4th, 5th, 6th Grade: December 16, 2015

This week, we learned all about another "amiga del día." (Friend of the day).  We practiced learning our Bible memory verse (Psalm 100) in Spanish--all five verses!  We also watched a few videos of Belenes (and how to make them!), and had a Spanish Christmas carol sing-a-long time.

Ask your student:

• Who was the "amiga del día" in Spanish class today?  What is one thing you learned about her?  (This week, our Amiga del Día was a girl who has a pet rabbit.)  

This week's vocabulary:

• Amigo del Día
• Each week, we'll learn more about our classmates!  On the blog, I'll only list the words we learned in class that week.  However, I'm keeping a list of all of our Amigo del Día vocabulary.  Click HERE to view the entire list.
• el perrito - the dog
• el conejo - the rabbit
• la jaula - the cage
• las orejas - the ears
• comida de conejos - rabbit food
• las zanahorias - the carrots
• muerde - he/she bites
• rasca - he/she scratches
• Chirstmas Vocabulary (Review)
• el árbol de navidad - Christmas tree
• los adornos - the ornaments
• las luces - the lights
• los calcetines - the stockings
• el nacimiento - the nativity scene
• Belén - Bethlehem
• un belén - a "Bethlehem"...a large nativity scene showing a large part of Bethlehem.

Homework:

• Last week's Quia assignment
• Practice our vocabulary with THIS game.
• Complete THIS Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Listen to Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Bible Memory Verse! 
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

3rd Grade: December 16, 2015

Today in class, we continued learning about "Los Reyes Magos" and other Christmas customs in Spanish.

Ask your student:

• When do people exchange Christmas gifts in Spain and Mexico? (They don't exchange gifts on Christmas.  Instead they wait until Three Kings Day--January 6th.)   

This weeks' vocabulary:

• New
• escriben - they write
• reciben - they receive
• Review
• ellos - they
• ven - they see
• siguen - the follow
• traen - they bring
• los regalos - the gifts
• buscan - they look for
• encuentran - they find
• ¿Por qué? - Why
• porque - because
• le dan - they give him/her

Homework:

• Sing along with the song We Three Kings in Spanish.
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Just for fun, practice the vocabulary words with these activities:  "Rags to Riches" and Hangman  (same activities as last week)
• Bible Memory Verse!  (We added verse 5 this week!)
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

2nd Grade: December 16, 2015

Today in class, we reviewed the Christmas vocabulary words that we learned last week.  We also reviewed Spanish numbers from 1-50 with a Christmas BINGO game.

Ask your student:

• How close were you to getting a BINGO?  Did you have a second BINGO? (Everyone had at least one BINGO by the end of class!)

Today's vocabulary (review):

• María - Mary
• José - Joseph
• el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
• el establo - the stable
• la estrella - the star
• Belén - Bethlehem
• los ángeles - the angels
• los pastores - the shepherds
• los reyes magos - the magi/wise men
• el pesebre - the manger
• la posada - the inn
• hay - there is/there are
• numbers 1-50

Homework:

• Sing along with our Christmas song:  Hoy es Navidad (to the tune of Jingle Bells)
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• 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
• Bible Memory Verse!  

• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

1st Grade: December 16, 2015

This week in Spanish class, we continued our Christmas unit!  We reviewed basic Christmas vocabulary words and talking about some of the animals that may have been at Jesus' birth.  It's a great way to review the animals we learned about earlier this year.  We're also learning a Christmas song that is very popular in Mexico!

Ask your student:

• Can you show me some of the actions from the Burrito de Belén song?  (Burrito: make floppy donkey ears with your hands, el camino:  make a path with your hands, Belén:  outline the tops of houses and other buildings with your hands.)

Today's vocabulary (review from last week):

• María - Mary
• José - Joseph
• el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
• Belén - Bethlehem
• el establo - the stable
• la estrella - the star
• los ángeles - the angels
• los pastores - the shepherds
• los reyes magos - the magi/wise men
• el burro - the donkey
• las ovejas - the sheep
• el camino - the path/the way (This word is in both our song, El Burrito de Belén, and our Bible Memory verse!) 

Homework:

• Sing along with our Christmas song:  El Burrito de Belén (The Little Donkey of Bethlehem)
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Weather/Seasons songs and videos
• Weather song
• Weather/seasons song
• Weather/seasons silly video
• Bible Memory Verse!
• 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, versículos uno y dos)
• Audio version 

Kindergarten: December 16, 2015

This week, practiced our Christmas vocabulary words by playing games and singing songs.

