas Nochebuena by Roseanne Greenfield Thong
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Christmas Break 2016: Activity Ideas
If you're looking for some fun, Spanish-related activities to do over break, check out some of these ideas:
5th and 6th Grade: December 14, 2016
In class today, we continued learning about the Mexican Christmas legend of the poinsettia.
Ask your student:
Ask your student:
- What is the legend of the Poinsettia about? (It's about a girl who was poor and couldn't bring a gift to church on Christmas Eve. She just brought a normal plant she found along the side of the road and when she brought it in to the church, it turned into a beautiful flower--the poinsettia.)
Vocabulary
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
- le da - he/she gives to him/her
- le dice - he/she says to him/her
- ¿por qué? - why?
- ¡Qué lástima! - Too bad!
- mira - he/she looks at
- tengo - I have
- el regalo - the gift/present
- pobre - poor
- el dinero - the money
- está triste - he/she is sad
- llora - he/she cries
- la flor de nochebuena - the poinsettia
- la iglesia - the church
- el corazón - the heart
- el ángel - the angel
- recoge - he/she picks up
- el milagro - the miracle
Homework:
Please email me if you need your Quia username and/or password.
- This semester, we'll be memorizing Colossians 3:16-17 as an (HC)2 group. In Spanish class, we will also focus on memorizing just verse 17 in Spanish.
- Printed Version / Printed "bubble letters" version (color it in as you memorize it)
- Audio Version
- Quia Practice
- Quia Practice-Battleship Style!
4th Grade: December 14, 2016
Today in class, we continued talking about a New Year's Eve tradition in Spain!
Ask your student:
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
Ask your student:
- Were you able to eat all 12 grapes at the right time? (We watched a video from last year's New Year's Eve broadcast and tried to eat our grapes just like they do in Spain! If you want to try it as a family, click HERE)
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
- ¿Cuándo? - When?
- diciembre - December
- Nochevieja - New Year's Eve
- medianoche - midnight
- ¿Dónde? - Where?
- España - Spain
- el reloj - the clock
- los cuartos - the quarters (double tone chime every 15 minutes)
- las campanadas - the chimes of the hour
- las uvas - the grapes
Homework:
Please email me if you need your Quia username and/or password.
- This semester, we'll be memorizing Colossians 3:16-17 as an (HC)2 group. In Spanish class, we will also focus on memorizing just verse 17 in Spanish.
- Printed Version / Printed "bubble letters" version (color it in as you memorize it)
- Audio Version
2nd and 3rd Grade: December 14, 2016
In Spanish class today, we finished our short book about Christmas piñatas in Mexico. We also spent the last 15 minutes of class attending a special (HC)2 Christmas Chapel.
Ask your student:
Vocabulary
All review this week
Ask your student:
- Can you show me your book from class? (We wrote and illustrated a "That's Not My Christmas Piñata" book based on the "That's Not My..." series by Usborne books. To sing along with the Piñata song on the back page, click HERE.)
All review this week
- tradicional - traditional
- moderna - modern
- dulces - sweets/candy
- fruta - fruit
- monedas - coins
- nueces - nuts
- tiene - he/she/it has
- es - he/she/it is
- grande - big
- pequeño - small
- sorpresas - surprises
- Numbers 11-20 (these tend to be the toughest to pick up in Spanish. We'll spend quite a bit of time with these numbers)
- Numbers 1-10
Homework:
- Just for fun, play this game a few times to review the numbers from 1-10.
- Check out this list/listening activity to review numbers from 1-20
- Just for fun, play this game to practice numbers 1-20.
- This semester, we'll be memorizing Colossians 3:16-17 as an (HC)2 group. In Spanish class, we will also focus on memorizing just verse 17 in Spanish.
- Printed Version / Printed "bubble letters" version (color it in as you memorize it)
- Audio Version
- Quia Game to Practice putting phrases in order
1st Grade: December 14, 2016
This week, we practiced our Christmas vocabulary words with some games and activities.
Ask your student:
Ask your student:
- Can you name 3 people in the Christmas story in Spanish? (See the vocabulary list below. We didn't get a chance to listen to our new Christmas song in class today: The Donkey of Bethlehem. You can listen to the song HERE.)
Vocabulary
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
- el burrito - the small donkey
- Belén - Bethlehem
- María - Mary
- José - Joseph
- el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
- el establo - the stable
- la estrella - the star
- los ángeles - the angels
- los pastores - the shepherds
Homework:
- Bible Memory Verse:
- Háganlo todo en el nombre de Jesús. Colosenses 3:17
- Shortened version of our (HC)2 Fall memory verse: "Do everything in the name of Jesus."
- Audio Version
- Watch this video to practice our weather vocabulary words.
Kindergarten: December 14, 2016
This week, we made a small book together talking about shapes and the Christmas story.
Ask your student:
Vocabulary
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
Ask your student:
- Do you have your book from Spanish class? (You can read through which shapes match up with different parts of the Christmas story.)
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
- la estrella - the star
- el ángel - the angel
- el pastor - the shepherd
- el establo - the stable
- María - Mary
- José - Joseph
- el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
Homework:
- Want to listen to the songs we're singing?
- Bible Memory Verse~See if your student can say it on his/her own! A lot of them are able to say it from memory!
- Háganlo todo en el nombre de Jesús. Colosenses 3:17
- Shortened version of our (HC)2 Fall memory verse: "Do everything in the name of Jesus."
- Audio Version
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
5th and 6th Grade: December 7, 2016
In class today, we began a short Christmas unit. We'll be learning about the Mexican Christmas legend of the poinsettia.
