1st Grade: September 20, 2017

In addition to talking about the weather in Spanish and practicing our Bible memory verse, we learned about a few more farm animals.  We even played a game in teams to review what we know about each animal in Spanish!

Ask your student:

• What were the animals you talked about in Spanish?  (We learned the words for horse--caballo, and pig--cerdo.)

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

• Weather
• hace sol - it's sunny
• está nublado - it's cloudy
• hace frío - it's cold
• hace calor - it's hot
• Animals/Actions/Colors
• el caballo - the horse
• el cerdo - the pig
• café - brown
• rosado - pink
• come - he/she eats
• el burro - the donkey
• gris - gray
• corre - he/she runs
• la rana - the frog
• salta - he/she jumps
• verde - green 
• grande - big
• pequeño - small

Homework:
Note:  In first grade, most of our Spanish homework consists of watching short videos or songs to reinforce the vocabulary we learn in class.

• Watch this video to practice our weather vocabulary words.

Kindergarten: September 20, 2017

This week, we continued continued learning more body parts in Spanish.  We played a game another round of Simon Says in Spanish.  We also continued practicing our Spanish Bible memory verse.

Ask your student:

• Can you show me where your "manos" and "brazos" are?  (Brazos are arms and manos are hands.)

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

• las manos - the hands
• los brazos - the arms
• los ojos - the eyes
• las orejas - the ears
• la cabeza - the head
• los hombros - the shoulders
• las piernas - the legs
• los pies - the feet
• tiene - he/she has
• se levanta - he/she stands up
• se sienta - he/she sits down
• rápidamente - quickly
• lentamente - slowly

Homework:
Note:  In Kindergarten, most of our Spanish homework consists of watching short videos or songs to reinforce the vocabulary we learn in class.

• Sing along with "Padre Abraham" in Spanish!  Click HERE
• Sing along with this "Cabeza, Hombros, Piernas, Pies" Video!  There are a few new words in there that we'll be learning over the next few weeks!  (YouTube Link if video here isn't working)

5th and 6th Grade: September 13, 2017

During class today, we watched a short movie and discussed it in Spanish.  It was a fun way to practice common Spanish vocabulary words.

Ask your student:

• Who is Ormie, and what was his problem? (Ormie is a pig who has a hard time getting some cookies off of the refrigerator.  We watched THIS version in class.) 

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

• quiere - he/she wants to
• puede - he/she is able to 
• agarrar - to grab
• casi - almost
• pero - but, however
• salta - he/she jumps
• tiene - he/she has
• se cae - he/she/it falls down
• hay - there is/there are
• galletas - cookies
• un cerdo - a pig 
• un problema - a problem

Homework:

Please email me if you need your Quia username and/or password.

• Quia Vocabulary/Language practice:
• Quia Vocabulary Practice (Battleship style!)
• NEW!  Vocabulary study set.  Try out the "Learn," "Flashcards," or "Match" mode.  
• Quia Assignment (Worth 2 stickers)

• Bible Memory:  This semester, we'll be memorizing 2 Corinthians 13:11 as an (HC)2 group.  We will practice memorizing this verse in Spanish.
• Printed Version 
• Audio Version 

• Previous Assignments:  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.
• Week of September 7
• Convocation Quiz Assignment
• Week of August 30
• Practice Assignment

4th Grade: September 13, 2017

Today in class, we continued learning a few high-frequency words in Spanish.  Over the next few weeks, we'll learn more common words and start stringing them together in to silly stories that we create together as a class...today's challenge was for students to work together as a class to create their own story.

Ask your student:

• What is "amigo del día"?  Who was today's "amigo del día"?  (Each week, we'll learn a little bit about a classmate.  Each student drew four-six pictures to represent people, activities, etc...that are important to them.  We'll spend some time each week talking about one student's mini poster all in Spanish!  Today's "amigo del día" was Pedro, our stuffed mouse.  He loves cheese and does not like cats.)

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

• otro - other/another
• tiene - he/she has
• es - he/she it is
• el hombre - the man
• trabaja - he/she works
• le dice - he/she says to him/her
• se llama - he/she is called (named)
• hay - there is/there are

Homework:

Please email me if you need your Quia username and/or password.

