Kindergarten: September 16, 2015

This week in Spanish class we continued learning some classroom commands, we practiced our Bible memory verse, and we learned how to ask someone how they are feeling in Spanish.  We also sang a song to practice some of the words we've been learning.


Ask your student:

• If someone is feeling "muy bien," how are they? (They're feeling very well.  We show this in class with a big smile and two thumbs up.)

This week's vocabulary:

• Classroom commands
• Review
• se levanta - he/she stands up
• se sienta - he/she sits down
• rápidamente - quickly
• lentamente - slowly
• escucha - he/she listens
• New
• se pone bien - he/she sits up straight
• Greetings
• Review
• Hola- hello
• Buenos días - Good morning
• Buenas tardes - Good afternoon
• Buenas noches - Good night
• New
• ¿Cómo estás? - How are you doing?
• muy bien - very well
• bien - well
• así, así - okay
• mal - poor/bad
• muy mal- very bad

Homework:

• Bible Memory Verse!
• This year, all of the (HC)2 Students will be memorizing Psalm 100 during the first semester.  We will also be memorizing part of it in Spanish class!  This week, we started by learning just the first verse in Spanish.  We'll continue working on the first verse until students are ready to move on!
• 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: September 9, 2015

This week, we began class by learning all about a new "amigo del día." (Friend of the day)  We spent nearly 20 minutes speaking all in Spanish during this time!

We also learned some new vocabulary for our new unit!  Our first unit is called "Haz la maleta" (Pack your suitcase) and we'll be focusing on travel and clothing vocabulary words.

We also began learning our Bible memory verse (Psalm 100) in Spanish.  See the homework links below for more information!

Ask your student:

• Who was the "amigo del día" in Spanish class today?  What is one thing you learned about him?  (To maintain privacy, I will not be putting student names on the website.  Our "amigo del día" was a boy and we learned that he liked to read.)
• If Señora Brouwer says "Oh, alumnos" what do you say back?  ("Oh alumnos" means "Oh, students."  Students reply by saying, "Sí, maestra" which means "Yes, teacher.")
• Do you remember the actions you learned to go with your Bible memory verse in Spanish?  (See how many of the actions they remember!  I'll post a video with actions some time in the next week.)

This week's vocabulary:

• Amigo del Dia
• le gusta - he/she likes
• leer - to read
• los libros - the books
• las revistas - the magazines
• New unit vocablary
• tiene frío - he/she feels cold
• el abrigo - the winter coat
• la chaqueta - the jacket
• se pone - he/she puts on
• se quita - he/she takes off

Homework:

• Quia Assignment!  When we have a Quia assignment, students will be able to earn two stickers for completing it.  (At the end of the year, stickers can be traded in for prizes!)  To complete the Quia assignment, your student will need his or her Quia username and password.  Quia sent out an email with this information, but if you didn't receive the email or can't find it, please email me and I can get you that information right away. 
• CLICK HERE to go directly to the Quia Assignment! 
• A note about assignments:  These are for students to practice.  Most questions Quia is able to grade automatically and give instant feedback.  Students may retry questions or the entire assignment as often as they want.  If a student is "stuck" with vocabulary, the vocabulary list above is a great resource.
• Bible Memory Verse!
• This year, all of the (HC)2 Students will be memorizing Psalm 100 during the first semester.  We will also be memorizing part of it in Spanish class!  This week, we started by learning just the first two verses in Spanish.  
• 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, versículo uno y dos)
• Audio version 

3rd Grade: September 9, 2015

This week in Spanish, we began learning the vocabulary for our first unit.  We'll be learning words and phrases to talk about our 5 senses in Spanish.  This week, we focused on our eyes and seeing.

We also spent some time practicing numbers in Spanish.  This week, we practiced numbers 1-20.

We also began learning our Bible memory verse (Psalm 100) in Spanish.  See the homework links below for more information!

Ask your student:

• If Señora Brouwer says "Oh, alumnos" what do you say back?  ("Oh alumnos" means "Oh, students."  Students reply by saying, "Sí, maestra" which means "Yes, teacher.")
• Do you remember the actions you learned to go with your Bible memory verse in Spanish?  (See how many of the actions they remember!  I'll post a video with actions some time in the next week.)

