Dear Parents,
           We will be working on telling time in grades 1 thru 6.  Telling time is really simple in Spanish.  Here is the basic information your child will be learning tomorrow about telling time.

Children already know how to count to twelve in Spanish.  That is important!  They also know how to count to fifty-nine, as well.  We will only concentrate on telling time at the hour and half-hour in grades 1 and 2.  Grades 3 thru 6 will learn how to tell any time on the clock.
                         The only hour that uses "es" is one o'clock. 
                                        Es la una                     It is one o'clock.
                                        Es la una y media       It is one thirty.

                        Two o'clock thru  twelve o'clock use "son."
                                        Son las dos                It is two o'clock.
                                        Son las dos y media  It is two thirty.    (y is pronounced like a quick long e
                                                                                                       sound).

Grades 3 thru six will learn the following: (a few examples follow)
                                            6:05                 Son las seis y cinco         6:01  son las seis y uno.
                                            6:15                 Son las seis y cuarto
                                            6:40                Son las siete menos veinte

We will be counting by 5's to practice. Cinco, diez, quince, veinte, veinticinco, treinta, treinta y cinco, cuarenta, cuarenta y cinco, cincuenta.  c sounds like the English s sound in the above numbers except for cuarenta which is pronounced (qua REN   ta).  
It might be fun to ask your child to tell you the time in Spanish when she/he is home.
  Que hora es?    (Kay  O ra  es) the "Kay" is very quick, not like the English girl's name, "Kaye"

                I thank you, again, for your cooperation and interest in our Spanish Language Program.
                                                         Miss Linda