K-4 classes were evaluated on their oral language skills. I am happy to say that the children all did very well. They were asked to provide five weather expressions in Spanish after observing a gesture I've chosen to associate with each term. They children also learned a song about autumn leaves.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Monday, September 26, 2016
Monday, September 26
K-5 Students reviewed the terms for fork, spoon and knife in Spanish. They had remembered the song we learned last week! I like to make learning fun for children by using chants, poems, and songs to help reinforce new concepts and vocabulary. We also reviewed favorite foods and how to express likes and dislikes.
Grade 1 The children reviewed the names of utensils in Spanish and played a singing game to identify each utensil. 🍴
Grade 2 Grade 2 did not meet due to a Student Council Assembly in the gym.
Grade 3 Students did not bring their dialog to class due to confusion about where to keep Spanish handouts. All third graders need a Spanish notebook. The children must keep all Spanish handouts in their SPANISH NOTEBOOK, a spiral type composition book. The homework sheet should be left in the spiral notebook. The Spanish notebook should go home on Monday and come back on the following Monday. Please make sure your child has a spiral notebook for Spanish only.
I will supply another copy of the dialog about weather to the children tomorrow, Tuesday. They need to keep it in their spiral notebook and study it for our next class. The students who did not bring their notebook on Monday because of the confusion about handouts will receive a "Prepared." NOTE: Handouts and homework should always be kept in the spiral notebook. The notebook may be included in the homework folder, but any handouts should be retained inside the notebook and not discarded. We often use handouts as our textbook.
Grade 4 Students worked in pairs to present the weather dialogue. They received an oral language grade on this presentation.
The homework is to change the name of the city to another city where it is cold in winter; such as New York, Boston, Detroit, or Milwaukee. They may also change the name of the winter month. Students will present their new dialogue next week. I have some very talented second language-learners in Grade 4.🌨
Grade 5 Students presented their weather dialogues. They need to change the name of the city and month to another city and month that is cold in winter. They will present the new dialogue next week. It is homework. Our fifth graders have excellent Spanish oral language skills!
Grade 6 Students received their prizes for Most Creative Book. They also received a list of questions to answer in Spanish based on their autobiographies. Preparing their answers is homework. They will be test orally next Monday. Questions 1- 7 only. Individual students answered specific questions in class to demonstrate the proper form necessary for a correct answer. I encourage students to answer in complete sentences in Spanish. Both classes are doing very well. Homework is an important part of our study of Spanish.
🏈 Happy Monday Night Football!
Mrs. Linda
K-5 Students reviewed the terms for fork, spoon and knife in Spanish. They had remembered the song we learned last week! I like to make learning fun for children by using chants, poems, and songs to help reinforce new concepts and vocabulary. We also reviewed favorite foods and how to express likes and dislikes.
Grade 1 The children reviewed the names of utensils in Spanish and played a singing game to identify each utensil. 🍴
Grade 2 Grade 2 did not meet due to a Student Council Assembly in the gym.
Grade 3 Students did not bring their dialog to class due to confusion about where to keep Spanish handouts. All third graders need a Spanish notebook. The children must keep all Spanish handouts in their SPANISH NOTEBOOK, a spiral type composition book. The homework sheet should be left in the spiral notebook. The Spanish notebook should go home on Monday and come back on the following Monday. Please make sure your child has a spiral notebook for Spanish only.
I will supply another copy of the dialog about weather to the children tomorrow, Tuesday. They need to keep it in their spiral notebook and study it for our next class. The students who did not bring their notebook on Monday because of the confusion about handouts will receive a "Prepared." NOTE: Handouts and homework should always be kept in the spiral notebook. The notebook may be included in the homework folder, but any handouts should be retained inside the notebook and not discarded. We often use handouts as our textbook.
Grade 4 Students worked in pairs to present the weather dialogue. They received an oral language grade on this presentation.
The homework is to change the name of the city to another city where it is cold in winter; such as New York, Boston, Detroit, or Milwaukee. They may also change the name of the winter month. Students will present their new dialogue next week. I have some very talented second language-learners in Grade 4.🌨
Grade 5 Students presented their weather dialogues. They need to change the name of the city and month to another city and month that is cold in winter. They will present the new dialogue next week. It is homework. Our fifth graders have excellent Spanish oral language skills!
Grade 6 Students received their prizes for Most Creative Book. They also received a list of questions to answer in Spanish based on their autobiographies. Preparing their answers is homework. They will be test orally next Monday. Questions 1- 7 only. Individual students answered specific questions in class to demonstrate the proper form necessary for a correct answer. I encourage students to answer in complete sentences in Spanish. Both classes are doing very well. Homework is an important part of our study of Spanish.
🏈 Happy Monday Night Football!
Mrs. Linda
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Week of September 19th.