This week's vocabulary:

• tengo - I have
• tienes - you have
• tiene - he/she has
• la mascota - the pet
• el perro - the dog
• el gato - the cat

Homework:

• Quia Assignment!  When we have a Quia assignment, students will be able to earn two stickers for completing it.  (At the end of the year, stickers can be traded in for prizes!)  To complete the Quia assignment, your student will need his or her Quia username and password.  Quia sent out an email with this information, but if you didn't receive the email or can't find it, please email me and I can get you that information right away.  
• CLICK HERE to go directly to the Quia Assignment!
• A note about assignments:  These are for students to practice.  Most questions Quia is able to grade automatically and give instant feedback.  Students may retry questions or the entire assignment as often as they want.  If a student is "stuck" with vocabulary, the vocabulary list above is a great resource.
• Bible Memory Verse!
• This year, all of the (HC)2 Students will be memorizing Psalm 100 during the first semester.  We will also be memorizing part of it in Spanish class!  This week, we started by learning just the first two verses in Spanish.  
• 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, versículo uno y dos)
• Audio version 

2nd Grade: September 9, 2015

This week in Spanish, we began learning the vocabulary for our first unit.  We'll be learning words and phrases to talk about our 5 senses in Spanish.  This week, we focused on our eyes and seeing.

We also spent some time practicing numbers in Spanish.  This week, we practiced numbers 1-20.

Finally, we began learning our Bible memory verse (Psalm 100) in Spanish.  See the homework links below for more information!

Ask your student:

• If Señora Brouwer says "Oh, alumnos" what do you say back?  ("Oh alumnos" means "Oh, students."  Students reply by saying, "Sí, maestra" which means "Yes, teacher.")
• Do you remember what "veo, veo" means in Spanish?  (It means "I see, I see."  It's what you say to start a game of "I spy.")

This week's vocabulary:

• veo - I see
• ve - he/she sees 
• los ojos - the eyes

Homework:

• Bible Memory Verse!
• This year, all of the (HC)2 Students will be memorizing Psalm 100 during the first semester.  We will also be memorizing part of it in Spanish class!  This week, we started by learning just the first two verses in Spanish.  
• 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, versículo uno y dos)
• Audio version 

1st Grade: September 9, 2015

I was excited to have our first Spanish class this week!

Each week, we will start class by talking about the weather in Spanish.  This week, we focused on learning the phrase "hace sol" (it's sunny).

After that, we began learning some words for our first unit all about farm animals.  We spent a lot of time speaking only in Spanish and practicing those words.

Finally, we began learning our Bible memory verse (Psalm 100) in Spanish.  See the homework links below for more information!

Ask your student:

• If Señora Brouwer says "Oh, alumnos" what do you say back?  ("Oh alumnos" means "Oh, students."  Students reply by saying, "Sí, maestra" which means "Yes, teacher.")
• What were the two animals you talked about in Spanish?  Do you remember how to say their names in Spanish?  (We learned the words for frog--rana--and donkey--burro.)

This week's vocabulary:

• Weather
• hace sol - it's sunny
• Animals/Actions/Colors
• la rana - the frog
• el burro - the donkey
• corre - he/she runs
• salta - he/she jumps
• verde - green 
• gris - gray
• grande - big
• pequeño - small

Homework:

• Bible Memory Verse!
• This year, all of the (HC)2 Students will be memorizing Psalm 100 during the first semester.  We will also be memorizing part of it in Spanish class!  This week, we started by learning just the first verse in Spanish.  We'll continue working on the first verse until students are ready to move on!
• 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 1st Grade students)

Kindergarten: September 9, 2015

This week in Spanish class we reviewed the classroom command words from last week and we even learned a new one.  We played "Simón Dice" (Simon Says) to review those words.

We also began learning some common greetings in Spanish.  We used pictures, actions, and a song to help us remember these new phrases.

Finally, we began learning our Bible memory verse (Psalm 100) in Spanish.  See the homework links below for more information!

