Estimadas Familias,
Last Wednesday began with music to our ears! The class serenaded Abuela Loba with the full repertoire of songs we have learned throughout this term. Truly a treat to hear your children's voices...
We then moved on to a global subject: Copa Mundial de la FIFA Brasil 2014 (FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014). On a world map, scholars were asked to draw a small soccer ball (what else!?) in each of the 32 countries participating this year. They were also asked to list the Spanish name of the country on the map. They will be receiving a schedule of the tournament today. The tournament kicks off on June 12th at 1 PM pacific time when the host - Brazil - plays vs. Croatia. The games should be available locally, broadcast in Spanish, through the Univisión network. You can also find the schedule here.
Fútbol is also on the menu for this Wednesday, at the request of the kids.
Hasta pronto,
Señor Lobo
Miércoles 14 de Mayo, 2014
Queridos Padres,
May arrived with some very hot days! The kids seem to take it in stride and maintain their energetic appreciation for learning.
We introduced the architectural portion of the course by drawing a simple floor plan of each of our homes, complete with labels of all the rooms in our houses as well as some other architectural features, such as windows and doors, and even the most common fixtures and appliances. Lots of new vocabulary and basic preparation for the possibility of architecture in the future of one or more of our scholars. Some of the students eagerly drew very intricate and accurate floor plans, which they presented to the rest of the class. Ask your child to show you theirs and help them add anything they may have missed. The floor plans should be in their binders.
Next, it was time to step outside a bit, for a round or two of Juguemos en el Bosque...(Let's Play in the Forest...), the singing game we had learned at the beginning of the year, while Abuela Loba set up the surprise birthday party inside the classroom for Rafaela and Sara. The cake du jour was a delicious strawberry - blueberry upside down. Mmmmm....As beautiful as it was tasty...
As we approach the end of the year, we will be doing some review of the lessons we have covered, in hope that the content will remain in the student's memory.
Hasta el próximo Miércoles,
Señor Lobo
May arrived with some very hot days! The kids seem to take it in stride and maintain their energetic appreciation for learning.
We introduced the architectural portion of the course by drawing a simple floor plan of each of our homes, complete with labels of all the rooms in our houses as well as some other architectural features, such as windows and doors, and even the most common fixtures and appliances. Lots of new vocabulary and basic preparation for the possibility of architecture in the future of one or more of our scholars. Some of the students eagerly drew very intricate and accurate floor plans, which they presented to the rest of the class. Ask your child to show you theirs and help them add anything they may have missed. The floor plans should be in their binders.
Next, it was time to step outside a bit, for a round or two of Juguemos en el Bosque...(Let's Play in the Forest...), the singing game we had learned at the beginning of the year, while Abuela Loba set up the surprise birthday party inside the classroom for Rafaela and Sara. The cake du jour was a delicious strawberry - blueberry upside down. Mmmmm....As beautiful as it was tasty...
As we approach the end of the year, we will be doing some review of the lessons we have covered, in hope that the content will remain in the student's memory.
Hasta el próximo Miércoles,
Señor Lobo
Miércoles 7 de Mayo, 2014
Estimados Padres,
We are already in May, the last month of our class. I can't believe how time flies!
This week we were lucky to have Abuela Loba as a volunteer again. She even brought her own grocery store with her - Mercadito "La Abuela" ("Grandma" Market) - complete with all sorts of common food items and even a checkout stand, which included a register as well as a mini conveyor belt to move the food to the cashiers. Half the class took a turn at the store, switching between purchasing and selling, while the other half tested their memory with the flash card vocabulary I introduced last week. Lots of new vocabulary, both food related and other. The groups switched half way trough the period.
According to an informal market survey, chocolate and pizza were among the most popular items. Who would have guessed!?
Next week we will be celebrating birthdays of Rafaela and Sara. Please encourage your scholar to write a simple card in Spanish for the birthday girls.
Hasta el Miércoles,
Señor Lobo
We are already in May, the last month of our class. I can't believe how time flies!
This week we were lucky to have Abuela Loba as a volunteer again. She even brought her own grocery store with her - Mercadito "La Abuela" ("Grandma" Market) - complete with all sorts of common food items and even a checkout stand, which included a register as well as a mini conveyor belt to move the food to the cashiers. Half the class took a turn at the store, switching between purchasing and selling, while the other half tested their memory with the flash card vocabulary I introduced last week. Lots of new vocabulary, both food related and other. The groups switched half way trough the period.
According to an informal market survey, chocolate and pizza were among the most popular items. Who would have guessed!?
Next week we will be celebrating birthdays of Rafaela and Sara. Please encourage your scholar to write a simple card in Spanish for the birthday girls.
Hasta el Miércoles,
Señor Lobo
Miércoles 30 de Abril, 2014
Buenos Días queridas familias,
This week we began our class with a short book - El Pez Arco Iris ( The Rainbow Fish). Each scholar took turns reading a page to the rest of the class in order to continue to improve word recognition and pronunciation skills.
Next we used a set of flash cards. Initially showing the picture of familiar everyday items along with the name of the item. Once that was done, it was time for the memory test. We looked only at the picture, and the students were expected to remember the name of the item. A couple of kids decided to add the "hang man" option to the activity, adding a body part whenever the majority of students could not produce the right answer. A measure of their success was evident by the fact that the last body part was only drawn in when we got to the last of fifty cards.
After gaining some new vocabulary words, scholars were challenged to construct sentences either in their binders or, by using a collection of magnetic words made available to them. Some of the resulting sentences were rather whimsical. One student insisted on saving her sentence until her father arrived at the end of class. It read: Ella Habla Español - (She Speaks Spanish).
Hasta el próximo Miércoles,
Señor Lobo
This week we began our class with a short book - El Pez Arco Iris ( The Rainbow Fish). Each scholar took turns reading a page to the rest of the class in order to continue to improve word recognition and pronunciation skills.
Next we used a set of flash cards. Initially showing the picture of familiar everyday items along with the name of the item. Once that was done, it was time for the memory test. We looked only at the picture, and the students were expected to remember the name of the item. A couple of kids decided to add the "hang man" option to the activity, adding a body part whenever the majority of students could not produce the right answer. A measure of their success was evident by the fact that the last body part was only drawn in when we got to the last of fifty cards.
After gaining some new vocabulary words, scholars were challenged to construct sentences either in their binders or, by using a collection of magnetic words made available to them. Some of the resulting sentences were rather whimsical. One student insisted on saving her sentence until her father arrived at the end of class. It read: Ella Habla Español - (She Speaks Spanish).
Hasta el próximo Miércoles,
Señor Lobo
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