Dear Parents,
          K-4 can respond to ten questions in Spanish.  They students also understand simple stories I read to them in Spanish.  I do not have to translate very much unless the picture clues are ambiguous, or the story presents vocabulary not previously introduced to the children. We sang all of our songs in Spanish and learned a new song for the days of the week and the months of the year. I am going to teach the children to count to 50 since at least half of the class has mastered counting to 20 in Spanish.
    K-5 is learning the traditional Spanish song, "De Colores."  We also reviewed questions and food vocabulary.  Students learned a new verb, gustar, which means to like.

  1st grade added new words to their food word bank.  They also reviewed all questions, months of the year, days of the week and numbers.

 2nd grade learned a short dialogue in class about going to a birthday party.  Several students wanted to write their own dialogue in Spanish.  I encouraged them to do so.  Having more instructional time with second graders has really helped students this year.  I am grateful that Miss Stone was able to increase the time I have with Miss Lisa's students this year.

3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th graders learned a new dialogue about two students meeting in the cafeteria.  Students who wrote their own dialogue for homework worked with me on polishing their work.  They corrected the scripts and will present them next week for the entire class.  That is their homework for this week--to prepare for the oral presentation with their partner. Those students are not responsible for the cafeteria dialogue.  Only students who copied the cafeteria dialogue will present that skit next Monday.  They need to practice with their partners.  All sixth graders have an original dialogue to present since 100% of the class wrote an original skit.  I am very proud of them! 

Please contact me if your child needs assistance with their dialogue.  Each child will present two dialogues--their own and their partner's.  Some children were confused about this.  One of the students explained the assignment in the following manner to her partner: "I am me and you are the other person the first time we present. Then, you are you and I am the other person the second time we present." I love it! We have a teacher -in-the-making here.
  Thank you for your support and cooperation.  I sincerely appreciate it. Your children are making excellent progress in Spanish, which makes me extremely happy.
                                                            Atentamente,
                                                                       Srta. Linda