• Quia Vocabulary/Language practice:  
• Vocabulary Practice (Battleship style!)
• Assignment - Worth 2 Stickers 

• Bible Memory:  This semester, we'll be memorizing 2 Corinthians 13:11 as an (HC)2 group.  We will practice memorizing this verse in Spanish.
• Printed Version 
• Audio Version 

• Previous Assignments:  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.
• Week of September 7
• Vocabulary practice
• Assignment 
• Week of August 30
• Practice Assignment on Quia
• Complete THIS assignment about cognates on Quia.  Have your username and password handy!  

2nd and 3rd Grade: September 13, 2017

In Spanish this week, we continued to learn pet vocabulary!  Through this unit, we will be practicing various forms of the verb "to have," and we will be learning the names for pets/animals in Spanish.  Based on what the students have told me, some of you have some very interesting pets!  In class, we also completed a short reading activity/logic puzzle where we matched descriptions to pictures.

Ask your student:

• Do you we have any "culebras" around our house?  (The word "culebra" means snake.  While most of you don't have snakes as pets, a lot of students told me you have snakes around your homes.)  

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

• el pez - the fish
• la culebra - the snake
• el conejo - the rabbit
• tengo - I have
• tienes - you have
• tiene - he/she has
• la mascota - the pet
• el perro - the dog
• el gato - the cat

Homework:

• Quia Vocabulary/Language practice: 
• Study Set of our new words:  Try the "learn," "flashcards," or "match" mode.
• Previeous practice:  Mascotas Week 1 Vocabulary (Battleship-style game!)

• Bible Memory:  This semester, we'll be memorizing 2 Corinthians 13:11 as an (HC)2 group.  We will practice memorizing this verse in Spanish.
• Printed Version 
• Audio Version 

1st Grade: September 13, 2017

Again, we began class this week by singing a few songs together and talking about the weather in Spanish.

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

Ask your student:

• What was the animal you talked about in Spanish?  Do you remember what that animal says in Spanish?  (We learned the words for donkey--burro--and in Spanish a donkey says "ji-ja.")

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

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

Homework:
Note:  In first grade, most of our Spanish homework consists of watching short videos or songs to reinforce the vocabulary we learn in class.

• Watch this video to practice our weather vocabulary words.

Kindergarten: September 13, 2017

This week, we continued our first unit in class.  We reviewed the words we learned last week, and learned how to say "eyes" and "ears" in Spanish.  Like last week, we played a few games to practice and sang some songs.  

Ask your student:

• Can you show me where your "ojos" and "orejas" are?  (Ojos are eyes and orejas are ears.)

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

• los ojos - the eyes
• las orejas - the ears
• la cabeza - the head
• los hombros - the shoulders
• las piernas - the legs
• los pies - the feet
• tiene - he/she has
• se levanta - he/she stands up
• se sienta - he/she sits down
• rápidamente - quickly
• lentamente - slowly

Homework:
Note:  In Kindergarten, most of our Spanish homework consists of watching short videos or songs to reinforce the vocabulary we learn in class.

• Sing along with this "Cabeza, Hombros, Piernas, Pies" Video!  There are a few new words in there that we'll be learning over the next few weeks!  (YouTube Link if video here isn't working)

5th and 6th Grade: September 6, 2017

During class today, we walked over to the High School to join participate in this year's opening convocation with the entire Holland Christian student body.  It was a great time praying and praising the Lord together.

Ask your student:

• Tell me about the convocation at the high school?  Did you sing any favorite songs?  Did you learn a new favorite?  How did Mr. Mosterd (the man who was planting seeds) explain this years theme? ("Cultivating Shalom" is a lot like gardening.  It's hard work, and you need to work at it every day!)

Vocabulary:
Stay tuned for next week!

Homework:

Please email me if you need your Quia username and/or password.

• Quia Vocabulary/Language practice:  Even though we didn't have a normal Spanish class this week, I asked the students if they still wanted a Quia assignment this week and most of them said, "Yes!"  So, here it is:
• Convocation Quiz Assignment (Worth 2 stickers)

• Bible Memory:  This semester, we'll be memorizing 2 Corinthians 13:11 as an (HC)2 group.  We will practice memorizing this verse in Spanish.
• Printed Version 
• Audio Version (will be working by Saturday afternoon)

• Previous Assignments:  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.
• Week of August 30
• Practice Assignment

4th Grade: September 6, 2017

Today in class, we started learning a few high-frequency words in Spanish.  Over the next few weeks, we'll learn more common words and start stringing them together in to silly stories that we create together as a class.

