April 25,  26,and 27th 

K-4  The classes continued learning how to express food preferences in Spanish.  They also can talk about their preferences for Mexican food. I think they will be fluent enough to order their own food in Spanish the next time they visit a Mexican restaurant!  We reviewed parts of the body, and weather, as well.

K- 5  Students continued learning how to talk about their preferences for certain foods in Spanish.  They learned about ten new vocabulary words, including corn, flour, tortilla, meat, chicken, tomato, lettuce, cheese, and beans.  We practices De Colores for graduation. 

2nd Grade  The children made a new book about insects and spiders in Spanish.  They learned the names of insects including, dragonfly, firefly, and beetle in Spanish.  

3rd grade  Students also made a book about insects and spiders. I encourage students to converse in Spanish with other students during the class.  I am so pleased that they are able to do so!  They ask for colors, materials, and use the commands and important expressions of courtesy entirely in 

5th and 6th grade continued learning how to conjugate verbs in Spanish.  I asked the sixth graders to correct the papers they did last week with the verbs ser and estar.  There is no homework. 

Note:  4th grade was given an assignment last week which is due May 9th.  The due date means they did NOT have any homework in Spanish during the weeks of testing.  They need to create a book in S;panish based on concepts and vocabulary they learned this year. The book should have a cover and illustrations as well as text in Spanish or both Spanish and English.  

Wednesday,April 21

Grade 6  I completed the oral testing of individual students. The students created sentences using from of the verb, "estar."  I collected their work.  We will discuss these papers next week.  There is NO homework.

Grade 5  Miss Lisa's class only had about twenty minutes of instruction due to a gardening workshop they needed to attend at two o'clock.   I asked the students to finish their sentences with the verb "estar."  They only need to complete the work they began in class, so most students should only need to compose about ten sentences. These sentences should be quite easy for them since they have numerous examples to assist them. They should NOT do the work they did not finish during testing next week.  All sentences need to be completed before testing begins on Monday.

Miss Tucker's Class  Students created sentences with the verb, "estar."   They finished their work in class.  Some students wanted to continue creating sentences outside of class.  This makes me so happy, but there is no homeowork assigned due to testing next week.  


                                               

Monday, April 18, 2016

 

K-4  The children expressed food  preferences in Spanish.  They learned how to express corn or flour tortillas, meat or chicken tacos and other ingredients that make a taco so delicious!  It was so much fun listening to the children "ordering" their meal in Spanish.  

K- 5   The children also talked about the ingredients found in a taco in Spanish. We then practiced our song in Spanish which will be presented at the K-5 graduation. 

Grade 1  Children made a bilingual book called, "What's for supper?" in Spanish.  They will take the book home next week. 

Grade  2  Children made a book about transportation. They took the books home.  Please ask your child to share it with you.  

Grade 3  The class described the location of objects in the classroom using the prepositions they previously learned.  There is no homework. 

Grade 4 The class described the location of objects in the classroom in relation to other fixtures and furniture.  They received a homework assignment which  is due May 9.  The children should not begin this assignment during testing next week.  This is why I am giving them extra time to complete the project.  They may begin this week or next Thursday after all testing has been completed.  Each child received a detailed description of the assignment on a handout I prepared.  They need to create a book in Spanish using the skills they learned this year.  They may choose the topic of their book.  Some possible themes are:  classroom objects and their locations, clothing,  adjectives to describe their friends, their family members, weather, seasons of the year, holidays, such as Christmas, or their likes and dislikes.    The book should be at least ten pages, but it may be more than ten.  It should have illustrations, created by the students or cut from a magazine or printed on the computer.  Please call me if you have any questions.  Include a cover, book title, and  the author's name--the name of the student.  

                                               Have a great weekend. 

                                                          Mrs. Linda 

Wednesday, April 13

The sixth grade class took an oral exam today.  They responded to a series of questions about themselves.  I am so proud of the students who took the test today. Some students will take the test next week since I did not have time to test all students.  All students should review the list of questions since I may need to do some retesting next week.  Students also read their Spanish language magazine and took copies home


Grade 5 Students read their Spanish language magazines and did the activity pages.  I also informally tested students on questions from their autobiographies.  They did an excellent job.  The students also took home copies of a magazine I ordered for them entitled, Que Tal? There is no homework, but I would like the students to continue reading their magazines and completing the activity pages.

Monday and Tuesday, April 11 and 12. 

K-3  Students heard part of the story about trucks since so many of them went to Touch-A-Truck on Saturday.  I read the story in Spanish pointing to the various trucks and equipment and reading the passage that identifies them . The children also reviewed numbers and descriptions of our animals.  They played a game to identify body parts in Spanish using a small colorful ball. 

K-4  The children counted to forty today in Spanish and heard a story about trucks and equipment in Spanish.  They do an excellent job answering basic questions about themselves. 

K-5  We reviewed numbers and described animals entirely in Spanish.  The children also answered questions about themselves, their age, their names, favorite animals, etc. We ended the class by practicing our song for graduation. 