K-4 The K-4 classes learned the terms for three utensils in Spanish. We sang a song to help the children learn the words, tenedor- fork, cuchillo- knife and cucharita- teaspoon. It was so much fun! We also played a guessing game, Adivina cual es, Guess what it is. I put plastic utensils in a little sack and grabbed one without showing the children what it was. Individual children had to try to guess which one I was touching. This was a very successful game. We will continue learning common useful expressions next week.
K- 5 K-5 also played the guessing game and learned a song about utensils in Spanish. K-5 loves to sing! I can conduct the entire class in Spanish using a method called TPR, which uses gestures and Spanish commands.
Grade 1 Our first graders learned the names for utensils in Spanish and also learned a song which will help them remember the terms. The children did an excellent job identifying each utensil. We also expressed which foods are eaten with each utensil.
Grade 2 The children received a short dialogue about two students meeting and planning their activities. Each child paired up with a partner to read the dialogue. They took the sheet home to continue studying for next week. I am so pleased with the second graders' progress in Spanish.
Grade 3 Students paired up with a partner to recite a new dialogue about the weather in Chicago and in a city in Mexico. They took the sheet home to study.
Grade 4 Students paired up to recite a new dialogue about weather. I would like the students to practice at home. It is very important for them to study new dialogues at home.
Grade 5 Students heard a presentation from a new student about Costa Rica. It was very well done.
They then paired up with a partner to recite a dialogue about weather in winter in Chicago and a city in Mexico. The dialogue is homework. Students need to practice at home. Several students came to class without their Spanish notebook. They must bring the notebook every Monday along with previously distributed handouts.
Grade 6 Students had a chance to read one another's books about emotions in Spanish. They then voted on which book deserved to be considered the best. Two students, one from each class, won the contest and will receive a prize. I am also going to give a third student a prize since there was a tie. Another student will receive a prize since I judged her book to be the best. It was difficult to judge since many books were very creative. The use of Spanish expressions correctly was important in choosing the winning books as well as the illustrations. I am very aware of emojis and their meanings after reading the students' books! So many of the students used them in their illustrations.
A new dialogue about weather needs to be studied for next week. Each student received a copy. If your child was absent, please ask him or her to get a copy from another student and have it copied in the main office. If not, they will receive the copy next week in class. All students must maintain a Spanish notebook and bring it EVERY MONDAY. Their grade will be affected if they do not come to class prepared.
K-4 The K-4 classes learned the terms for three utensils in Spanish. We sang a song to help the children learn the words, tenedor- fork, cuchillo- knife and cucharita- teaspoon. It was so much fun! We also played a guessing game, Adivina cual es, Guess what it is. I put plastic utensils in a little sack and grabbed one without showing the children what it was. Individual children had to try to guess which one I was touching. This was a very successful game. We will continue learning common useful expressions next week.
K- 5 K-5 also played the guessing game and learned a song about utensils in Spanish. K-5 loves to sing! I can conduct the entire class in Spanish using a method called TPR, which uses gestures and Spanish commands.
Grade 1 Our first graders learned the names for utensils in Spanish and also learned a song which will help them remember the terms. The children did an excellent job identifying each utensil. We also expressed which foods are eaten with each utensil.
Grade 2 The children received a short dialogue about two students meeting and planning their activities. Each child paired up with a partner to read the dialogue. They took the sheet home to continue studying for next week. I am so pleased with the second graders' progress in Spanish.
Grade 3 Students paired up with a partner to recite a new dialogue about the weather in Chicago and in a city in Mexico. They took the sheet home to study.
Grade 4 Students paired up to recite a new dialogue about weather. I would like the students to practice at home. It is very important for them to study new dialogues at home.
Grade 5 Students heard a presentation from a new student about Costa Rica. It was very well done.
They then paired up with a partner to recite a dialogue about weather in winter in Chicago and a city in Mexico. The dialogue is homework. Students need to practice at home. Several students came to class without their Spanish notebook. They must bring the notebook every Monday along with previously distributed handouts.
Grade 6 Students had a chance to read one another's books about emotions in Spanish. They then voted on which book deserved to be considered the best. Two students, one from each class, won the contest and will receive a prize. I am also going to give a third student a prize since there was a tie. Another student will receive a prize since I judged her book to be the best. It was difficult to judge since many books were very creative. The use of Spanish expressions correctly was important in choosing the winning books as well as the illustrations. I am very aware of emojis and their meanings after reading the students' books! So many of the students used them in their illustrations.
A new dialogue about weather needs to be studied for next week. Each student received a copy. If your child was absent, please ask him or her to get a copy from another student and have it copied in the main office. If not, they will receive the copy next week in class. All students must maintain a Spanish notebook and bring it EVERY MONDAY. Their grade will be affected if they do not come to class prepared.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Week of September 12th.
