Miércoles 4 de Diciembre, 2013

Estimadas familias,

          I hope you had a great Thanksgiving holiday surrounded by family and feasting.

          We began our lesson this week by concluding our reading of Huevos Verdes con Jamón (Green Eggs and Ham) by Dr. Seuss. Everyone had a great time as we pounded the table in unison and declared: ¡No, no me gustan nada los huevos verdes con jamón! ¡No me gustan nada Juan Ramon! ( No, I do not like green eggs and ham! I do not like them Sam-I-am!)

Once again we distributed sea glass treasures as prizes. This time, for the great efforts everyone demonstrated with our word building game during our prior meeting.

Next, we concentrated on learning the names of various parts of the body. Everyone drew and labeled a drawing of a person to keep in their binders. I then introduced Pablo to the class, who has the peculiar habit of getting up in such a hurry, he often forgets to put on a body part. Leaving him, shall we say, feeling a bit incomplete? We used cards, such as the ones that follow below, as the students were asked to say ¡Ay, ay, ay, pobre Pablo. Pablo no tiene ¿¿¿???! (Ay, ay, ay, poor Pablo. Pablo doesn’t have ??????!). The children found it rather amusing. They were asked to recognize the name of the next missing body part and add it to repeat the sentence.

El Cuerpo Humano de Pablo on the board.

A few of Pablo's various bodily states.

          We even included a pop quiz to test their memory at the end of class. Without looking at their drawings, and facing away from the labeled drawing on the board, I would say the name of a body part and they had to silently touch it on themselves. They did very well.

                       Pop quiz time...

Hasta el próximo Miércoles,

Señor Lobo