5th and 6th Grade: January 8, 2020

This week, we started a fun challenge!  Using only our imaginations and lots of Spanish, we began creating a "character."  The class created quite a character!  Next week, we'll add more details and create a story for our character.

Ask your student:

• What do you remember about your class character? (We created a character that is a cow!  The cow is named Alberto and is microscopic, purple, red, and green.)

Vocabulary:
Words in bold are new this week, others are review

• Super Seven verbs
• hay - there is/there are
• es - he/she is is
• está en - he/she is located in 
• tiene - he/she has
• va a - he/she goes to
• quiere - he/she wants
• le gusta - he/she likes

Song of the Week
Each week, we'll listen to and sing along with a fun song in Spanish.  It's a fun way to get us all up and moving while learning more!  If possible, I'll post a link to the song here so you can listen at home as well!

• Bebé Tiburón (Baby Shark). 
• Note for YouTube Link:  I cannot control/predict the advertisements that YouTube will play before a song.  Please be aware of this and watch videos with your child so that you can monitor ads.
• El Señor es mi Fortaleza  (Students are learning this song in English with Mrs. Walters!)
• YouTube Link

Homework:

• This week's assignment
• Language Practice
• Assignment (worth 2 stickers)

• Bible Memory Verse (ongoing, first semester)  This semester, our (HC)2 group will be memorizing a passage from Philippians 4.  In Spanish class, we will also be memorizing verse 4 in Spanish.  (Second semester verse coming soon)
• Alégrense siempre en el Señor.  Insisto: alégrense.  Filipenses 4:4
• Audio Version   
• VERSION WITH VERSE 5:  Alégrense siempre en el Señor.  Insisto: alégrense.  Que su amabilidad sea evidente a todos.  El Señor está cerca.  Filipenses 4:4-5

• Previous Assignment:  Did you miss last week's assignment?  If you were absent, you may still complete it for 2 stickers each.  If you weren't absent, but didn't get to the assignment, you may still complete the assignments for one sticker each.
• Assignment will be added here.

•  A few notes about homework
• In 5th and 6th grade, there will be a Spanish homework assignment nearly every week.  In general, I will use online activities for our homework assignments.  These assignments will give students one extra opportunity during the week to practice Spanish.  Taking advantage of the extra practice helps language learning to "stick" more. 
• Online assignments:
• Students are allowed to practice and "redo" assignments as often as they like.  Practice is how we learn.
• For each assignment completed, students will earn 2 "sellos o pegatinas" (stamps or stickers).  At the end of the year, they will be able to trade their stamps and stickers for small prizes. 
• Let me know if you have any questions!