Dear Parents,
       Here is a brief summary of our activities in Spanish class today.
 
K-4 and K-5   I am so pleased with the progress your children are making in Spanish.  We are learning a new song every week.  This week, I presented Maria tenia un borreguito, Mary Had a Little Lamb, to the students.  I have several new stuffed animals this week, one, of course is a little lamb!  Students also sang Estrellita brillaras, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, in Spanish.  I distributed  toy food items to students and asked them to tell me that they liked or didn't like the particular food.  We are having authentic conversations in class now.  As I mentioned, I can conduct the class almost entirely in the target language  which is Spanish. We concluded by hearing a story in Spanish. I will be reading a different book every week to conclude our lessons. The picture clues assist students to understand the meaning of the text.  Students love listening to the stories! 

1st grade  We also answered questions about different foods using the manipulatives mentioned above. We reviewed basic questions about age, days of the week, months of the year, colors, simple commands in Spanish.  It is so rewarding to be able to build on concepts and vocabulary the students learned in the past two years.  Please come out tomorrow night to see your child's book in the foyer of the main building.  I will have a special display of your child's work in Spanish.

2nd grade  We reviewed the list of commands in Spanish.  The students discussed the second group of words. I asked them to please try to review them before next week.  We also used the manipulatives to discuss food preferences.

3rd grade  We reviewed the commands in Spanish and took a short oral quiz on their meaning.  We also worked with the manipulatives to form sentences about food we like and do not like.  The students were assigned the second group of vocabulary words to learn for next week.  Most students already learned them as well as last week's group of words.  I have some extremely motivated second language learners in this class!  Please ask your child about the list of words.

4th grade   We have a new dialogue to learn for next week.  Students are working in groups of three for this activity.  They need to learn one student's lines of conversation, either, Elena, Pablo, or Joaquin, the three students in the dialogue.  If they can memorize the lines, that is ideal, but it is not necessary.  Please ask your child whose lines they are learning.  Last year I had students who learned both parts of a two student dialogue!  Again, that was the option the particular student chose.  Any student who wishes to learn all three parts or perhaps only two may do so.  We discussed the meaning of the dialogue. I chose may cognates to help students understand without the use of a dictionary. Most of the sentences also contain known vocabulary.  Please contact me if you have any questions about the assignment.  If you would like to come to school to hear any of the dialogue presentations, you are more than welcome to do so.  They are really fun!  Please let me know of your interest so I can obtain a suitable area for us to use.  The art room is small.  Students need to present their dialogue on September 29.
I look forward to seeing all of you tomorrow night.  Thank you for your interest and support
                                                  Srta. Linda