Class Update with Videos

Because of the Halloween Parade on Tuesday, we will not have Spanish Class. We will add a week to the schedule at the end.

Happy Halloween

AND THE 4 SEASONS TOO!!

CLASS UPDATE 9-21-09

Hola,


We began our new year by reviewing colors.  I found this old post from last year's class that I thought would be very helpful to you as you review.


Vocabulary- The kids have been reviewing the shapes and colors. They have remembered a great deal. The colors that we have reviewed are:

• rojo/a
• anaranjado/a
• amarillo/a
• negro/a
• gris
• verde
• azul
• blanco/a
• rosa/ rosada
• cafè/ màrron

The shapes are:

• el cuadrado
• el trìangulo
• el cìrculo
• el rectàngulo

Speaking of Colors

• ¿ De què color es? Answer: Es del color ______
• ¿ Què es esto? Answer: Esto es ________ then the item.
• ¿ De què color es( the shape name) Answer: El ( shape) es del color _______.
  

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Please browse through the blog for all various kinds of videos and audio that has been posted on all of my JMJ Spanish Blog Links.


Here is a video.. I know its a little bit for younger kids but it might help you too.

Review of Chapter 2

Okay Muchachos,

I have created some audio files for you to download or listen to at home. Please review this information and get ready to start class en octubre.


In this AUDIO LINK you will have access to listen to the following:

Names of colors
Names of shapes
Names of animals
How to ask and answer: What color is this? What is your favorite animal?What animal is this?
You will also review the article The in the singular and plural forms.

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A little dance with Blanca Nieves.. Spanish Style

Reviewing Colors

Hola, hoy es mièrcoles 26 de marzo. Hace viento y hace calor. Que buen dìa!

Class Update

Unidad 2

We continued to work on Unidad 2. The following objectives have been covered:

• Learn the names of colors and shapes
• Identify different animals.

Here are the Colors we have learned

1. rojo
2. verde
3. amarillo
4. anaranjado
5. rosado
6. blanco
7. azul
8. morado
9. negro
10. gris
11. cafè/ marròn

Here is a list of the -Shapes that we have learned:

1. el triàngulo
2. el rectàgulo
3. el cuadrado
4. el cìrculo

Lastly, here is a list of animals:

1. el gato
2. el pàjaro
3. el canario
4. el loro
5. el ratòn
6. el flamenco
7. la mariposa
8. el conejo
9. el tigre
10. el perro
11. el pez
12. el oso

Speaking Speaking Speaking
The kids have learned the following questions their proper answers:

• ¿De què color es?
• Es_______
• ¿Què es esto?
• Esto es _________
• ¿ De què color es el boligrafo? ( also you can substitute any of the classroom objects)
• El boligrafo es de color ___________
• ¿ De què color es ________( use a shape)
• El (shape) es de color__________
• ¿Què animal es?
• Es el/la ________
• ¿ De què color es ( animal)?
• El/la (animal) es de color.

Spanish Vocabulary, Weather, Colors, Shapes etc.

Weather-

Last week I introduced the weather with a song. This week we sang the song again and this time the kids had the lyrics to the song. This weather song is very good at teaching kids about the weather. Please visit the weather link to hear the proper pronunciation on a daily basis.

TPR-VERB REVIEW-

• We reviewed the following TPR Verbs:

1. ir- to go ve- you go vayan- you all go
2. mirar- to see mira- look miren- you all look
3. escribir- to write escribe- you write escriban- you all write
4. sacar- to take our saca- you take out saquen- you all take out

Unidad 2-

• In this unit this week I introduced them to the following vocabulary terms:

1. Colors-Colors
2. Shapes-Shapes

• We cut out shapes from various different colored construction paper.
  
• We paired up to ask each other the following questions:

1. ¿Que color es ?- Answer: Es el color ______
2. ¿Que forma es? - Answer: La forma es el/ la ________
3. ¿De que color es esta forma? - Answer- esta forma es de color _________

• We learned that colors in Spanish can be either neutral, male or female. We will get into this a little later in the unit. For now, we will just practice with our word wall chart.

Internet site: I found the greates Internet site out there! Please use it daily!!!
Click on the vocabulary that you want to review and listen to it. I can not stress enough how much this will benefit your child!!

• Days of week
  
• Numbers
  
• Some greetings
  
• Classroom objects
  
• Colors
  
• Shapes
  

SPANISH TV FOR KIDS- I came across channel 9401 which is a Spanish channel for educational tv. In the morning it has shows for kids and in the afternoon, it has educational shows for older kids. This is the second station. If you have The Dish Network- Enjoy!

OUR BLOG-Please visit our blog to see more links to Fun videos that reinforce our vocab. I have listed some on our blog http://www.jmjspanish2.blogspot.com/

Unidad 1 Vocabulary, weather, days of week, numbers, classroom objects

Unidad 1- Finishing up

• We finished with Unidad 1. We discussed how to make the articles the, a into the plural form. Pages 47-49

1. El becomes los
2. una becomes unas
3. uno becomes unos

• Don't forget the rules for making nouns plural

1. 
   Words that end in letters a, e, i,o,u add the letter S
2. Words that end in a consonant add the letters es

• To find out how many there are of something use the following questions:

1. Cuàntos hay? Male things
2. Cuàtas hay? Female things
   
   

• When you want to know what something is plural :
  

1. Què son estos ?

• When you want to know who someone is plural

1. Quiènes son?

Weather Song
Kids are learning the following phrases through this song:

1. Què tiempo hace hoy? Hace sol.- Its sunny
2. Què tiempo hace hoy? Età nublado- Its cloudy
3. Què tiempo hace hoy? Està lloviendo- It is raining
4. Què tiempo hace hoy? Està nevando- It is snowing
5. Què tiempo hace hoy? Hace frìo- It is cold
6. Què tiempo hace hoy? Hace calor- It is hot

Words:

1. Sol means sun
2. nublado means cloudy
3. lloviendo means raining
4. nevando- snowing
5. frìo- cold
6. calor- hot

Internet site: I found the greates Internet site out there! Please use it daily!!!
Click on the vocabulary that you want to review and listen to it. I can not stress enough how much this will benefit your child!!

• Days of week
• Numbers
• Some greetings
• Classroom objects
• Colors
• Shapes

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Phrases for Unidad 1 and Pronouns

• The following phrases were introduced:

1. ¿Què es esto?- What is this- Resonse_ Es ______( object) or Esto es ( object)
2. ¿Què hay en el pupitre? What is in the desk- Response Hay( object)
3. ¿Tienes un ______) - Do you have (object) Response- Si, tengo( object) or No, no tengo( object)

• We pared up and practiced multiple dialogues using these phrases.
• Please make sure that they practice at home.

Our Objective for next week will be to make nouns plural

Grammar Lesson-

1. I introduced them to personal pronouns. First I reviewed with them what they are in English.
2. I demonstrated the use of personal pronouns with the aid of the students and parent volunteers.
3. We covered the following pronouns:
4. yo- I
5. èl- he
6. ella- she
7. tù- you informal
8. usted- you formal
9. nosotros- we male-
10. nosotras- we female
11. ellos- they male
12. ellas- they female
13. ustedes- you alll

Math Term Vocabulary

We continued to review numbers and in particular how to add, subtract, and multiply with numbers.

Mathematical terms

1. màs --- +
2. menos -
3. por x
4. son =

Students had to identify various math sentences but say them in Spanish. For example

1. 1+ 6 = 7 uno màs seis son siete
2. 11- 1= 10 once menos uno son diez
3. 5x6= 30 cinco por seis son treinta