Monday, March 14

Grade K-4  Students were very happy to be back in school today!  We played the language  game with our stuffed animals.  All of the children did a great job understanding which animal I was asking them to find.  I can conduct our lessons almost entirely in Spanish with our K-4 students.  They have learned so much.  We discussed opposites in Spanish using some colorful visuals. The children heard the story, Buenas Noches, Cuaquito about a family of ducklings and the night sounds and sights they experience while trying to fall asleep.

Grade K-5  Students answered some questions about themselves in Spanish.  The children learned ten pairs of opposites in Spanish.  They heard the story, Buenas Noches, Cuaquito, which  they really enjoyed.  The story is about ducklings trying to fall asleep and noticing night sounds and sights which have to be investigated by Mama Pata.  I am thinking some of the children also might have some issues falling asleep and really enjoyed hearing about the ducklings nighttime experiences. Ask your child to share the story with you.

Grade 1  Children recited a short story about March weather.  They also learned opposites in Spanish and heard the story about Cuaquito, a little duckling and his family.  We reviewed basic questions in Spanish.

Grade 2  Grade 2 recited the story about March weather.  They have a copy to take home.  Please ask your child about it.  Grade 2 students also learned opposites in Spanish and answered questions about themselves.

Grade 3  Using the students work with prepositions in Spanish and a copy of a fox with parts of the body labelled in Spanish, students created sentences telling where each part is located.  For example,  La boca esta debajo de la nariz.  The mouth is under the nose.  I asked students to finish writing the descriptions for homework and bring their work next week, March 21.  Most students wrote at least ten sentences in class.  There are sixteen parts of the body on the handout.    Please contact me if you have any questions about the assignment and I will be happy to explain it if you need further clarification.  If your child has at least ten sentences written, we can finish the rest in class.  I do encourage students to try to compose the rest of the sentences as homework  since they were given four or five examples in class to copy.  Completing homework is important.

Grade 4  Students worked on completing the first part of their autobiography in Spanish. I asked  them to practice reading  what they have already written for next week, March 21. I assisted students with their responses if they did not know the word they needed.    I also encouraged students to try to complete the rest of the page with their responses.  One student said he wanted to complete the page and share it with me on Wednesday of this week!  It makes me so happy that he is so  interested in learning Spanish that he can't wait to share  his work with me.  Several other fourth graders wanted to work independently during class since they did not need any assistance.  That really pleases me.