K-4 We had so much fun learning Spanish today. Using one of our puppets, students expressed likes and dislikes concerning foods. We also learned several terms of endearment in Spanish. I can conduct most of the class in Spanish since the children understand our routine in class. This is going to be a very productive year!
K-5 Students made leaf rubbings. All of the instructions were given in Spanish and a model leaf rubbing was available. After the students completed the project and produced their product, they described their leaves in Spanish to the class.
Grade 1 Grade 1 also made leaf rubbings. The activity was very successful! Students described their leaf rubbings in Spanish for their classmates.
Grade 2 Students received a new dialogue about weekend activities. We recited the conversation several times in class. There are new vocabulary words in the dialogue. All students took the copy of the dialogue home to practice. Our second graders are doing very well in developing literacy skills in Spanish. New students do NOT have to practice the dialogue. I will work with them next week.
Grade 3 Students practiced a new dialogue in class and worked with a partner reciting it. Students took the copy home to practice. I would like the students to recite the lines at home to develop fluency.
Grade 4 We did not meet due to a presentation at the library, however; students saw me when they were having lunch and asked what the homework was, I told them that since we had not met, there was no homework, but since they were so interested, I brought a copy of the dialogue to their classroom for them to take home. They were so happy! I am so proud of our fourth graders. So, there homework is to practice the new dialogue and present it (reading their lines) next week.
Grade 5 students continued with their presentations about South American countries and cultures. They received a copy of a new dialogue. They will need to practice the dialogue as homework. Note: NEW STUDENTS do not have to study the dialogue. I will work with them next week. Please call me if you have any questions about what is expected of your child. 601-428-1704.
Grade 6 I collected the student's books which was a homework assignment. Students received a dialogue to practice at home. Students who did not complete the first homework assignment, the autobiography, must turn their work in before the next marking period. Note: Students will NOT be given extra time to complete future assignments. Several students did not submit their second homework assignment and will be graded accordingly for the missing work.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Linda
K-4 We had so much fun learning Spanish today. Using one of our puppets, students expressed likes and dislikes concerning foods. We also learned several terms of endearment in Spanish. I can conduct most of the class in Spanish since the children understand our routine in class. This is going to be a very productive year!
K-5 Students made leaf rubbings. All of the instructions were given in Spanish and a model leaf rubbing was available. After the students completed the project and produced their product, they described their leaves in Spanish to the class.
Grade 1 Grade 1 also made leaf rubbings. The activity was very successful! Students described their leaf rubbings in Spanish for their classmates.
Grade 2 Students received a new dialogue about weekend activities. We recited the conversation several times in class. There are new vocabulary words in the dialogue. All students took the copy of the dialogue home to practice. Our second graders are doing very well in developing literacy skills in Spanish. New students do NOT have to practice the dialogue. I will work with them next week.
Grade 3 Students practiced a new dialogue in class and worked with a partner reciting it. Students took the copy home to practice. I would like the students to recite the lines at home to develop fluency.
Grade 4 We did not meet due to a presentation at the library, however; students saw me when they were having lunch and asked what the homework was, I told them that since we had not met, there was no homework, but since they were so interested, I brought a copy of the dialogue to their classroom for them to take home. They were so happy! I am so proud of our fourth graders. So, there homework is to practice the new dialogue and present it (reading their lines) next week.
Grade 5 students continued with their presentations about South American countries and cultures. They received a copy of a new dialogue. They will need to practice the dialogue as homework. Note: NEW STUDENTS do not have to study the dialogue. I will work with them next week. Please call me if you have any questions about what is expected of your child. 601-428-1704.
Grade 6 I collected the student's books which was a homework assignment. Students received a dialogue to practice at home. Students who did not complete the first homework assignment, the autobiography, must turn their work in before the next marking period. Note: Students will NOT be given extra time to complete future assignments. Several students did not submit their second homework assignment and will be graded accordingly for the missing work.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Linda
Friday, September 9, 2016
Tuesday, September 6th, K-4 Classes
I am so pleased with our K-4 children's participation in Spanish class! The children sang five songs in Spanish. The songs are designed to reinforce skills presented previously; such as weather or greetings. Please ask your child to sing" Happy Birthday" in Spanish. Many of the songs we learn have English counterparts, so the children can easily relate the concepts to the songs in English. I love teaching your children. They are so eager to learn and participate. Four-year-olds certainly are experiencing The Magical Years and I am so happy to be a part of their educational journey.
Mrs. Linda
I am so pleased with our K-4 children's participation in Spanish class! The children sang five songs in Spanish. The songs are designed to reinforce skills presented previously; such as weather or greetings. Please ask your child to sing" Happy Birthday" in Spanish. Many of the songs we learn have English counterparts, so the children can easily relate the concepts to the songs in English. I love teaching your children. They are so eager to learn and participate. Four-year-olds certainly are experiencing The Magical Years and I am so happy to be a part of their educational journey.
Mrs. Linda
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