This week's vocabulary:

• New
• María - Mary
• José - Joseph
• el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
• Review
• el establo - the stable
• el pastor - the shepherd
• el ángel - the angel
• la estrella - the star

Homework:

• Listen and sing along with our two Christmas songs!
• 25 de diciembre
• La Virgen María tuvo un bebé
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Bible Memory Verse!
• 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)

Christmas Break Activity Ideas~December 2015

To see the list of Christmas Break Activity ideas (recipes, crafts, books, and songs) from last year, CLICK HERE.

• Las Posadas:  In second grade, we talked about the Mexican tradition of "Las Posadas."  THIS LIST includes a lot of ideas for learning more about this tradition.
• Make a Posadas Piñata Ornaments

• Belenes:  In fourth, fifth, and sixth grade, we learned that many families in Spain decorate their homes with Belenes...or scenes of Bethlehem (not just the stable).  Design one of your own!

• Los Reyes Magos:  In third grade, we talked about Three Kings Day celebrations in Spain and Mexico.  Check out THIS LIST of Reyes Magos inspired activities.  

4th, 5th, 6th Grade: December 9, 2015

This week, we learned all about two more "amigos del día." (Friend of the day).  We practiced learning our Bible memory verse (Psalm 100) in Spanish--all five verses!  We also learned a little about a Christmas tradition in Spain.

Ask your student:

• Who were the "amigos del día" in Spanish class today?  What is one thing you learned about each of them  (This week, we had two amigos del día.  A girl who likes to ride her bike, and boy who likes to practice archery.)  
• How do most people in Spain decorate for Christmas?  (The put up a "belén"...it's like a nativity set, but much bigger.  It has Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, shepherds, wise men, and animals, but also buildings, mountains, a lot of other people and animals, and even King Herod and his soldiers.)

This week's vocabulary:

• Amigo del Día
• Each week, we'll learn more about our classmates!  On the blog, I'll only list the words we learned in class that week.  However, I'm keeping a list of all of our Amigo del Día vocabulary.  Click HERE to view the entire list.
• montar en bicicleta - to ride a bike
• compartir - to share
• el tiro con arco - archery
• dónde - where
• practicas - you practice
• Chirstmas Vocabulary
• el árbol de navidad - Christmas tree
• los adornos - the ornaments
• las luces - the lights
• los calcetines - the stockings
• el nacimiento - the nativity scene
• Belén - Bethlehem
• un belén - a "Bethlehem"...a large nativity scene showing a large part of Bethlehem.

Homework:

• Quia assignment (links will be live by late Thursday afternoon)
• Practice our vocabulary with THIS game.
• Complete THIS Quia assignment (worth 2 stickers)
• Listen to Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Bible Memory Verse! 
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

3rd Grade: December 9, 2015

Today in class, we learned a new Christmas song in Spanish.  We also learned about "Los Reyes Magos" in Spanish.

Ask your student:

• Who were "Los Reyes Magos"? (The Magi, the three Kings)

This weeks' vocabulary:

• ellos - they
• ven - they see
• siguen - the follow
• traen - they bring
• los regalos - the gifts
• buscan - they look for
• encuentran - they find
• ¿Por qué? - Why
• porque - because
• le dan - they give him/her

Homework:

• Sing along with the song We Three Kings in Spanish.
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Quia
• Practice the vocabulary words with these activities:  "Rags to Riches" and Hangman 
• Complete this assignment (worth 2 stickers)
• Bible Memory Verse!  (We added verse 5 this week!)
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

2nd Grade: December 9, 2015

Today in class, we began our Christmas unit!  Today, we reviewed some basic Christmas vocabulary and we used that vocabulary to talk about a Christmas tradition in Mexico:  Las Posadas!  

Ask your student:

• Do you remember the actions you did for María, José, and el Niño Jesús?  (María-pretend to hold a baby and pat him on the back, José-pretend to carve something out of wood, el Niño Jesús-rock a baby in your arms).  
• What is "Las Posadas"?  (Posadas means "inns".  In Mexico, people organize parties for the 9 days leading up to Christmas.  They walk from house to house asking if they can go in...just like Mary and Joseph had to look for a place to stay.  Finally, they get to the "right" house that will let them come in and have a party.  In Mexico, they always plan out who will host the parties in advance!  We did this in class!  Some students "hosted" parties, others were Mary, Joseph, or the Angel.  Ask your student what his/her role was!)  

Today's vocabulary:

• María - Mary
• José - Joseph
• el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
• el establo - the stable
• la estrella - the star
• Belén - Bethlehem
• los ángeles - the angels
• los pastores - the shepherds
• los reyes magos - the magi/wise men
• el pesebre - the manger
• la posada - the inn
• hay - there is/there are

Homework:

• Sing along with our Christmas song:  Hoy es Navidad (to the tune of Jingle Bells)
• Practice our vocabulary words with this QUIA ACTIVITY.
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• 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
• Bible Memory Verse!  

• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version 

1st Grade: December 9, 2015

This week in Spanish class, we started our Christmas unit!  We'll be reviewing basic Christmas vocabulary words and talking about some of the animals that may have been at Jesus' birth.  It's a great way to review the animals we learned about earlier this year.  We're also learning a Christmas song that is very popular in Mexico.

Ask your student:

• What was Joseph's job?  What action do we do when we say Joseph's name?  (He was a carpenter.  When we review our vocabulary words, we pretend to be carving something out of wood for Joseph.) 

Today's vocabulary:

• María - Mary
• José - Joseph
• el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
• Belén - Bethlehem
• el establo - the stable
• la estrella - the star
• los ángeles - the angels
• los pastores - the shepherds
• los reyes magos - the magi/wise men
• el burro - the donkey
• las ovejas - the sheep
• el camino - the path/the way

Homework:

• Sing along with our Christmas song:  El Burrito de Belén (The Little Donkey of Bethlehem)
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Weather/Seasons songs and videos
• Weather song
• Weather/seasons song
• Weather/seasons silly video
• Bible Memory Verse!
• 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, versículos uno y dos)
• Audio version 

Kindergarten: December 9, 2015

This week, we learned some new Christmas words!  Next week, we'll play some games and sing songs to review the new Christmas words.

Ask your student:

• What does "como pretzel" mean?  (When we sit on a circle on the floor "como pretzel" means to sit with your legs crossed...like a pretzel!)

This week's vocabulary:

• el establo - the stable
• el pastor - the shepherd
• el ángel - the angel
• la estrella - the star

Homework:

• Listen and sing along with our two Christmas songs!
• 25 de diciembre
• La Virgen María tuvo un bebé
• Listen to other Spanish Christmas songs HERE.
• Bible Memory Verse!
• 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: December 2, 2015

This week, we learned all about another "amigas del día." (Friend of the day).  We practiced learning our Bible memory verse (Psalm 100) in Spanish--all five verses!  We also reviewed the vocabulary we've been learning and class and read the story of Mary and Martha together in Spanish.

Ask your student:

• Who was the "amiga del día" in Spanish class today?  What is one thing you learned about her?  (This week, our amiga del día was a girl who told us about her pet turtle.)
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This week's vocabulary:

• Amigo del Día
• Each week, we'll learn more about our classmates!  On the blog, I'll only list the words we learned in class that week.  However, I'm keeping a list of all of our Amigo del Día vocabulary.  Click HERE to view the entire list.
• la tortuga - the turtle
• corto - short
• la comida de tortuga - turtle food/turtle pellets
• Bible Story unit vocabulary
• Review
• el hermano - the brother
• la hermana - the sister
• ayuda - he/she helps
• escucha - he/she listens
• habla - he/she talks
• ¿por qué? - why?
• porque - because
• cocina - he/she cooks
• limpia - he/she cleans
• le dice - he/she says to him/her
• trabajador - hardworking (male)
• trabajadora - hardworking (female)
• amable - kind/nice
• la mujer - the woman
• el hombre - the man
• se sienta - he/she sits down
• viene - he/she comes
• la cosa - the thing
• la casa - the house

Homework:

• Our final assignment for this unit was handed out in class today.  If you misplaced the paper, and to see the vocabulary list on the back (same as what is listed above), CLICK HERE
• Did you miss a previous assignment in this unit?  Catch up here!
• Week of November 18
• Battleship Vocabulary Practice (just for fun and extra practice)
• Assignment  (worth 2 stickers)
• Week of Nov 11
• Jumbled Words Vocabulary Practice (just for fun and extra practice)
• Assignment to complete for next week (worth 2 stickers)
• Week of Nov 4
• Hangman style game to review the vocabulary words (just for fun and extra practice)
• Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Oct 28 
• Flashcards to review vocabulary (Choose "html" version if you're having trouble).
• ASSIGNMENT  (Worth 1 sticker)
• Bible Memory Verse!  (We added verse 5 this week!)
• Canten al Señor con alegría, toda la tierra.  
• Con alegría adoren al Señor; ¡con gritos de alegría vengan a su presencia!  
• Reconozcan que Señor es Dios; él nos hizo y somos suyos;  ¡somos pueblo suyo y ovejas de su prado!  
• Entren por sus puertas con acción de gracias; vengan a sus atrios con himnos de alabanza. ¡Denle gracias, bendigan su nombre!
• Porque el Señor es bueno; su amor es eterno y su fidelidad no tiene fin.
• Salmos 100:1-5 (cien, versículos uno a cinco)
• Audio version