Ask your student:

• If Señora Brouwer says "Oh, alumnos" what do you say back?  ("Oh alumnos" means "Oh, students."  Students reply by saying, "Sí, maestra" which means "Yes, teacher.")
• How do you say "Good Morning" to someone in Spanish?  (Good morning is "Buenos días")

This week's vocabulary:

• Classroom commands
• se levanta - he/she stands up
• se sienta - he/she sits down
• rápidamente - quickly
• lentamente - slowly
• escucha - he/she listens
• Greetings
• Hola- hello
• Buenos días - Good morning
• Buenas tardes - Good afternoon
• Buenas noches - Good night

Homework:

• Bible Memory Verse!
• This year, all of the (HC)2 Students will be memorizing Psalm 100 during the first semester.  We will also be memorizing part of it in Spanish class!  This week, we started by learning just the first verse in Spanish.  We'll continue working on the first verse until students are ready to move on!
• 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: September 2, 2015

Today in Spanish class, we started off by drawing pictures.  The students filled their papers with drawings and symbols to represent things that are important to them.  Each week, we'll look at one student's poster and learn about him or her...all in Spanish!  After that, we spent a little time talking about cognates and how they can help us understand Spanish.  We were even able to read (and understand!) a few advertisements in Spanish using cognates to help us.

Ask your student:

• What is a cognate? (It's a word that looks and/or sounds the same in both English and Spanish)
• Who was this week's "amigo del día"?  Whose drawing did you look at?  What did you learn about that person?  (This week, we looked at Pedro's poster.  Pedro is Señora Brouwer's stuffed mouse.  He likes to eat cheese.)

This week's vocabulary:

• ¿Qué te gusta hacer? - What do you like to do?
• Me gusta - I like
• comer - to eat
• queso - cheese
• le gusta - he/she likes 

Homework:

• This year, we will be using a website called "Quia" for our homework assignments.  Parents should have received an email with username and password information.  Students, if you were here last year, your username and password is the same as last year.  If you did not receive an email with log in information, please email me and I can get you that information.  (ambrouwer@hollandchristian.org) 
• Click HERE to access the Quia assignment for this week.  

3rd Grade: September 2, 2015

Today in Spanish class, we focused on learning one very important word...hay.  We played a memory game to practice using the word "hay" in context.

Ask your student:

• What does "hay" mean in Spanish?  (Hay means "there is or there are".  Since the letter "h" is always silent in Spanish, it sounds more like "aye!")

This week's vocabulary:

• hay - there is, there are

Homework:

• This year, we will be using a website called "Quia" to complete assignments in Spanish class.  Parents should have received an email with their student's username and password information.  
• Click on THIS LINK, put in your log-in information, and complete the short assignment. 
• If you have not received log-in information, or if you have any problems with the Quia website, please email me.  (ambrouwer@hollandchristian.org)
• If you did not have Quia login information and were unable to complete last week's assignment, it's not too late!  CLICK HERE to access the last assignment.

2nd Grade: September 2, 2015

Over the course of the year, we'll be practicing the numbers from 1-100.  Today we started by playing some games to practice the numbers 1-15, and we'll work our way up to 100 by the spring.

Ask your student:

• Do you remember how to say "five" in Spanish?  (Cinco.  We will be practicing saying numbers...not only in order (counting), but also recognizing them out of order).

Today's vocabulary:

• Numbers 1-15

Homework:

• Use THIS WEBSITE to practice the numbers 1-20 in Spanish.

1st Grade: September 2, 2015

Today, we did not have Spanish class.  Instead, we rode a bus to the high school for Convocation. For some of our 1st grade students, it was their first time ever on a school bus! At Convocation we were able to praise God and pray together with the entire Holland Christian community.

To view some pictures of Convocation, CLICK HERE.

Kindergarten: September 2, 2015

Today in Spanish class, we started learning a few basic words and procedures in Spanish class.  Next week, we'll begin learning some basic greetings in Spanish.

Ask your student:

• What do you do in Spanish if you don't understand what Señora Brouwer is saying?  (You tap your fist on the opposite hand.)
• Who is Pedro?  (He's a little mouse who helps to translate what Señora Brouwer says into English)

This week's vocabulary:

• se levanta - he/she stands up
• se sienta - he/she sits down
• rápidamente - quickly
• lentamente - slowly

Homework:

• Next week, we'll begin learning some greetings in Spanish.  Listen to this song and learn how to say "Good Morning"

Bible Memory: Psalm 100

This year, all students will be memorizing the same verse in Spanish!  For the first semester, we will work on memorizing Psalm 100 in Spanish.  Use this slide show to help you memorize the verse at home.