Grade 1  Students made a new book about professions. They also reviewed numbers to fifty and answered questions about themselves. 

Grade 2  The children started learning how to talk about the location of common classroom objects. They received a paper listing vocabulary that can help them create sentences using the terms for twelve classroom objects.  

Grade 3  Students were asked to create an oral sentence about selected objects in the classroom using their list of prepositions.  They did an excellent job with this activity.  I asked them to try to describe things at home and bring their work next week. It is an optional homework assignment since some students need more assistance.

Grade 4  Students read sentences from their homework assignment.  I asked them to try to create descriptions using prepositions and rooms in their house.  We will talk about their work next week. Some students need my assistance to do this assignment.  I would like them to at least try to create a few sentences by themselves.  It is an optional homework assignment, but I would love to have students try to give some descriptions of their rooms, the kitchen at their house, etc. 

Wednesday, April 6. 5th and 6th graders created group murals of their likes and dislikes in Spanish. There is no  homework for grade 5. All sixth graders need to study a.list of twelve questions for an oral exam on April 13. The answers they need to respond correctly to the questions are in their individual autobiographies. All students have their autobiographies. They were corrected, graded, and distributed in class to the students.

April 4th and 5th.

K-3  The children are learning so many new structures in Spanish.  We reviewed questions and responses in Spanish about preferences using our collection of stuffed animals.  The children learned a song about dancing (as they danced) which teaches the words fast and slow.  We reviewed days of the weeks and numbers to twenty.  The class ended with Old MacDonald in Spanish.  As the last K-3 class left,  one of the children asked me, "Are you going to work now, Miss Linda?"

K-4  Children were "teachers" today.  Individual children asked the questions to other classmates.  The game was called, "Quien es?"  Each child had to answer in a complete description which animal the teacher was holding.  We counted to forty and reviewed days and weather terms.

K-5  Today we began practicing our song in Spanish which the children will sing for graduation.  There is a lot of new vocabulary in the song, including farm animals in Spanish and several new verbs.

Grade 1  Children created a book about plants with eight new vocabulary words.  I always point out similarities between so many terms in Spanish and English.   We had a coloring contest as well.  It was difficult  to choose a winner since children take pride in their finished product!  Nearly all of the books were so beautiful!

Grade 2 Children illustrated the meaning of sixteen new vocabulary words related to classroom objects.  I asked the students to study their papers for an oral quiz next week in class.

Grade 3  The children composed sentences describing items in the classroom using the prepositions they learned in the past two weeks and the Spanish words for selected classroom objects.  I asked them to complete at least sixteen sentences as homework  Most students completed the sentences in class so they just need to study their work for a quiz next week.  I distributed the work of one of the students for others to use as a guide in case they did not understand.  Our third graders are very hard-working!  They also loved moving about the classroom to find the objects and their labels in Spanish.

Grade 4  I collected the autobiographies.  The students also composed sentences using prepositions and the names of classroom objects in Spanish.  They will have an oral quiz next week using the sentences they created. Our fourth  graders work so well in collaborative learning groups. The homework is to create more sentences using the prepositions and classroom vocabulary.  I asked them to create at least sixteen sentences--one with each vocabulary word.  Most students finished in class.

                                       Have a wonderful rest of the week and a great weekend.

                                                        Miss Linda

Tuesday and Wednesday, March 29 and 30.

The K-3 children are so interested in learning Spanish!  they begin to sing the songs in Spanish that they learned as they walk into the class.  We reviewed greetings, numbers, and colors as well as body parts and questions about the location of objects in the classroom.  I added several colors to the basic colors that the children know.  They are also becoming aware of grammatical structures through the use of the Natural Language Approach that I use with my preschool and kindergarten classes.  This approach is similar to the way children learn their first language.

Grade 6  Class did not meet due to an assembly.  We will rewrite the autobiographies the students wrote several weeks ago  I am missing several autobiographies so students  who did not hand in theirs should have the worksheet completed for next Wednesday.  If your child lost the worksheet, please contact me so I can provide him/ her with another one on Monday.  There is another assignment due as well from two weeks ago--A list of things the student likes and doesn't like.*  This is in Spanish, of course.  There should be at least thirty of each.  Thirty things liked and thirty things not liked.  Me gustan  is I like.  No me gustan is I don't like.

Grade 5  Students who had handed in their autobiography received a corrected copy to rewrite.  I am so proud of the students who did their homework.  Next week, the students who completed both assignments will share their likes and dislikes on a huge mural they will prepare in class. I will work with those students who did not complete the autobiography while the other group work on the mural.  Homework is a very important part of learning. Please contact me if you have any questions about the homework.  There is no new assignment for next week.  You can reach me at 601-428-1704.  I welcome calls from you about your child's progress in Spanish.

                                                  Have a great weekend.


                                                      Miss Linda

* All assignments were due last week on Wednesday.  There was NO homework over the Easter holiday.