Ask your student:
Ask your student:
- What is a poinsettia called in Spanish? What does it mean? (In Spanish, the poinsettia is called la flor de Nochebuena. That means: the flower of Christmas Eve.)
Vocabulary
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
- le da - he/she gives to him/her
- le dice - he/she says to him/her
- ¿por qué? - why?
- ¡Qué lástima! - Too bad!
- mira - he/she looks at
- tengo - I have
- el regalo - the gift/present
- pobre - poor
- el dinero - the money
- está triste - he/she is sad
- llora - he/she cries
- la flor de nochebuena - the poinsettia
- la iglesia - the church
- el corazón - the heart
- el ángel - the angel
Homework:
Please email me if you need your Quia username and/or password.
- Quia
- Vocabulary practice (Practice Activity #1, Practice Activity #2) **If you have problems getting Activity #1 to work, try #2. It's a different format, but it shouldn't have any "Java" problems.
- Assignment, worth 2 pegatinas.
- This semester, we'll be memorizing Colossians 3:16-17 as an (HC)2 group. In Spanish class, we will also focus on memorizing just verse 17 in Spanish.
- Printed Version / Printed "bubble letters" version (color it in as you memorize it)
- Audio Version
- Quia Practice
- Quia Practice-Battleship Style!
- Did you miss last week's final assignment?
4th Grade: December 7, 2016
Today in class, we began talking about a New Year's Eve tradition in Spain!
Ask your student:
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
Ask your student:
- What do you know about the New Year's Eve tradition in Spain? (We'll talk more about it next week! As the clock in the Puerta del Sol strikes 12, people eat 12 grapes.)
- What is the "Puerta del Sol"? (It's a place in Madrid, a large open square.)
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
- ¿Cuándo? - When?
- diciembre - December
- Nochevieja - New Year's Eve
- medianoche - midnight
- ¿Dónde? - Where?
- España - Spain
- el reloj - the clock
- los cuartos - the quarters (double tone chime every 15 minutes)
- las campanadas - the chimes of the hour
- las uvas - the grapes
Homework:
Please email me if you need your Quia username and/or password.
- Quia
- This semester, we'll be memorizing Colossians 3:16-17 as an (HC)2 group. In Spanish class, we will also focus on memorizing just verse 17 in Spanish.
- Printed Version / Printed "bubble letters" version (color it in as you memorize it)
- Audio Version
2nd and 3rd Grade: December 7, 2016
In Spanish class today, we continued talking about piñatas, but specifically talked about the tradition of having Christmas piñatas in Mexico. We also began writing a class book describing a Christmas piñata.
Ask your student:
Vocabulary
All review this week
Ask your student:
- How do people in Mexico decide how many times you get to hit a piñata? (They have a song they sing! When the song is over, so is your turn! Click HERE to listen to the song.)
All review this week
- tradicional - traditional
- moderna - modern
- dulces - sweets/candy
- fruta - fruit
- monedas - coins
- nueces - nuts
- tiene - he/she/it has
- es - he/she/it is
- grande - big
- pequeño - small
- sorpresas - surprises
- Numbers 11-20 (these tend to be the toughest to pick up in Spanish. We'll spend quite a bit of time with these numbers)
- Numbers 1-10
Homework:
- Just for fun, play this game a few times to review the numbers from 1-10.
- Check out this list/listening activity to review numbers from 1-20
- Just for fun, play this game to practice numbers 1-20.
- This semester, we'll be memorizing Colossians 3:16-17 as an (HC)2 group. In Spanish class, we will also focus on memorizing just verse 17 in Spanish.
- Printed Version / Printed "bubble letters" version (color it in as you memorize it)
- Audio Version
- Quia Game to Practice putting phrases in order
1st Grade: December 7, 2016
This week, we continued to practice a few family vocabulary words as we practiced Christmas vocabulary as well!
Ask your student:
Ask your student:
- What is a burrito? What did "burrito" mean in the song you learned? (In most of the the Spanish speaking world, a "burrito" does not refer to food. It refers to a small donkey. We learned a new Christmas song in class today: The Donkey of Bethlehem. You can listen to the song HERE.)
Vocabulary
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
- el burrito - the small donkey
- Belén - Bethlehem
- María - Mary
- José - Joseph
- el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
- el establo - the stable
- la estrella - the star
- los ángeles - the angels
- los pastores - the shepherds
Homework:
- Bible Memory Verse:
- Háganlo todo en el nombre de Jesús. Colosenses 3:17
- Shortened version of our (HC)2 Fall memory verse: "Do everything in the name of Jesus."
- Audio Version
- Watch this video to practice our weather vocabulary words.
Kindergarten: December 7, 2016
This week, we learned some more new Christmas words! We also learned two Christmas songs in Spanish!
Ask your student:
Vocabulary
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
Ask your student:
- Do you remember what the "action" is for "the shepherd"? (Every time I say "el pastor" in Spanish, students pretend to hold a shepherd staff and put their other had up to their eyes as if they're looking out for their sheep.)
Words in bold are new this week, others are review.
- la estrella - the star
- el ángel - the angel
- el pastor - the shepherd
- el establo - the stable
- María - Mary
- José - Joseph
- el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
Homework:
- Want to listen to the songs we're singing?
- Bible Memory Verse~See if your student can say it on his/her own! A lot of them are able to say it from memory!
- Háganlo todo en el nombre de Jesús. Colosenses 3:17
- Shortened version of our (HC)2 Fall memory verse: "Do everything in the name of Jesus."
- Audio Version
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