Ask your student:

• What was today's silly story about?  (It was about a man named Joe who worked at Captain Sundae.)

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

• el hombre - the man
• trabaja - he/she works
• le dice - he/she says to him/her
• se llama - he/she is called (named)
• hay - there is/there are

Homework:

Please email me if you need your Quia username and/or password.

• Quia Vocabulary/Language practice:  
• Vocabulary practice (just for fun!)
• Assignment (worth 2 stickers)

• Bible Memory:  This semester, we'll be memorizing 2 Corinthians 13:11 as an (HC)2 group.  We will practice memorizing this verse in Spanish.
• Printed Version 
• Audio Version (will be working by Saturday afternoon)

• Previous Assignments:  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.
• Week of August 30
• Practice Assignment on Quia
• Complete THIS assignment about cognates on Quia.  Have your username and password handy!  

2nd and 3rd Grade: September 6, 2017

This week in Spanish, we began learning the vocabulary for our first unit.  We'll be learning all about pets in Spanish!  This week, we only learned about cats and dogs, but we'll learn more soon!  (As we have fun talking about pets we have or want to have, we'll really be focusing on the verbs "to have" and "to want" in Spanish.)

We also began learning our Bible memory verse (2 Corinthians 13:11) 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.")
• If Señora Brouwer asks you "¿Tienes mascota?" how would you answer? (The question asks if you have a pet, so the answer would be "sí" or "no.")

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

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

Homework:

• Quia Vocabulary/Language practice: 
• Note:  If you have students in the 4th-6th grade classes, they have a username and password for Quia.  For 2nd and 3rd grade, I do not assign usernames and passwords, and the activities won't require that information.  These assignments are optional vocabulary review for students.  Please let me know if you have any questions.   
• Also, if your computer has trouble loading the activity, there should be an option to "play the HTML version."  The graphics won't be as elaborate, but the content is the same.  
• Mascotas Week 1 Vocabulary (Battleship-style game!)

• Bible Memory:  This semester, we'll be memorizing 2 Corinthians 13:11 as an (HC)2 group.  We will practice memorizing this verse in Spanish.
• Printed Version 
• Audio Version (will be working by Saturday afternoon)

1st Grade: September 6, 2017

We began class this week by singing a few songs together and talking about the weather in Spanish.

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.

Ask your student:

• What was the animal you talked about in Spanish?  Do you remember what that animal says in Spanish?  (We learned the words for frog--rana--and in Spanish a frog says "croc, croc."  We also learned about a special from from Puerto Rico, the coquí.)

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

• Weather
• hace sol - it's sunny
• Animals/Actions/Colors
• la rana - the frog
• salta - he/she jumps
• verde - green 
• grande - big
• pequeño - small

Homework:
Note:  In first grade, most of our Spanish homework consists of watching short videos or songs to reinforce the vocabulary we learn in class.

• Watch this video to practice our weather vocabulary words.

Kindergarten: September 6, 2017

This week, we started our first unit in class!  Over the next few weeks, we'll be learning the names for various body parts as we play games and sing songs.  We learned a few new words, and we finished class by playing a game to review the words.

Ask your student:

• What are two songs you sang in Spanish class today?  (We sang several "routine" songs:  "Walking to the Circle," "Sit Like a Pretzel," and "Hello, Class."  We also sang "Head and Shoulders, Knees, and Toes"--which is actually "Head and Shoulders, Legs, and Feet" in Spanish.  Finally, we sang "Jesus Loves Me" in Spanish to end class.)

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

• la cabeza - the head
• los hombros - the shoulders
• las piernas - the legs
• los pies - the feet
• tiene - he/she has
• se levanta - he/she stands up
• se sienta - he/she sits down
• rápidamente - quickly
• lentamente - slowly

Homework:
Note:  In Kindergarten, most of our Spanish homework consists of watching short videos or songs to reinforce the vocabulary we learn in class.

• Sing along with this "Cabeza, Hombros, Piernas, Pies" Video!  There are a few new words in there that we'll be learning over the next few weeks!  (YouTube Link if video here isn't working)